Editing My Bloody Valentine (band) (section)

===Influences===
My Bloody Valentine's musical style progressed throughout their career. The band were originally influenced by [[post-punk]] acts such as [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]], [[The Cramps]] and [[Joy Division]]; according to author Mike McGonial the band "brought together the least interesting elements" of their influences.{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=21}} They were also influenced by certain dark post-punk bands who were experimenting: "the best of all was [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[the Cure]] and [[Killing Joke]]".<ref>{{cite news |first=Karen |last=Leng|url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/programs/curated/kevin-shields-mbv-interview/13293944 |title=Double J Interview: Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine |work=ABC |location=Australia |date=8 April 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |quote=[from 10 minutes 13 seconds]}}</ref> Their debut mini album, ''This is Your Bloody Valentine'' (1985), incorporated a further [[gothic rock]] sound which AllMusic referred to as "unfocused and derivative".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-your-bloody-valentine-mw0000738624|title=This is Your Bloody Valentine – My Bloody Valentine: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Guide|All Media Network]]|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> However, when the band began experimenting with pop melodies on ''[[The New Record by My Bloody Valentine]]'' (1986), it marked "a vital point in the development of their sound",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-new-record-by-my-bloody-valentine-mw0000940802|title=The New Record by My Bloody Valentine – My Bloody Valentine: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Guide|All Media Network]]|last=Abebe|first=Nitsuh|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> which was influenced primarily by [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]. The band later took a "rarified, effete and poppy approach to [[The Byrds|Byrdsian]] rock" with their two successive releases, "[[Strawberry Wine (EP)|Strawberry Wine]]" and ''Ecstasy'' (1987).{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=24}}  ''Isn't Anything'' and its preceding releases were influenced by American bands, most notably the distorted guitar-based [[noise rock]] of [[Dinosaur Jr.]] and [[Sonic Youth]], as well as the experimental dream pop of British group [[A.R. Kane]],<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/19/ar-kane-rudy-tambala|title=AR Kane: how to invent shoegaze without really trying|first=Rob|last=Fitzpatrick|date=19 September 2012|website=The Guardian|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> during which time Shields developed his trademark guitar techniques.{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=54}}

The band were further influenced by [[dance music]] and especially [[hip hop music|hip hop]], of which Shields said "it beats the shit out of most rock music when it comes to being experimental, it's been a constant source of inspiration to us."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dalton|first1=Stepheb|title=My Bloody Valentine: 'It's just pure noise for the hell of it' – a classic interview from the vaults|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/01/my-bloody-valentine-interview|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 2012|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref> Shield's experimentation with guitar tone would be influenced by [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] sounds employed by [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] and [[the Bomb Squad]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=McLeod |first1=Kembrew |author2=Peter DiCola |title=Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling |url=https://archive.org/details/creativelicensel00mcle |url-access=registration |date=2011 |publisher=Duke University Publishers |page=[https://archive.org/details/creativelicensel00mcle/page/193 193] }}</ref> which Shields described as "half-buried or muted, a real sense of sounds being semi-decayed, or destroyed, but then re-used."<ref name=q/> The band experimented with [[sampler (music)|sampler]]s around the time of the ''[[Glider (EP)|Glider EP]]'', utilizing them to play back and manipulate their own guitar feedback and vocals on keyboards; by the time of the ''[[Tremolo EP]]'', they had acquired an [[Akai]] sampler.<ref name="q">{{cite web|last1=Parkes|first1=Taylor|title="Not Doing Things Is Soul Destroying" - Kevin Shields of MBV Interviewed|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/08745-kevin-shields-interview-mbv-my-bloody-valentine|website=[[The Quietus]]|date=10 May 2012 |access-date=7 January 2018}}</ref> In the mid-1990s, Kevin Shields and Colm Ó Cíosóig recorded music influenced by the rapid rhythms of the UK's underground [[jungle music|jungle]] and [[drum and bass]] scenes.{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=102}}<ref name="p4k">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17726-mbv|title=My Bloody Valentine: mbv &#124; Album Review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Richardson|first=Mark|date=6 February 2013|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>