Editing My Bloody Valentine (band) (section)

===1978–1985: Formation===
In 1978, [[Kevin Shields]] and [[Colm Ó Cíosóig]] were introduced to each other at a [[karate]] tournament in South Dublin.<ref name="bh">{{cite interview|last1=North|first1=Aaron|subject2=Kevin Shields|subject-link=Kevin Shields|title=Kevin Shields: The Buddyhead Interview|work=[[Buddyhead Records|Buddyhead]]|url=http://samizdat.cc/shelf/documents/2005/01.30-kevinsheilds/kevinsheilds.pdf|location=[[New York City|New York]]|date=19 January 2005|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref> The duo became friends in what has been described as "an almost overnight friendship"{{sfn|Britton|2011|p=134}} and later formed [[The Complex (band)|the Complex]], a [[punk rock]] band, with [[Liam Ó Maonlaí]], Ó Cíosóig's friend from [[Coláiste Eoin]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Murphy|first=Peter|year=2004|title=Lost in Transmution: Kevin Shields|magazine=[[Hot Press]]|issue=May 2004}}</ref> The band, who performed "a handful of gigs" consisting of [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Ramones]] songs, disbanded when Ó Maonlaí left to form [[Hothouse Flowers]]. Shields and Ó Cíosóig later formed A Life in the Day, a [[post-punk]] trio, but failed to secure performances with more than a hundred people present.<ref name="bh" />

Following A Life in the Day's dissolution, Shields and Ó Cíosóig formed My Bloody Valentine in early 1983 with bass player Mark Loughlin (nowadays recording as The Engineer) and lead vocalist [[David Conway (author)|David Conway]]. Conway, who performed under the pseudonym Dave Stelfox, suggested a number of potential band names, including the Burning Peacocks and performed a single gig under that name before the quartet changed the name to My Bloody Valentine.{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=21}} At the time the band saw the trailer  for My Bloody Valentine on a rented VHS movie that they were watching during downtime  on  a weekend rehearsal at Kevin Shields parents home. Subsequently Shields has claimed he was unaware that My Bloody Valentine was the title of [[My Bloody Valentine (film)|a 1981 Canadian slasher film]] when the name was suggested. 
Second guitarist Stephen Ivers also joined the band at this time<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coolbeans.com/cb7/mbv.htm|title=Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine: Interview on AOL|work=[[AOL]]|date=7 February 1997|access-date=25 December 2012}}</ref>

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My Bloody Valentine experienced a number of line-up changes during their initial months. Lead guitarist Stephen Ivers and bassist Loughlin were recruited in April 1983 and the band would often rehearse near [[Smithfield, Dublin|Smithfield]] and [[Temple Bar, Dublin|Temple Bar]] in rehearsal spaces owned by Alan  Furlong. Walsh, who booked some of the band's early performances, said the rehearsals were "too noisy" and "crazy" that "next door were giving out hell".<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Walsh, Aidan|year=2000|title=[[Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe]]|medium=DVD|time={{Time needed|date=September 2020}}|publisher=Zanzibar Films|location=[[Dublin]]}}</ref> Loughlin left the band in December 1983 and was replaced by Paul Murtagh, who left the band in early 1984. In March 1984, Shields, Ivers and Conway recorded the band's first demo on a four-track recorder in Shields' parents' home in [[Killiney]]. Shields and Ó Cíosóig overdubbed bass and drum tracks at Litton Lane Studios, and the tape was later used to secure a contract with Tycoon Records.<ref name="ss">{{cite magazine|last1=Brown|first1=Nick|date=February 1991|title=My Bloody Valentine|magazine=Spiral Scratch}}</ref>

Soon after recording the demo, Ivers left My Bloody Valentine and Conway's girlfriend, Tina Durkin, joined as a keyboard player.{{sfn|Britton|2011|p=134}} Around this time, Conway, on the suggestion of Shields, contacted [[Gavin Friday]], the lead vocalist of the post-punk band [[Virgin Prunes]]. According to Shields, Conway approached Friday in [[Finglas]], asked him for advice and was told to "get out of Dublin."<ref name="lastv">{{cite AV media|people=[[Kevin Shields|Shields, Kevin]]|year=2000|title=The Lost Albums: Loveless|medium=TV|time=00:51–04:47|publisher=@lastTV|location=[[Dublin]]}}</ref> Shields agreed with the advice, commenting in January 1991 that "there was no room for us" in Ireland; Ó Cíosóig explained that the Irish music scene was not receptive to their style.<ref name="mmjan91">{{cite magazine|last1=Stubbs|first1=David|title=My Bloody Valentine: All Hail the Future!|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=26 January 1991}}</ref> Friday provided the band with contacts that secured them a show in [[Tilburg]], Netherlands. The band relocated to the [[Netherlands]] after the show and lived there for a further nine months, opening for [[R.E.M.]] on one occasion on 8 April 1984. Due to a lack of opportunities and a lack of correct documentation,{{sfn|Britton|2011|p=134}} the band relocated to [[West Berlin]], Germany in late 1984 and recorded their debut mini album, ''[[This Is Your Bloody Valentine]]'' (1985). The album failed to receive much attention and the band returned temporarily to the Netherlands, before settling in London in the middle of 1985.<ref name="booth">{{cite magazine|last1=Booth|first1=Vachel|year=1989|title=My Bloody Valentine: Weep For You|magazine=Underground|page=25|issue=February 1989}}</ref>{{sfn|McGonial|2007|p=23}}