Before Loveless: My Bloody Valentine’s Forgotten Goth Era
In the early days, My Bloody Valentine was far from the iconic shoegaze band they’d become know as. Today we look back at “This Is Your Bloody Valentine.” Released in January of 1985, it was the band’s debut, and its goth undertones would help shape the sound they’d eventually pioneer: shoegaze. This is the story of that mini album, and the transformation the band underwent to become the #1 shoegaze band of all time.
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0:00 This is Your Bloody Valentine at 40
1:04 The Formation of My Bloody Valentine
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@AndyFenstermaker
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Next, dig into the story of the tragic event that drove Blonde Redhead's transformation in 2004: https://youtu.be/3M1E_wsYyHQ
@vonBottorff
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
The German film Wings of Desire of 1987 set in late-eighties Berlin had cameo club performances from Nick Cave and Crime & the City Solution, which gives you a good sample of what gothy, edgy Berlin sounded and looked like back then. So yes, MBV would be, IMHO, the best thing pre-unification Berlin helped produce. The whole Bowie, Eno, Reed, Fripp Do Berlin thing was great, but just a one-off, commercialized fling, IMHO.
@RSBurgener
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
It's crazy how hard early MBV's records are to find. I had to buy bootlegs of Ecstacy and Wine and Before Loveless. I never had a real copy of this one.
@davemorrison3705
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
4:30 Miki and Emma from lush watching early mbv. I'm guessing Emma was with Kevin at the time.
@_ivy_1313
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Still have a special place in my heart for this band🖤 oh how it comforted my ears in my walkman and then ipod nano lol
@ZaraPaztroza
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
5:42 what guitar / mode it's Bilinda Butcher using in the picture and used for Loveless??
@vel0c1tygrrl
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
i've got a load of their early stuff on vinyl, i'd be really interested in what you make of the stuff in between "this is your bloody valentine" and the creation stuff. they went in a more garage rock direction on their next EP then towards twee pop. really interesting artistic progression
@jackiedavies182
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
The Last Supper is one of my favourite MBV songs , full stop.
@daviddunham7837
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
I had a bootleg called "Bloody Rarities" that covered much of this era. Interesting.
@spaceknave
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
In my opinion if they had stuck with those early influences it would have been fantastic. For all the blah, blah, blah, that has been writte4n about Loveless, I find it too antiseptic to really say "I like it." Isn't Anything was much too "late 80s brit-pop." Their earlier things that you talk about here are the best things I've ever heard from them. Admittedly I'm an old geezer that still listens to darkwave playlists on youtube (along with things actually produced this century like Royal Blood and The Warning.)
@ecmc1072
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Mbv's pre strawberry wine era is, in my opinion, god tier. Have you listened to the other EP from this era, Geek? It's almost better than the other one.
@Ritff666l-e9e
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Normies talking about how we grew up everywhere now
WOW
@Alchemist_X
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Forgotten?
@DrDoobius
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Thank God that someone decided to finally cover this! Growing up, I was introduced to My Bloody Valentine by my dad, but specifically their early stuff – So growing up when more of my friends got into them with Loveless, they got super confused when I said that "Tiger In My Tank" and "Love Machine" were my favorite songs from them!
@VictorEnnis-n1w
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Always a pleasure to tune in to your videos. You rock my friend. Have a terrific evening.
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