It was at 8 p.m. On Feb 2, 2013 that My Bloody Valentine became well-known in the mainstream for being the band with the big web site crash.
Forget about the news of Justin Bieber's Ferrari getting pulled over in Los Angeles for going way over the speed limit - My Bloody Valentine was the big story of the night.
It all began at around 6:30 PM. when the band released their first album in over 20 years, entitled "MBV", on their website. This development excited fans across the world and triggered a stampede of thousands of the band's fans to visit the site simultaneously, making it crash. The tale of the crash became popular on websites like Google News and Twitter, but there's a bit more to My Bloody Valentine than this event.
In the late eighties and early nineties, the Irish band My Bloody Valentine pioneered a genre of music called "shoe-gaze". Their mixture of distorted guitars and elements of dream pop has influenced contemporary artists like France's M83 ("Midnight City", a top ten Billboard rock hit), and Iceland's Sigur Ros ("Hoppipolla", featured in the films "Slumdog Millionare" and "We Bought A Zoo").
My Bloody Valentine's 1991 album "Loveless" is considered to be their most influential and critically acclaimed release. It's listed in Mojo Magazine's "100 Greatest Guitar Albums", and is ranked at #221 in Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time".
The band will be touring through the UK this year and will be headlining music festivals including Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Tokyo Rocks Festival in Japan.
My Bloody Valentine recorded "MBV" on analog gear (as opposed to digital technology), giving it the vintage nineties sound that excited their original fans. Key tracks include "She Found Now", "Who Sees You", and "Wonder 2". The album is available on Mybloodyvalentine.org (don't worry about any crashes, it's been fixed).
Forget about the news of Justin Bieber's Ferrari getting pulled over in Los Angeles for going way over the speed limit - My Bloody Valentine was the big story of the night.
It all began at around 6:30 PM. when the band released their first album in over 20 years, entitled "MBV", on their website. This development excited fans across the world and triggered a stampede of thousands of the band's fans to visit the site simultaneously, making it crash. The tale of the crash became popular on websites like Google News and Twitter, but there's a bit more to My Bloody Valentine than this event.
In the late eighties and early nineties, the Irish band My Bloody Valentine pioneered a genre of music called "shoe-gaze". Their mixture of distorted guitars and elements of dream pop has influenced contemporary artists like France's M83 ("Midnight City", a top ten Billboard rock hit), and Iceland's Sigur Ros ("Hoppipolla", featured in the films "Slumdog Millionare" and "We Bought A Zoo").
My Bloody Valentine's 1991 album "Loveless" is considered to be their most influential and critically acclaimed release. It's listed in Mojo Magazine's "100 Greatest Guitar Albums", and is ranked at #221 in Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time".
The band will be touring through the UK this year and will be headlining music festivals including Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Tokyo Rocks Festival in Japan.
My Bloody Valentine recorded "MBV" on analog gear (as opposed to digital technology), giving it the vintage nineties sound that excited their original fans. Key tracks include "She Found Now", "Who Sees You", and "Wonder 2". The album is available on Mybloodyvalentine.org (don't worry about any crashes, it's been fixed).
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