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Hand It Over is the seventh studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released on March 25, ... Kevin Shields – record producer, vocals (track 1, 2)
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Dinosaur Jr. - "I'm Insane" (OFFICIAL VIDEO) View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1997 CD release of "Hand It Over" on Discogs.
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"Hand It Over" is a pure jewel that contains a lot of the best Mascis compositions (The guest presence on two tracks of MBV's Kevin Shields & Belinda Butcher should be a strong sign of the extreme beauty of that beloved album).
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Kevin Shields performing with My Bloody Valentine in 1989. Kevin Shields is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer who has released one collaborative album and scored the film Lost in Translation, in addition to a prolific career as a producer and mixer.
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Kevin Patrick Shields was born on 21 May 1963 in Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York City, United States. He is the eldest of five siblings born to Irish parents; his mother was a nurse and his father was an executive in the food industry. Shields' parents had emigrated from Ireland to the United States in the 1950s, when the couple were teenagers...
1979–1982: Early projects
Shields received his first electric guitar, a Hondo SG, as a Christmas present from his parents in 1979. Shields befriended drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig in south Dublin during the summer of 1978, and together they answered an advertisement placed by a 12-year-old musician to form punk rock band The Complex. Ó Cíosóig's schoolfriend Liam Ó Maonlaí from Coláiste Eoin in Booterstown was recruited as lead vocalist, and the band began rehearsing. Shields later said that The Complex had formed out of "wh...
1983–1997: My Bloody Valentine
A Life in the Day disbanded in 1981, and Shields and Ó Cíosóig went on to form My Bloody Valentine in early 1983 with lead vocalist David Conway. Conway suggested a number of potential band names (including The Burning Peacocks) before the trio settled for My Bloody Valentine. Shields has since claimed that he was unaware at the time that My Bloody Valentine was the title of a 1981 Canadian slasher film. On Shields's suggestion, Conway contacted Gavin Friday, lead vocalist of the Dublin post-...
1997–2006: Collaborations and Lost in Translation
Following My Bloody Valentine's disbandment, Shields embarked on a number of collaborations with other artists, both as a guest musician and producing, engineering, mixing and remixing other acts. Shields contributed guitar loops to two Experimental Audio Research albums: 1996's Beyond the Pale (which was recorded at Shields' home studio in Streatham and credits him with "special thanks" on the album sleeve) and 1997's The Köner Experiment. He was a frequent collaborator with indie rock band...
Influences
Shields has referred to The Beatles and the Ramones as his favourite bands of all time. Upon moving to Ireland in 1973, he became a fan of "the energy, androgyny and otherworldy production style" of glam rock and has said Johnny Ramone inspired him to begin playing guitar. Speaking about Ramone, Shields said "I realised [Johnny] wasn't playing guitar—he was generating the sound ... it was just a noise generator." He later remarked seeing the Ramones perform in a North Dublin cinema "changed h...
Guitar sound
Shields' guitar sound has been cited as one of the most recognisable aspects of My Bloody Valentine's music. His sound uses "texture more than technique to create vivid soundscapes". He has been listed at number 95 and 2 on Rolling Stone's and Spin's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list. During the late 1980s, Shields began customising the tremolo systems for his Fender Jaguars and Jazzmaster guitars; he extended the tremolo arm and loosened it considerably, to allow him to manipulate the...
Legacy
Shields' sound and performance have been regarded as influential, with musicians including Billy Corgan, J Mascis, and Greg Puciatociting him as an influence; the last revealed that his most desired collaboration would be with Shields. "Kevin Shields achieved something on Loveless that only the great guitarists achieve: he achieved a wholeness and a unity," observed Living Colour's Vernon Reid. "He created his own sound."
Health
Shields has mild dyslexia, "mild to extreme" tinnitus, and tendonitis in his left hand. He contracted tinnitus during the mixing of Loveless in 1991. Though initially worried about the condition, Shields has said he has "come to treat the tinnitus as a friend. It filters unwanted sounds and actually protects my ears. It becomes your first line of defence against audible stress."He said his tendonitis, which he has had since 1988, is relieved "once you start to immerse yourself in the sound, a...
Views on music industry
Shields has been outspoken about the corporate influence in the music industry. He has said that Sony Music Entertainment, upon inheriting My Bloody Valentine from Creation Records, deliberately hid the master tapes of the band's original recordings in an attempt to delay the release of EP's 1988–1991 (2012). Shields threatened to involve Scotland Yard in the dispute and then said the tapes "magically, suddenly reappear[ed]." He has since called for reorganisation of the record industry, whic...
Relationships and family
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Shields and Bilinda Butcher were in a relationship. His brother Jimi was a founding member and drummer of the indie rock band Rollerskate Skinny, who has since formed Wounded Knees and become co-director of TTT (thirtythreetrees), a Dublin landscape design practice. His sister Ann Marie has worked extensively in the music industry and has managed tours for both My Bloody Valentine and Rollerskate Skinny, as well as being credited for coordination on Love...
Bibliography
1. DiPerna, Alan (1992). "Bloody Guy". Guitar World. No. March 1992. 2. McGonial, Mike (2007). Loveless. 33⅓. New York City: Continuum. ISBN 978-0-8264-1548-6.
Kevin Shields at AllMusicKevin Shields at IMDbKevin Shields featured interview at The QuietusView credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2008 CD release of "Hand It Over" on Discogs.
Mar 10, 1997 · On Hand It Over, Mascis has handed over some of the knob twiddling to My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, whose added pings, clanks and spaceship sounds give the record extra dimension.
