# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kevin-shields
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:27:45.362Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kevin-shields"
name: "Kevin Shields"
slug: "kevin-shields"
description: "Kevin Patrick Shields is an Irish musician who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine. Their studio albums Isn't Anything (1988) and Loveless (1991) established Shields as a pioneering figure in the shoegaze genre. His textured guitar sound and his experimentation with his guitars' tremolo systems resulted in the creation of the \"glide guitar\" technique, which became a recognisable aspect of My Bloody Valentine's sound, along with his meticulous production techniques."
tagline: "Irish musician and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kevin_Shields.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.62
  momentum:             1.976500209819555
  historical:           16.529472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1331774/"
    handle:    "nm1331774"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيفن شيلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيفن شيلدز"
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    title: "کوین شیلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кевин Шийлдс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کوین شیلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Шилдс, Кевин Патрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kevin Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kevin_Shields"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump