My Vitriol

Alt-Rockers My Vitriol released their seminal NuGaze debut "Finelines" in 2001 to huge critical acclaim.

Signed after only 7 shows and 7 months of being together, the band soon unexpectedly found their songs in the otherwise pop, 'nu-metal' and 'nu-Buckley' dominated mainstream charts of their day.

At the time, even high-profile alternative acts from outside of those genres such as Queens of the Stone age & At the Drive-in had yet to achieve mainstream Top40 hits.

The band soon found themselves performing on the iconic TV show Top of the Pops a few times and their music being featured on Top Gear, Eastenders, Neighbours, and achieving prominent live slots at festivals such as Glastonbury, V festival, Reading & Leeds etc.

Then unexpectedly at the peak of their success they called a hiatus in 2002.

This led to much speculation and mystique around the act, yet in only those 3 years, with only one record, MV had achieved far more than most bands -or they themselves- had initially aimed for: "My What? No band would name themselves THAT if the idea was to become a household name!" joked the often elusive frontman Som Wardner.

My Vitriol returned in 2016 to support their former label mates & friends Muse as main support across Eastern Europe, culminating with a show to over 50,000 people at the Olympic Stadium Russia.

Shortly after they also played the Olympic Stadium at the U-Park festival with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Kiev, Ukraine. 2016 also saw the band self-release new material under their own imprint as “The Secret Sessions”.

Despite not being a fully promoted official second album, many fans still referred to the collection as another masterpiece (click here).

Following the departure of Carolyn Bannister during their lengthy hiatus, Tatia Starkey (the grand-daughter of Beatles legend Ringo Starr) joined the 3 original members on live bass duties.