Deborah Ann Googe (born 24 October 1962) is an English musician, best known as

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...

for the band My Bloody Valentine. She has also worked with

Snowpony Snowpony were a British indie rock group initially formed in 1996 by Katharine Gifford and Debbie Googe. History Gifford, who at the time was in Moonshake, gave Googe a tape of songs she had been working on before Moonshake went on a US tour. Go ...

Primal Scream Primal Scream are a Scottish rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie. The band's current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Simone Butler (bass), and Darrin Mooney (drums) ...

and

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My Bloody Valentine

Googe was born in

Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somer ...

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, England. Prior to joining My Bloody Valentine, she played for a band called Bikini Mutants in her hometown of Yeovil, who gigged with The Mob. Googe had moved from Yeovil to London, and in early 1985, an ex-girlfriend of hers recommended her as a bass player to

Kevin Shields Kevin Patrick Shields (born 21 May 1963) is an American-born Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band My Bloody Valentine. They became influential on the evolution of alter ...

and

Colm Ó Cíosóig Colm Ó Cíosóig (; born 31 October 1964) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, of which he was a founding member. Biography My Bloody Valentine Originally formed in 1983, My Blood ...

of My Bloody Valentine. She joined the band after an audition in April 1985. She left the group in 1996, noting she "hadn't been happy for a long time". Googe is known for her raucous style of bass playing in MBV's live performances. Googe joined My Bloody Valentine's 2007 reunion, and their subsequent tours.

Work outside My Bloody Valentine

After leaving MBV in 1995, Googe briefly became a taxi driver. She formed

in 1996 with her then-girlfriend, Katharine Gifford, formerly of

Stereolab Stereolab are an Anglo- French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, the group's music combines influences from krautrock, lounge and 1960s pop music, often incorporating a repetit ...

. They released three albums and four EPs between 1997 and 2003. She occasionally plays keyboards with the massed fuzz organ experimentalists band Pimmel and also plays drums and sings backing vocals for Rockhard. In 2012 it was announced that Googe would be the new bassist for

, replacing

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after his departure to rejoin

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. She was subsequently succeeded by Simone Butler. On 4 August 2014, Googe joined

for his solo project '' The Best Day'', and continued this collaboration with his subsequent albums '' Rock n Roll Consciousness'' in 2017 and By The Fire 2020, alongside

Steve Shelley Steven Jay Shelley (born June 23, 1962) is an American drummer. He is best known as the longtime drummer of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, for whom he played from 1985 until their 2011 disbandment. Biography Shelley was born in Midland, ...

, and the UK musicians

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. and Jem Doulton. She also contributed bass for two tracks on the 2018 Tim Burgess album: As I Was Now. And collaborated with the American poet Ann Waldman for the 2020 album Shiamachy, along with William Parker and

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. In 2022

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announced that Googe would be part of her new, all women, live band.

References

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