My Ruin is an American alternative metal band from Los Angeles, California, composed of the husband and wife duo Tairrie B and Mick Murphy.

[7] Speak and Destroy, released on August 23, 1999[8] in the UK and Europe, would see Tairrie explore previously uncharted musical territory.

[9] Also, many journalists noted that the album was the perfect showcase for the "multi-faceted character"[7] of Tairrie B and her perceived volatile persona, Kerrang!

[7] At the time in an interview, Tairrie said: "Bushaq recorded some of the songs here in England, Mel and I did some with Joe Bishara, Ares from downset.

Melanie was writer, producer, artist, therapist, mentor, best friend, drink technician and drug partner on this album.

"[10] In another interview regarding the song, Tairrie revealed that there are two versions of the song, the one on Speak and Destroy and the one on 8mm soundtrack: "The three Tura Satana guys [bassist Rico Villasenor, guitarist Brian Harrah and drummer Marcelo Palomino] are involved, and I've got Grady Avenell [vocals] and Michael Martin [bass] from Will Haven [who've just finished recording their second album 'WHVN'] on a track called 'Sick With It'.

The cover of Stoopid was a tribute to Tairrie's very good friend Lynn Strait, Snot front-man, who had died in December 1998.

[20] In an interview many years later, Tairrie said: "I released my first album under the name My Ruin and it was called "Speak and Destroy" on Snapper Music back in 1999.

"[22] Meghan Mattox would carry on playing bass and contributed to the songwriting process, but the rest of the band including Melanie Makaiwi would no longer be part of the My Ruin project.

"[20] The "Prayer Under Pressure…" era saw My Ruin become a fully realized band and unit of contributing members, rather than being just Tairrie's solo project.

Not to sound like I'm dissing anyone but the truth is that I needed to break free of my past and although Marcelo is a good friend and awesome drummer his heart was not in it.

He said: "I like the more old-school rock vibe...The fuzzy guitars, the big thick sounds, a lot of low-end power.

The record combined the harsher more abrasive elements of Speak and Destroy with Mick's trademark southern sounding guitar playing.

Black Flag's My War, on the other hand, is a breakneck blast that collapses into a dense wall of noise that Henry Rollins would be proud of.

The review opened with; "Despite being afforded far more attention this side of the Atlantic than a pretty face and a pair of tits warrants, Miss B is far from incapable of coming up with the goods every now and again.

[30] The 6th studio album, titled Ghosts and Good Stories, was much neglected in terms of promotion and its hindered and botched release riddled with problems.

Journalist Paul Travers wrote in his review: "As the singer and figurehead of Manhole and Tura Satana in the 90's, Tairrie B was among the first to channel screaming metallic rage through a female perspective... the vocalist gives vent to her inner demons, it's clear she's not mellowing with age... My Ruin create an abrasive, sludgy noise, punctuated by moments of melody and calm.

It's stark, confrontational and aggressive, but also fiercely intelligent, ensuring the duo stay one step ahead of the screaming angst-ridden pack.

Dom Lawson of Metal Hammer UK wrote; "an exhilarating barrage of warped stoner metal riffs and blister-razing gutter-punk that lurches from harrowing, slow-motion menace (Diggin' For Ghosts) to floored-accelerator sludgecore (Long Dark Night); the whole scabrous din held together by its creators' unswerving passion.

[39][40] Tor Burrows would later go on to direct and edit the video for Long Dark Night which premiered on the band's official site on August 8, 2011.

It wasn't until Tor came across the footage shot by Asatuurs that this place began to speak to me subconsciously inviting me to have my own personal connection to it within this song, breathing a new scenery into my language."

With that in mind, we can say that it was a true labor of love made purely with passion, along with Premiere, After Effects and many long nights of editing and chatting on Skype from LA to the UK while cutting and pasting files, photos and footage into a shared folder in Dropbox and writing each other suggestions back and forth on Facebook.

This video was made with no money but a million dollars worth of creativity and an artistic vision between two women who understand each other, the music one makes and the other one listens to.

"[43] In May 2010 the band started releasing details of US, UK and German tour dates in order to promote the Ghosts and Good Stories album.

A statement issued by the band revealed that: "We had begun to confirm shows for a European tour and were looking forward to working with our new label when suddenly there was a strange and unexpected turn of events and Daniel Heerdmann changed from being our biggest supporter into our most vicious adversary overnight.

These lies resulted in the album release being delayed many times and the cancellation of the Ghosts and Good stories Tour, which was to be rescheduled for the following year.

[31] Always turning a positive into a negative the drama with Tiefdruck-Musik and owner Daniel Heerdmann would go on to inspire the band's most critically lauded album A Southern Revelation.

The topics of Love, Violence, Religion and Sex figure prominently in these stories (look at the first letter in each of those words if you haven't caught on already) sometimes simultaneously.

[50] On February 14, 2012, Valentine's Day, The LVRS announced via www.myruin.net that they would be making both Death Has Become Her and Lady Speaks the Bruise albums available as a free digital only download via www.bandcamp.com.

[56][57][58] In an interview in September 2011, Tairrie expressed plans to grow her BGD brand: "When the time is right it might be nice to take it to the next level at some point and get a few of my ideas backed by a larger company.