Although unsuccessful on the Dublin post-punk music scene, members of The Complex later formed successful alternative rock bands, including My Bloody Valentine and Hothouse Flowers.
The Complex formed circa 1979 when 16-year-old guitarist Kevin Shields and 14-year-old drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig answered an advertisement "placed by some 12-year-old kid called Mark.
"[4] According to Shields, the band played "a handful of gigs" during their short lived career—the first of which included cover versions of Sex Pistols and the Ramones songs.
The trio formed another band, A Life in the Day, which focused on a more post-punk sound influenced by Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division.
[3] In a 2013 interview with Pitchfork, Shields revealed that during his time in The Complex in 1981, he first experimented with pitch bending,[8] a guitar technique that later became a trademark of My Bloody Valentine's sound,[9] and planned to release recordings from the period on a streaming service.