Shaun MacGowan

{{Short description|British violinist, keyboardist and guitarist}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Shaun MacGowan

| background = solo_singer

| image = My Dying Bride at Midgardsblot 2023 (53162143611).jpg

| landscape = yes

| caption = MacGowan in 2023

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| birth_date = {{bda|1988|5|13|df=y}}

| origin = Dewsbury, England, UK

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| genre = Doom metal, classical, new-age

| occupation = Musician

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| instrument = Violin
keyboards
Guitars

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| associated_acts = My Dying Bride, Nightshadows Lament, Narcotic Death

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Shaun MacGowan (born 13 May 1988) is an English violinist, keyboardist and guitarist, best known as the keyboardist and violinist of British doom metal band My Dying Bride. He replaced Katie Stone in 2009, and joined the band to tour the album For Lies I Sire. His first studio appearance with the group came on the 2009 EP Bring Me Victory, on which he played two tracks.

Shaun was a member of British death metal band Narcotic Death, joining on guitar to complete the band's original gigging line-up in 2008, appearing on the band's self-titled demo EP (2008) and album Anthology of the Damned (2010). He left in late 2010.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

In 2011, MacGowan appeared on My Dying Bride's The Barghest O' Whitby, playing both violin and keyboard, with "genuine aggression".{{Cite web |last=Horsley |first=Jonathan |date=2011-10-14 |title=Beware of the dog! My Dying Bride's new EP, the Barghest O' Whitby, is a leg-humper and a biter |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/10/14/beware-of-the-dog-my-dying-bride-s-new-ep-the-barghest-o-whitby-is-a-leg-humper-and-a-biter/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=Decibel Magazine |language=en-US}} In contrast, his violin in 2024's A Mortal Binding has been described as "solemnly sweet strings"{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Jack |date=2024-04-16 |title=ALBUM REVIEW: A Mortal Binding - My Dying Bride |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-a-mortal-binding-my-dying-bride/ |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}} and "devastating".{{Cite web |last=Andrew |first=J. |date=2024-04-19 |title=Album Review: MY DYING BRIDE A Mortal Binding |url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-my-dying-bride-a-mortal-binding |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}