# Jimi Shields

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**Jimi Shields** (born **James J. Shields**; 1967), is an Irish musician and architect. He was a member of 1990s indie rock group [Rollerskate Skinny](/source/Rollerskate_Skinny). He formed the band the [Wounded Knees](/source/Wounded_Knees) with former [Mercury Rev](/source/Mercury_Rev) flutist Suzanne Thorpe in 2001. He established TTT - (thirtythreetrees) with his wife Maria Vlahos in 2004.

## Personal life

Shields is one of five siblings born to a mother who worked as a nurse and a food-industry executive father.[1] The family immigrated to Dublin when he was a child. [My Bloody Valentine](/source/My_Bloody_Valentine_(band)) leader [Kevin Shields](/source/Kevin_Shields) is his older brother and shoe designer [Eileen Shields](/source/Eileen_Shields) is his younger sister. Shields is a graduate of [Technological University Dublin](/source/Technological_University_Dublin) – Bolton Street.[2] Shields has three daughters with wife and partner Maria Vlahos.

## Career

Shields started playing drums as a teenager with lessons from [Brian Downey](/source/Brian_Downey_(drummer)) of [Thin Lizzy](/source/Thin_Lizzy). Shields went on to form [Rollerskate Skinny](/source/Rollerskate_Skinny) with members of the band Shake in 1991 as guitarist/drummer/vocalist. He played on, co-produced and wrote much of their debut 1993 *[Shoulder Voices](/source/Shoulder_Voices)* LP, as well as on the *Novice* (1992), *Trophy* (1993), and *Threshold* (1994) EPs. He wrote and recorded a song with Mercury Rev's [David Baker](/source/David_Baker_(singer)) for his Shady project in 1994. Shields left Rollerskake Skinny in 1994 and moved from Dublin to Chicago.[citation needed]

While in Chicago, he formed Lotus Crown, and released *Chokin' on the Jokes* on [Reprise Records](/source/Reprise_Records) in 1997. In 2002 Shields worked with [Martina Topley-Bird](/source/Martina_Topley-Bird) as touring drummer and In 2008, with the [Wounded Knees](/source/Wounded_Knees), he released the "All Rise" EP on limited-edition 10" brown vinyl featuring [J Mascis](/source/J_Mascis) and played a string of tour dates supporting Dinosaur Jr. Shields later recorded drum sessions with brother [Kevin Shields](/source/Kevin_Shields) for sampling purposes on My Bloody Valentine's 2013 release [m b v](/source/M_b_v).[citation needed]

Shields is design director of TTT - (thirtythreetrees), an award winning landscape architecture and garden design practice based in Dublin City. Shields established the practice with his wife Maria Vlahos in 2004. Tolka Estuary Greenway, at Dublin Port, and the Marconi Wireless Station, at Derrigimlagh, are among the award winning works designed by Shields.

## References

1. Scanlon, Anne Marie (January 10, 2007). "A Head". [Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner)

1. [Designs On Your Garden](http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/12/10/story19471.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080410143429/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/12/10/story19471.asp) 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine

[https://architecturalassociation.ie/aai-announces-2025-awards-winners-2/](https://architecturalassociation.ie/aai-announces-2025-awards-winners-2/)

## External links

- [TTT (thirtythreetrees) Website](http://www.thirtythreetrees.com/)
- [Merrion Square](http://merrionsquare.ie/index.php/about-the-square/tt/)
- [The Wounded Knees' MySpace Profile](https://myspace.com/wknees/)
- [AAI Podcast, Jimi Shields interview](http://architecturalassociation.ie/aai-podcast-series-jimi-shields/)

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