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, Left Spine Down, and Dismantled.

Members

;Current live members *"Loud" Chris DeMarcus – vocals, guitar *Kerry "Babz" Peterson – vocals, keyboards *Craig "Hollywood" Jensen – guitar and drums * Galen Waling – drumsGeorgia Straight – Stiff Valentine Goes Beyond Heavy ;Known guest members *Jason Bazinet – drums * Eric Powell – vocals * Steve White – guitar * Jared Slingerland – guitar *Adam "Too Much" Johnson – bass *Craig Huxtable – keyboards *Matt Sheppard – keyboards *Kaine Delay – vocals *Darin Wall – bass *Daniel Belasco – guitar and keyboards *Gabriel Shaw – vocals *Alex King – vocals *Jon Sheppard – percussion

Discography

Albums

* ''Industrial Metal Disco'' (2009) * ''America Bleeding'' (2011) * ''America Inbreeding'' (2012) * ''Empire of Illusion'' (2013) * ''Empire of Death'' (2014)

EPs

* ''DigiTrash EP'' (2006) * ''Loveless EP'' (2008)

Compilations

* ''WTII Minifest 2'' (2011) * ''WTII Records Sampler Spring 2012'' (2012) * '' Electronic Saviors Volume 2: Recurrence'' (2012) * ''WTII Records 2013 Sampler'' (2013) * '' Electronic Saviors Volume 3: Remission'' (2015)

Remixes

* ''Left Spine Down – Reset (Stiff Valentine Remix)'' (2009) * ''16volt – Become Your None (Smp Vs Stiff Valentine) '' (2010) * ''am.psych – Disease (Stiff Valentine Remix Feat. DeathProof)'' (2011) * ''Unit·187 – Sick Obsession (Stiff Valentine Remix)'' (2012) * ''Ego Likenss – Treacherous Thing (Stiff Valentine Remix)'' (2012) * ''Microwaved – Gave Up (Stiff Valentine Remix)'' (2012) * ''Vein Collector – Trapped (Deathproofed Mix By Stiff Valentine)'' (2012) * ''Reign Forced – Dichotomy (Deutsche Harte Mix By Stiff Valentine)'' (2012) * ''Aesthetic Perfection – Antibody (Stiff Valentine Mix)'' (2013)

References

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External links

Official websiteWTII Records pageJ Goth Review of Loveless
*'' Exclaim! Magazine's'
review of ''Loveless EP''
Canadian industrial music groups Electronic body music groups Canadian electronic music groups Canadian alternative rock groups Canadian punk rock groups Musical groups from Vancouver Musical groups established in 2006 Canadian musical trios 2006 establishments in British Columbia