The Verve
Artist Type: Group
Group Formed:
1989
External Links:
Surge Tracks
Played By
| Switching Off With You... | |
| The Great Fandango Channel | |
| The Breakout Show |
Artist Biography
The Verve (originally Verve) is an English alternative rock band. The band was formed in 1989 at Winstanley College, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Simon Tong later became a member. The band originally split in 1995, but reunited in 1996 to great commercial success. They split once more in April 1999. The band reunited once more in June of 2007, but this reunion was short lived and the band split again in August 2009.
Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to space rock and shoegazer music, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and two acclaimed records. They also endured name and lineup changes, breakups, health problems, drug abuse and various lawsuits. The band's commercial breakthrough was urban hymns and its single Bittersweet Symphony, which became a massive worldwide hit.
Artist Discography
Albums
A Northern Soul (3 July 1995)
A Storm in Heaven (21 June 1993)
Forth (25 August 2008)
Urban Hymns (30 September 1997)
EPs
Verve EP (1 December 1992)
Singles
All in the Mind (9 March 1992)
Bitter Sweet Symphony (16 June 1997)
Blue (10 May 1993)
Gravity Grave (5 October 1992)
History (September 1995)
Love Is Noise (3 August 2008)
Lucky Man (24 November 1997)
On Your Own (8 June 1995)
Rather Be (17 November 2008)
She's a Superstar (22 June 1992)
Slide Away (20 September 1993)
Sonnet (18 July 1997)
The Drugs Don't Work (1 September 1997)
This Is Music (5 January 1995)