Saturday, February 27, 2010

The Verve


were an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester, in 1990, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft.
The band's original line-up reunited in June 2007, embarking on a tour later that year and releasing the album Forth in August 2008. A year later it was announced that the band had split up for the third time in their career.

Members:

Richard Ashcroft - lead & backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion (1990–1995, 1996–1999, 2007–2009)
Nick McCabe - lead guitar, piano, keyboards, accordion (1990–1995, 1997–1998, 2007–2009)
Simon Jones - bass, keyboards, backing vocals (1990–1995, 1996–1999, 2007–2009)
Peter Salisbury - drums, percussion (1990–1995, 1996–1999, 2007–2009)
Simon Tong - guitar, keyboards (1996–1999)

Discography:

A Storm in Heaven (1993)
A Northern Soul (1995)
Urban Hymns (1997)
Forth (2008)

Compilations & EP's

The Verve EP (1992)
No Come Down (1994)
This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 (2004)

Hits:

All in the mind (Non Album 92) /
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She's a superstar (The Verve EP 92) /
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Gravity grave (The Verve EP 92) /
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Blue (A Storm in Heaven 93) /
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Slide away (A Storm in Heaven 93) /
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This is music (A Northern Soul 95) /
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On your own (A Northern Soul 95) /
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History (A Northern Soul 95) /
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Bitter sweet symphony (Urban Hymns 97) /
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The drugs don't work (Urban Hymns 97) /
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Lucky man (Urban Hymns 97) /
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Sonnet (Urban Hymns 97) /
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Love is noise (Forth 08) /
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Rather be (Forth 08) /
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The Verve Live:

On your own live version (1995)
Lucky Man Live Jools 1997
Bittersweet Symphony (Glastonbury 2008)

Official Website: www.theverve.co.uk

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