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Created on 2002-11-07 15:06:23 (#768092), last updated 2008-08-27
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Basic Info| Name: | the verve |
|---|---|
| Location: | Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Website: | /theverve |
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AboutTHE VERVE LIVEJOURNAL COMMUNITY.
The Verve, from Wigan in Lancashire, were formed in 1990. The band's line-up was originally Richard Ashcroft (vocals, guitar), Nick McCabe (guitar), Simon Jones (bass) and Peter Salisbury (drums). In 1995, after the band broke up for the first time, Simon Tong (guitar, keyboards) joined Richard Ashcroft's group. In fact, orignally, Tong taught Jones and Ashcroft how to play guitar.
Richard, Simon and Pete knew each other from Upholland High School and recruited Nick from Winstanley College. Whatever went through their minds and into their mouths in the months that followed can only be guessed at, but whatever it was, it worked. Nurtured by great music and Social Security and with eyes fixed firmly on the horizon they started making a sound that reached far higher than it had a right to. Early gigs led writers to describe them as "gigantic" and "already immortal" before they had released a record. Those that saw them saw something potentially disconcerting, something inspiring. In a music scene that was waiting for anything to happen, down came Verve. Like beggars in a Bentley these boys were reaching for the stars, doing something that belied their age and roots. And people began to respond.
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(The Unoffical Richard Ashcroft Forum)
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The Verve, from Wigan in Lancashire, were formed in 1990. The band's line-up was originally Richard Ashcroft (vocals, guitar), Nick McCabe (guitar), Simon Jones (bass) and Peter Salisbury (drums). In 1995, after the band broke up for the first time, Simon Tong (guitar, keyboards) joined Richard Ashcroft's group. In fact, orignally, Tong taught Jones and Ashcroft how to play guitar.
Richard, Simon and Pete knew each other from Upholland High School and recruited Nick from Winstanley College. Whatever went through their minds and into their mouths in the months that followed can only be guessed at, but whatever it was, it worked. Nurtured by great music and Social Security and with eyes fixed firmly on the horizon they started making a sound that reached far higher than it had a right to. Early gigs led writers to describe them as "gigantic" and "already immortal" before they had released a record. Those that saw them saw something potentially disconcerting, something inspiring. In a music scene that was waiting for anything to happen, down came Verve. Like beggars in a Bentley these boys were reaching for the stars, doing something that belied their age and roots. And people began to respond.
(more...)
(The Unoffical Richard Ashcroft Forum)
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