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Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft
English singer-songwriter
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Simon Jones
Simon Jones
English bass player
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Simon Tong
Simon Tong
English alternative rock musician
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Nick McCabe
Nick McCabe
English rock guitarist
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Bloc Party
Bloc Party
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The Zutons
The Zutons
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Peter Salisbury
Peter Salisbury
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Witness
Witness
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Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
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Primal Scream
Primal Scream
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Idlewild
Idlewild
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Blur
Blur
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Babyshambles
Babyshambles
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Novastar
Novastar
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
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Muse
Muse
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Shed Seven
Shed Seven
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
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Jesus Jones
Jesus Jones
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Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett
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Nine Black Alps
Nine Black Alps
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The Cure
The Cure
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Elastica
Elastica
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The View
The View
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The Killers
The Killers
American rock band
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Oasis
Oasis
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Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite
British musical group formed in 1984
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Placebo
Placebo
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The Libertines
The Libertines
English rock band
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The Coral
The Coral
British band
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The La's
The La's
English rock band
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Suede
Suede
English alternative rock band
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McFly
McFly
English band
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Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Welsh alternative rock band
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Jet
Jet
Australian band
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The Jam
The Jam
English rock band
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Idles
Idles
British punk rock band based in Bristol
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The Supernaturals
The Supernaturals
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Mick Jones
Mick Jones
British rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
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My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine
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Stereophonics
Stereophonics
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Razorlight
Razorlight
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Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren
American rock musician
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The Automatic
The Automatic
band that plays electro
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Spiritualized
Spiritualized
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
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John Squire
John Squire
English musician, songwriter and artist (*1962)
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The Good, the Bad & the Queen
The Good, the Bad & the Queen
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Thunder
Thunder
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Mogwai
Mogwai
Scottish post-rock band
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Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
English rock band
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David Gray
David Gray
British singer-songwriter
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Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian
Scottish band
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The Fratellis
The Fratellis
Scottish indie rock band
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The Chameleons
The Chameleons
English post-punk band
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Reverend and The Makers
Reverend and The Makers
English indie pop band
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
British alternative rock band
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Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue
Scottish pop-rock band
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Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver
American hard rock heavy metal supergroup
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
English rock band
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The Darkness
The Darkness
British Band
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Procol Harum
Procol Harum
British band
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Travis
Travis
Scottish band
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Charlie Simpson
Charlie Simpson
English singer, songwriter and musician
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Ian Brown
Ian Brown
English musician and singer of The Stone Roses
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Coldplay
Coldplay
British band
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Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
English musician, songwriter, and singer
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Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher
English singer and songwriter
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Savage Garden
Savage Garden
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The Verve
British Rock Band

The Verve

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Richard Ashcroft

The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong later became a member in their first reunion only.

Beginning with a psychedelic sound with their debut LP A Storm in Heaven, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and three albums. They also endured name and line-up changes, break-ups, health problems, drug abuse and various lawsuits. The band's commercial breakthrough was the 1997 album Urban Hymns, one of the best-selling albums in UK Chart history. The album features the hit singles "Bitter Sweet Symphony", "The Drugs Don't Work", "Sonnet" and "Lucky Man". In 1998, the band won two Brit Awards—winning Best British Group, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in March, and in February 1999, "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.

Soon after their commercial peak, the Verve disbanded in April 1999, citing internal conflicts. According to Billboard magazine, "the group's rise was the culmination of a long, arduous journey that began at the dawn of the decade and went on to encompass a major breakup, multiple lawsuits, and an extensive diet of narcotics". During an eight-year split, Ashcroft dismissed talk of a reunion, saying: "You're more likely to get all four Beatles on stage." 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, which spawned the hit single "Love Is Noise". Amid revived tensions, the band broke up for the third time in 2008 following their final performance together at the V Festival, but the band didn't disclose this information until 2009.

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