THE VERVE
From Wigan, England. Led by Richard Ashcroft (vocals/guitar) with Nick McCabe (guitar), Simon Jones (bass), Simon Tong (keyboards) and Peter Salisbury (drums). A shoe-gazer band, after several years of only moderate success in the UK, Ashcroft called it quits and folded the band. After a few years rest, he resurrected it and found greater success. Their breakthrough single "Bittersweet Symphony" got the band involved in a lawsuit with the management company of the Rolling Stones, the song borrowing heavily of an orchestral version of "The Last Time". The result was a forfeiture of the song's royalties and a co-writing credit for Jagger and Richards. Ashcroft is married to Spiritualized keyboardist Kate Radley. The group split again in 1999, with Ashcroft moving on to a successful solo career. In 2007, the original members of the band announced a reformation with an album to follow soon! 1992-95/1997
DISCOGRAPHY:
| FULL RELEASES | SINGLES |
| Verve EP | Gravity Grave/She's A Superstar |
| A Storm In Heaven | Slide Away/Blue |
| No Come Down | rarities |
| A Northern Soul | This Is Music/History/On Your Own |
| Urban Hymns | Bittersweet Symphony/Lucky Man/The Drugs Don't Work |
| This Is Music: The Singles 92-98 | compilation |
| Forth |
Love Is Noise |
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| Bittersweet Symphony |
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| Blue |
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| Gravity Grave |
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| History |
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| Lucky Man |
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| On Your Own |
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| She's A Superstar |
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| Slide Away |
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| The Drugs Don't Work |
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| This Is Music |
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