Following the news that The Verve have reunited and are to do a series of U.K. concerts, tickets which you can purchase here through viagogo.co.uk, is the promise of a fourth album from one of Britains most enigmatic and popular alternative rock groups.
Formed in 1989 in Wigan, The Verve came together originally as Verve, at Winstanley Sixth Form College with vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury.
Influenced heavily by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Raspberries, Funkadelic, and Krautrock, the band also became quickly known as having a near-legendary appetite for psychedelic drugs. Through these influences, Verve were soon stirring audiences with the captivate qualities of musical painting and lyrical intelligence.
Hut Records signed them in 1991 and their first studio release came the following year with All In The Mind, She’s a Superstar, and the Gravity Grave EP, which was critically acclaimed.
A Storm in Heaven followed in 1993 but did not sell well, only reaching number 27 in the U.K. album chart. A disastrous tour with the alternative rock festival, Lollapalooza, followed, in which...
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