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Richard Ashcroft - 100% match to The Verve

Richard Paul Ashcroft, 11 September 1971, Billinge, Wigan, Lancashire, England. The charismatic Ashcroft made his name with the Verve, a band who triumphed over commercial, artistic and personal struggles to release one of the most successful UK rock albums of recent times, 1997’s drone-pop classic Urban Hymns. The band finally imploded for good in April 1999, with Ashc Read more

Oasis - 47% match to The Verve

The Stone Roses - 31% match to The Verve

A classic case of an overnight success stretched over half a decade, the UK band Stone Roses evolved through a motley collection of Manchester-based non-starters such as the Mill, the Patrol, and English Rose before settling down as Stone Roses at the start of 1984. Acclaimed for their early warehouse gigs, at this time the line-up comprised Ian Brown (20 February 1963, Warr Read more

Ian Brown - 21% match to The Verve

Primal Scream - 21% match to The Verve

The line-up that achieved so much success in 1991 comprised Bobby Gillespie (22 June 1964, Glasgow, Scotland; vocals), Andrew Innes (guitar), Robert Young (guitar), Henry Olsen (bass), Philip ‘Toby’ Tomanov (drums), Martin Duffy (organ, ex-Felt) and backing vocalist Denise Johnson (b. 31 August 1966, Manchester, Lancashire, England), but Primal Scream had been a fl Read more

Ride - 21% match to The Verve

Formed at art school in Oxfordshire, England, in 1988 by Mark Gardener (vocals/guitar), Andy Bell (11 August 1970, Cardiff, Wales; guitar/vocals), Stephan Queralt (bass) and Laurence Colbert (drums), Ride had a rapid impact on the alternative music scene. Initially described as ‘the House Of Love with chainsaws’, within a year the quartet’s serrated guitar mel Read more

The Charlatans - 21% match to The Verve

Blur - 18% match to The Verve

‘When our third album comes out our position as the quintessential English band of the 90s will be assured.’ A typical bullish statement that could have been made by any number of UK indie bands in 1990 - but from the mouth of Damon Albarn of Blur it amounted to prophecy. Blur were formed in London while Albarn (23 March 1968, Whitechapel, London, England; vocals), Read more

Spiritualized - 18% match to The Verve

This dark, neo-psychedelic band was formed by J. Spaceman aka Jason Pierce (19 November 1965, Rugby, Warwickshire, England; vocals/guitar) after his messy break-up from former writing partner and Spacemen 3 cohort Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom. Based in Rugby, they were actually inaugurated in 1990 while Spacemen 3 was still officially active. Pierce took the remnants of that b Read more

Stereophonics - 18% match to The Verve

Famed for being the first ever signings to Richard Branson’s new music label, V2 Records, this three-piece Welsh rock band created an enormous buzz around the UK’s A&R departments before finally electing to join V2 in August 1996. Indeed, Branson was reported to have taken a personal hand in their signing. Dovetailing 60s-inspired pop melodicism with new technolog Read more

The La's - 17% match to The Verve

Originally formed by artist/musician Mike Badger (18 March 1962) in 1984 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, but his departure in 1986 left a line-up comprising songwriter Lee Mavers (b. 2 August 1962, Huyton, Liverpool, England; guitar/vocals), John Power (b. 14 September 1967, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; bass), Paul Hemmings (guitar) and John Timson (drums). Early demo Read more

Travis - 16% match to The Verve

One of Travis’ chief claims to fame when they launched their career in 1997 was the fact that they were the first band to be signed to Independiente Records, the new label started by Andy McDonald following his departure from Go! Discs. Heavily influenced by classic rock acts such as Neil Young, the band was formed in Glasgow, Scotland from the ashes of local act Glass Oni Read more

Happy Mondays - 12% match to The Verve

Few debut records could lay claim to have had the impact (or length of title) of the Happy Mondays’ Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out). The sextet’s raw brand of urban folk, with Shaun Ryder’s accented, drawled vocals, was almost universally acclaimed. John Cale, formerly of the Velvet Underground, produced and g Read more

Kasabian - 12% match to The Verve

This charismatic UK band was formed towards the end of the 90s by main songwriters Tom Meighan (Thomas Meighan, 11 January 1981, Leicester, England; vocals) and Sergio Pizzorno (b. 15 December 1980, Newton Abbot, Devon, England; guitar/keyboards). Raised in Leicester, the duo originally began writing together while still at school. Meighan and Pizzorno were subsequently join Read more

Supergrass - 12% match to The Verve

Initially regarded as new entrants in the UK’s indie guitar band movement of the mid-90s, Oxford’s Supergrass suddenly found themselves thrust into the rock mainstream. The band was formed by Danny Goffey (Daniel Robert Goffey, 7 February 1974, London, England; drums), Gaz Coombes (b. Gareth Michael Coombes, 8 March 1976, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; vocals/guitar Read more