Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Shoegaze, Britpop, Neo-Psychedelia, Space Rock, Dream Pop, Noise Pop Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1989 in Wigan, Lancashire, England
The Rolling Stones, The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Echo & the Bunnymen, Jimi Hendrix, The Smiths The Charlatans UK, Embrace, Catherine Wheel, Jeff Buckley, Placebo, Bernard Butler, Travis, The Telescopes, Black Grape, Swervedriver, Primal Scream, Ian Brown, The Flaming Lips, Lush, Ride, The Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Blur, The Beta Band Embrace, The Sails, Damn Personals, Morten Harket, The Black Angels, Serralde, Gypsy Cab Drivers, Voyager One, Lockgroove, Orange Can, Goldcure, Benzos, Evoka, The Orange Lights, The Coast, Souvenir Satellite, The Local Division, Nevada, The Early Years |  |
Long acclaimed as one of the most innovative and spellbinding bands on the contemporary British pop scene, the Verve finally broke through to a mass international audience in 1997 with the instant classic "Bittersweet Symphony." By no stretch a study in overnight success, the group's rise was instead 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. Perfecting an oceanic sound that fused the exploratory vision of '60s-era psychedelia with the shimmering atmospherics of the shoegazer aesthetic, the Verve languished in relative obscurity while waiting for the rest of the music world to play catch-up, creating one of the most complex and rewarding bodies of work in modern rock & roll long before most listeners even learned of the group's existence -- only to again fall apart at the peak of their success.
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Release: August 26, 2008
Label: Mega Force, Parlophone, RED, Virgin UK
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Release: November 30, 2004
Label: Virgin
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