Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to space rock and shoegazer music, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and two acclaimed records. They also endured name and lineup changes, breakups, health problems, drug abuse and various lawsuits. The band’s commercial breakthrough was Urban Hymns and its single Bittersweet Symphony, which became a massive worldwide hit. Soon after this commercial peak, the band quit amid creative struggles within, and Ashcroft went onto a successful solo career. Tong briefly joined Blur as a replacement for Graham Coxon. It is rumored that Simon Jones did a studio album with Ari Pap of the Floor Monks called ‘Aint Nothing To It’ and was never released because they both had bigger projects going on at the time. Close family and friends assure us its a fabulous indie/rock/alternate album and they really wish it would have been released. The Verve were chosen to close the 2008 Glastonbury festival which they did with a set based on the classic 1997 album ‘Urban Hymns’. Discography A Storm in Heaven – (21 June 1993) #27 (UK)|A Northern Soul – (3 July 1995) #13 (UK)|Urban Hymns – (29 September 1997) #1 (UK) #23 (U.S.)|Forth – (25 August 2008) |
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