![]() ![]() Unlike so many of their indie peers, The Verve looked and sounded like rock stars.īut this, however, didn’t immediately translate into album sales. In guitarist Nick McCabe they had their own hybrid of Johnny Marr and Jimmy Page, with frontman Richard Ashcroft an explosive amalgam of John Lennon, Mick Jagger, charisma and cheekbones. Formed in the aftermath of the second summer of love and the mania surrounding The Stone Roses, the Wigan-based band had taken the psychedelic dance rock of the Roses and melded it with the strutting, preening rock 'n' roll of prime Stones and Zeppelin. ![]() This game-changing cultural shift initially rolled out without The Verve. ![]()
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