Verve formed out of four college friends from Wigan: "Mad" Richard Ashcroft (frontman, vocals, guitar), Nick McCabe (guitars, piano), Peter Salisbury (drums), and Simon Jones (bass). At the turn of the 90s, they signed to Hut Records while their brand of neo-psychedelic shoegaze caught on in popularity alongside My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and others in the UK at the time. The band pushed their sonic textures and jams towards a more accessible pop that resulted in their first three singles charting #1 on the British Indie Rock list in 1992. Their first EP released in 1992 and their debut album A Storm in Heaven a year later. John Leckie (think Muse or The Bends) producing; it peaked at #27 on the album charts. Due to legal issues with Verve Records, the band made a was forced into a big step in becoming The Verve. They toured the United States for the record, fueled by drugs and alcohol, but only had success in cities friendly to psychedelic music like New York.
Here is the discography surrounding The Verve's debut album:
The First Wigan Demos (1991 demo)
All in the Mind (1992 single)
She's a Superstar (1992 single)
Gravity Grave (1992 single)
Verve (1992 EP)
Voyager 1 (1993 live EP)
Blue (1993 single)
A Storm in Heaven
Slide Away (1993 single)
No Come Down (1994 compilation album)
"Blue" by The Verve
"The Sun, The Sea" by The Verve
The Verve on Rapido
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