The Verve

Origin: Wigan, England
Years active: 1989–1999; 2007-present
Members: Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones, Peter Salisbury
Former members: Simon Tong

The Verve (originally Verve) are a British rock band formed in Wigan,
Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Form College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft,
Guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury.
Simon Tong later became a member. The band split in April 1999 due to inner conflicts which
Led to McCabe's departure. The band's original line-up reunited in June 2007.
The band has announced an album due at unspecified date in 2008 and a tour scheduled
For November & December 2007.
Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to space rock and shoegazing,
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 the album Urban Hymns and its single
"Bitter Sweet Symphony", which became a massive worldwide hit.
Soon after this commercial peak, the band broke up, citing creative struggles between band members.
By then, The Verve had become one of the most influential British alternative rock acts of the decade.

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