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April 16, 1998

Cover Story: Bittersweet Triumph

How Richard Ashcroft and the Verve turned eight hard, drug-soaked years of breakdowns into rock & roll salvation

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Forth

Two of the best psychedelic rock shows I've ever seen were by this British band, in London and New York, in the summer of 1993, and most of the Verve's fourth record — their first after a decade apart — is a return to that whirlpool-guitar, shaman-song form. "Sit and Wonder" is what they...

2008 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Urban Hymns

1997

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The Verve fit the classic British rock model: Richard Ashcroft was the lippy sex poet on the mike, a long, tall swirl of cheekbones and pretension, while Nick McCabe was the shy, perfectionist guitar wizard. For a while, they struck brilliant musical sparks by driving each other up the wall, regularly throwing crockery in the studio and breaking up after each album. A Storm in Heaven was a...

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