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Ride was a British shoegazing band. The band formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, and officially broke up in 1996. more...

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During that time they received much critical acclaim, and although this never translated into the chart and financial success that they aimed for, for a short while it seemed that the band could prove themselves as defying the fate that befell lesser shoegazer bands. Since then, the band members have gone on to other projects, most notably Andy Bell who became the bass player for Oasis. Since 2001, the band has been semi-active and has released a number of compilation and live recordings, as well as a limited pressing EP with new material.

Biography

1988-1989 Starting out

Gardener and Bell had been to Cheney School in Oxford appearing in the school's musical theatre productions and in October 1988 moved to Banbury to do Foundation Studies in Art and Design. There they met Colbert. Queralt, who also went to Cheney School, was recruited from a local record shop (although Bell and Queralt had already played together in an obscure reggae/pop band called "Big Spiderback"). After considering the name 'Donkey' the band called itself 'Ride' after a piece of graphic design Gardener produced for a typography workshop. The first gig as Ride was for the College's Christmas Party in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks 'Chelsea Girl' and 'Drive Blind'. In February 1989 'Ride' was asked to stand in for a cancelled slot at a student union gig at Oxford Poly that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989, McGee from Creation Records signed a record deal with them.

1989-1993 Early Creation years

Ride released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled Ride, Play and Fall, each with distinctive blurred artwork on the covers. From these EPs, the songs "Chelsea Girl", "Like a Daydream" and "Dreams Burn Down" became favourites. While each EP was not a chart success, enough critical praise was received to make Ride the "darlings" of the music press. The first two EPs were eventually released together as Smile in 1992, while the Fall EP was incorporated into their first LP, Nowhere, released in October 1990.

Nowhere was hailed as a critical success and the media dubbed Ride "The brightest hope" for 1991. Many fans regard this as their favourite album, with songs like "Vapour Trail", and "Dreams Burn Down" becoming classics in shoegaze. It was during this period that the band usually closed their live set with "Seagull", a mass of feedback and rhythm guitar that remains one of the band's classic pieces.

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