#Richard Ashcroft

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The VERVE

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The Verve -Richard Ashcroft. Photograph by Chris Floyd

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“The drugs do fuckin’ work”

Noel Gallagher of Oasis with Richard Ashcroft of The Verve, 1996

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THE VERVE AT IRVING PLAZA. NEW YORK, 11/5/97.

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Liam & Richard

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The Verve vintage postcard from Pyramid Intl scanned by me

📸: Steve Rapport

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Richard Ashcroft at Lollapalooza in 1994

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Richard Ashcroft, 1993 📸

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Richard Ashcroft 📸

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ROUND 1: The Stone Roses VS The Verve

THE STONE ROSES

THE VERVE

The verve for me!

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Summer Sonic 2000 Headline [ROCKIN'ON June 2000]

Y2K breaks out! The first ROCKIN'ON report on the midsummer alternative festival Summer Sonic! Finally, Japan's first urban festival. First of all, fly with the line-up!

On 5th and 6th August, immediately after the Fuji Rock Festival, the two-day rock festival "Summer Sonic" will be held simultaneously at Fujikyu Highland Conifer Forest in the Kanto region and Osaka Cosmosquare Open Air Stadium in the Kansai region. The number of artists is expected to be considerable, as the festival will be held over two days and on two stages. The names are still coming in, but for now the confirmed artists include Green Day, Mansun, The Flaming Lips, Teenage Fanclub, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Muse, Weezer, Arrested Development, Ben Folds Five, Coldplay, Grandaddy, The Living End, Tahiti 80, Vienna, 311, Supercar, Quruli, and more! —So it's already gorgeous! The artists are completely interchangeable between the Kanto and Kansai regions, so all bands will be appearing in both. Don't worry.

Now, let's take a personal look at each of the highlights, starting with Weezer. I thought they had broken up, but it seems they are really coming. What's going on? I've checked many times, but seriously, they're coming. And Mansun! The new album is coming out in June, so it should be unusually exciting by this time. Shout out "I'm negative!" to the sound of high-speed dominoes falling all over the place! And for those who missed their first visit to Japan, is the longed-for Muse going to be the favourite? Green Day, who played in the basement of Seiyu [a convenience store] in Takadanobaba after being cancelled at the first Fuji Rock show, have not played since their last shows at Tokyo Bay NK Hall and Akasaka BLITZ [in 1998]. What colour is your hair? Or, has there been a new album to follow "Nimrod" yet? Jon Spencer, who is a familiar face is sure to impress. And for Teenage Fanclub, the long-awaited new album is in the works. They'll be playing new songs! The Flaming Lips under a summer sky, is it Reading Fest all over again? A Bowlie Weekender illusion? Check out Grandaddy, and I could go on and on, but this is a groundbreaking line-up. I know my wallet (or bank account) will be tight at Fuji, but I have no choice but to say "I've got to go".

This festival is an urban festival. It is an attempt to present a different kind of festival in Japan, where people can experience world-class rock artists on stage in a convenient location in a casual and comfortable manner, rather than the green, free and hard-working rock festival that Fuji Rock so strongly impressed upon people. This is the same direction as Reading in the UK and Big Day Out in Australia. In a sense, it could be said to be competing with Fuji. It's hard to decide which one to go to, and if you go to both, it's hard to find the money and time, but it's good to think about the future of festivals in Japan. We can target festivals too, and if we do, they will become better and better. …… As I was writing this, I was stunned to see the new line-up for Fuji Rock announced today! In addition to Morrissey and Denki Groove, Mogwai! Yo La Tengo, Super Furry Animals and more! This is a battle as early as the subject……. Find out more with your own eyes! That's all I can say. (Yoichiro Yamazaki)

Translator's Note: There's actually at least 3 different accounts on what happened with Green Day when the first Fuji Rock Festival was cancelled back in 1997.

As claimed in the article, they played an impromptu show at the basement of a Seiyu convenience store in Takadanobaba.

According to Wikipedia JP, the band were upset and trashed the hotel room that they were staying at with a BB gun/air gun.

According Green Day Live, the band joined members of the Chili Peppers, the Foo Fighters, Beck, and The Prodigy on an excursion to an amusement park. It was likely to be Fuji-Q Highland, since it was close to the resort and only half an hour away by car.

So yeah, make of it what you will.

Believe it or not, I happen to come across this article by chance from amongst the secondhand Japanese music magazines that I have in my collection. It came from one of the magazines that I was forced to buy as part of a bulk purchase and it had none of the artists or bands that I was interested in, so I put it away. It wasn't until a couple of days while I was sifting through the collection that I found this article.

So, everyone, say thank you to this closeup image of Richard Ashcroft for this nice little article.

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THE VERVE

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You know I can change, I can change But I'm here in my mold And I'm a million different people From one day to the next I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no