| Nick McCabe |
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nickmccabe-kim-2freespirits.co.uk |
| Born |
July
14, 1971 (1971-07-14)
(age 36)
 St.
Helens, Merseyside,
England |
| Genre(s) |
Alternative rock
Psychedelic rock
Shoegaze |
| Affiliation(s) |
The Verve |
| Label(s) |
Hut
Virgin |
| Years active |
1989 - Present |
Nicholas Jonathon "Nick" McCabe (born on July 14, 1971 in Haydock, England). He is
most famous as the lead guitarist of Alternative
rock band The
Verve.
|
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 Equipment
- 3 Discography
- 3.1 1992-1997
- 3.2 1997-2001
- 3.3 2002-2006
- 4 External
link
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Biography
Nick McCabe was the youngest of three children and was
strongly influenced by music growing up. He led a normal life training
to be a Quantity surveyor until, after
leaving Haydock High School, he met Richard
Ashcroft at Winstanley Sixth Form College in Winstanley,
near Wigan, Lancashire. Ashcroft heard McCabe's guitar jamming and
thought McCabe could "almost make the guitar talk". Along with Simon Jones and Peter
Salisbury, Ashcroft and McCabe formed The
Verve.
Tensions and power struggles between McCabe and Ashcroft would
later cause the band's dissolution, twice. The first breakup happened
when Ashcroft left after The Verve's unsuccessful second
album, A Northern Soul.
Shortly thereafter Ashcroft reformed the band, but at first McCabe
refused to return, though he later returned for the band's third album,
Urban
Hymns. The Verve broke up for the
second and final time when McCabe left after Urban Hymns.
Musically, McCabe has always expressed his fondness of synthesizers
and explained his "psychedelic" sound as trying to make a guitar sound like
a synthesizer
by using effects pedals and Valve Amps.
McCabe recently remixed a single for The
Music ("Freedom Fighters" - September 2004). In 2001, he
played on John Martyn's record, On the
Cobbles.
On June 26th 2007, The Verve announced they have reformed and
are recording a new album with McCabe back on guitar. They tour in
November, no word on when the new material will be released
Equipment
Amps (partial):
- Mesa/boogie Mk III combo
- Roland JC120 (daisy-chained to the boogie)
- Marshall solid state bass amp
Effects (partial):
- Alesis Quadraverb+
- Selmer (Wem licensee) Copycat
- Roland 201 Space Echo
- Boss od-1 pedal
- Ibanez analogue flanger
- Eventide H3000
- Roland GP-8
Guitars (partial):
- Fender Strat (1979)
- Gibson 335.
- Fender Jazzmaster (1959) 70's
- Gibson Flying V
- mandolin
- Ovation acoustic
Discography
1992-1997
- Verve - The Verve E.P.
(1992)
- Verve - A Storm in Heaven (1993)
- The Verve - No Come Down (1994)
- The Verve - A Northern Soul (1995)
- The Verve - Urban Hymns (1997)
1997-2001
- The Beta Band - Champion
Versions E.P. (1997)
- Mellow - Instant Love E.P. (1999)
- O.S.T.
for Iain
Banks' "Complicity" (2000)
- Neotropic (project) - La
Prochaine Fois/An Ambient Road Movie (2001)
2002-2006
- Faultline
feat. Nick McCabe - Last Broadcast (2002/2004, released on "Your Love Means Everything")
- John Martyn feat. Nick McCabe
- Walking Home (2004,
released on "On the Cobbles")
- Nick McCabe vs. The Music - The People (2004, released on "The Freedom Fighters E.P.")
- The Heavy - In The Morning E.P. (2005, produced by Nick McCabe)
- The Nova Saints (formerly: Spencer) -
The Draft EP. (2007,
produced by Nick McCabe)
External link
| The Verve |
Nick McCabe | Richard
Ashcroft | Simon Jones
| Peter Salisbury
Simon
Tong |
| Discography |
| Studio albums:
A Storm in Heaven
| A Northern Soul
| Urban Hymns |
| EPs: Verve EP
| Five by Five |
| Compilations:
No Come Down | This Is Music: The
Singles 92-98 |
| Singles:
"All
in the Mind" | "She's a Superstar" | "Gravity
Grave" | "Blue" | "Slide Away" | "This
Is Music" | "On Your Own" | "History" | "Bitter
Sweet Symphony" | "The Drugs Don't Work" | "Lucky Man" |
"Sonnet" |
| Tours:
Gravity Grave Tour | Urban
Hymns Tour |
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