Richard Ashcroft
Ashcroft On The Verve
11/10/07 17:24
Richard
Ashcroft has been talking to 6 Music about The
Verve reunion and progress on their new album.
He says that writing new material was the most natural thing in the world:
"We just turned up and without going into too much psychology and ripping ourselves to peices, I think we met and within 20 minutes we were playing music.
"So I think we're just going to let the music do the talking and I'm very happy with the results we've got so far."
And he says relationships within the band are amicable:
"We've had a few fights but thats just the way it is - Nah - we're fine, we're cool, it's good. Y'know it's all about the healing process, it's about forgiveness and it's about moving on, it's all about love it's all about peace. No more fights."
He may have had success as a solo artist, since The Verve broke up, but Richard says there's nothing quite like being in a band when it's all going well.
"Certain bands have got certain combinations that a bit of magic happens and I'm very lucky to have been part of that before and looking forward to the future and doing it again so it's all very exciting."
The Verve kick off a winter tour at the Glasgow Academy on 02 November, and Richard says it will be hard to chose the setlist:
"Sometimes lyrically you feel uncomfortable with stuff you've done in the past, so lyrically it's got to be right for me now, and musically for the rest of the guys.
"But luckily we wrote some songs that had a timeless quality so we're not too fearful about it. Should be good concerts."
He says that writing new material was the most natural thing in the world:
"We just turned up and without going into too much psychology and ripping ourselves to peices, I think we met and within 20 minutes we were playing music.
"So I think we're just going to let the music do the talking and I'm very happy with the results we've got so far."
And he says relationships within the band are amicable:
"We've had a few fights but thats just the way it is - Nah - we're fine, we're cool, it's good. Y'know it's all about the healing process, it's about forgiveness and it's about moving on, it's all about love it's all about peace. No more fights."
He may have had success as a solo artist, since The Verve broke up, but Richard says there's nothing quite like being in a band when it's all going well.
"Certain bands have got certain combinations that a bit of magic happens and I'm very lucky to have been part of that before and looking forward to the future and doing it again so it's all very exciting."
The Verve kick off a winter tour at the Glasgow Academy on 02 November, and Richard says it will be hard to chose the setlist:
"Sometimes lyrically you feel uncomfortable with stuff you've done in the past, so lyrically it's got to be right for me now, and musically for the rest of the guys.
"But luckily we wrote some songs that had a timeless quality so we're not too fearful about it. Should be good concerts."
Urban Classic
08/10/07 17:12
The
Verve's last album, Urban Hymns has won the Q
Classic Album at this years Q Awards, Richard
Ashcroft was there in person to collect the award
and had this to say about the new album they are
currently working on:
"It should be out by Summer, it sounds great all Verve fans will be happy with the mix, from people who loved Northern Soul, Urban Hymns, it's all there, we 're buzzing."
"It should be out by Summer, it sounds great all Verve fans will be happy with the mix, from people who loved Northern Soul, Urban Hymns, it's all there, we 're buzzing."
Verve Break Silence About Inter-Band Fighting
04/10/07 17:21
The
Verve have revealed how they settled the
differences that split up the band after the
release of their classic album, 'Urban Hymns'.
Richard Ashcroft and his band members explain how they resolved their issues in the new issue of NME, on sale now.
"We had quite a lot of time being angry," guitarist Nick McCabe explained, talking about the fighting that split the band. "Then, once you've sort of resolved a lot of things in your own mind, you kind of realise that it wasn't such a big deal in the first place.
"Then you think, 'God, what went on there?' All the stuff that happened since is a bit of a nonsense, really."
"It's all bollocks really," frontman Richard Ashcroft went on to say. "We're not here to get on the fucking couch. We've got our lives, we've got kids, we've got our wives. There's a lot of sacrifice goes on making a record and we're prepared to do that."
Richard Ashcroft and his band members explain how they resolved their issues in the new issue of NME, on sale now.
"We had quite a lot of time being angry," guitarist Nick McCabe explained, talking about the fighting that split the band. "Then, once you've sort of resolved a lot of things in your own mind, you kind of realise that it wasn't such a big deal in the first place.
"Then you think, 'God, what went on there?' All the stuff that happened since is a bit of a nonsense, really."
"It's all bollocks really," frontman Richard Ashcroft went on to say. "We're not here to get on the fucking couch. We've got our lives, we've got kids, we've got our wives. There's a lot of sacrifice goes on making a record and we're prepared to do that."
Verve Reunion - How It Happened
04/07/07 21:29
In
todays NME, The Verve manager Jazz Summers has
revealed why The Verve have got back together.
"We did keep it quite quiet." explained the band's manager Jazz Summers. A couple of moths ago, Richard Ashcroft had a conversation with me and said, "You know we made fantastic music. I think it would be fantastic if we got back together."
Despite their turbulent history - Ashcroft rang his former bandmates and suggested they reconvene.
"We didn't make any decision until they'd been in the studio and made some music, that's the reason for doing it." said Summers.
There have been suggestions that The Verve's return is all about generating large amounts of cash.
"I think The Sun said they'd been offered £20 million to get back together," laughed Summers. "if they want to pay us £20m to do a gig then maybe, but no, it was all about the music. They're all really excited about what happened in the studio."
Ashcroft and McCabe, along with original bassist Simon Jones and drummer Pete Salisbury will start work on an album in september.
"We did keep it quite quiet." explained the band's manager Jazz Summers. A couple of moths ago, Richard Ashcroft had a conversation with me and said, "You know we made fantastic music. I think it would be fantastic if we got back together."
Despite their turbulent history - Ashcroft rang his former bandmates and suggested they reconvene.
"We didn't make any decision until they'd been in the studio and made some music, that's the reason for doing it." said Summers.
There have been suggestions that The Verve's return is all about generating large amounts of cash.
"I think The Sun said they'd been offered £20 million to get back together," laughed Summers. "if they want to pay us £20m to do a gig then maybe, but no, it was all about the music. They're all really excited about what happened in the studio."
Ashcroft and McCabe, along with original bassist Simon Jones and drummer Pete Salisbury will start work on an album in september.