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See all 5 datesRide is a British rock band formed in Oxford in 1988, playing alternative rock and shoegaze. Signed to Creation Records, the group released its first album, Nowhere, in 1990.
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- Interplay (2024)
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- 1988 · Oxford
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- Creation Records
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Ride are an English rock band formed in Oxford in 1988. The band consists of vocalists and guitarists Andy Bell and Mark Gardener, drummer Laurence "Loz" Colbert and bassist Steve Queralt. They have been recognised as one of the key pioneers of shoegaze, an alternative rock subgenre that emerged to prominence in the United Kingdom during the early 1990s.
The band's first two albums, Nowhere (1990) and Going Blank Again (1992), have been critically acclaimed as two of the greatest shoegaze albums of all time. The latter's lead single, "Leave Them All Behind", was the band's most commercially successful song, reaching No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Both Going Blank Again and its 1994 follow-up, Carnival of Light, peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart.
Ride broke up in 1996 prior to the release of their fourth album Tarantula, which received negative reviews. Bell joined Oasis in 1999 as their bassist. The band reunited in 2014 to tour again, and also put out the albums Weather Diaries (2017), This Is Not a Safe Place (2019) and Interplay (2024).
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Discography
- Nowhere 1990
- Overdrive 1992
- Going Blank Again 1992
- Carnival of Light 1994
- Live Light 1995
- Tarantula 1996
- Coming Up for Air 2002
- Waves 2003
- Weather Diaries 2017
- This Is Not a Safe Place 2019
- LIve Manchester Hall 2015 2022
- Interplay 2024