Richard Paul Ashcroft (born September 111971 in Billinge Maternity Hospital, Billinge Higher End, Lancashire) is an Englishsinger-songwriter. He is the lead singer of The Verve, an English rock band that he helped form in 1989. The Verve suffered huge ups and downs in its first 10 years of existence, from great disappointment and lack of critical and commercial success on the band's first 2 albums (although they are now hailed by the music press and believed to be underrated) to and impressive popularity in the late 90's with the release of Urban Hymns in 1997. in 2000, after their second break-up, Ashcroft embarked on a successful solo career. Ashcroft released three solo albums, the last being 2006's Keys to the World.
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