Nick McCabe
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| Nick McCabe | |
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| Born | July 14, 1971 St Helens, Merseyside, England |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock Psychedelic rock Shoegaze |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1989 - Present |
| Label(s) | Hut Virgin |
| Associated acts | The Verve |
Nick McCabe (born Nicholas Jonathon McCabe, 14 July 1971, St Helens, Merseyside [1]) is the lead guitarist of The Verve.
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[edit] 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 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 remixed a single for The Music ("Freedom Fighters" - September 2004). In 2001, he played on John Martyn's album, On the Cobbles.
On 26 June 2007, The Verve announced they had reformed and are recording a new album with McCabe back on guitar.
McCabe has a daughter called Elly.
[edit] 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):
- Gibson Les Paul
- Fender Strat (1979)
- Gibson 335.
- Fender Jazzmaster (1959) 70's
- Gibson Flying V
- mandolin
- Ovation acoustic
[edit] Discography
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 2002-2006
- Faultline feat. Nick McCabe - Lost 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.")
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Fan site
- An Appreciation of Nick McCabe by Michael Leonard
- 1997 McCabe interview by AJ Sharma
- The Verve (official)
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