Ride

Ride sealed their fate as shoegaze pioneers early on, although they eventually broke away from its trademark dissonance.

Soon after forming in 1988, the Oxford quartet of art school friends recorded a demo that caught the ear of Creation Records’ cofounder Alan McGee.

Ride quickly mastered their distinct brand of cacophonous bliss in a trio of blistering EPs, followed by their 1990 full-length debut.