Verve

The Verve was among the best of the Britpop bands of the ‘90s.

The group proved this early on, building its swirling mix of psychedelia and shoegaze out of frontman Richard Ashcroft’s shamanic charisma and guitarist Nick McCabe’s cosmic six-string squall.

The massive sound and success of 1997’s Urban Hymns and “Bitter Sweet Symphony” solidified it.