HURRICANE #1 Hurricane #1 1997

 

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Artist Biography by Kenyon Hopkin

Unlike the effects-laden dream pop of his previous band, Ride, guitarist Andy Bell fleshed out the '70s-inspired rock he began to pursue in his former band with Hurricane #1. Along with vocalist/guitarist and former boxer Alex Lowe, bassist Will Pepper, and drummer Gareth Farmer, the group released its debut, Hurricane #1, on Alan McGee's Creation Records in 1997. "Step into My World," a single from the album, was featured in a commercial for Volkswagen. However, the release of Only the Strongest Will Survive in April 1999 marked the end of the band as Bell quit and joined Oasis as their new bassist.

Following Hurricane #1's demise, Lowe embarked on a solo career, releasing several independently produced albums. Also a painter, he simultaneously built a name as an abstract impressionist artist. Diagnosed with cancer in 2013, Lowe successfully underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy. A year later, thanks in part to McGee's encouragement, Lowe re-formed Hurricane #1 without Bell. In 2015, after a 16-year absence, Hurricane #1 released their third full-length album, Find What You Love and Let It Kill You.

 

Tracklist

1	Just Another Illusion	5:40
2	Faces In A Dream	4:44
3	Step Into My World	5:01
4	Mother Superior	5:11
5	Let Go Of The Dream	2:38
6	Chain Reaction	3:41
7	Lucky Man	5:15
8	Strange Meeting	4:06
9	Monday Afternoon	3:03
10	Stand In Line	8:28
11	Touchdown	4:47
12	Smoke Rings	8:32

 

RIDE Fall EP 1990

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English rock band formed in Oxford in 1988. With their first records, Ride created a unique wall of sound that relied on massive, trembling distortion in the vein of My Bloody Valentine but with a simpler, more direct melodic songwriting approach. The shatteringly loud, droning neo-psychedelia the band performed was dubbed "shoegazing" by the British press because the band members stared at their many guitar effects pedals while they performed. After the 1992 album "Going Blank Again", the band shed their shoegazing tendencies and released 1994's "Carnival Of Light", an album deeply indebted to bands of the 1960s and 70s. Following a lukewarm critical and fan reception towards that album, they released one more album in a similar retro/classic rock vein, "Tarantula", in 1996, immediately breaking up over inter-band tensions regarding direction and ongoing songwriting/leadership squabbles. Twenty years later, they reformed amicably and have since released three more well-regarded full length albums that have largely been considered a return to form.

Ride Fall EP released on Creation Records in 1990. The EP was housed in a cardboard sleeve and was a UK import. - Blogatrix


Tracklist

1		Dreams Burn Down	6:08
2		Taste	3:18
3		Here And Now	4:27
4		Nowhere	5:24