Richard Ashcroft a 2006 interview, Ashcroft mentioned taking Prozac to help him with clinical depression, but said that it did not help, referring to the pills as "very, very synthetic." Ashcroft has said that he's always been "a depressive, someone who suffers from depression", and that music and creativity help him cope with his illness. Controversy exists over The Verve's biggest hit, "Bitter Sweet Symphony", on which Ashcroft is the sole band member to share a co-writing credit. The song uses a sample of Andrew Oldham Orchestra's recording of The Rolling Stones' 1965 song "The Last Time". The Verve had negotiated this
Wigan Post Wigan Post The Wigan Post (formerly Wigan Evening Post and Chronicle and later just the Wigan Evening Post) is a daily tabloid British regional newspaper for Wigan in Greater Manchester, formally the traditional county of Lancashire. It is owned by Johnston Press and published by Lancishire publications, which has its offices in the town. The main area for the paper's distribution is around the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. It is published six days a week (daily except Sundays). It was founded in the 1950's as a subdivision of the Lancashire Evening Post. It was formally a fully paid-for paper till