Richard Ashcroft and then attended Winstanley College, where he met Nick McCabe. His teachers referred to him as "the cancer of the class", though one member of staff recalled him being "incredibly intelligent". Ashcroft was an avid football player, playing junior football for Wigan Athletic. For some time Ashcroft wanted to be a professional football player, idolising George Best, but as he grew older he lost interest in this, turning to music instead. Ashcroft formed The Verve (originally just Verve) in 1990 with McCabe, Jones, and Salisbury. The band signed to Hut Records and became well known for their appetite for both
Richard Band Richard Band Richard Howard Band (born December 28, 1953) is an American composer of film music. He has scored more than 85 films, including "From Beyond", which won the award for Best Original Soundtrack at the Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival. Band was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of the film director/producer Albert Band, the brother of director/distributor Charles Band, and the uncle of Alex Band. Since the late 1970s Band has been composing film music for horror and science fiction films regularly. His first notable score was for 1977's "Laserblast", which he co-composed with