The Verve Band || | 1997 || Themselves || Best Live Act || | rowspan="5" | 1998 || rowspan="2" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" || British Single of the Year || |- | rowspan="2" | 1997 || Themselves || Best Foreign Group || | rowspan="2"|2008 The Verve The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound with their debut LP "A Storm in Heaven", by the mid-1990s the band
Department S (band) Department S (band) Department S are a British post-punk/new wave band formed in 1980, who took their name from the 1960s TV series "Department S". Department S evolved from a previous punk/ska combo, Guns for Hire, fronted by Vaughn Toulouse and also featuring former Madness drummer John Hasler. Mike Herbage joined them on guitar and wrote Guns for Hire's only single, "I'm Gonna Rough My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Up Tonight", released on the Korova record label. The group then became Department S with the addition of bassist Tony Lordan, drummer Stuart Mizon and keyboardist Eddie Roxy (born Anthony Edward Lloyd-Barnes). They