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Alternative-Rock Punk-Pop act from Downpatrick, NORTHERN IRELAND and
originally consisted of singer+guitarist Tim Wheeler, bass player Mark
Hamilton and drummer Rick McMurray; they started playing together in the
first half of the '90s.
Their first single, "Jack Names The Planets", came out in
1994 appearing in advance of their debut album, "Trailer".
In late 1995 "Girl From Mars" entered the top 10 of the Official
U.K. Singles chart, two more British hit singles "Goldfinger"
and "Oh Yeah" propelled the band's second effort, "1977",
to the top of the U.K. Albums chart and helped pump album sales to nearly
one million copies worldwide.
Over the course of 1997, having expanded the line-up to include the new
guitarist Charlotte Hatherley the group toured the world.
The next year saw the release of "Nu-Clear Sounds", the album
failed to replicate its predecessor's commercial performance because,
under pressure to deliver a follow-up to the success of "1977",
Wheeler suffered writer's block.
The band resurfaced in early 2001 with the British top 10 hit single "Shining
Light" which preceded "Free All Angels"; soon after the
album release, the second single, "Burn Baby Burn", peaked at
#13 in U.K. chart, their fourth album topped the British charts and generated
two more hit singles: "Sometimes" and "Candy"; "Free
All Angels" appeared in the U.S. in June 2002 and conquered the top
20 of the Billboard Magazine's Heatseekers list.
That same year, Ash, released a double-CD compilation of all their singles
and B-sides called "Intergalactic Sonic 7"s" which also
included the previously unreleased track "Envy".
"Meltdown" was issued in mid-2004 going straight into the top
5 of the British Albums chart and spawning the top 10 hit single "Orpheus".
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