
Ride
Origin Oxford, England Genres Shoegaze alternative rock noise pop dream pop neo-psychedelia Britpop Years active 1988–1996, 2014–present Ride are an English rock band formed in Oxford in 1988. The band consists of vocalists and guitarists Andy Bell and Mark Gardener, drummer Laurence "Loz" Colbert and bassist Steve Queralt. They have been recognised as one of the key pioneers of shoegaze, an alternative rock subgenre that emerged to prominence in the United Kingdom during the early 1990s. The band's first two albums, Nowhere (1990) and Going Blank Again (1992), have been critically acclaimed as two of the greatest shoegaze albums of all time.[2][3][4][5] The latter's lead single, "Leave Them All Behind", was the band's most commercially successful song, reaching No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Both Going Blank Again and its 1994 follow-up, Carnival of Light, peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. Ride broke up in 1996 prior to the release of their fourth album Tarantula, which received negative reviews. Bell joined Oasis in 1999 as their bassist. The band reunited in 2014 to tour again, and also put out the albums Weather Diaries (2017), This Is Not a Safe Place (2019) and Interplay (2024). Ride是一支来自英国的摇滚乐队,成立于1988年,自第一张专辑问世后一直受到好评,被英国的媒体称为新迷幻乐队,随着影响力的渐渐扩大,有被称为是被抱有最大希望的英国摇滚乐队。