1. Nicholas John McCabe was born on 14 July 1971 and is an English musician, best known as being the lead guitarist of the rock group the Verve.
11 Facts About Nick McCabe
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Nick McCabe is the son of a bus driver father and a social worker mother and has two older brothers, Alan and Paul.
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Nick McCabe was generally an aloof member, being involved in relatively few interviews.
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Shortly thereafter Ashcroft reformed the band without Nick McCabe, replacing him with Simon Tong.
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Nick McCabe returned home to work on his own music and spend time with his daughter until Ashcroft asked him to return in 1997, for the band's third album, Urban Hymns.
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In early 2007, Nick McCabe made peace with Ashcroft, and the band reunited.
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In March 2009, following the death of Martyn, Nick McCabe discussed Martyn's music and the experience of working with him in an interview with Mojo.
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In 2009 Nick McCabe founded a new band called The Black Ships with Jones, drummer Mig Schillace, and electric violinist Davide Rossi.
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In November 2019 Nick McCabe began releasing solo work to Bandcamp, initially as a side project called Litter and Leaves with Black Submarine member Amelia Tucker and then under his own name.
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Nick McCabe has cited artists such as Joy Division, John Martyn and Eddie Hazel as inspirations.
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Nick McCabe has expressed his fondness of synthesizers and explained his 'psychedelic' sound as trying to make a guitar sound like a synthesizer by using effects pedals and valve amps.