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Ash
The Northern Irish band Ash, formed in 1992 by Tim Wheeler and Mark Hamilton,
have managed to chart thirty-one times in the UK Top 100. After their punk-pop
beginnings, the quartet entered the Britpop movement with the prominent guitars
and catchy melodies of their mini-album Trailer (1994). In 1996, the band's
masterpiece 1977 sent four tracks into the Top 20, including "Girl from Mars"
(#11), "Goldfinger" (#5) and "Oh Yeah" (#6). Subsequent albums Nu-Clear Sounds
(1998), Free All Angels (2001), Meltdown (2004) and Twilight of the Innocents
(2007) attempt to renew the state of g...
