Ride

Ride are one of the most foundational and important shoegaze bands, helping define the genre in its first wave and continuing to evolve from that point forward in various phases marked by extreme stylistic shifts and genre experimentation. They arrived in the early '90s with a neo-psychedelic sound that relied on massive, distorted guitars and world-shaking drums, but also had a direct melodic sensibility. Dubbed by the British music press as shoegazers for their shy disposition and concentration on guitar effects pedals, they nonetheless stood apart from their peers, primaril...