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Mark Gardener
Background information
Born	December 6, 1969
Origin	Oxford, England
Genre(s)	Shoegazing Britpop
Years active	1988 - present
Label(s)	Creation Records Shifty Disco BMG Truck Records Excellent Records United For Opportunity Sonic Cathedral
Associated acts	Ride The Animalhouse

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Ride

Gardener formed Ride with Andy Bell (guitar), who he met at Cheney School in Oxford, and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bass guitarist), who he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989 "Ride" were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Polytechnic that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After supporting The Soup Dragons in 1989, McGee signed them to Creation Records. Ride is a 1980s and 90s British shoegazing band. ... Andrew Piran Bell (Born 11 August 1970, in Cardiff, Wales) is a British musician formerly of Ride, a 1980s and 90s British shoegazing band, and Hurricane #1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A display of international flags at Cheney School Cheney School is a UK secondary school located in Headington, Oxford. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A drummer in Action A drummer is a person who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a commonly spoken phrase used to refer to the electric bass and horizontal acoustic basses, a stringed instrument similar in design to the electric guitar, but larger in size, commonly fretted and sometimes fretless and with a lower range. ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). ... All Saints Chapel in the Cathedral Basilica of St. ... The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury alongside the Oxford Canal, with Banbury Museum in the background Banbury is a market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern Castle Quay Shopping Centre in Banbury alongside the Oxford Canal, with Banbury Museum in the background Banbury is a market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan McGee is a British music industry mogul and musician famed for founding the independent Creation Records label which ran from 1983 to 2000. ... The Soup Dragons were a Scottish indie rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s, named after a character in the 1970s childrens TV show The Clangers. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... At least two different record labels called Creation Records have existed. ...

With Ride, Gardener released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled "Ride", "Play" and "Fall". While the EPs were not a chart successes, enough critical praise was received to make Ride the "darlings" of music journalists. The first two EPs were eventually released together as Smile in 1992, while the "Fall" EP was incorporated into their first LP, Nowhere, released in October 1990, which was hailed as a critical success and the media dubbed Ride "The brightest hope" for 1991. This was followed in March 1992 with Going Blank Again. The twin rhythm guitars of Gardener and Bell, both distorted, both using wah-wah pedals and both feeding back on each other was seen as the highlight of the album's critical and chart success. Ride can refer to: An amusement ride. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ride can refer to: An amusement ride. ...

Despite having a solid fanbase and some mainstream success, the lack of a breakthrough contributed to intra-band tension, especially between Gardener and Bell. Their third LP, Carnival of Light, was released in 1994, after shoegazing had given way to Britpop. Carnival of Light was oriented towards this new sound, but sales were sluggish and the shift in musical tastes devastated much of their original audience and critics alike. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Britpop was a British alternative rock genre and movement that was at its most popular in Great Britain in the mid 1990s. ...

1995 saw the dissolution of the band while recording fourth album Tarantula due to creative and personal tensions between Gardener and Bell. The track listing of Carnival of Light gives an indication of the tension that was mounting between the two guitarists, with the first half of the album being songs written by Gardener and the last half of the album being songs written by Bell - one or both had refused to let their songs be interspersed with pieces written by the other. Bell penned most of the songs for Tarantula, one of which - "Castle on the Hill" - was a lament for the band's situation and contains references to Gardener's self imposed exile from the group. Gardener contributed only "Deep Inside My Pocket", a bitter tribute to Gardener's view of Bell at the time. The album was "deleted" from sales one week after release. Critics were almost universally negative regarding the album, and almost seemed to view the split with relief. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Animalhouse

After leaving Ride, Gardener released a limited pressing single on the Shifty Disco label in June 1997, Magdalen Sky. This was part of the label's Single of the Month club, and was limited to 1000 copies only. It featured a rare B-side Can't Let It Die (Home Demo In The Attic). Magdalen Sky was featured on the year-end single compilation It's a Shifty Disco Thing Vol. 1. In April of that same year, ex-Mystics and sometime Supergrass collaborator Sam Williams released a Shifty Disco single of the month Blah Na Na. Gardener and Williams played this song at a Gardener solo show in May, an event that led to the founding of The Animalhouse. Mysticism (ancient Greek mysticon = secret) is meditation, prayer, or theology focused on the direct experience of union with divinity, God, or Ultimate Reality, or the belief that such experience is a genuine and important source of knowledge. ... Supergrass are an alternative rock band from Oxford, England who were at their peak in the Britpop era of the mid-1990s. ...

In late 1997, Gardener and Ride drummer (and budding songwriter) Loz Colbert joined with Williams and bassist Hari T to form The Animalhouse. The band began playing live shows, and received a good bit of attention from the music press as well as fans for its unique fusion of 60's style psychedelica, Britrock, and electronics.

Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons legal and label related, the band did not release material until April 2000's Small EP. The album Ready To Receive followed in September, to great success in Japan, but limited success elsewhere. The long start up time, combined with label distribution and marketing issues, contributed to the disappointing sales, and the band soon disbanded afterward.

Solo

After the demise of The Animalhouse, Gardener moved to France and retreated from the music business. But it was not to last; while visiting his sister he began playing an acoustic guitar, re-learning old songs and writing new ones. Meanwhile, interest in Ride increased upon the release of a greatest hits record. Gardener and his former bandmates participated in the selection of songs. This was followed by a box set, remastering and re-issuing of all the Ride albums, and a one-off "reunion" of new material; a very limited edition instrumental EP (Coming Up For Air) recorded for a Sonic Youth tribute show. Gardener began playing solo shows in 2002, both in the United States and in the UK, supporting the Ride releases as well as his own newly written material. Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...

Gardener toured extensively in the two years preceding the release of his first solo studio album, including many stops in New York City. The tours ranged from shows featuring Gardener and a 12-string acoustic guitar to a full-backing band featuring members of Goldrush. An early EP was released in late 2003 as a Mark Gardener/Goldrush collaboration called Falling Out Into The Night, which featured a Gardener song (Snow In Mexico) backed by Goldrush, a Goldrush song (Out Of Reach), and a Ride cover (Dreams Burn Down) featuring the two together. An acoustic solo show in April 2003 at The Knitting Factory in New York City was released on CD entitled, unsurprisingly, Live at the Knitting Factory, NYC. This release was a limited edition and was intended to help finance the recording of Gardener's first studio album. New York, NY redirects here. ... Goldrush is a rock band from Oxfordshire, England. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for April 2003. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...

Finally, Gardener completed his debut solo album in 2005, titled These Beautiful Ghosts, a collaboration with fellow Oxford musicians Goldrush. In addition to Goldrush, other performers on the album include: Sacha from The Morning After Girls, Grasshopper and Suzanne Thorpe from Mercury Rev, Gene Park, Cat Martino, Kaye Phillips and Clive Poole. [1] A limited edition version featured a bonus DVD with tour footage and other materials. Due to unforseen issues, this DVD has been delayed over 15 months, and will be shipped to purchasers when finished. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Goldrush is a rock band from Oxfordshire, England. ... Goldrush is a rock band from Oxfordshire, England. ...

The album was produced and mixed by Bill Racine and Gardener. It was initially released in North America on US indie label United For Opportunity, and in 2006 was also made available in Belgium, The Netherlands, and Japan. Further European, Australian, and South-East Asia releases of the album were scheduled in late 2006. A single for the album, The Story Of The Eye, featuring a remix by Ulrich Schnauss was released on 7" in November 2006 by Sonic Cathedral, to rave reviews. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... This article is about the continent. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Ulrich Schnauss (b. ... 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

The tours and collaborative EP were what led to Goldrush's extensive participation on These Beautiful Ghosts. Unfortunately, sometime after the release of the album, Gardener and Goldrush had a falling out, and Goldrush no longer accompanies Gardener to shows. He has continued touring, playing solo and with different performers, most notably Cat Martino, who appeared on the album, and since late [[2006], a new backing band.

Gardener has also worked with a variety of artists, performing live, recording instruments and/or vocals, and producing during his post-Ride career.

Trivia: During touring for the album, Gardener has appeared on stage with both Andy Bell and Loz Colbert, although hopeful talk of a Ride reunion has been dismissed by Bell, for now, saying that it "would not live up to expectations." Andrew Piran Bell (Born 11 August 1970, in Cardiff, Wales) is a British musician formerly of Ride, a 1980s and 90s British shoegazing band, and Hurricane #1. ... Ride can refer to: An amusement ride. ...

Discography

Albums

Live at the Knitting Factory, NYC (2004)

These Beautiful Ghosts (11 October 2005)

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Singles/EPs

Magdalen Sky (2 June 1997)

Falling Out Into The Night (4 November 2003)

The Story Of The Eye (Ulrich Schnauss Mix) (20 November 2006)

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Compilation Appearances

• It's A Shifty Disco Thing Vol. 1 (December 1997) - Magdalen Sky
• 0-60 In Five Years (2002) - Magdalen Sky
• Flirt (August 6, 2003) - See What You Get (acoustic)
• Sunsets and Silhouettes (2004) - Snow In Mexico

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Guest Spots and Collaborations

• Man With No Name - The First Day single (1998) - Vocals/Co-Writer
• Meister - Above The Clouds (Single) ~ BECK O.S.T (2004) - Vocals
• Morning After Girls - Morning After Girls (2005) - Vocals
• Morning After Girls - Shadows Evolve (2005) - Vocals
• Rinocerose - Schizophrenia (2005) - Vocals
• Rinocerose - Rinocerose (2006) - Vocals/Co-Writer
• The Tamborines - Sally O'Gannon (2006) - Backing Vocals

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External Links

• Mark Gardener official website
• Mark Gardener official MySpace site