Andy Bell

Mark Gardener and Andy Bell had been to Cheney School in Oxford, appearing in the school's musical theatre productions, and in October, they 1988 moved to Banbury to do Foundation Studies in Art and Design. There they met Colbert. Queralt, who also went to Cheney School, was recruited from a local record shop (although Bell and Queralt had already played together in an obscure reggae/pop band called "Big Spiderback"). After considering the name 'Donkey' the band called itself 'Ride' after a piece of graphic design Gardener produced for a typography workshop. The first gig as Ride was for the College's Christmas Party in 1988. While still at Banbury, the band produced a demo tape, including the...

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Love Oneself (feat. Claudia Brucken)
Intro
Fantasy
Runaway
Electric Blue
Crazy
The Rest Of Our Lives
Delicious (feat.Claudia Brucken)
Shaking My Soul
I Thought It Was You (feat. Jake Shears)
Caught In A Spin
See The Lights Go Out
I`ll Never Fall In Love Again
Jealous