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ALBUMRace The Night (Expanded)Ash
Albums by Ash
ALBUMRace The Night (Expanded)Ash
ALBUMBBC Live Sessions 1994-1999Ash
ALBUMIslandsAsh
ALBUMLive on Mars: London Astoria 1997Ash
ALBUMLittle InfinityAsh
ALBUMRarities & B-sidesAsh
ALBUM1977 (Collectors Edition)Ash
ALBUMTwilight of the Innocents (Deluxe Edition)Ash
ALBUMMeltdownAsh
ALBUMNu-Clear SoundsAsh
Ash's Popular Music Videos
Jesus Says
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Jack Names the Planets (2019 Remaster)
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Goldfinger
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A Life Less Ordinary
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Girl from Mars
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Clones
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Starcrossed
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Wild Surf
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Oh Yeah
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Jack Names the Planets
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Ash Essentials
The guitar heroes who proved that the UK isn't all about sleek Britpop.
Artist Biography
Ash are proud torchbearers of Ireland’s legacy of punk-influenced pop music—even if vocalist/guitarist Tim Wheeler and bassist Mark Hamilton started out playing together in an Iron Maiden cover band. After forming Ash in 1992, the pair and drummer Rick McMurray turned heads with their giddy 1994 debut single, “Jack Names the Planets,” and the explosive “Girl from Mars,” from their effervescent 1996 full-length debut, 1977. The late-’90s addition of guitarist/vocalist Charlotte Hatherley expanded Ash’s sound further, leading to the power-pop gem “Burn Baby Burn” (found on the 2001 UK No. 1 album Free All Angels) and—in a nod to their early shredder days—2004’s metal-influenced “Orpheus.” After Hatherley departed in the mid-2000s, Ash went back to their punkish roots as a trio, releasing the pop-leaning 2015 album Kablammo! and recruiting two members of Irish punk legends The Undertones for the rough-hewn 2018 single “Buzzkill.”
Hometown
Downpatrick, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
Genre
Rock