Shed Seven embodied the swagger of the mid-’90s Britpop movement, courtesy of brash guitar-rock anthems imbued with funky grooves and swooning, yearning melodrama. The band coalesced in 1990 in York, England, around a lineup that featured vocalist Rick Witter and bassist Tom Gladwin. Guitarist Paul Banks, who had played in a band with Witter when both were teenagers, joined Shed Seven as they signed a record deal in 1993. Their Smiths-esque debut single, “Mark,” made a small dent on the charts, and the group’s career took off with a pair of soon-to-be classics on their first album, 1994’s Change Giver: the noisy “Dolphin” and the chiming anthem “Speakeasy.” The 1996 follow-up, A Maximum High, was an even bigger success, becoming their first UK Top 10 album and producing hits including the horn-peppered “Getting Better.” After continued success through the turn of the century, the band launched a farewell tour in 2003 before reconvening four years later. They’ve been together since, releasing a new studio album in 2017 (Instant Pleasures) and a live album in 2020 (Another Night, Another Town) while also touring.
Hometown
York, England
Genre
Rock
Members of Shed Seven
Shed Seven was formed in 1990. Members of Shed Seven include, or have included, the following 5 members.