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Ash is an alternative rock artist from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland formed in 1992. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
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Ad Astra
2025 · 12 tracks
2001-06-06: Peel Session
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2001-07: T in the Park, Kinross, UK
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1995-06-23: Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, UK
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1997-02-07: Malmö, Sweden
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Race the Night
2023
Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years of Ash
2020
Islands
2018
Live on Mars - London Astoria 1997
2016
Kablammo!
2015
Letters From Alphabet City
2014
A-Z
2012
The Best Of
2011
A-Z, Volume 1
2010
A-Z, Volume 2
2010
Rarities & B-Sides
2009
Twilight of the Innocents
2007
Then & Now
2007
Meltdown
2004
Intergalactic Sonic 7″s
2002
Free All Angels
2001
Nu-Clear Sounds
1998
Live at the Wireless
1997
1977
1996
Trailer
1994
Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. The band has sold 8 million albums worldwide. Band beginning, Trailer and 1977 (1992–1998) Ash officially formed in 1992, reportedly having taken their name from the first word they liked in the dictionary. Prior to this, Wheeler and Hamilton were in a Iron Maiden cover band called Vietnam who formed in 1989. They created three demo tapes that year – Solar Happy in June, Shed in September, and the Home Demo in November. These tapes featured their earliest material and the first recordings of some songs that were later on their 1994 release, Trailer, including "Intense Thing", "Get Out", "Obscure Thing," and their future single, "Jack Names the Planets". In 1993 the band recorded the Garage Girl demo tape, which featured "Jack Names the Planets" and "Intense Thing" taken from Shed, as well as some new tracks including "Petrol". Following Garage Girl, they released their compilation demo tape, Pipe Smokin' Brick later that year, which featured an assortment of songs from the other tapes. Downpatrick musician Ray Valentine recorded Ash's demos at his studio, Cosmic Rays. At that time, the band wer…
