The SECRET Love Triangle That Crafted Two of 1997’s Best Albums

Spiritualized and The Verve crossed paths in 1995 and shared some stages. But they also shared a little more than that. Kate Radley, who had been a core piece of Spiritualized and was frontman Jason Pierce's girlfriend, started up a secret relationship with Richard Ashcroft of the Verve. In fact, they even got married in secret! This is the story of how this secret love triangle helped craft two of 1997's best albums: "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space" by Spiritualized and "Urban Hymns" by The Verve. 👉 Subscribe for More Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 ✉️ Read the transcript & hear the music on the Poetic Wax Substack: https://poeticwax.substack.com WATCH NEXT: ✓ Let Down: The Radiohead Song That Nearly Broke the Band https://youtu.be/cib584GTSWk ✓ Mayonaise: The Inside Joke that Became One of The Smashing Pumpkins Best Songs https://youtu.be/6RiMSiWTsoU ✓ Was the Church of Kurt Cobain Real? https://youtu.be/EKSe39ROr80 🎥 90s Alt Rock on Poetic Wax: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWVMPcvhbgG6DncbcS9U05uh Get Spiritualized on Vinyl 🎧 https://amzn.to/4a7jvRy Poetic Wax is hosted by Andy Fenstermaker. CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Best Album of 1997 1:20 Jason, Kate, and the Early Days of Spiritualized 3:52 The Love Triangle and a Secret Marriage 5:49 Parallels in Writing and Recording Ladies And Gentlemen 7:39 Floating In Space with Elvis and Love’s Fragility 9:31 The Legacy and Greater Orbits REFERENCES & CLIPS Vice on the Love Triangle: https://www.vice.com/en/article/spiritualized-the-verve-and-1997s-biggest-secret-love-triangle/ Spiritualized Live on MTV 120 Minutes (Aug 16, 1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfV_xwXvYJU Spiritualized Live at Lisner Auditorium (May 1, 1995) cr Pete Sounds via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv_hNt4WB2k Jason Pierce Guinness Book of World Records Interview (Much Music, Toronto, 1997) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CegkTma0eQ Spiritualized on The New Music Series (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY4xfe_ZoBk Spiritualized “Let it Flow” Official Music Video (1995) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv1KozeXGqk Spiritualized "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (NPR MUSIC LIVE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7FEENQd6UI #theverve #spiritualized #jasonpierce #richardashcroft #kateradley #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #fensepost #vinylchannel #poeticwax #musicessay #musicstory #albumstory #musichistory #albumhistory #musicdocumentary