Original member of The Verve
Born May 29, 1972 in Wigan, England
Left The Verve in 1999

He was in the band Shining with fellow Verve member, Simon Tong.

Shining band history

Actually he is the fulltime bass player of Cathey Davey, again with the company of Simon Tong as guitarrist in some tracks.

Simon Jones Pictures with Cathey Davey & company

He declared in the Wigan Evening Post recently thet he isn't happy about the Greatest Hits album - "there were five of us in that group, and only one (Ashcroft) was consulted about it". Followed by - "I havent seen him (Ashcroft) for five years, which suits me fine."