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Ride is an English rock band formed in Oxford in 1988. The band includes vocalists and guitarists Andy Bell and Mark Gardener, drummer Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and bassist Steve Queralt. They are recognized as one of the key pioneers of shoegaze, an alternative rock subgenre that gained prominence in the United Kingdom during the early 1990s. The band's first two albums, Nowhere (1990) and Going Blank Again (1992), are considered among the greatest shoegaze albums. The lead single from Going Blank Again, "Leave Them All Behind," reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Both Going Blank Again and Carnival of Light (1994) peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart. Ride disbanded in 1996 prior to releasing their fourth album, Tarantula, which received negative reviews. Andy Bell joined Oasis in 1999 as their bassist. The band reunited in 2014 for touring and released the albums Weather Diaries (2017), This Is Not a Safe Place (2019), and Interplay (2024).