   nick mccabe (born nicholas john mccabe, 14 july 1971 in haydock, st helens, lancashire,http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/all/results?recordcount=-1&forenames=nicholas&_includeforenamesvariants=on&surname=mccabe&_includesurnamevariants=on&fromyear=1971&toyear=1971&region=&county=&mothersmaidenname=&_usemothersmaidennameassurname=on&sortorder=rk%3atrue&_performexactsearch=on&event=b&recordtype=all&route=) is an english musician best known as the lead guitarist of the verve. ==early life== nick mccabe was the son of a bus driverthe verve online and has two older brothers, alan and paul.biog when asked what it was that inspired him to become a guitarist, he answered: "that was me, i just got a guitar, and i could play a few things on it, and i liked messing with it, and i liked making my own things up."interviews he attended haydock high school, and later met richard ashcroft at winstanley college. ashcroft described mccabe's guitar playing as sounding like "a whole other universe"; the two briefly played in a band whilst at college.http://www.musicsaves.org/verve/interviews/36.shtml after leaving college, mccabe began a career as a quantity surveyor. he later recalled: "i hated it. i used to sit there all day scribbling in my pad thinking about guitar sounds."the verve online he gave this up to be part of the verve along with ashcroft, [[simon jones (music
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