Mark Gardener

English musician Mark GardenerGardener with Ride at Primavera Sound 2022Background informationBornMark Stephen Gardener (1969-12-06) 6 December 1969 (age 56)OriginOxford, EnglandGenresAlternative rock, shoegazing, BritpopOccupationsSinger, musician, songwriterInstrumentsVocals, guitarYears active1988–presentMember ofRideWebsitemarkgardener.comMusical artist Mark Stephen Gardener (born 6 December 1969) is an English rock musician, best known for being one of two singer-guitarists for the shoegaze band Ride. Career Ride Gardener formed Ride with Andy Bell (guitarist), whom he met at Cheney School in Oxford, and Laurence Colbert (drummer) and Steve Queralt (bass guitarist), whom he met doing Foundation Studies in Art and Design at Banbury in 1988. While still at Banbury the band produced a tape demo including the tracks "Chelsea Girl" and "Drive Blind". In February 1989, "Ride" were asked to stand in for a cancelled student union gig at Oxford Polytechnic that brought them to the attention of Alan McGee. After Ride had supported the Soup Dragons in 1989, McGee signed them to Creation Records. With Ride, Gardener released three EPs between January and September 1990, entitled Ride, P