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It's only the Daily Fail but.... Second Coming: Iconic band The Stone Roses are set to re-formThey are regarded as one of the most influential British bands of all time.
And tonight, it seemed apparent The Stone Roses - the leaders of the fabled Manchester music scene of the late 1980s - are to re-form.
According to a number of sources, the band will play two concerts in the band’s home city of Manchester next summer.
Major music promoter SJM are said to be putting the concerts on.
It will be the first time the original line-u, singer Ian Brown, guitarist John Squire, bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield and Alan ‘Reni’ Wren, have played together live in 17 years.
A press conference has been lined-up to take place on Tuesday afternoon and according to a number of sources, the band will announce the decision to reform.
Murray Chalmers PR, whose client roster includes Noel Gallagher, Kylie Minogue and Yoko Ono, have called the press conference to make a ‘very important announcement.’
The firm did not state which band or musician it relates to and declined to confirm or deny the artist in question when asked.
The band’s first eponymously named debut album is regarded as one of the greatest British albums of all time.
That LP, featuring songs like I Wanna Be Adored, She Bangs The Drums and I Am The Resurrection, was released in May 1989 when the band had already built a huge following in the North West.
Their fame soon widened as they released Fool’s Gold in November 1989, regarded as the ultimate indie dance crossover track.
The same month they played Alexandra Palace in London, the first time a gig had been played there in 16 years, before turning a bird sanctuary in the Wirral peninsula into a massive concert venue.
Their gig, in front of 30,000 fans at Spike Island near Widnes, Cheshire, at the end of May 1990 is regarded as one of the seminal moments in British rock.
They quit their record company Silvertone following an acrimonious and lengthy legal dispute and signed a multi-million pound deal with Geffen.
As a result, their second album Second Coming was not released until December 1994.
It received relatively lukewarm reviews and the band splintered.
First Wren, now 47, left and songwriter Squire, now 48, quit before going on to develop a career as an artist.
The remaining members soldiered on before finally called it a day in August 1996 following a disastrous performance at Reading Festival.
Mounfield, now 48, then went on to join another rock band Primal Scream.
The reports come six months after Brown, now 48, and Squire had ‘buried the hatchet’ after meeting at Mounfield’s mother’s funeral.
It was the first time the pair, who had famously feuded after they split, were believed to have met since 1996.
Mounfield subsequently dismissed reports that the meeting had paved the way for the band to reform labelling it ‘total fantasy island gear’.
He added that he was ‘disgusted that my personal grief has been invaded and hijacked by these nonsensical stories.
'It isn't true and isn't happening.’
In June, Squire also dismissed rumours of a reformation, commenting that the idea of bands reforming for a cash windfall was ‘tragic.’ |
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« on: October 15, 2011, 09:34:09 AM » |
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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 09:57:18 AM » |
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I wish I had a pound for every time I heard they were reforming. The truth is Ian Brown and John Squires hate each other and will never perform together again. To be really honest as much as I like them I hope it doesn't happen the Stone Roses weren't very good live even at there peak.
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« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 10:23:44 AM » |
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I wish I had a pound for every time I heard they were reforming. The truth is Ian Brown and John Squires hate each other and will never perform together again. To be really honest as much as I like them I hope it doesn't happen the Stone Roses weren't very good live even at there peak.
I was saying mate despite the backlash, from what clips I have seen on the internet Ian Brown sounds shite live. Bad enough to put me off. |
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« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2011, 04:14:09 PM » |
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I was saying mate despite the backlash, from what clips I have seen on the internet Ian Brown sounds shite live. Bad enough to put me off.
I watched Ian Brown live about 6 years ago at the MEN he was rubbish. Great atmosphere musically sound but vocals woeful. |
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« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2011, 04:33:01 PM » |
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i was lucky enough to see the roses (minus reni) in sheffield, and while it's true that Ian Brown's vocals can be teeth grindingly awful on occasion, they were f***ing magic that night.
if they play together again, i will be there.
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« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2011, 05:28:08 PM » |
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Always say the same but it depends on the gig and mood for me, I've seen him a few times and he has been brilliant whereas he has been shit in others
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« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2011, 08:04:04 AM » |
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In 1989 , something rare happened where music, fashion and a 'baggy' attitude all were in sync and sparked everything to boom from the Hacienda to Ibiza. Indie music burst straight through the manufactured shit by Kylie and PWL records.
And at the front spearheading it all was the Stone Roses. Musically they were head and shoulders above the Mondays, Inspiral Carpets and inspired a lot of imitators like the Charlatans, Verve and Oasis.
But that moment in time has now passed and whilst Brown has a body of work, as a group their body of work is limited. Their second album was shit and forgettable - and badly timed as club culture and grunge had arrived by 1994.
Their cool haircuts were shaved off, their rythemic music replaced with hendrix wankery - amidst rumors John Squire was an enermous coke head and was considering joining the completely unfashionable G n' R ! As a replacement for Slash.
They are all pushing 50 now, have no albums and are irrelevant now. It's just like Pistols comeback tour - caused huge press, then after first gig nobody cared.
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« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2011, 02:33:44 PM » |
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best british band of all time.
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« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2011, 03:07:50 PM » |
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best british band of all time.
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« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2011, 07:44:48 PM » |
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best british band of all time.
errrr...no mate, that would be The Jam. end of thread |
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« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2011, 07:53:35 PM » |
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errrr...no mate, that would be The Jam.
end of thread
Err i think you mean the Clash, The Beatles |
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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2011, 07:56:37 PM » |
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errrr...no mate, that would be The Jam.
end of thread
well thats your opinion .......(its the wrong one but still, its yours.) |
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« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2011, 08:18:31 PM » |
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hello.....
Pink Floyd
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« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2011, 09:09:02 PM » |
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best british band of all time.
I recon if you did a top 10 list of the best, most influential bands ever, at least half of them would be British, but i doubt the stone roses would appear on many peoples list... |
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« Reply #14 on: October 17, 2011, 06:02:21 AM » |
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The Beatles would get best British band of all time. Not that I'd agree but the general public would vote them. Same for most influential I reckon.
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