Stone Roses in general

Stone Roses began with a collection of band memebers from several groups from the Manchester area. At the beginning they had no trouble getting a following of fans in Manchester, but whilst they were playing to full houses in Manchester they found it hard to get noticed in other parts of the country. Their first few records didn't manage to get them noticed until they released "Made Of Stone". This attracted media attention and the ball started rolling for them at a very fast pace. By the end of 1989 The Roses had moved from playing in half filled clubs, to playing to over seven thousand fans at Alexandra Palace. ...  Read the complete review

I still consider the day I first heard the Stone Roses as a watershed day in my life. Music can have very mysterious effect on you, and the Roses had that effect on me. I can’t go without listening to them for more than a few days and every time I hear them the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Not many bands have the dynamics the Roses have and every one of the band is massive character by themselves. Ian Brown despite his limited vocals carries himself like a star, John Squire is a magician on the guitar, Mani comes up with thumping bass lines and Reni is so frantic on the drums, he is just like Keith Moon in his prime. It is one of my ...  Read the complete review

The Stone Roses did not change music, but they added something very special. They benefitted from the Happy Mondays binge and built a lot of cred on the back of the amazing Manc emergence around that time. The album, The Stone Roses, has been highly rated by so many polls and critics for it to be anything other than a classic. The tracks This Is The One and She Bangs The Drums are as remarkable as they are memorable. I think they produced better stuff than the Mondays and their all too early demise is a matter of great sadness. Their brief reunion was at least sufficient to pen the brilliant Driving South, and Love Spreads, but it was too little on a ...  Read the complete review

This eponymous album was for many, the seminal piece of music of the Madchester scene. A truly wonderful album, often imitated but never bettered. In fact nobody has got even close. Oasis have named the roses as their inspiration, namely the Spike Island gigs. This is obvious by Liam Gallaghers on stage persona in which he shamelessly apes (no pun intended) Ian brown. From the brilliant intro of ?adored? through to the anthemic ?resurrection? and every single brilliant tune throughout. John Squire is a genius, no two ways about it, his song writing reflecting his obsession with the punk movement and the French Revolution, in Mani they had the greatest bass player to ever ...  Read the complete review