The Stone Roses: The Volatile Rise and Fall of the Band - John Squire, Ian Brown, Reni, Mani

Stone Roses: The Rise and fall of the Band behind 'I wanna be adored'
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2:35 - The Stone Roses Early Days
6:00 - Self Titled Album/Hype
8:30 - Feud With Old Label
10:53 - Downfall/Reunion
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Tony Wilson who was called the Donald Trump and Brian Epstein of the Manchester music scene would tell the LA Times about why Manchester’s music scene was so exciting revealing “The revolutionary thing about what is happening (in Manchester) is that this is the first blue-collar revolution in pop since Elvis in 1956. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols were very middle-class. . . . Art college. The old joke is the Beatles’ mommies gave them their first guitars. . . . .”
Much like Seattle during the grunge years, record companies, journalists around the world including Rolling Stone and MTV --descended on Manchester, which was dubbed Madchester. The madchester movement blended together styles of cid house, psychedelia[6] and 60’s pop.
Soon enough the energy of the Madchester movement spread to other parts of Europe where British rock and dance fans followed acts from the city as they visited major hubs including Paris and Amsterdam.
The Stone Roses history began with frontman Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire who grew up on the same street in south Manchester. They came from lower middle class families and met at the age of 4. They wouldn’t really be close until after school when they bonded over their love of punk rock including the clash and the sex pistols.
Squire would be inspired to pickup guitar at the age of 14 after hearing the sex pistols For future Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown it would be a chance meeting with singer Geeno (G-No) Washington in Manchester. Washington was enthralled with Brown’s charisma and said he should give the music business a try. By 1983 the Stone Roses would be formed.Squire would come up with the band’s name, being inspired by having two words that were in sharp contrast to each other. The original lineup was made up of voaclaist Ian Brown, John Squire, bassist Pete Garner and drummer Simon Wolstencroft.
The band rehearsed for six months & wouldn’t play their first gig until late 1984 opening for Pete Townshend at an anti-drug event in London
By 1985 the group released their first single “So Young,” “Tell Me” and it did little to make a much of a mark. By this point in time the Stone Roses early career hadn’t yet zeroed in on their distinct sound.
In an attempt to get their band’s name out there, Brown and Reni went on a graffiti tagging campaign around manchesterbut it did little to win over fans. They soon turned their attention to getting a new manager to market the group and open up business opportunities. They would enlist manager Gareth Evans who owned a local rehearsal space. Evans would get the job by
dropping his pants and trying to sell his underwear to the group. It was his way of showing his persuasiveness. It would be a move that would have dire consequences for the band’s career. We’ll talk more about that in a bit.
One of Evans first orders of business was to sign a deal with indie label FM Revolver to put out one single, which would end up being the group’s much beloved song “Sally Cinammon” which sold out of it’s 1000 copy run. Sally Cinammon showed a new sound and style of the band focusing a lot more melody. The same year bassist Pete Garner left and was replaced by Gary “Mani” Mounfield, Mani would be the missing piece the band was looking for. Brown recalled the impact Mani joining the group recalling "When Mani joined it almost changed overnight. It became a totally different groove ... Straight away, everything just fell into place".[45
The following year in 1988 the band played at Dingwalls in London, a show that had members of Zomba and Rough Trade's records in attendance. The Stone Roses would sign an astounding 8 album deal with Zomba owned subsidiary Silvertone.
Silvertone would put up the money for the group to record the 1988 single, "Elephant Stone", with New Order’s Peter Hook producing. The single helped raise the band’s profile in Manchester, but did little to get their name across the country,
While Hook was expected to produce their first full length record, he would be unavailable due to other commitments so John Leckie would come on board and ahead of working on their first full length album Leckie

[@rnrtruestories]

had a lot of people requesting the stone roses. So here it is.

[@Archi574]

how about The Libertines?

[@rnrtruestories]

@@Archi574 yes I have had a lot of requests for them too….

[@Archi574]

@@rnrtruestories yesss I would love to see you cover them!

[@rob5249]

Listen to breaking into Heaven

[@Sundog1985]

How about Lush?

[@mikewilson3581]

The debut album? Just incredible. The intro to I Wanna Be Adored with Squire's guitar cutting in? Just shivers!

[@r.edward5701]

I went for a spin in the SUV and put it on. I haven't listened to them in quite some time as my music changes with my moods. Don't know if it's coz I'm older but it really hit me. You're bang on with that intro. Full of little rundowns etc.. and the bass groove. We need more of this.

[@phillylifer]

How did he manage it? It is beyond.

[@redred9882]

Still my fav album of all time. It still feels raw and fresh all these years later

[@devidwobinson8747]

Ten story love song too…just wow

[@TheMancMod01]

As a kid growing up in Manchester during the 80s & 90s the roses were god like to us. Now in my late 40s I still listen to their music and remember how good we had it back then.

[@redacted2275]

The Stone Roses are huge in the UK, Ian Brown is practically the "Godfather" for 80s/90s British kids... people like to say Liam Gallagher borrowed Lennon's mannerisms and no, it's Ian Brown that really influenced Liam's persona. Timing was not everything for the Stone Roses, though... I love them.

[@poolboyinla]

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna be adored....

[@DannyBoi2112]

I wanna I wanna, I wanna be adored...

[@r.edward5701]

This song blew my mind

[@christinanull2435]

amazing song

[@blackpeter70]

I thought it was "I wanna be a dog"! Is this why those lager-crazed louts tried to beat me up at that last party?

[@Metalcomedienne]

Yea.

[@paulenicola]

"The Stone Roses" remains among my top 15 albums ever.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Perfection from beginning to end.

[@DannyBoi2112]

Same

[@whistlebelly]

It's in My Top One!

[@nervesinapattern7261]

Even their early b sides are unbelievably good.

[@redacted2275]

Not only the album, the singles too.

[@nervesinapattern7261]

Reni is one of the greatest drummers to come out of the Manchester scene. Unbelievably good band

[@dannypotter2043]

One of the best British drummers ever, nevermind Manchester.

[@nervesinapattern7261]

@@dannypotter2043 absolutely

[@stevenclark7218]

@@nervesinapattern7261 hes no stephen morris imo, that guy had stamina

[@empireman1077]

@@dannypotter2043 Bruce Mitchell : The Durutti Column Stephen Morris : JD/NO

[@giveusanepleasebob992]

Brilliant drummer but I wonder what he's up to now. He's very quiet isn't he.

[@laurencegreen1705]

"The UK and wales..." ....think we need a geography lesson here...

[@endlessrage4062]

Gotta love other countries knowledge of the British Isles. 🤣🤣

[@TheArthouseReview]

​@endlessrage4062 My favourite years ago, in a film documentary was: Scotland is a small island Southwest of London. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nebulous0_o]

“Is London near England or is England in London!?”. I overheard a nasally Karen-like voice say on a transatlantic flight. You can’t make it up.

[@shaunw9270]

​@@endlessrage4062In my experience it's not "other countries" , it's just Americans have zero idea of anything outside of the States 😅

[@robertknight5429]

@@shaunw9270 or very much inside it, or anything at all.

[@mc26collum]

"Do you like the Stone Roses?" is the only question I ask when I meet a new guy.

[@thegorn]

Marry me. Lol

[@thedude4672]

And if he answers, "Yes," then you know that he's either gay or from Manchester.

[@empireman1077]

@@thedude4672 it that 🤣, sorry for laughing

[@empireman1077]

I used to like them, does it still count 😘🤞 I wanna be adored 📀💐

[@Tufarock]

I adore them

[@fakshen1973]

"How Soon Is Now" and "I Wanna Be Adored." They are two super songs of an era of British rock that I wish would have lasted.

[@blackpeter70]

They do in my house, mate.

[@chelseagirl278]

@@blackpeter70 mine too. Forever!

[@blackpeter70]

@@chelseagirl278 I think I like Second Coming better than the first album. It's a lot more consistent - every song's a winner! I even love John Squire's Jimmy Page-isms. He's perfect.

[@matthewmead2374]

The Smiths and the Stone Rose's. Two bands that boggle my mind that they aren't huge in the states. From my understanding, the Smiths are appreciated with the same reverence reserved for the Beatles in England. And for great reason. The songwriting of Morrissey and Marr is some of the best written rock and pop songs ever. It's not easy to be catchy and artistic. The Beatles are huge because their songs are catchy yet totally uncompromised artistically. I can think of two more bands I can fit in that category. Smiths and Stone Roses. You guys in England have "how soon is now" while over here we have "I wanna sex you up". Is it any wonder how we elect a man who casually discusses grabbing women by their genitals as his art of seduction. Not even sure how that is possible. I think he may have been confusing men with woman, but hey that's a different topic for a different video.

[@paulcronin3626]

@@blackpeter70 correction. You need more than a few slaps.

[@scout2468]

Second Coming is such an underrated album. I never understood all the flak it got.

[@tomtomthebear]

It wasn’t a carbon copy of their debut album....that’s about it I think..fucking awesome album

[@stefanlundin9649]

Amazing album The rhythm and percussion is so tight You just can’t put a label on the Roses which the industry hates

[@spencerglover1]

The second coming was epic, it was ridiculous it got panned and most music Fans love it that’s what counts not what Critics say but unfortunately they can have an influence, both the Roses albums have iconic songs on.....

[@dfailsthemost]

The musicianship on that album is insane.

[@iainprendergast8311]

You’re right…it can take down a zombie with a good arm.

[@tommypickles218]

"Seattle is probably the first city that come to mind when you think of urban centres associated with music" Laughs in London, Liverpool, Birmingham (and Manchester)

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Even in America, I'd think of Nashville, Detroit, LA, San Francisco and New York before Seattle.

[@bildkistl]

Well in the 90s it was Seattle there was even a song from a German band called: Wir sind nicht in Seattle Dirk

[@PK-gi2qh]

Not to mention Los Angeles....

[@paulcronin3626]

He's American, can't help it.

[@rrdream2400]

not only that, England caught on to Nirvana long before the rest of the US did.

[@Sundae-Sundae]

Regardless of what people might say, I love Second Coming as well 💖 It takes a lot of guts to release an album like that in 1994.

[@bernicia-sc2iw]

I see it as being more like a proto-Seahorses record rather than the Roses.

[@kanthakathewhite1012]

What a great band and I'm lucky to have witnessed them live ❤

[@hanselmansell7555]

When ecstasy got football hooligans loving each other in clubs and everyone remembered they still loved guitars, good times! 🇬🇧😍🎸

[@ivanlowjones]

I often hear them on Pandora in my car. "She Bangs the Drum" is my favorite song of theirs.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

Yeah, that's how I came across them. "I wanna be adored" would come up a lot.

[@empireman1077]

To be honest how many bands over the decades have their 1st album released with so many choices of singles The whole sound and production makes it so powerful It was better than I thought, just like hearing the Smiths or the chameleons first 📀

[@redred9882]

The debut album remains a classic and just never fades. The Stone Roses saved me as a kid. Legends!!

[@thegorn]

And not a single mention of “Fools Gold” are you kidding me? That played on the Australian National University’s uni bar jukebox non stop throughout 1993-1994

[@ScottDonnelly-gs4xm]

And a lot of other tunes no ones kidding you?

[@bernicia-sc2iw]

In 89/90 people truly believed the Roses were going to save music. I was one of them. It's hard to grasp now just how important they were . By the time Second Coming was finally released they were already a nostalgia act. Its a shame but in the end they are a lesson in how the music industry destroys bands , as well as how to piss away your own career. Good first album though.

[@neilreading3552]

Good? Name a better one.....

[@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266]

In the Court of the Crimson King, Appettite for Destruction, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Rust in Peace, Abbey Road, The White Album, Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The Number of the Beast, Ritual de lo Habitual, Led Zeppelin IV, Quadrophenia, London Calling. Stone Roses is definitely amazing though.

[@iaindoherty2289]

@@neilreading3552 garageflower

[@bernicia-sc2iw]

It's a strong debut album , not the best .There have been so many great debuts in music history . I wouldn't know where to begin . Byrds , Velvet Underground , Burrito Bros , Television , Strokes , Pixies , Joy Division , Wire , the Fall , Pearl Jam , Joni Mitchell, Tame Impala, Pistols , Pil , Hendrix , Led Zep, Patti Smith , Sabbath , Massive attack , the Band , B52'S , CSN , Portishead , Tricky , the list goes on and on.

[@datsunyellow2570]

​@@bernicia-sc2iwshutup 😂

[@Rezn8d0utlaw]

Love Spreads from their last album is one of My favorite songs.

[@aureol40012]

Saw the Roses at the Hacienda in Feb 1989. One of the best gigs of my life, and I’ve done thousands. Saw Oasis at the Hacienda 5 years later and the vibe for both gigs was electric.

[@empireman1077]

I bet the Stone Roses was a sell out at the hacienda It was going through some bad times with drugs, the club was closed down a few times It also changed from a music venue to a futuristic disco having DJs nights and parties with Temperance I didn't know Oasis played there as during 93/95 Factory Records & hacienda was bankrupt Richard Branson of virgin wanted to buy it at some point, Creation label was getting more bands and so Oasis fans would of gone to University ? Bigger venue?.

[@rocketpoolpki]

awesome...Brownies solo stuff is also epic...

[@mrkipling2201]

The Stone Roses are in my top 4 favourite bands ever. Their debut album is one of the all time classics. Second Coming was a very good album but everyone was expecting ‘ the Stone Roses ‘ part 2. That wasn’t going to happen. Love Spreads and Ten Storey Love Song are 2 of the best songs they ever made.

[@catinthehat906]

Second Coming is a very underrated album, it should have been massive, but the zeitgeist for Zeppelin inspired rock music wasn't there in 1994.

[@matthewwalker5430]

@@catinthehat906 Also, I can't help feel the fact it was on Geffen hurt them in the UK. As pathetic as it sounds, their debut album defined British music of the day and then, suddenly, they're on an American label? We Brits have an inferiority complex with America sometimes and we don't like to think they are trying to change us. Many people took it as Americans meddling in the British sound, rather than how we should've taken it as the British sound finally getting proper recognition by a big American label. I mean, yes, Second Coming does sit better on Geffen than the debut album would've but does anyone REALLY believe Ian, John, Mani or Reni would've "Americanised" their sound at the bequest of a label?

[@catinthehat906]

@@matthewwalker5430 Do you know I never considered the nationality of the label before buying any album, it just didn't enter my head.

[@matthewwalker5430]

@@catinthehat906 I don’t mean the people buying it, I mean the music press who slated the album which would’ve effected sales

[@aquamarine99911]

Yeah, it's my favourite album of the two. Great songs and riffs throughout. But they were so pissy at the time, and that probably took away from their marketing effort for the album. I went to their show here in Toronto, and they didn't even play an encore. They hadn't played "Fools Gold" in the main set, so the audience was expecting more. Very downbeat feeling filing out of that concert

[@davidhadskey5979]

You should have mentioned “Fool’s Gold”

[@rickhardman7376]

there's better songs

[@lucasoheyze4597]

They had better song, but that's the one that changed everything.

[@andrewtrushinski3848]

Thats my favorite. Reni is awesome!

[@lordsummerisle852]

Something's burning 🔥

[@bangslamwham88]

The US edition of their debut album is the one to get. It features two additional songs, Elephant Stone and Fool's Gold.

[@jogon7914]

Legendary songs yes, but they don't belong on the debut. The debut album was PERFECT at 11 songs...11 fantastic songs...starts with I Wanna Be Adored and ends with I Am The Resurrection...this is the only way the album should be played (as I have done almost every week or every month for the past 32 years). Elephant Stone is absolutely fantastic but belongs as the single it was (not tacked on to the perfect 11-song album) as is Fools Gold (the greatest single ever released in my opinion) which belongs not on the album either but left as it was- the moving forward next release AFTER the album, showing the band - only months later- moving into a new direction, on the very, very cusp of the 90s, in November 1989. Sadly what came next was gaps, filler, and an anti-climax. They had one last surge with another non-album single (One Love) before a 4 year inactivity.

[@bangslamwham88]

@@jogon7914 The very first time I heard the album it was the US edition, having no idea that Elephant Stone and Fool's Gold were not part of the UK edition, and because of that the UK edition feels incomplete to me, so we'll have to disagree on that one.

[@theNomadz]

@@bangslamwham88 I bought the US version also first, so feel the same, and I live in Manchester and bought it opening week... just felt wrong not paying a few quid extra for 2 extra A sides.

[@mofettemopete3372]

No. Elephant Stone and Fool's Gold both are superb tracks. But they destroy the flow of the debut. You have to hear them what they are: as singles!

[@bangslamwham88]

@@mofettemopete3372 As I posted earlier, I heard the US edition first having no idea that they weren't part of the UK edition until much later, and because of it the UK edition feels incomplete. So no, Elephant Stone and Fool's Gold don't destroy the flow of the album as you put it, they feel a natural part of the album to me because that's how I first heard it.

[@blakecampbell1520]

They along with Happy Mondays are two incredible bands that I'm forever grateful for discovering.

[@chelseagirl278]

Me too! I will forever love those bands!

[@blakecampbell1520]

@Patrick O’Donohue My personal favorite is Squirrel and G-Man but I love Pills n Thrills. I adore the Stone Roses but I think if any album perfectly represents the madchester sound, Pills n Thrills was it.

[@chelseagirl278]

@Patrick O’Donohue I thought about this last week. I also loved Black Grape 🍇 !

[@rickhardman7376]

@Patrick O’Donohue James and The Smiths

[@campbellgraham1979]

@Patrick O’Donohue The Mondays were more original, fusing together rock & roll and music from the Chicago house scene. The Roses did great songs too but I always saw them as a slightly more updated version of The Smiths.

[@marshy1499]

I'm from the town in the North of England called Widnes..Its where the famous Stone Roses gig took place ..I was there 16 yrs old ..I've loved this band from the day I heard them and still in my top 5 bands ( English indi scene) ..Love from Liverpool

[@zanezeiter]

"she bangs the drums" is a beautiful song

[@psychonautpupildiallater7734]

Remember seeing/hearing Love Spreads on a late night Mtv show, while tripping on something?,..Hooked immediately.....on the drugs AND the music!

[@bigneon_glitter]

Had The Stone Roses not spent five years on _Second Coming,_ Britpop may not have developed in the interim to fill the vacuum. The Roses didn't necessarily "fall" - they were one in a part of a cultural moment & that moment died out, Grunge came in, the Roses were suddenly a step behind the times & there was no new ground for them to go creatively together. John retired happily after The Seahorses, Reni retired happily, Mani made a happy career with Primal Scream, Ian released some great albums, they made a mint on a reunion tour, & the 1st album lives on.

[@redacted2275]

Yeah... for a long time the Stone Roses were known for the band that failed at the "second album curse" but only among the press, since they were huge and suddenly they disappeared. This eventually died down. Their legacy, however, was never tarnished. I think Ian Brown and Paul Weller are practically canonized in the UK at this point lol for good reason.

[@stevebb2915]

i am making a record at rockfield now, and how they spent 14 months there and only produced the second coming i will never know

[@user-yp3oj5se1i]

That moment didn't die out. Like the Beatles they did what they wanted to do and they then wanted to split. They didn't release loads of failing albums. The rise and "fall" title is clickbait. Grunge came in because idiot no talent journalists with no music knowledge wanted to call Nirvana's rock an roll something different like how they wanted to call Stone Roses and Oasis 'indie' music rather than rock and roll. The Stone roses were not suddenly a step behind anything.

[@niks7643]

Check out the documentary "The Stone Roses: Made of Stone" if you haven't already. I believe it's free on Prime right now. Great doc about the rise and fall of the band and chronicles their 2012 reunion tour. Great band, unfortunately they didn't really take off they way they should have. That first album is truly amazing and will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@r.edward5701]

Thanks!!! Never heard

[@cris_261]

Love that Madchester sound!

[@smilingontime]

I have it on VHS

[@mycraplife]

Second album is amazing as well.

[@Gleadogg]

I did watch that documentary but I had to have the subtitles on the whole time! It was awesome, though. That last in-concert scene of 'Fools Gold' is incredible!

[@punkhead6774]

In their prime, one of the best, John Squire is brilliant

[@chelseagirl278]

Living in Manchester was one of the best times of my life, I was living my music dream! Everyday on the bus I would pass by the offices of the old Factory Records and the Hacienda condos. And met Shaun Ryder and Mani and hung out with Badly Dawn Boy. Now I just live back in Canada and live a humdrum life.

[@justmadeit2]

I live here and made an unofficial Manchester tourist video, to see it simply just type in the following.... Manchesters unofficial tourist video

[@chelseagirl278]

@@justmadeit2 thanks, I can’t wait to check it out!

[@chelseagirl278]

@@justmadeit2 brings me back! All that was missing was seeing the Chorlton 86 bus 😂❤️

[@justmadeit2]

@@chelseagirl278 Ha, did you live in Chorlton? I used to go out with a woman from there

[@chelseagirl278]

@@justmadeit2 yes, in Chorlton. On Barlow Moor Road. Don’t worry its not me! LOL 😂

[@davidmreyes77]

They had incredible hype upon the release of their first album but they took too long to release a follow up. It’s a shame, because Oasis and Blur picked up where they left off and Stone Roses didn’t capitalize off the Brit-pop craze of the mid 90s.

[@redacted2275]

It's ironic: Noel said that if it wasn't for that Stone Roses' huge gig at the park, Oasis probably wouldn't exist. Liam's persona is 80% Ian Brown. Ian Brown's solo career was huge in the 90s but in UK, Japan... it's not everyone's cup of tea, I like it. I think naturally it would have been Oasis and Blur to kickstart Britpop anyway...

[@chelseagirl278]

@@redacted2275 brilliant, I never thought of that but you are spot on!

[@cultureshows8805]

The reason why they didn't do a follow up album was because they signed a really really bad 3 album deal not realising how bad it was they got paid almost nothing so they spent most of there time trying to get out of there first deal

[@user-yp3oj5se1i]

Blur picked up on nothing.

[@thedude4672]

@@user-yp3oj5se1i True. Blur would've been a smash hit regardless of whether The Stone Roses existed, while Oasis exists (according to the Gallagher brothers) because of The Stone Roses.

[@jasonmiller4080]

What a bummer. Such a great band. Did get to see them in the mid 90’s after the 2nd coming album. Always enjoy these Brit movement/Manchester band videos.

[@sorearm]

John Squire - fantastic guitarist

[@TheFunktipus1]

As much as i like his style, especially his earlier playing, i think hes overrated.

[@ranica47]

For the second album his coke use affected the way he played: multiple overdubs, bombastic, Jimmy Page type soloing while the bass and drums, which were such a huge part of the first album, were much lower in the mix.

[@TheFunktipus1]

@@ranica47 yes. I thought his playing was kinda sloppy on Second Coming and some of the shows for the album. You can tell its the coke. I much prefer his old style of playing. You knew it was him playing but he just sounds like a Jimmy Page wannabe come the mid 90s. Some sparks of greatness but completely eclipsed by the aforementioned sloppy playing.

[@Joe.s11]

@@TheFunktipus1 oh shut up you bell end

[@TheFunktipus1]

@@Joe.s11 ooh! Check joe getting emotional over nothing. Wise up man.

[@davidfox7983]

They looked great They sounded great First album is up there

[@robbrown4621]

I recall one night in NYC when I was at a small club called MISSION when I Wanna Be Adored was played for the first time in NYC. Dave Kendal, the British VJ from 120 Minutes on M-TV, was the DJ in this little club. To my left at the bar was the guitarist from Siouxsie & The Banshees and to my right was the keyboard player in The Psychedelic Furs. There were only around thirty five people in this little room but half of them were musicians in cool bands. I think it was 1989... Good times.

[@yaboyreege7158]

What was everyone’s reaction to the song?

[@robbrown4621]

@@yaboyreege7158 MISSION had a tiny dance floor, maybe about 10 or 12 people could be on it at any given time. The musicians who would be at the bar would always be checking it out, especially if one of the songs on which they performed was being played. Some songs always garnered dancers; Cities In Dust (Siouxsie), Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode), and Down In It (Nine Inch Nails), for example. I Wanna Be Adored was exactly the same as all the successful dance songs played there. It was an instant dance hit!

[@EvanFrenchMusic93]

She'll carry on through it all She's a waterfall That's my favorite song!

[@dcblunt666]

“I am the resurrection” is one of the best songs ever written

[@mrkipling2201]

Spike Island was the biggest gig but the best gig was the Glasgow Green one in June 1990. Blackpool as well.

[@robbiefazle7802]

I don’t care what anybody says I adore these dudes and their music and amazing. One of my favorite Alternative Rock artists.

[@thevale2456]

Their debut is my favourite album ever, never ceases to amaze me 🍋

[@paristexas80]

I Am The Ressurection, my fav tune of all time. Fav album of all time. The Roses and The Smiths🖤

[@BobbyGeneric145]

YES MY FAVORITE BAND EVER! THANKS SO MUCH!

[@neilpye6089]

They recorded an album in 1985 called garage flower that got scrapped and the self titled lp is classified as the first album, garage flower was unofficially released in 1996 but the second coming is a great record that doesn't deserve the flak

[@MemeGang420]

There song “Breaking Into Heaven” got me into them, that guitar solo man- holy freaking sh-t.

[@superiorbeing95]

They are still legends.

[@EBC154]

i wouldn’t say there was a fall fall, they’re still legends in the uk.

[@willramsden4637]

Yanks know fuck all mate

[@briancoburn6903]

Saw them twice during the reunion, which i thought wouldn't happen. At Wembley, they were playing better than ever. Wished i'd seen them in 89 at their peak. That was the time really.

[@blackpeter70]

Cheers for not doing a video about a 80's/90's era hard rock band. They tend to make me post unspeakably bad one-liners. Much appreciated for this - well done vid!

[@vashna3799]

A lot of great bands that never make it big are either too ahead of their time or peak too early. The Stone Roses were both.

[@MrG77]

There music still gives me goosebumps. I love the Stone Roses and John Squire is a guitar God. Second Coming is brilliant aswell. Tears is my favourite.🙏

[@Metalcomedienne]

I grew up listening to heavy metal music along with African and reggae music. When I was sixteen I started listening to bands such as Oasis, The Smiths and The Stone Roses and was influenced by my hometown Minneapolis punk bands like Hüsker Dü, The Suburbs and The Replacements.

[@garythompson5316]

Good taste Michelle!

[@tylersims6937]

" ...I wanna, I wanner, I wanner be adored. I wanna, I gotta be adorrrrred."

[@ayodiki]

Still listening to their songs...

[@schmidington]

What an entertaining story. As it's told here, it almost plays out like a mini-movie. Awesome video.

[@the17thdoctor1]

One of my stepdad’s mate met the Stone Roses and helped them make their 2nd album ‘Second coming’ at Rockfield Studios. He said they were the band that spent the longest time at the studios, in the nearly 2 years they spent there, they would write a song every few weeks-ish. They left in ‘95 and oasis immediately went into the studio to record their 2nd album, What’s the story (morning glory)?

[@AKAtAGG]

Got a new sub cos of this video. As you can see from my avatar the stone roses are insanley important to me (that's their logo on my Fender Telecaster) and i have that same logo as a tattoo on my forearm. I heard Waterfall, decided i wanted to play that on guitar, and bought a guitar, and learned it - then learned the entire album, by myself with no teaching. I am a big fan. And this is a lovely video, some lovely work here.

[@CottonBud]

Fair play to you for bringing this in at 15 minutes - perfectly apt

[@lawlini1979]

Never knew they'd completely jacked it in. Gutted. Hoped there'd be another album at some point. Loved 2nd coming, personally.

[@theNomadz]

Made a quiet Friday night in feel more alive... thanks really well produced RnRTS just earn't a new follower.

[@hockeyteeth]

They are a great band. Very talented. Fantastic songs.

[@REVIEWSbyRVG]

Hell of a debut.

[@menamestom]

The Stone Roses did 2 great albums to be fair, it’s just that only one of them was released as an album. But if you take their singles and b sides (many if which could be singles in their own right) from before and shortly after their debut album, you could have another great album. Good video though, but should have mentioned Fools Gold, which was a massive change in direction.

[@tdurb0]

One album that means they’ll never EVER fall. One of the best albums ever made

[@jacobgates1986]

I remember when I heard , "I wanna be adored". I was in a store In the mall in 94' in San Francisco nd it took me 10yrs to accidentally watching top of the chart re-run nd had that album on replay for at least 10yrs , along with "yo la Tengo" , nd my new fave band is "real estate". Best indie band to go on long drives into the country side.

[@younghan3573]

I loved the backwards sampling of the drums and bass lines

[@dfailsthemost]

Great video. I imagine it took a ton of work. In my opinion, it was totally worth it.

[@jimbolaya65]

The difference in sound-style-“feel “….. between 1st album and Second Coming is remarkable. Like- I ( and my group of friends/people) would pretty much never listen to the first album , but Second Coming is an all time favorite - love the arrangements/musicianship in there! 😯🤔🙂 Super interesting story about these folks …..

[@MKYeahBuddy]

I love this band and always wished they had made more music.

[@BIGNOIDS]

I still play that debut album at least once a week to this day, it's an all time classic. I was also lucky enough to be a teenager growing up in Manchester when that album dropped, it was a magical time.

[@smilingontime]

Cue up: I AM THE RESURRECTION

[@vr6swp]

I really liked their first album. It drove a couple guys in my band nuts so I played it a lot.

[@kevinkibble8342]

I was too young for them in their (very brief) prime, but they remain one of my favourite bands of all time, and I saw them twice after they reformed. Their show at Heaton Park in Manchester 2012 remains my all time favourite live performance that I've seen by a band. It wasn't just a gig, it felt like an event. You should do a video on The Libertines, another big name over here who never broke America. Their story is fascinating, and very similar to the Roses. Released a long awaited seminal debut album, very briefly appeared to have the world at their feet but by the time their second album was released, the band had all but disintegrated due to drugs and infighting, but in their wake lay a huge legacy.

[@alternatesportshistory3605]

The Stone Roses were the first UK band to follow the "Britpop hype path": Come out of nowhere, have a couple of good singles, start getting talked about by the "cool" music magazines, release a great debut album, get called The Next Beatles. Suede and Oasis were able to survive that path, at least for a while; The Stone Roses, being the first band to go through it, had no idea how to handle the attention. That first album of theirs is still awesome though, it still holds up today.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

There b sides album turns into stone is amazing. It's as good as the stones roses debut. Could be classed as there second really

[@BB-se9bl]

Still made the best debut album of all time though.

[@SarahAlyssa]

The stones roses are one of the greatest rock bands of all time ❤️

[@mainoffenders4662]

Great presentation! Thanks.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Loved being in manc during Madchester, was lucky to see em at spike and Blackpool.

[@errolson4506]

their B sides is Such a masterpiece and Gold

[@tonykichenside8443]

One of my all time favourite bands

[@citizennobody5518]

Great band and the second coming is very underestimated.

[@jogon7914]

Great video (seeing it from an American perspective for a change) but Reni joined in 1984, not 85, and he was at that legendary first London gig the Roses played and Pete Townshend was so blown away by Reni that he wanted him to be his drummer, but Reni (although he could have got instant commercial exposure being the drummer for legendary Who founder Townshend) wouldn't ditch Ian, John, etc) . Also you failed to mention Andy Couzens was also in the band early on and actually founded the band with John and Ian). Andy was edged out of the band by early manager Gareth and went on to form the often forgotten but brilliant band The High, The story of The Roses has more background than you mention here; Ian and John and Andy started the band, John persuaded a reluctant Pete Garner - who was friend to all 3 of them - to join and Simon Wolstencroft -who was also their friend almost joined (as he had almost joined The Smiths with his other friend Johnny Marr). The original band before they settled on The Stone Roses was The Waterfront but Wolstencroft didn't stick around and Reni joined early on, Eventually Pete left (and old friend Mani stepped in) and Andy was edged out...leaving the now legendary line-up of Ian, John, Mani & Reni.

[@DIP4K]

Thank you Ivy and Tina for introducing me to this band back in 2012 .. some 23 years after they had made it on TOTP’s .. clearly I know my contemporary music 😄

[@AndrewJohnClive]

Ahhh, Darling… Anything to get you in the sak!😘🙂

[@andrewanthony6601]

Stone roses what a band way ahead of their time totally shat on by their management and label who knows what if .....

[@artcamp7]

"We thought you had to go to college to be in a band". Noel Gallagher. That is a hilarious conception.

[@stanleyguarnelo1101]

Second Coming is a very underrated album.

[@DannyBoi2112]

It's good but nothing compared to the debut.

[@r.edward5701]

Love Spreads is a huge, HUGE tune for me

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

If they would have cut down Squire´s solos and focused more on the tunes it might have come out better.

[@IronManx70]

I agree. Sure Squire's guitar work blatantly channels Zeppelin, but I feel his riffs have a lot of character to them like Page and unlike a lot of the Zep imitators like Kingdom Come per say. Reni's drum work is incredible and Mani really shines with excellent bass playing on every track. Brown is a weak link unfortunately because his voice is too thin to match the intensity of most of the songs

[@colincampbell4261]

@@IronManx70 brown can't sing in tune.

[@davidfox7983]

Great video man

[@theculturedthug6609]

I wanna be abroad.

[@litespeedway6538]

Thank you.

[@moonhead6165]

in another time with a good first manager they would of been bigger than the rolling stones. Big shout out to the Spike island massive!!

[@saltypatriot4181]

God I love that rythym section♥️♥️♥️

[@amptechron]

Their first cd was so brilliant!

[@jonnuanez2843]

A near-perfect first album. Just wow! on that one.

[@davidmorrissey5075]

The stone roses will always be immortal... they'll never "fall"

[@lukehill449]

One of the best albums of all time.

[@revalexander4419]

There was no fall...only Ian.❤

[@ca9968]

"Could have had a massive career"...still one of the most talked about and loved bands in the U.K...i`m sure their bank accounts aren`t hurting at all even though they didn`t stay together all that long...

[@poolboyinla]

They are no Stone Temple Pilots.

[@stuartleerichardjohnson8189]

@@poolboyinla Thank God for that.

[@Jezballz]

@@poolboyinla Why would Stone Roses make crap music?

[@chrisodriscoll3077]

Pretty much an iconic band everywhere but the US really.

[@ca9968]

@@chrisodriscoll3077 even in South Africa during the late 80`s/early 90`s when were effectively "cut off" from what was going on in the world the British ExPat community all had their debut record in their collections...

[@joeymorvant161]

Love The Stone Roses!