The Stone Roses
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Island of Lost Soul: The Stone Roses at Spike Island
Live Review by John Robb, Sounds, 1990
Sun, sea water and cement factories. Not your idea of Ibiza perhaps, but according to our resident mad Manc John Robb, this is the start ...
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Interview by Andy Gill, Rock's Backpages audio, 1990
From the Groundhogs to the Stone Roses: the music-industry legend narrates his journey from '60s Denmark Street to '90s Madchester via United Artists Records; talks about Hawkwind and Dr. Feelgood, signing the Stranglers and Buzzcocks, Radar Records and F-Beat, Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello, Demon Records and the CD/catalogue revolution; Silvertone Records and the Stone Roses... and the many changes in the music business over the years.
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Interview by Simon Morrison, Rock's Backpages audio, November 2004
Mr. Mountfield on all things Madchester: the Haçienda, the Stone Roses, and the impact of dance music on the scene. Hilarious!
File format: mp3; file size: 9.9mb, interview length: 10' 47" sound quality: ****
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The Stone Roses: International, Manchester
Live Review by John Robb, Sounds, 11 July 1987
KING ROCK is still flailing his sweaty head around the world. And Stone Roses are four hip dudes close to his heart, guitars slung low, ...
The Stone Roses: Trunk Call — Romancing The Stone
Interview by John Robb, Sounds, 23 January 1988
Are THE STONE ROSES the likeliest lads in Manchester to step into the huge void left by the implosion of The Smiths? JOHN ROBB reports ...
The Stone Roses: Bad Loon Rising
Interview by Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, 8 April 1989
CHARTING A SIMILAR COURSE TO HOUSE OF LOVE, SINGER IAN BROWN NOW RECKONS HIS MANCHESTER-BASED BAND'S FORTHCOMING ALBUM WILL PROVE HIS BAND ARE THE BEST ...
Stone Roses: Stone Roses (Silvertone)
Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 29 April 1989
THIS IS Rain Parade at ease after the storm. This is Dream Syndicate going through a recurring nightmare. This is an aural Big Mac laced ...
The Stone Roses: Shooting From The Lip
Interview by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 3 June 1989
THE STONE ROSES are the latest instalment in the resurrection insurrection. ...
The Stone Roses: Bliss This House
Report and Interview by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 10 June 1989
"THE BAND? Sorry mate, they've just left. Urgent business." Outside Walsall's Junction 10 Club, the Stone Roses' tour van is disappearing around the corner when ...
The Stone Roses: Welcome To The Stoned Age
Interview by Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 15 July 1989
After four years of Manchester obscurity, the Stone Roses suddenly hit critical and public acclaim with their debut LP. Roy Wilkinson talks to them about ...
The Stone Roses: Northern Soul
Report and Interview by Helen Mead, New Musical Express, 26 August 1989
THE STONE ROSES: BLACKPOOL EMPRESS BALLROOM ...
Stone Roses: Would You Like Some Candy?
Interview by Pat Blashill, Spin, October 1989
Manchester's Stone Roses sing about hate, death, violence and idealism while running a guitar-driven machine. Their single 'Elephant Stone' was produced by New Order bassist ...
Live Review by Terry Staunton, New Musical Express, 21 October 1989
LA VIE EN ROSE(S) ...
The Stone Roses: Alexandra Palace, London
Live Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 20 November 1989
Failing the acid test ...
The Stone Roses: Bonfire of the Inanities
Interview by Jon Wilde, Melody Maker, 9 December 1989
When The Maker put Ian Brown and his reluctant heroes on the cover six months ago, they were regarded as just another bunch of hopefuls. ...
Interview by Tom Doyle, Smash Hits, 13 December 1989
★ They're four loveable urchins from Manchester who have just shaken the world of pop to its foundations with their "spacey" funk workout 'Fool's Gold'. ★ ...
The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays
Report and Interview by Nick Kent, The Face, January 1990
AFTER A YEAR of underground success, Stone Roses and Happy Mondays crowd into a Top Of The Pops dressing room to celebrate their entry into ...
Report and Interview by John Robb, Sounds, 14 April 1990
With The Stone Roses at Spike Island, the Mondays at Glastonbury and numerous other raves, the summer of 1990 should be one to remember. John ...
Interview by James Brown, Spin, May 1990
The Stone Roses have taken Britain's pop world by storm, but they've done it on their own terms. ...
The Stone Roses: Where Angels Play
Report by Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, 26 May 1990
It may not seem it to non-believers, but it's been a mighty long time since the Stone Roses last played a gig. That was at ...
The Stone Roses at Spike Island
Live Review by Everett True, Melody Maker, 9 June 1990
When The Stone Roses announced their plans for a gig at Spike Island the concert was eagerly heralded as the event of the year. Everett ...
The Stone Roses: Another Early Night
Report and Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, July 1990
Stockholm, 4 am: the amateurs are going to bed. Not so the Stone Roses, who are limbering up to go out and dance...like fish. Having ...
Flaring Up: The Stone Roses at Spike Island
Report and Interview by Jon Savage, The Observer, 8 July 1990
YOU CAN see them all over the North-West, drifting through Manchester’s arcades, doing the swim-dance in the high-tech Hacienda, travelling en masse to tribal events ...
The Stone Roses: Fools' Gaoled (almost!)
Report by Terry Staunton, New Musical Express, 13 October 1990
THE STONE ROSES may face a £3 million libel suit from their former record company, unless they pay for the damage they caused to the ...
Report by Phil Sutcliffe, Q, August 1991
After nine months of strenuous legal wrangling, The Stone Roses have extricated themselves from an "oppressive", "one-sided and unfair" contract. Report by Phil Sutcliffe. ...
For Faç's Sake! 10 Years of the Haçienda
Retrospective and Interview by Push, Melody Maker, 23 May 1992
Few clubs can lay claim to changing the face of music, but THE HAÇIENDA certainly made it smile, giving fledgling acts like The Stone Roses, ...
Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 31 May 1994
Their debut LP was one of the eighties' finest. Yet five years on we're still waiting for the follow-up. Whatever became of the Stone Roses? ...
The Stone Roses: Second Coming (Geffen/All formats)
Review by John Harris, New Musical Express, 10 December 1994
ANTI-CLIMAX BLUES BAND ...
Diary of an LP: the Stone Roses' Second Coming, Part One
Interview by Tom Doyle, Melody Maker, 14 January 1995
After years of rumour and speculation, THE STONE ROSES Second Coming album has finally made it into the shops. TOM DOYLE travelled to Rockfield studios ...
Diary of an LP: the Stone Roses' Second Coming, Part Two
Interview by Tom Doyle, Melody Maker, 21 January 1995
Following last week's look at life with THE STONE ROSES during the making of Second Coming, producer SIMON DAWSON takes TOM DOYLE track by track ...
The Stone Roses: Second Coming
Review by Ben Thompson, MOJO, February 1995
IF THE BYRDS HAD BEEN WELSH; IF Lenny Kravitz shopped at Kwik Save; if the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin or Wishbone Ash or Eddie ...
The Stone Roses: Second Coming (Geffen)
Review by Gavin Martin, Vox, February 1995
TIMING CAN count for a lot in the fickle world of pop. When they released their eponymous first album in 1989, just in time to ...
Who The Hell Do The Stone Roses Think They Are?
Interview by Adrian Deevoy, Q, March 1995
Their second album took longer to record than the equivalent World War took to wage. Meanwhile, Geffen kept them in golf clubs and "heroin". Last ...
The Stone Roses: The Morning After
Retrospective and Interview by Simon Reynolds, Spin, May 1995
"I guess you had to be there – probably Manchester, definitely England – to understand how the Stone Roses came to matter so much in ...
Interview by Tom Doyle, Melody Maker, 3 June 1995
Fifteen years of experience has carried producer JOHN LECKIE from a-song-a-day sessions with John Lennon, to hours spent pouring over the endless noodlings of The ...
"Coming" In The Eire: The Stone Roses: Féile '95, Cork
Live Review by Caitlin Moran, Melody Maker, 19 August 1995
OH YEAH; some other people played as well. Damon hung around all weekend so he could see Elastica play (aww, sweet); Terence Trent D'Arby insists ...
Report and Interview by Ian Watson, Melody Maker, 9 September 1995
IAN WATSON talks to the bands who are contributing to the Help album and how this project compares to pop's last major charity initiative, the ...
Memoir by Susan Corrigan, i-D, October 1995
Five years ago an explosion of music, drugs and flares hit a certain Northern city. Now with Oasis, the Stone Roses and Black Grape in ...
Interview by Lisa Verrico, The Observer, 3 December 1995
John Squire of The Stone Roses talks exclusively to Lisa Verrico about why the band that almost broke up is back. ...
Retrospective and Interview by John Robb, RAW, 6 December 1995
For a band who have avoided the limelight for most of the decade The Stone Roses are still very big news. This month they tour ...
The Stone Roses: Still Storming Heaven
Interview by Dave Simpson, i-D, January 1996
Stoned and dethroned? This was a strange year for the Roses. Resurrection, personal dilemma, professional discontent... and finally, with their first British tour in five ...
The Stone Roses, Manic Street Preachers, Bad Man Wagon: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Siân Pattenden, Select, March 1996
I SHOULD SOLO — Spike Island for the 'Cigs & Alcohol' generation ...
That's Another Fine Messiah You've Got Me Into
Comment by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 6 April 1996
John Lennon thought The Beatles were bigger than IT, some people think Elvis is/was IT and Michael Jackson seems to think he is IT. So ...
The Rise and Fall of the Roses Empire
Retrospective by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 6 April 1996
They were the greatest band of a generation and seemed invincible. At the height of their powers, their downfall seemed an impossibility. But now that ...
This is, that was, the Stone Roses
Report by Caitlin Moran, The Times, 30 August 1996
At Reading, the band that wanted to be adored took our love and broke it into little pieces ...
The Stone Roses: The Long Goodbye
Memoir by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 9 November 1996
After their disastrous performance at this year's Reading Festival, the general consensus was that THE STONE ROSES should do the decent thing and split up. ...
Pig's Ear for the Roses — It's All Gone Baggy
Report and Interview by Tom Doyle, Q, January 1997
Farewell, then, the Stone Roses. ...
Primal Scream: Vortex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll
Interview by Ted Kessler, New Musical Express, 3 May 1997
PRIMAL SCREAM are back! They've been through their boogie-woogie phase and their long-haired drug hell phase. Now, as new album Vanishing Point proves, they're at ...
He was a Stone Rose. Now he's a Seahorse (and Noel loves him)
Interview by Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 25 May 1997
"JOHN'S GOT a really good band there. A year from now, we're going to be talking about one of the biggest bands in Britain, without ...
Essay by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 4 July 1997
Pop music is booming, right? British bands are taking over the world, right? Wrong. The yobbish lads of Brit rock are about to hit the ...
You're Ian Brown... Do Something!
Interview by Nick Hasted, The Independent, 26 January 1998
The singer of the Stone Roses did not die with the group: his single is in the Top 5, and an album is on the ...
The Rise And Fall Of The Stone Roses
Retrospective and Interview by Dave Simpson, Uncut, February 1998
In his first major interview since The Stone Roses split, Ian Brown looks back on the career of a band who could have had it ...
Report by Jon Savage, The Guardian, 14 May 1998
Ian Brown, former singer in the Stone Roses, has caused a storm in the music press by comparing homosexuals to Nazis. Jon Savage wants to ...
The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays: What The World Is Still Waiting For?
Retrospective and Interview by Jack Barron, Melody Maker, 13 March 1999
It was the scene that produced some of the best bands the world had ever seen. Now, with the Happy Mondays reforming end The Stone ...
Retrospective and Interview by John McCready, MOJO, May 2002
ON FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1987, the greatest rock'n'roll band of the decade are playing to no more than 30 people at Planet X, a dark ...
Interview by Tim Cooper, The Evening Standard, 14 October 2004
Now established as a successful solo artist, lan Brown finally feels comfortable revisiting the seminal songs of the Stone Roses. Tim Cooper meets an indie ...
Primal Scream: An interview with Mani
Interview by Stephen Dalton, Uncut, May 2006
LEGENDARY HEDONIST and bassman Gary 'Mani' Mounfield talks about Primal Scream, Roses reunion rumours and the "Mexican stand-off" between his former bandmates... ...
The Resurrection of the Stone Roses: Ian's Story
Retrospective and Interview by Stephen Dalton, Uncut, June 2006
MARCH 2006, and King Monkey is swinging from the ceiling of his record label offices, grinning as he tapes over the smoke alarm for an ...
Second Comings: The Klaxons and the Struggle to Follow Up a Hit Debut Album
Comment by Pete Paphides, The Times, 27 March 2009
IT TAKES SOME doing to instigate a backlash from your fans without actually releasing a record. Yet this month, by revealing that their record company, ...
Retrospective and Interview by Stephen Dalton, The National, September 2009
TWENTY YEARS AGO, the Stone Roses felt like an unstoppable force of nature. These four baggy-trousered young moptops from Manchester were adored all over Britain, ...
The Stone Roses' reunion: What's the worst that can happen?
Comment by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 22 October 2011
The Stone Roses are the latest in a long line of bands to get back together. Shameless profiteering? Or the chance to heal old rifts ...
Bassists: Let's Stick Together
Overview by James Medd, The Word, February 2012
They are "the glue" that cements the music, the mysterious put-upon souls plying their crucial trade in a cloud of dry ice by the drum-riser. ...
The Stone Roses: Hultsfred festival, Sweden
Live Review by Jude Rogers, The Guardian, 15 June 2012
SO THIS is the Third Coming. Their first was at the much-mythologised tail-end of the 80s, when indie and dance music swaggered together, and the ...
Why I won't be going to see the Stone Roses
Comment by John Harris, The Guardian, 23 June 2012
Since their magical peak in 1990, the band has delivered only disappointment and disaster. So is their latest reunion a chance for them to finally ...
Stone Roses: Heaton Park, Manchester
Live Review by Rob Hughes, Daily Telegraph, 1 July 2012
Rob Hughes sees the reunited Stone Roses play a huge outdoor show at Heaton Park in Manchester. ...
The Stones Roses' Made Of Stone is a great document of a reunion on the edge
Film/DVD/TV Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 3 December 2013
IT WASN'T EASY to be a US fan of the Stone Roses back in their early days. The band were a truly English phenomenon and ...
The Stone Roses: Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Live Review by Rob Hughes, Daily Telegraph, 16 June 2016
THE APPETITE forthe Stone Roses seems to be insatiable, especially around Manchester. The fans came here in their droves for the first of a four-night ...
The Stone Roses: Wembley Stadium, London
Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Just Backdated, June 2017
TO WEMBLEY STADIUM for the sell-out Stone Roses show, my first visit to the "new" Wembley, which towers up far higher than the old one ...
The Stone Roses: Wembley Stadium, London
Live Review by Patrick Clarke, Metro, 13 June 2017
Roses prove to be perennial favourites with greatest hits ...
The Stone Roses looked like every lad I'd known and filled me with northern pride
Comment by Laura Barton, The Guardian, 1 May 2019
The Mancunian band released their debut album 30 years ago this week, giving north-west teenagers music to call their own. ...
see also Ian Brown
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