13. Geffen
186 ‘We weren’t confident of winning … to just tour’: John Squire, Red Issue, February 1996.
187 ‘I’m just glad to stay out of the nick’: John Squire, NME, October 1990.
188 ‘The first two weeks … five weeks in the studio’: Mani, Clash, April 2009.
190 ‘At least I’m beginning to understand their double-speak’: Ian Brown, Melody Maker, March 1991.
191 Evans tried to dissuade him from testifying in court: Roddy McKenna, in Breaking into Heaven by Mike Middles (Omnibus, 1999).
192 ‘It’s probably a greater contribution … ever recorded’: John Squire, Melody Maker, May 1995.
192 ‘The week after … attacking their whole industry’: Ian Brown, The Face, March 1995.
192 ‘A massive surprise on the scale of Spike Island’: Gareth Evans, Select, July 1991.
192 ‘the might of the American music industry … my demise in the other’: Gareth Evans, in Breaking into Heaven.
192 ‘The case had highlighted … the original contract’: John Squire, Mojo, September 2001.
194 ‘The Roses were tilting on the brink … in America’: Gareth Evans, in Breaking into Heaven.
194 ‘It’s easy to say … those big American dates’: John Squire, Mojo, September 2001.
196 ‘If you are away from the action it’s like over, really’: Mani, Scootering, January 2004.
196 ‘Ian was quite happy … help with the songwriting’: John Squire, Uncut, February 1998.
197 ‘I want £1 million … every day for them’: Gareth Evans, NME, February 1992.
14. Second Coming
198 ‘Anything you didn’t eat … melted cheese on it’: Mani, Red Issue, February 1996.
199 ‘Too much like a science lesson’: John Squire, Select, November 1997.
199 ‘in any form that it came … haircuts were like’: John Squire, Select, November 1997.
199 ‘Reni wasn’t an elitist … would listen to’: John Squire, Select, November 1997.
200 ‘When we started … Can’t this be the album?’: Ian Brown, Clash, April 2009.
201 ‘I’m watching them watching Led Zeppelin … really stupid’: Ian Brown, Uncut, February 1998.
203 ‘we had no one … just four chiefs and no Indians’: Ian Brown, Clash, April 2009.
203 ‘big mistake’: John Squire, Mojo, September 2001.
203 ‘We should have written … We lost momentum’: John Squire, Mojo, September 2001.
203 ‘He cut himself off … anyone else’s stuff’: Ian Brown, Uncut, February 1998.
205 ‘He took my fun off me there … a bee in his bonnet’: Ian Brown, Clash, April 2009.
205 ‘the people who make decisions … into battle’: John Squire, Spin, May 1995.
205 ‘maybe that was something that Ian had a problem with’: John Squire, Q, February 2005.
205 ‘John was being the prolific one … get on with it’: Mani, Mojo, September 2001.
206 The house ‘was a loafer’s paradise’: Mani, Mojo, September 2001.
208 ‘When it came time … but we knew we were’: Ian Brown, Guitar, July 1995.
208 ‘I thought we would go … bang it out in a month’: Ian Brown, Melody Maker, October 1997.
210 ‘Charlie [cocaine] is the devil, simple as that’: Ian Brown, Uncut, February 1998.
210 ‘I’d go away for a week … he won’t work with him’: Ian Brown, Uncut, February 1998.
211 ‘You get a false idea … get to the end of it’: Ian Brown, Guardian, September 2009.
15. Reni II
212 ‘Ian said to John … didn’t have a gun’: Mani, Q, February 2005.
213 ‘The new guitar-orientated … reaching maturity’: Tom Zutaut, NME, July 1994.
213 ‘one diamond man’: Ian Brown, Uncut, February 1998.
214 ‘After such a whacking delay … good album’: John Squire, Big Issue, December 1994.
214 ‘best work … back on the map’: Tom Zutaut, Vox, February 1995.
215 ‘Bitterness crept in … would have to come round’: Ian Brown, Uncut, February 1998.
215 ‘having to listen to twenty guitar tracks’: Ian Brown, Guardian, February 2002.
218 ‘back in Manchester sorting something for his mum’: Ian Brown, Big Issue, December 1994.
219 ‘We just thought the idea … we probably didn’t care’: John Squire, Select, December 1995.
219 ‘A nightmare … It was not supposed to be that dark’: John Squire, NME, April 1996.
220 ‘organic, word of mouth’: Tom Zutaut, Vox, February 1995.
222 ‘The reason why no British band … It’s ours’: Ian Brown, Entertainment Weekly, March 1995.
222 ‘People were asking us … deserved something more’: John Squire, Guardian, September 2002.
223 ‘The Stone Roses were never as great … capricious and inscrutable’: John Squire, The Face, March 1995.
223 ‘I get that vibe … sick of underachieving now’: Reni, The Face, March 1995.
226 ‘We said, Hang on a minute … in ten or twelve days’: Squire, Select, December 1995.
226 ‘Ian said he’d never work … nail in the coffin’: John Squire, Guardian, September 2002.
226 ‘I need to get down to rehearsal … John can come down later’: Ian Brown, Clash, April 2009.
227 ‘It had died … happy to have gone’: Reni, NME, April 1995.
16. Robbie
230 ‘You ain’t getting shit out of us’: Mani, Melody Maker, April 1995.
237 ‘It was the most enjoyable gig we’ve done’: Ian Brown, Select, December 1995.
237 ‘I never feel we’ve been overtaken … just retro shit’: Ian Brown, NME, August 1995.
242 ‘I don’t believe in the band … a fraud’: John Squire, NME, April 1996.
242 ‘There was a chink of light’: John Squire, Q, February 2005.
243 ‘You can have the vowels and I’ll have the consonants’: John Squire, Q, February 2005.
244 ‘There is no reason … remain on Geffen’: Terri Hall, NME, April 1995.
246 ‘It really created a bad stink’: Mani, Scootering, January 2004.
246 ‘smash the myth … of the Roses’: Ian Brown, Melody Maker, October 1997.
247 ‘I saw arms in the air … definitely’: Ian Brown, Melody Maker, October 1997.
17. Fifteen Years
251 ‘an inspiration’: John Squire, Melody Maker, May 1997.
251 ‘piss all over Squire’: Mani, Reading Festival press conference, August 1996.
251 ‘I knew there was no love lost … no regrets’: John Squire, Melody Maker, October 1997.
251 ‘No chance’: Ian Brown, Melody Maker, October 1997.
253 ‘Ian’s been unfairly savaged … People will remember that’: Mani, Q, January 1997.
253 ‘Big deal, so what? … like a five-year-old’: Reni, NME, September 1997.
254 ‘I feel I’ve done that … They do sound poor’: Ian Brown, Melody Maker, October 1997.
254 ‘That fucker … He’s just empty’: Ian Brown, Select, February 1998.
255 ‘babies pretending to be The Beatles … and second’s nothing’: Ian Brown, Uncut, February 1998.
256 ‘muso wank’: Chris Helme, NME, February 1999.
256 ‘There’s something different … about Ian’: James Lavelle, NME, February 1999.
256 ‘impossible to create the chemistry’: John Squire, NME, September 2002.
257 ‘I want to put our differences aside … another shot’: Mani, Manchester Evening News, January 2001.
257 ‘I can’t see the day … a great record again’: Ian Brown, Guardian, February 2002.
258 ‘I do not accept I was responsible … can talk again’: John Squire, C4 Planet Sound, September 2002.
259 ‘self-interest … they really are the people’s songs’: Ian Brown, XFM, August 2004.
259 ‘It was never about money … changing the world’: Ian Brown, XFM, August 2004.
259 ‘There’s a misconception I developed … liver with a teaspoon’: John Squire, Virgin Radio, February 2004.
260 ‘Ian blew it … paranoid mess’: John Squire, Q, December 2004.
260 ‘He split up the best band … last man standing’: Ian Brown, BBC6 Music, January 2005.
260 ‘The songs have bled into English culture … The Beatles’: Ian Brown, NME, March 2005.
260 ‘a ferocious guitar record’: John Squire, Observer, June 2004.
261 ‘hopefully have a natter … close the book properly’: Mani, Guardian, June 2005.
261 ‘Never say never’: Reni, BBC Manchester, June 2005.
261 ‘John bangs on about … everything by trying’: Ian Brown, Mail on Sunday, May 2005.
261 ‘stabbed me in the back … care what I wanted’: Ian Brown, Clash, September 2005.
261 ‘If I was in the gutter … re-form the Roses’: Ian Brown, NME, March 2006.
262 ‘I could have died because of the blood I lost’: Gareth Evans, North Wales Daily Post, April 2006.
262 ‘I’m enjoying this … back to music’: John Squire, Manchester Evening News, July 2007.
263 ‘I’d have a Starbucks … pretty great’: Ian Brown, Manchester Evening News, August 2007.
263 ‘Me, John and Reni are up for doing … the ideal time’: Mani, NME, December 2008.
263 ‘It would be good to do something like that one day’: John Squire, NME, March 2009.
264 ‘It was pretty good … left you for dead’: Ian Brown, The Word, October 2009.
264 ‘It’s getting very boring … kiss and make up’: Mani, BBC6 Music, August 2009.
264 ‘Life’s about ideas … coming home’: Ian Brown, City Life, June 2010.
264 ‘something to keep me match fit … Liam Gallagher in the pub’: Mani, ‘Digging a Hole’, http://guestlisted.blogspot.com, January 2011.
18. Reunion
266 ‘They got on great, all very relaxed’: Clint Boon, Twitter, April 2011.
266 ‘I’m disgusted that my … isn’t happening’: Mani, NME, April 2011.
267 ‘They’re just rumours … happy where I am’: John Squire, Daily Record, June 2011.
267 ‘It’s an indictment of … opiate of the masses’: John Squire, Daily Record, June 2011.
268 ‘I’ve only ever had love here … last working-class musicians’: Ian Brown, City Life, June 2010.
268 ‘He would fill the Manchester Apollo … and played’: Ian Brown, sleeve notes to the twentieth-anniversary edition of The Stone Roses album.
268 ‘As far as drummers … quit at thirty-five’: Reni, reunion press conference, October 2011.
269 ‘even enjoyable’: John Squire, reunion press conference, October 2011.
269 ‘Just in case someone said … to be shit’: Ian Brown, reunion press conference, October 2011.
269 ‘mixed emotions’: Andrew Innes, Hot Press, December 2011.
270 ‘It’s just something magical … hold of it again’: Mani, reunion press conference, October 2011.
272 ‘We’ll ride it till the wheels fall off … last time’: Ian Brown, reunion press conference, October 2011.
273 ‘It goes way beyond that … taking this fucking seriously’: Shane Meadows, NME, December 2011.
Afterword
276 ‘live in a world of his own’: John Squire, Daily Record, June 2011.
Gigography/Discography
1984
23 October: The Moonlight Club, London
21 November: Labour Club, Exeter
22 November: Ad-Lib Club, London
1985
4 January: Fulham Greyhound, London
12 January: Piccadilly Radio, live session
19 January: The Marquee, London
8 February: Dingwalls, London
20 February: The Maze, Nottingham
29 March: Clouds, Preston
6 April: Oddys, Oldham (cancelled)
10 April: Bing Bang Club, Linköping, Sweden
11 April: Olympia, Norrköping, Sweden
12 April: Rockborgen, Borås, Sweden
19 April: Lilla Marquee, Stockholm, Sweden
21 April: Kolingsborg, Stockholm, Sweden
24 April: Studion, Stockholm, Sweden
26 April: Kulan, Lindigö, Stockholm, Sweden
27 April: Ultra, Stockholm, Sweden
30 April: Lindigö Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden
10 May: The International, Manchester
24 May: Gallery, Manchester
4 July: Fulham Greyhound, London
20 July: Flower Show 1, Manchester
10 August: The Marquee, London
15 August: The Haçienda, Manchester
19 August: ‘So Young’/‘Tell Me’ – UK indie charts no. 2 (Thin Line, 12-inch only)
24 August: The Marquee, London
27 August–1 September: Garage Flower album (Thin Line Records, unreleased)
11 September: Embassy Club, London
September: ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ single (Thin Line Records, unreleased)
October: ‘This Is the One’ single (Thin Line Records, unreleased)
26 October: Riverside, London
2 November: Manchester University
30 November: Warehouse 3 … Take Two, Manchester
1986
5 March: King George’s Hall, Blackburn
25 March: Warwick University
10 May: Manchester University
24 May: Warwick University
31 May: McGonagle’s, Dublin, Ireland
6 June: Warehouse, Leeds
5 July: Three Crowns Club, London
7 July: The Ritz, Manchester
13 August: Bluebird Club, Barrow
22 August: Mardi Gras Club, Liverpool
1987
30 January: The International, Manchester
18 May: ‘Sally Cinnamon’ – UK indie charts no. 38; B-sides ‘All Across the Sands’ and ‘Here It Comes’ (FM Revolver Records, 12-inch only)
30 May: The International, Manchester
26 June: The International, Manchester
3 July: Take Two Club, Sheffield
17 July: Planet X, Liverpool
16 August: Earthbeat Festival, Sefton Park, Liverpool
12 November: Hummingbird, Birmingham
13 November: The International, Manchester
1988
23 January: Dingwalls, London
15 February: ‘Elephant Stone’; B-sides ‘Full Fathom Five’, ‘The Hardest Thing in the World’ (Rough Trade Records, 7-inch, unreleased)
26 February: The International II, Manchester
11 March: The International, Manchester
30 May: The International II, Manchester
13 June: The International II, Manchester
17 October: ‘Elephant Stone’ – UK indie charts no. 27; B-sides ‘Full Fathom Five’, ’The Hardest Thing in the World’, ‘Elephant Stone’ 12-inch mix (Silvertone Records, 7-inch and 12-inch)
19 November: The International II, Manchester
26 November: Citadel, St Helens
28 November: London Polytechnic
29 November: Olivers, Chester
2 December: London School of Economics
7 December: Belfast University, Northern Ireland
11 December: Venue, Edinburgh, Scotland
1989
17 February: Legends, Warrington
20 February: Sheffield University
23 February: Middlesex Polytechnic
27 February: The Haçienda, Manchester
27 February: ‘Made of Stone’ – UK indie charts no. 4; B-sides ‘Going Down’, ‘Guernica’ (Silvertone Records, 7-inch and 12-inch)
28 February: Escape Club, Brighton
1 March: Club Rio, Bradford
2 March: Coal Exchange, Cardiff
3 March: Legends, Warrington
5 April: Liverpool Polytechnic
17 April: The Stone Roses al
bum – UK charts no. 32, peaking at UK no. 19 in February 1990: ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, ‘She Bangs the Drums’, ‘Waterfall’, ‘Don’t Stop’, ‘Bye Bye Badman’, ‘Elizabeth My Dear’, ‘(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister’, ‘Made of Stone’, ‘Shoot You Down’, ‘This Is the One’, ‘I Am the Resurrection’ (Silvertone Records, vinyl, CD and cassette)
28 April: South Parade Pier, Portsmouth
29 April: Brunel University, Uxbridge
4 May: Liverpool Polytechnic
5 May: Queen’s Hall, Widnes
6 May: The International II, Manchester
7 May: Sheffield University
8 May: Warehouse, Leeds
11 May: Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham
12 May: JBs, Dudley
13 May: Angel Centre, Tonbridge, Kent
15 May: ICA, London
17 May: Edwards No. 8, Birmingham
19 May: Aberystwyth University
22 May: Dingwalls, London
24 May: Oxford Polytechnic
25 May: Shrewsbury, Park Lane
26 May: Elektra, Milton Keynes (cancelled)
27 May: Citadel, St Helens (cancelled)
30 May: Guildhall Foyer, Preston
3 June: Junction 10, Walsall
6 June: Majestic, Reading
7 June: Leicester University
8 June: Lancaster University
20 June: Riverside, Newcastle
21 June: Venue, Edinburgh
22 June: Rooftops, Glasgow
23 June: Town Hall, Middlesbrough
24 June: Roadmenders, Northampton
25 June: Arts Centre, Norwich
26 June: Bierkeller, Bristol
27 June: Civic Hall, Stratford-on-Avon
28 June: Irish Centre, Birmingham
30 June: Leeds Polytechnic
10 July: La Cigale, Paris, France
17 July: ‘She Bangs the Drums’ – UK charts no. 36/Billboard Modern Rock US charts no. 9; B-sides ‘Standing Here’, ‘Mersey Paradise’, ‘Simone’ (Silvertone Records, 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette)
27 July: Riverside, Newcastle
12 August: Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
18 September: ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ – Billboard Modern Rock US charts no. 18 (US single only; Jive/Zomba 12-inch)
23 September: Barraca, Valencia, Spain
28 September: Rolling Stone Festival, Milan, Italy