Stone Roses reunion on the cards?...

D-FENS

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but the Sun is the source so maybe not true but here it is...

http://www.nme.com/news/the-stone-roses/55962

The Stone Roses are finally set to reunite this year – according to one newspaper report.

The Sun reports that singer Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire have "buried the hatchet", paving the way for a comeback later in the year.

The newspaper claims that the pair made up at the funeral of bassist Mani's mother recently.

A source is quoted as saying: "It was an emotional reunion. There were no harsh words. It was a heartwarming breaking of bread. They had a lot to catch up on and have been in regular contact since."

A "megabucks reunion" is supposedly on the cards now, if the trio can convince drummer Reni to get on board.

Although rumours of the Manchester baggy legends reuniting have cropped up many times over the years, Brown and Squire have always quashed them. Mani, meanwhile, has spoken positively about wanting to reunite.

The Stone Roses split in 1996 after releasing two albums. Brown has pursued a solo career since, while Squire moved into painting after forming The Seahorses and releasing solo material. Mani currently plays in Primal Scream.

Android 666

Does no one here remember them playing at Feile? Beyond tragic. Somethings are best left as they are…

julio_iglayzis

Android 666 wrote: »

Does no one here remember them playing at Feile? Beyond tragic. Somethings are best left as they are…

Yes. Holy god.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan, but Ian Brown's live vocals were about as musical as a pig dribbling into a bucket.

opr

Clint Boom adding fuel to the fire.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-stone-roses/55974

Opr

Melion

Id sell a family member to see them live if there was any guarantee it was half as good as Blackpool in 1989

opr

That didn't last long.

"I'm disgusted that my personal grief has been invaded and hijacked by these nonsensical stories," he said, referring to the fact that Brown and Squire met up at his mother's funeral.

He added: "Two old friends meeting up after 15 years to pay their respects to my mother does not constitute the reformation of The Stone Roses. Please **** off and leave it alone. It isn't true and isn't happening."

http://www.nme.com/news/the-stone-roses/55977

Opr

Thedogsgone

Didnt Squire call Ian Brown a tuneless knob at one point........

SteelyDanJalapeno

On what cards??

ItsAWindUp

Would be great to see it to be fair.

JerryHandbag

Theres more chance of Elvis & Michael Jackson doing a duet.

mark86

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Theres more chance of Elvis & Michael Jackson doing a duet.

absolutely.

D-FENS wrote: »

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but the Sun is the source so maybe not true but here it is...

then give it a rest.

more of a john77 contrary to my dupe account username never intended for use, but it is indeed a wind-up - was a fan of the roses for a few years of my youth, know mounfield reasonably well am what he referred to as his irish cousin and have been backstage with them and their many projects bar reni, including sidestage at their last show at reading - trust me i've witnessed folk mention stone roses reformations to them and they were promptly left standing alone and red-faced. they should know its for the best to just not go there. these tired rumours that resurface every year are ludicrous and disrespectful to gary's mam's passing. the Sun of all sources this time around :mad:

/on the plus side.. its great news that Squire & Brown have 'buried the hatchet' where the phrase is most apt. but ian's got his solo popstar thing going on and john grew out of music some years ago and devotes his time to art now

JerryHandbag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNxBRA1QrFg

I know its a few years old, and its only one video...but if anything showed how much John Squire WILL NOT reunite with the Roses its this one. Totally engrossed in his artworks, barely listens to music anymore let alone plays it or wants to be in a band.

Could all change in the future of course but I wouldnt bet on it.

Bracken81

if only it were true

ah well, roll on the floyd & zep re-unions!!

Chairman Meow

JerryHandbag wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNxBRA1QrFg

I know its a few years old, and its only one video...but if anything showed how much John Squire WILL NOT reunite with the Roses its this one. Totally engrossed in his artworks, barely listens to music anymore let alone plays it or wants to be in a band.

Could all change in the future of course but I wouldnt bet on it.

JESUS that guy is boring

SEANoftheDEAD

Android 666 wrote: »

Does no one here remember them playing at Feile? Beyond tragic. Somethings are best left as they are…

The Crimson Tonight EP was recorded at this gig, and the 4 tracks on it are fairly whopper. Altho in saying that, i wasnt at the gig...

If ye watch the ''blood on the turntable'' doc, you will clearly see that they will never have a reunion. Not only the John/Ian falling out, but the band was raped my their manager.

D-FENS

mark86 wrote: »

then give it a rest.

more of a john77 contrary to my dupe account username never intended for use, but it is indeed a wind-up - was a fan of the roses for a few years of my youth, know mounfield reasonably well am what he referred to as his irish cousin and have been backstage with them and their many projects bar reni, including sidestage at their last show at reading - trust me i've witnessed folk mention stone roses reformations to them and they were promptly left standing alone and red-faced. they should know its for the best to just not go there. these tired rumours that resurface every year are ludicrous and disrespectful to gary's mam's passing. the Sun of all sources this time around :mad:

Chr*st :rolleyes:, I think I made it pretty clear in my post that this was to be taken with a very large pinch of salt, I had a question mark at the end, remember?
Plus as per post above, it wasn’t just the Sun, NME covered the story too and then shot it down with a direct quote from Mani, who I’ve also met when he did a DJ set in Dublin about ’96 and played with a ‘Roses tribute, I’m a fan of his and the other members’ work since they split and would mean no disrespect to him, but really, someone who was actually at his mother’s funeral started the fact that Brown and Squire attended and got on so well, if he thinks someone disrespected the day by starting this rumor, shouldn’t he direct this at them and not fans who just thought there was a chance of a reunion?

mark86

then thread title is misleading. there's irony here in that mani was the only one who ever talked up a reunion, now here it is biting him in the ass. at his mother's funeral of all things but i suspect they media effectively killed it off once and for all now. but squire still has jimmy page delusions as that video interview shows, else he's just being difficult in true roses fashion

btw whoever said Feile '95 was crap, they mentioned it as one of their best shows if not the best. even released the EP from it, their only official live release. try to look beyond an atrocious vocalist with stars in his eyes. the problem with 'frontmen' is less musically inclined folk only notice em

Android 666

mark86 wrote: »

btw whoever said Feile '95 was crap, they mentioned it as one of their best shows if not the best. even released the EP from it, their only official live release. try to look beyond an atrocious vocalist with stars in his eyes. the problem with 'frontmen' is less musically inclined folk only notice em

Balls to that, it's got nothing to do with being less musically inclined. A band is only as good as its weakest member and it doesn't matter how much the rest of the band shine, when your singer sounds like an Alzheimer's patient after sucking on a load of benzo you'll soon be brought crashing back to earth. If that was one of their best gigs I'd hate to think what their poorer gigs sounded like.

Case in the point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31azcNJi1LA

mark86

ah.. yeah case in point. band is only as strong as their weakest non-instrumental member? he with the mike.. which makes their musical ability redundant i guess.

squire was on fire that night in jimmy page mode, hella drug but his les paul / marshall combo tone was sweet he nailed it. may have been no longer 'indie' having signed to Geffen and changing their style, but tbh they still had attitude in abundance, more than just about any of the industry sheeple particularly brown i saw him on a sunny glastonbury afternoon late-90s the crazy bastard smoking big cones n doing running moonwalk he took an english flag off some girls n burned it! now i wouldn't be the most patriotic but i could hear his point. was fly as f**k :cool: must have been tens of thousand english looking on

/was Glastonbury 2002. 'scuse ;- brown truly lost it after music of the spheres, started prioritizing money and endorsements -
stuporstardom. n hence got real popular

Android 666

mark86 wrote: »

ah.. yeah case in point. band is only as strong as their weakest non-instrumental member? he with the mike.. which makes their musical ability redundant i guess.

Well when the non instumental member who is meant to be singing majestically over your music seems to have had a falling out with being in tune well then you're going to have a major problem. There are plenty of singers that can sound great even when they're singing slightly out of key, Brown isn't one of them...

Don't get me wrong Squire and Mani were great musicians and they did played splendidly but Brown made it a complete car crash.

mark86 wrote: »

squire was on fire that night in jimmy page mode, hella drug but his les paul / marshall combo tone was sweet he nailed it. tb h they had attitude in abundance, more than just about any of the industry sheeple particularly brown i saw him on a sunny glastonbury afternoon late-90s the crazy bastard smoking big cones n doing reverse running moonwalk he took an english flag off some girls n burned it! now i wouldn't be the most patriotic but i could hear his point. was fly as f**k :cool: must have been tens of thousand english looking on

Yeah I love Brown's attitude like when he threatened to cut off a stewardness' hands and got arrested for beating on his missus. Great that. :cool:

mark86

yeah, the crazy prick! air rage is not to be succumbed to.. though i doubt he was gonna. did his time anyhow

Captain Darling

The thing i remember about the gig in '95 was that Browns vocals were total sh1te. Squires guitar on the other hand was amazing. It was unreal. The sound he made on his own was fookin savage.

Can'tseeme

I was at the gig in '95 and I have to say I thought it was amazing. Ian's vocal let's him down but I was probably to busy singing along. The atmosphere was amazing which makes for a great gig and the band were on fire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrtgHeUs4rE

D-FENS

mark86 wrote: »

then thread title is misleading

No, the thread title is ambiguous which was the intention.

Miguel_Sanchez

mark86 has been sitebanned folks so there's no need to respond to him.

part time punk

Android 666 wrote: »

Balls to that, it's got nothing to do with being less musically inclined. A band is only as good as its weakest member and it doesn't matter how much the rest of the band shine, when your singer sounds like an Alzheimer's patient after sucking on a load of benzo you'll soon be brought crashing back to earth. If that was one of their best gigs I'd hate to think what their poorer gigs sounded like.

Case in the point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31azcNJi1LA

That 'singing' is truly ****ing appalling.

Ouravit

If The Roses did ever get back together the "crap" gigs would still be brilliant. Not that they would be.... "crap"
Great to see Brown and Squire together again (morecambe and wise)

Android 666

Ouravit wrote: »

If The Roses did ever get back together the "crap" gigs would still be brilliant. Not that they would be.... "crap"
Great to see Brown and Squire together again (morecambe and wise)

But it would be the indie equivalent of John Hogan singing 'Nostalgia Time' - I can't think of a more pointless exercise than bands reforming. Has any reformed band that brought something fresh and new to the table?

osnola ibax

Android 666 wrote: »

But it would be the indie equivalent of John Hogan singing 'Nostalgia Time' - I can't think of a more pointless exercise than bands reforming. Has any reformed band that brought something fresh and new to the table?

Eh, excuse me, ever heard of Take That

part time punk

Android 666 wrote: »

But it would be the indie equivalent of John Hogan singing 'Nostalgia Time' - I can't think of a more pointless exercise than bands reforming. Has any reformed band that brought something fresh and new to the table?

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond and Farm are up there with their early albums and were great to see in concert this time round

Android 666

part time punk wrote: »

Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond and Farm are up there with their early albums and were great to see in concert this time round

Before this turns into a Monty Python sketch (What have the Romans ever given us besides...) you're entirely correct but for the most part band reunions are pretty much money making exercises.

part time punk

Android 666 wrote: »

Before this turns into a Monty Python sketch (What have the Romans ever given us besides...) you're entirely correct but for the most part band reunions are pretty much money making exercises.

Fair enough, agree with you there. Was only bitching about the Pixies on another thread here the other day.