A tape of the album arrived the next day and I immersed myself in it. Having written about the band for years I got the tape first from the great Hall Or Nothing PR people (who unbeknown to them I had gifted the Roses to after meeting ex- Roses manager Gareth Evans on the train to London years before. Evans has asked if I could write about the band for the NME after my 1987 feature on them in Sounds. I pointed out to him that you could only write for one music paper at a time and gave him the numbers of two PRs- the great Jeff Barrett and the then more established Hall Or Nothing. Both were the best PR’s in the business, who only did the best bands and were also approachable and always had time for the bands and the journalists. I said that Hall Or Nothing were bigger and more established and he rang them first”¦). The Stone Roses announce three UK stadium gigs for summer 2017 - All-Guitars". 26 September 2016 . Retrieved 26 September 2016.

Larkin, Colin (ed.) (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0231-3a b Johnson, Johnny (February 1995). "Coming Out". Vox. pp.14–19. Archived from the original (print) on 12 March 2010 . Retrieved 24 November 2011. The album could have ended up like the Beatles ”ËœLet It Be’- scraps and hints of former genius, instead it came out like ”ËœAbbey Road’- a last act of wilful discipline as their whole world came crashing down. The Stone Roses - Read a Classic NME Interview from 1989". NME. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014.

Nicolson, Barry (27 May 2015). "The Stone Roses: The Full Story of Spike Island, 25 Years On". NME . Retrieved 27 May 2015. We just got fed up with Reni not turning up and one day me and him had a bit of a barny and he said to me ”Ëœright get yourself another drummer’ so I did. I heard that Robbie Maddox was a good drummer so I phoned him up and that was it. After rehearsing and writing songs over the summer, they recorded their first demo in late August, making 100 cassettes, with artwork by Squire, and set about trying to get gigs. [24] They played their first gig as the Stone Roses on 23 October 1984, supporting Pete Townshend at an anti- heroin concert at the Moonlight Club in London. Brown had sent a demo with an accompanying letter: "I'm surrounded by skagheads, I wanna smash 'em. Can you give us a show?". [25] The show was seen by journalists including Sounds ' Garry Johnson, who arranged to interview the band a few weeks later. [26] The band received management offers and more gigs soon followed.

a b c Hilburn, Robert (5 February 1995). "POP MUSIC: The Roses Bloom Again". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Hann, Michael (27 June 2012). "Stone Roses reunion weekend sold-out". guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 4 September 2012. On 26 September 2016, the band announced three stadium gigs in the UK for 2017 - The SSE Arena in Belfast (Odyssey Complex) on 13 June, Wembley Stadium in London on 17 June and Hampden Park in Glasgow on 24 June. In December 2016, two more dates were added at the Leeds First Direct Arena on 20 and 21 June 2017.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "British certifications – Stone Roses". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 16 July 2023. Type Stone Roses in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. Howard (Ginger) Jones, who had recently left his job as director and general manager of the Haçienda, producer Martin Hannett and Tim Chambers agreed to work with the band on an album, setting up Thin Line Records to release it. Jones took on management of the band, although they had already made a similar agreement with Caroline Reed in London. [27] The band got their first positive press in late December, with Johnson tipping them for success in 1985 in Sounds. A feature on the band followed in January. [28] Early tour and releases (1985–1988) [ edit ]certainly as far as the rhythm section is concerned - is somewhere most recently occupied by The Meters. The band released their debut album, The Stone Roses, in 1989. The album was a breakthrough success for the band and received critical acclaim, and it is regarded by many as one of the greatest British albums ever recorded. [a] At this time the group decided to capitalise on their success by signing to a major label. Their record label at the time, Silvertone, would not let them out of their contract, which led to a long legal battle that culminated with the band signing with Geffen Records in 1991.