The Stone Roses

20 Years ago today, the Roses blew Glasgow away

TSR — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:43:53 +0000

“On 9 June the Roses played Glasgow Green, a show that was for many perhaps their finest-ever live performance. The show itself was a killer – it was blistering and it was loud. It seemed then like The Stone Roses were invincible, an unstoppable force, a band that touched people’s hearts and souls. They had [...]

Live Forever – The Stone Roses @ Spike Island

TSR — Sat, 08 May 2010 08:00:39 +0000

Live Forever was a documentary film from 2003 that took a look at the Brit Pop phenomenon. Whilst the Roses were never part of the Brit Pop movement, they are regarded as a major influence on the key bands of the movement. The film examines the impact of The Roses and the following video features [...]

Seven Ages of Rock – Spike Island video

TSR — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:00:58 +0000

The Seven Ages of Rock was a landmark BBC series charting the emergence and re-emergence of rock music as a global force, told through the musicians who shaped the genre. The 7th film in the series looked at The Stone Roses as the heirs to the indie crown and considered Spike Island a key event [...]

Melody Maker Spike Island review

TSR — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:00:19 +0000

Melody Maker, 9th 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 True joined the 28,000 crowd and witnessed the highs and lows, the baggy bits and the saggy bits. At the press conference, the day before Spike Island, [...]

NME Spike Island review

TSR — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:00:38 +0000

NME June 9th 1990 “I don’t have to sell my soul/He’s already in me” – I Wanna Be Adored, The Stone Roses. Ian Brown doesn’t have to sell his soul, but in a conference suite in Manchester’s Piccadilly hotel a hundred-plus ‘international press’ liggers are on a bargain hunt for titbits. It’s 25 hours before The Stone [...]

Spike Island 20th Anniversary countdown

TSR — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:31:11 +0000

The 27th of May 2010 will be the 20th anniversary of The Stone Roses landmark gig at Spike Island. To celebrate the anniversary we’ll be publishing a series of special commemorative articles. Look out out for historical magazine articles and reviews, some classic photos, the odd download and maybe some surprises. Of course a big part of [...]

Spike Island on video

TSR — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:54:21 +0000

Update: sorry folks looks like the video has been pulled from YouTube due to copyright violations. Here’s the next best thing, some behind the scenes footage from ePaxB – Roses @ Spike Island. Time for something special. Unearthed is a trailer for the legendary Spike Island gig from 1990. There’s been rumours of footage circulating for many years, [...]

Stone Roses Boxset review

TSR — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:26:14 +0000

A full page review of the Roses’ boxset from September 2009. Uncut magazine awards it top marks and gives a nice overview as to why the album matters so much to so many.

John Squire’s Penguin Decades covers

TSR — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:59:45 +0000

Penguin has launched its Decades series, with five titles each representing the best novels of the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. The covers for 1980s series were done by someone you might have heard of: John Squire. Head over to the Creative Review website to see the full range of Squire’s covers.

Love Spreads demo

TSR — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:12:41 +0000

Someone pointed me towards this demo version of Love Spreads. Have a listen and leave your comments.