The Stone Roses
eBook - ePub

The Stone Roses

War and Peace: The Definitive Story

  1. 353 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Stone Roses

War and Peace: The Definitive Story

About this book

The Stone Roses captures the magic—and chaos—behind the UK band's rise, fall, and recent resurrection.
The iconic Brit pop band The Stone Roses became an overnight sensation when their 1989 eponymous album went double platinum. It was a recording that is still often listed as one of the best albums ever made. Its chiming guitar riffs, anthemic melodies, and Smiths-like pop sensibility elevated The Stone Roses to a cult-like status in the UK and put them on the map in the U.S. But theirs is a story of unfulfilled success: their star imploded as their sophomore effort took years to complete and the band broke up acrimoniously in 1996. Sixteen years later, they reunited and have been playing sold out gigs, thrilling fans around the globe, and working on new material. In 2013, they nabbed the coveted headline spot at the Coachella Festival.
With one hundred interviews of key figures, forty rare photographs, and exclusive insider material including how they created their music, The Stone Roses charts the band's rise from the backwaters of Manchester to becoming the stars of the "Madchester" scene to their successful comeback years later. Going beyond the myths to depict a band that defined Brit pop, Simon Spence illustrates their incandescent talent and jaw-dropping success while contextualizing them in the 90s music scene. This is the definitive story of The Stone Roses.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Photography
  8. Cast
  9. Prologue
  10. 1. The Patrol
  11. 2. Reni
  12. 3. Sweden
  13. 4. So Young
  14. 5. Hannett
  15. 6. Gareth
  16. 7. Mani
  17. 8. Leckie
  18. 9. Blackpool
  19. 10. ā€˜Fools Gold’
  20. 11. Madchester
  21. 12. ā€˜One Love’
  22. 13. Geffen
  23. 14. Second Coming
  24. 15. Reni II
  25. 16. Robbie
  26. 17. Fifteen Years
  27. 18. Reunion
  28. Afterword
  29. Photographs
  30. Gigography/Discography
  31. Notes
  32. Bibliography
  33. Acknowledgements
  34. Index
  35. About the Author
  36. Copyright