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What was The Stone Roses biggest hit?
Love Spreads
The band’s biggest hit was ‘Love Spreads’, which reached No 2 in 1994 and was kept from the top by Baby D’s ‘Let Me Be Your Fantasy’. Their other Top 10 hits were ‘Elephant Stone’ and ‘Fools Gold’, both of which reached No 8. Recent single ‘All For One’ reached No 17.
Are The Stone Roses dead?
There will be no resurrection: John Squire confirms that The Stone Roses are no more. After years of speculation, John Squire has confirmed that The Stone Roses have split up once again.
Why are they called The Stone Roses?
The name was about texture… The name ‘Stone Roses’, which would also become the band’s greatest album, was suggested by Squire in 1983, allegedly as a tribute to the The Rolling Stones. It was also the idea that it would be a combination of both the hardness of stone and the softness of roses.
Are Ian Brown and John Squire still friends?
Brown told The Word: “I’ve had a whole other chapter since he left the group – I’ve got a 13 year old son he’s never met. But I’ve no animosity towards John.
What did Oasis think of The Stone Roses?
“They were our band, I suppose. The Roses sang in Manchester accents, they wore the same clothes, they went to the same clubs, you could see them down the same shops where you were buying your dessert boots and your flared jeans.
Do oasis like Stone Roses?
Discussing one of his favourite bands The Stone Roses, Gallagher told us that they were an essential influence when he was growing up. “I remember our kid having ‘Sally Cinnamon’, but it was ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ that first got me,” Liam told NME Gold.
Are the Stone Roses City fans?
Unlike Oasis and certain members of the Smiths, the majority of the Stone Roses are passionate Manchester United supporters.
Are The Stone Roses British?
The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983.
What drugs were The Stone Roses on?
You often blame the Roses fall-out on John’s cocaine intake. Is that why you have been so virulently anti-cocaine ever since? “I was anti-cocaine before that, as I was a punk-rocker and against all those dinosaur cocaine groups.
Why did Reni leave The Stone Roses?
Singer Ian Brown said Reni was absent because he had “a really bad cold”. The drummer has had a fractious relationship with his bandmates in the past and walked off during one of their reunion gigs in Amsterdam last year. Meanwhile, guitarist John Squire said they had written “a few” new songs.
What football club does Morrissey support?
Despite being from Manchester, Morrissey has refused to affiliate himself with one team, and you could say that by naming one of his songs “Your Arsenal”, he could be enjoying the kind of ambiguity that surrounds his football allegiances. He was, though, once spotted wearing a Millwall shirt in 2008.