Time for another site exclusive. Here’s the full scanned article from Raw magazine originally published in 1995. With 9 pages in full colour, a cool front cover and lot’s of exclusive pictures … this issue is well worth checking out. Enjoy!
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 [...]
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 [...]
Found a nice article from Paul Slattery who photographed the legendary Spike Island gig back in 1990. Read about his experience and see some of the images he captured on the big day. And if you read this Paul, please stop by and tell us some more! Head over to the Retna photographers blog.