Simon Spence, author of The Stone Roses: War and Peace has published an amazing collection of never before seen Roses images.
Ian Brown 1986 (Copyright Sue Dean)
Ian Brown & Reni, Sweden 1985 (Copyright Lena Kagg Ferrero)
The recently published book features a some exclusive photos from the early days of the Roses, but it seems they’ve only been the tip of the ice-berg.
Simon has published the full collection of images captured by Lena Kagg Ferrero in Sweden 1985 when the Stone Roses toured with Toxin Toy and more exclusive images from Sue Dean from the very early days. Well worth checking out.
BBC 6 Music are broadcasting a Stone Roses special this Sunday and they want your help.
Now Playing @6Music is celebrating everything Stone Roses with a two hour fan sourced show playing the Roses’ hits, b-side, rarieties, influences, bands they’ve inspired – and anything else you can connect to band.
They’re looking for suggestions to make up the Ultimate Stone Roses Playlist and this is your opportunity to help shape the show.
Author and journalist, Simon Spence promotes the release of his new book, The Stone Roses: War and Peace at hmv’s Market Street store in Manchester on Friday 29th June.
Simon, who reviewed 1990’s Spike Island for Face magazine, will be at the store from 1.00 pm to meet fans and sign copies of the new book which is published through Penguin.
The Stone Roses: War and Peace is based on 400 hours of interviews with over seventy of The Stone Roses’ closest associates, including six former band members.
The book traces the band’s genesis, studded with violent gigs and abandoned recordings, and shaped by their infamous manager Gareth Evans. The Roses’ legendary gigs culminated in the era-defining Spike Island show in 1990, yet from this pinnacle the unravelling was spectacular.
With the band refusing to play in America, arrested for vandalizing a record company and dragged through the High Court, the epic recording of their dark second album is the stuff of legend.
They disbanded in turmoil in 1996.
Simon Spence will be at hmv Manchester, Market Street -Â Friday 29th June 2012 at 1.00 pm.
The Stone Roses officially start their 2012 tour dates tomorrow (Friday 8 June) with the first of two Barcelona gigs.
The warm-up gigs in Barcelona and Amsterdam should see the reformed band perform their first full sets, after the ecstatically received surprise gig in Warrington.
thestoneroses.co.uk fansite will be in Barcelona and we’ll be reporting on the gigs. Follow us on Twitter @stoneroses for instant reactions, with full reports to follow on this website.
We’ve also set up the first of a series of webpages for each of the forthcoming gigs. You can can share your expectations, post comments, leave reviews and link to photos and videos. Help those who can’t make the gigs share the experience.
Mani's first photo shoot with The Stone Roses in 1987
Rock City Art gallery is exhibiting a fantastic collection of Stone Roses photographs captured by award winning photographer Ian Tilton.
‘What The World Is Waiting For’ brings together Tilton’s collection of images charting the rise of The Stone Roses from obscurity in 1987 to worldwide cult status 1990. Based in Manchester, Ian Tilton began his career in the eighties, shooting iconic bands around the world such as Guns N Roses, Iggy Pop, The Smiths, U2 and The Cure.
Tilton’s shot of Nirvana’s exhausted and tearful Kurt Cobain was hailed by Q Magazine as one of the 6 best rock photographs of all time – while his photo of the Stone Roses front man Ian Brown with an orange in his mouth has gone down in rock n roll photographic legend. The photography of Tilton also featured on the interior sleeve of the Roses’ debut album. He successfully captured the raw energy and allure of the young band when they played live on the Other Side of Midnight TV show.
The Stone Roses July 1989, Chorlton
Ian Tilton and The Stone Roses lived in the same area of Manchester. “We bonded on our first shoot together as none of us wanted to create something boring. We held a mutual appreciation of creating something conceptually different.†Ian Tilton
He says: “They’d been working at it for years when I first came into contact with them in 1985, then I photographed them in 1987, they came to my studio in Chorlton, and I realised at last they’ve got something good.â€
If you can’t make the exhibition, the RCA website also has a great selection of the images online. Exhibition posters, prints signed by Tilton and a book based on the exhibition are all available to buy.
The exhibition runs from June 1st until June 22nd and entry is free. See the Rock City Art website for full details.
BBC 6 Music are broadcasting a Stone Roses special this Sunday and they want your help.
at hmv’s Market Street store in Manchester on Friday 29th June.
