I'd be banging my drum to this one .....

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

 

Roses reunion one short

 

24 Apr 05 - A potential Stone Roses reunion is once again the talk of Manchester, following Mani's admission that three-quarters of the band are keen to make a comeback.

 

The Mancunian legends, whose debut album was voted the greatest of all time by 6 Music listeners, have been the subject of intense speculation ever since Kylie pulled out of Glastonbury, with rumours circulating that they could reform to fill the vacant headline slot.

 

Mani's scotched such reckless talk, possibly mindful of the band's disastrous appearance at Reading in 1995, but refused to rule out the possibility of a reunion tour.

 

He said: "Last time I saw John we had a talk about it and it's something we wouldn't rule out, but I think Mr Brown may have completely different ideas about it.

 

"They're two grown men now, y'know what I mean, so hopefully they'll have a natter and see what comes of it.

 

"Its something I'd like to do -close the book properly. There's still a lot of fans out there would like to see it. It's something that's not at the forefront of me mind, but totally not a million miles away from it either.

 

"Me, John and Reni went to see Arthur Lee and Love in Manchester about a month ago and it's the first time John and Reni have met since about '94/'95 - got on like it was just yesterday they'd seen each other."

Reni, who was once described by producer John Leckie as the most talented musician he'd ever worked with, is one potential stumbling block. He's been staying determinedly out of the public eye ever since the band imploded and may be reluctant to give up his privacy.

 

But the biggest bar to any potential comeback would appear to be the ongoing feud between John Squire and Ian Brown. The guitarist described his former lead singer as a "tuneless knob" earlier this year.

[Electric ~soul~]

Won't happen mate.

 

A Nirvana reunion is more likely.

[Chubbhead EFM]

I hope it doesn't happen. Why can't people just leave things as they are!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I'm not too sure, after all Brown has started to do roses songs in his set, just need him and Squire to get on again.

 

Mind you, despite them making out they get on fine, The Inspiral's didn't really get on when they did that comeback, amazing what a truckload of cash will do for getting people together again.

 

We'll wait and see ......

[Electric ~soul~]

The Inspirals far from got on - I know you and Dave think differently, but that bad feeling between Tom and one of the guitarists on the Interview DVD was [n]not[/i] a set-up, believe me.

 

Agree totally with Chubbhead - why ruin the legend? The Stone Roses first comeback in 1994/5 was a total shambles. Even that spoilt the memory of their first album in my mind.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I know that's what i said, they didn't get on. You want to get Hingley yapping about some of them, not nice stuff.

 

The Stone Roses didn't do a comeback in 94, they were still going from the start but with several new members, all rubbish. It's a similar situtaion with Oasis but obviously better.

[Electric ~soul~]

That's not quite correct about the Roses - Second Coming was made with all four original band members, who reconvened after a three-year break, but before any touring was commenced, John Squire sacked Reni.

 

Squire himself left shortly after, but since Stone Roses had signed a 5-album deal with Geffen, the record company brought in band members themselves, without consulting the band. Something that American record companies tend to do.

 

The results were shambolic.

 

re: Inspirals. Certainly Dave has always claimed that the scuffle on the DVD was a set-up. I don't think so. That looked pretty genuine to me, as you could tell by the alarmed look on Clint's face.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

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