Facts

Formed: Manchester, England,

Members: Ian Brown, John Squire, Gary "Mani" Mounfield, Alan "Reni" Wren.

First single: So Young (September 1985)

Album discography: The Stone Roses (May 1989); The Second Coming (December 1994).

Ian Brown of The Stone Roses performing live in 2012 with "Lemon" jacket

Why The Stone Roses used a lemon as a logo

Musical game-changers rom The Beatles to Radiohead, via Bowie, The Stooges and more.

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Indie Love Songs: The Killers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Florence + The Machine and Blur

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Great TV appearances: Queen on Top Of The Pops; The Stone Roses on The Other Side Of Midnight; The Smiths on The Tube; and David Bowie trying to get into the BBC Television Centre in 1964.

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Mani from the Stone Roses and Ozzy Osbourne will both be remembered at this year's BRIT Awards ceremony.

Ozzy Osbourne and Mani to be remembered at this year's BRIT Awards

Classic albums on vinyl - here's what you need to start a great collection

20 must-have albums for every vinyl collector

Shaun Ryder with image of the late Stone Roses bassist Mani

Shaun Ryder missed Mani's funeral after he collapsed from pneumonia: "I couldn’t get out of bed”

Big moments from 2025: Liam and Noel Gallagher get Oasis back together; Man United pays tribute to Mani; Ozzy Osbourne performs his final show; and Radio X Is Ten Live with Škoda

The A to X Of 2025: the year in pictures and video

Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's funeral takes place at Manchester Cathedral on December 22nd December 2025

Gary "Mani" Mounfield funeral takes place, Liam Gallagher joins Stone Roses & Primal scream bandmates as pallbearers

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Battersea Power Station (plus inflatable pig) in December 1976, as seen on the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album; and the building itself today

10 classic album covers that feature London

Big indie tunes of '92 from the likes of Suede, James, Blur, The Cure, Radiohead, Ride and more

The 25 best Indie Songs of 1992

Great Australian bands: AC/DC. Tame Impala, Jet, DMA'S and INXS

The 20 best Australian bands of all time

Music has been a form of protest for hundreds of years

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