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

The biggest Indie albums of 1989: Technique, the debut by The Stone Roses, Bleach, Doolittle, Disintegration and more

The 20 best Indie albums of 1989

Turnstile and The Stone Roses circa 1990

Watch Turnstile's epic cover of The Stone Roses I Wanna Be Adored in tribute to late bassist Mani

Ozzy Osbourne in London in 1991

Ozzy Osbourne to be honoured with BRITs Lifetime Achievement Award

Scenes from some of the greatest music docs of all time: Mick Jagger gets worried in Gimme Shelter; The Beatles get down in Peter Jackson's Get Back; and Liam Gallagher gets thoughtful in Supersonic.

The 20 best music documentaries

The late Stone Roses bassist Mani live at Wembley Stadium in 2017

Mani mural crowdfunder launched for permanent tribute to The Stone Roses bassist in Manchester

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

25 of the most influential albums in music history

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

The 50 Best Indie Love Songs

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.

The 10 greatest debut TV appearances

The Stone Roses Songs

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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

From Lennon to Green Day: The 50 Greatest Protest Songs Uncovered