Roses biographer’s bad news for fans...
MUSIC journalist and Stone Roses biographer John Robb has given his verdict on the future of The Stone Roses – and it’s not good news for fans.
The band reunited for a small tour earlier this year – ending in Glasgow with frontman Ian Brown telling the crowd: ‘“Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy that it happened.”
The comments sparked rumours that the band were calling it a day. Robb, who wrote The Stone Roses and the Resurrection of British Pop, seems to agree.
“It’s not official 100 per cent confirmed that they’ve stopped, but it looks like they have, doesn’t it?” Robb told NME.
“The thing about those guys, is that nothing is ever certain with The Stone Roses. That’s one of the things that made them such an interesting band.
“The thing about The Roses, is that from day one that band could have combusted at any moment. Their brilliance is so fleeting and hard to grasp, that it disappears. They get it in their hands, then they just let it go again.”
He added: “When they did grab it, god it was amazing. Last year when they played Manchester, it was just magical. They’re just such a fantastic and powerful band.”
The band got back together in 2011 and played dates in the UK and Japan, as well as putting out new singles All For One and Beautiful Thing.
A third album failed to follow though, the prospect of which Robb thinks has gone for good.
“Between the four of them, there was a great third album in them,” he said.
“If they could have just made a record without caring about the pressure of commercial expectation. If they could have just jammed for 45 minutes, it would have been a great record. It was a wasted opportunity, but as Ian Brown said, at least it happened. No one ever thought that would happen again.”