| 25.02.2007 |  |
 Here for your viewing pleasure is the rarest of rare Roses gig footage from the Provinssirock Festival, Finland, 3rd June 1990. I've seen it requested a few times lately and as it's yet to surface, you can enjoy it here. Check out the updated audio/video page for all the videos.The gig has been out there for a while but has remained a rare addition to those outside of the trading circles, so here it is in it's entirely, somewhat of a belated site re-launch pressie and while I've taken the time to convert the vids from the DVD, thanks must surely go out to KN4995 and thejammybastard who arranged its appearance in the first place, love forever their names in your heart. The full recording includes 'Shoot You Down', 'One Love', 'Sally Cinnamon', 'Standing Here' and 'Fools Gold', perhaps a short recording, but what a selection! |
| 24.02.2007 (updated story 25.02.07) |  |
 Footage and photos have already surfaced from Ian Brown's trip to Moscow.A number of photographs have appeared on the Paragraf 78 website from their press conference and after party (Thursday 22nd Feb), which Ian performed at but as it's a tad difficult to negotiate for us English visitors, I've set up a page with all the pics I've come across (thanks to mystar for the original links). Also, from Friday night's (23rd Feb) gig at the B1 in Moscow a full video of Ian's classic 'Set My Baby Free' (from Golden Greats) with a slightly different sound. And since then another video has surfaced which definitely has some of Ian performing new song 'On Track', which you can view here. Other tracks performed on the night definitely include 'I Wanna Be Adored', 'Dolphins Were Monkeys', 'Made Of Stone', 'Set My Baby Free', 'Golden Gaze', 'Time Is My Everything', 'Keep What Ya Got', 'She Bangs The Drums', 'F.E.A.R.' and 'On Track' (I'm not 100% sure on the running order yet). |
| 21.02.2007 |  |
 According to Manchester Online, Freebass have at last found a vocalist that they've been working with on their songs for their much-talked-about, almost mythical project, only for him to go 'AWOL'.Peter Hook, Mani and Andy Rourke had been looking for a suitable vocalist for some time when they came across 23-year-old Rich from Wigan (apparently his last name is not known, even to the band but he was previously in a local band called 'Exist'). They were working with him but took a short break to fulfil other commitments and now are eager to get back in the studio, only to find that they are unable to get in touch with the singer. Hook confesses to be "desperate to find him" and adds: "He was really good and we don't want to have to start looking for a new singer again when we were so impressed with Rich. "He clearly has a lot to live up to, with us all working with the likes of Ian Curtis, Ian Brown, Bobby Gillespie and Bernie Sumner before, but I just want to hear from him. "We have a few guest vocalists like Ian Brown, Tim Burgess and Bobby Gillespie just to freak Rich out, but if he's still up for it then please get in touch." Read the full article. |
| 20.02.2007 | |
 The brand new Ian Brown track "On Track" can at last be heard on the official Paragraf 78 movie website (at least the instrumental version - as it is titled there).Once you work out how to get in and it loads up you will see a pop up window with news (in Russian), close this and you should see a player... if it's not the first track on there, select next (you have to wait for each to load fully) until you get there, it's titled as IAN BROWN - ON TRACK INSTRUMENTAL. Ian is to headline the Paragraph 78 Fest Festival on Friday (23rd February) along with Richard Feerless (Death in Vegas), Happy Mondays feat. Bez (UK). 8pm. Visit Paragraf 78 website. Update 21.02.07 - "On Track" has now been added to Ian's myspace profile. |
| 18.02.2007 | |
 Head over to Don't Stop to see the all new look Stone Roses site 'Don't Stop : JSU'. Firstly, apologies to all those who F.E.A.R. change but things move on, websites start looking old and compulsive webmasters have new ideas.For a long time now I'm been moving the site away from being a mere 'John Squire only' site, covering anything and everything related to The Stone Roses so the last thing really to do is redesign/rebrand it with a spanking new Stone Roses look. So, what's changed for you? On the whole not a lot, you'll still find this site your best source of Roses news on the net and I hope that you will find the new look easier to navigate and cosier. It'll take a while to update everything and bring it all over to the new look, so that'll be a work-in-progress for the next month or so. One section to have a major overhaul is the Media Articles, which was one of the oldest sections on the website, articles are now listed chronologically and split by year and now open in a tidy window for your ease. I'm planning to add a huge number of articles in the coming weeks. Another section to get upgraded is the Audio/Video which is getting tons of new videos links and footage and I'm hopefully completely re-working the Pictures section too (which I think is the oldest page on here at present). One other change is that I've swapped around some of the website urls. This site is now accessible from www.john-squire.com / www.john-squire.co.uk or www.the-stone-roses.co.uk and The Definitive Stone Roses Discography is now located at www.orelp502.co.uk (I thought that was a great name and had to get it! - for those that don't work it out immediately, it's The Stone Roses debut LP cat no). I'd love to hear what you make of the new site, so feel free to contact me by the usual email and forum. |
| 04.02.2007 |  |
 The NME annouces its plan to award this year's NME Godlike Genius Award to Primal Scream at next month's Shockwaves NME Awards (1st March). "Bobby Gillespie's band will pick up the top honour for a career that has spanned three decades and seen the band confidently and continually evolve their sound from the psychedelic beginnings, through 'Screamadelica''s acid house beast in 1991 to the rock 'n' roll, adrenalin blast of last year's 'Riot City Blues'." - from nme.com. Bobby Gillespie said: "About fucking time, we've known it for years. It's a great honour to get the same award as a band like The Clash." Other previous winners include our very own Ian Brown (2006) and New Order (2005). Visit the NME site for the full article. |
| 01.02.2007 | |
 I've decided to set up and run a survey to take a snapshot of the current Stone Roses community and those that call themselves fans. With all the seemingly 100s of people aged 14-20 appearing on myspace listing the Roses as one of their favourite bands/biggest inspirations, I thought it would be interesting so see how they fit in with the older Stone Roses fans, many of which were there at the gigs and saw their rise to power and compare and contrast the views across the boards on key issues.So we'll be able to see finally if all the new fans and the longest fans seem to prefer the debut album, whereas those in the middle (getting into the band at the time of its release) generally prefer Second Coming. And if everyone who saw the Roses first time around really doesn't want a Roses reformation for fear of damaging the legacy while those of the younger generation (some of whom not born til after '89) would want to see it happen and experience some of the glory days for themselves. I hope you can take a few mins out to complete it, obviously the more people that take part, the better picture we'll be able to get. I'll post full results and statistics on the site in March. Take part in the Roses Fans Survey 2007. |