Ian Brown

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Ian Brown (born 20.2.63) Ian Brown is an English singer and musician, formerly of popular 'Madchester' indie band, the Stone Roses who had hits with Fools Gold and I Am the Resurrection. Brown has worked on solo material since 1996, producing five albums and twelve UK Top 40 singles including My Star, Golden Gaze, and F.E.A.R. This body of work, along with Brown's infamous swagger, charisma and 'King Monkey' cult status, continues to provide inspiration for a flock of indie bands, notably Oasis and the Arctic Monkeys. Brown acquired the Q Magazine Legend Award in 2007.

Early Years: Ian George Brown was born on 20th February 1963 to Jean who worked in a paper factory, and George, a joiner. The family moved from Warrington to Timperley in Greater Manchester where Ian attended the Altrincham Grammar School For Boys. While there, Ian became friends with John Squire who lived nearby and with whom he shared a passion for music. The two boys started swapping records, from the Sex Pistols, Joy Division and The Clash to the Beach Boys and Northern Soul. At a party one night, Brown was lucky enough to meet one of his heroes, soul legend Geno Washington, who told Ian he had star quality.

Musical Career: Stone Roses Ian started off playing bass guitar in John Squire's band, The Patrol, which became Garage Flower before adopting the name The Stone Roses. Ian became the band's main singer and developed a unique style, which is often criticised for being tuneless. However, Brown's lyrical input and bolshy attitude ensured he became an idol to many fans.

The classic Squire/Brown partnership would see The Stone Roses enjoy success throughout the late 1980s and early 90s, with their debut album, 1989's The Stone Roses, and 1994's Second Coming both going platinum. The band also performed some memorable concerts, including the huge Spike Island gig in 1990 where Brown instructed everyone to "turn on, tune in, don't drop out". Subsequently, the band did just that and dropped out of the public eye for five years, during which time rifts began to develop between Brown and Squire. Drug use was rife on their comeback tour, with Brown preferring cannabis to Squire's cocaine. Squire eventually left the band, leaving Brown to headline Reading Festival in 1996. The performance is legendary for Brown's disastrous fall from grace.

Musical Career: Solo The Stone Roses officially folded in 1996 and from then on Brown has released solo material, often working with guitarist Aziz Ibrahim. Brown's first solo single, My Star, reached number five in the UK singles chart, followed by Can't See Me and Corpses in Their Mouths, all taken from 1998's Unfinished Monkey Business. That same year, Brown was sentenced to four months in Strangeways Prison after a vicious air rage incident.

Brown featured on UNKLE's 1999 single Be There, which reached number eight in the UK. Brown's second album, Golden Greats, produced three more successful singles: Love Like a Fountain, Golden Gaze, and Dolphins Were Monkeys.

In 2001 Music of the Spheres became Brown's highest charting solo album, going in at number three and producing the singles F.E.A.R and Whispers. Brown picked up the NME Best Solo Artist Award in 2002 and the Godlike Genius Award in 2006.

Brown's next studio albums, Solarized (2004) and The World Is Yours (2007) maintained this level of success, with Top 20 singles including Keep What Ya Got (featuring Noel Gallagher) and Illegal Attacks (featuring Sinead OConnor).

Personal Life: Ian Brown lives in London with his wife Fabiola Quiroz Brown and young son Emilio. Brown has two older sons, Frankie and Casey, from a previous relationship.

Brown continues to create music as a solo artist and is adamant that the Stone Roses will not reform.



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The Internet Mocks Ian Brown Once Again Over COVID Vaccination Rage


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Once again, Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown has caused a stir with his opinions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. He's even dropped out of Warrington's Neighbourhood Weekender festival over alleged requirements that attendees must be vaccinated. And yet, he's still set to headline TRNSMT...

Ian Brown performing live in Glasgow (2017) / Photo credit: Stuart Westwood/Rmv/Zuma Press/PA ImagesIan Brown performing live in Glasgow (2017) / Photo credit: Stuart Westwood/Rmv/Zuma Press/PA Images

Back in October 2020, Brown outed himself as a COVID sceptic with a series of nonsensical rants on Twitter essentially claiming that the whole pandemic is a pack of lies dreamed up by governments and billionaires. It's no surprise, then, that as well as refusing to wear a mask, he's also refusing to get a vaccination for the virus.

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Ian Brown's Delusional COVID Rant Is Proof That You Should Never Meet Your Heroes


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OK, we've had just about enough of this real-life dystopian horror that the world has turned into. It feels like as the months wear on, our list of people we respect and like is getting rapidly shorter. The latest to lose our backing is former Stone Roses lead singer Ian Brown, who has revealed to his Twitter followers his belief that COVID-19 is a big government conspiracy. OK then...

Ian Brown performing live with The Stone Roses in 2017 / Photo Credit: Stuart Westwood / Rmv/Zuma Press/PA ImagesIan Brown performing live with The Stone Roses in 2017 / Photo Credit: Stuart Westwood / Rmv/Zuma Press/PA Images

In a truly bizarre Tweet, 57-year-old Brown wrote the following: 

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Music News Round-Up: New Ian Brown And Gerard Way Songs, Drake Breaks Beatles Record


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Drake BREAKS BEATLES CHART RECORD

Rap megastar Drake has just overhauled a Billboard chart record held by The Beatles for over half a century, after his new track with Bad Bunny landed in the top ten this week.

The 32 year old’s guest spot on ‘MIA’ means that he’s now had 12 songs reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2018 – the most that any artist has had in a single year. It meant that a chart record that had stood for 54 years, when The Beatles scored 11 top ten hits in 1964 when both ‘I Feel Fine’ and ‘She’s A Woman’ entered the charts in America on December 26th that year.

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The Stone Roses Announce Two Intimate June Gigs


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The Stone Roses have announced two intimate warm-up gigs ahead of their four-night run at the Etihad stadium in Manchester on June 15, 17, 18 and 19. The band will play Halifax Victoria Theatre on Tuesday June 7 and Carlisle Sands Centre on Wednesday June 8. Both venues have a capacity of around 1,500.

Stone RosesThe Stone Roses have announced two intimate June gigs.

The band made the announcement on their official Facebook page on Saturday morning (June 4) along with details on how fans can get tickets. Tickets were only available to fans who had purchased a Stone Roses vinyl, concert ticket or T-shirt and were capped at two per person.

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The Stone Roses To Release Brand New Single Tonight


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The Stone Roses are to release their first new music in over two decades tonight, as the group announced that a new single would be available from 8pm on Thursday evening (May 12th).

The new track, the title of which was not revealed in the group’s Twitter announcement this morning, will be the first release from a much-anticipated third album, their first since 1994’s ill-fated Second Coming that disappointed fans so much after their legendary self-titled debut in 1989.

It will also be the first new music from the band since March 1995, when B-sides to their single ‘Ten Storey Love Song’ were revealed, called ‘Ride On’ and ‘Moses’ which did not appear on the aforementioned second album.

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Is A New Stone Roses Album On The Way?


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It’s been over 20 years since they released their last studio album, but a new record from The Stone Roses could be coming our way later this year. The band, who reunited in 2011, will play four massive shows at Manchester's Etihad Stadium this June and according to The Mirror they're ready to release a new record to coincide with the gigs.

Ian Brown, The Stone RosesThe Stone Roses are reportedly working on a new album.

A source told the newspaper: “Ian Brown and the lads have been busy getting their next album ready. It will be album number three. It’s a long time coming but they feel the time is right now. They’ve been back in the studio. Everyone is very excited about it.”

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Extraterrestrial Trailer


April (Brittany Allen) and her boyfriend Kyle (Freddie Stroma) have organised a romantic weekend away in April's parent's cabin in the woods. To April's dismay, Kyle has invited their friends Melanie (Melanie Papalia), Seth (Jesse Moss) and Lex (Anja Savcic) and arranged for them to have a party weekend. With the party in full swing, the teenagers seen what looks like a plane crashing into the woods. Upon investigation, they discover that it was in fact a UFO with an extra-terrestrial life form inside. When the ensuing terror and surprise causes them to kill it in self-defence, they find the aliens retaliating in the worst way possible. 

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The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone Review


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Made by a fan for fans, this documentary explores the iconic English rock band through raw adoration rather than a detailed narrative. But Shane Meadows (This Is England) is a seriously gifted filmmaker, and his approach wins us over by focussing on the bandmates' personalities, their passion for the music and their fans' devotion to them.

Childhood friends Ian Brown and John Squire formed the Stone Roses in Manchester in 1984, then set about to show the world that they were the greatest rock band ever. It took five years and a number of rotating bandmates until the lineup settled down with Ian, John, Reni (Alan Wren) and Mani (Gary Mounfield), and their first album in 1989 was a landmark hit. It took them five more years to release their second album, and that period was marked with terrible battles both within the band and with their record label and management. The band dissolved shortly after Second Coming was released in 1994. Cut to 2011, when these four men reunited to announce their comeback, starting with a major concert in Manchester in June 2012.

Meadows has access to an astonishing array of archival material, including home movies and private photos, vintage TV interviews and performance footage. He pieces this together without narration, letting the bandmates recount their own story, so naturally they skip over the more uncomfortable elements, such as the seven other musicians who came and went over the years. And there are no details about the various fallings out between them. Instead, this collage astutely captures their lively personalities, the way they work and how they come together to play their most memorable songs.

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The Stone Roses were a relatively short-lived indie phenomenon that inspired the lives of so many in the 1990s following the release of the influential self-titled debut album; an album described by many as the greatest album of all time. They disbanded, much too soon, in 1996 after they struggled to cope with the departure of guitarist John Squires and drummer Alan 'Reni' Wren. A reunion seemed the most unlikeliest of things for this band but, after 16 years, 2012 Ian Brown, John Squire, Alan Wren and Gary Mounfield together on stage once more in one of the most highly anticipated reunions in music history. This documentary follows their day to day lives, catching up on last decade and a half and rehearsing for their record-breaking comeback gigs that brought tears to the eyes of indie fans nationwide.

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Ian Brown

Date of birth

20th February, 1963

Occupation

Musician

Sex

Male

Height

1.73






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Extraterrestrial Trailer

Extraterrestrial Trailer

April (Brittany Allen) and her boyfriend Kyle (Freddie Stroma) have organised a romantic weekend away...

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Movie Review

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone Movie Review

Made by a fan for fans, this documentary explores the iconic English rock band through...

The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone Trailer

The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone Trailer

The Stone Roses were a relatively short-lived indie phenomenon that inspired the lives of so...

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