Champagne Supernova Edition Part 1
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Rise and Fall of Britpop
The Stone Roses, a four-piece combo led by vocalist Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire, galvanized the Mad Chester scene with their 1989 self-titled debut. On several tracks, they were more or less a traditional British rock combo with a knack for writing indelible pop songs. But when they turned up the psychedelic funk and leaned on drummer Gary Moundfield, aka Mone, as on Fools Gold, the Stone Roses sounded like they belonged in a nightclub.
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