OTish. Stone Roses Reform. Mani checks Stewart Copeland

[smax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6itFMuO6Os

the stone roses reform and announce a world tour. (hurrah)

7 minutes in, Mani (drummer) name checks some of his influences, including the maestro, in response to an old stone roses quote that they wanted to "free the world from U2"

[Omaha_Perez]

That's actually Reni. Mani is the bassist (who ALMOST played with Stewart when Mad For The Racket played the UK).

[smax]

yup. and i'm a tit.

[smudge]

That press conference almost made me want to buy a ticket to a gig. Almost, but not quite.

If Reni does a stand up tour I'll be there. Someone get him on QI - he'd be fabulous.

(Edited because I knew the drummer's name began with R but got it wrong in the middle on my first attempt.)

[Omaha_Perez]

I guess I'm one of the few Americans who got to see them - at the Fillmore in San Francisco a day or two before Squire broke his arm ending their only US tour. They were great - though it wasn't the REAL Roses as Reni had just quit. His replacement just couldn't live up to him. I had heard bootlegs so I was nervous that Ian would be flat the whole show, but he sounded good. (After seeing him solo a couple times I vowed to not see him live again, though I keep buying the records. I had decided he just can't sing live until I watched him on a live BBC session where he sounded great. I think it's a matter of whether or not he can hear himself in the mix. Here's hoping he has a really good monitor on the Roses tour!)

Anyway, I'm really excited about this. If I could, I'd fly to the UK for the opening shows!

[Peanut]

At first I thought this was a joke (re: the reformation), but when I found out it was true I couldn't help but laugh out loud!
In the heat of nostalgia people tend to forget their last album was a hunk of egotistic hyperboled fluff! (In my opinion of course).
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