Aziz On Tour
Aziz
kicks off his acoustic tour this Friday ( 14th Feb ) at Glasgow's Barfly.
Dalbir Singh will join Aziz once again on Tablas.
Get in..
Dates are as follows:
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FEBRUARY
2003 MAY 2003 |
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Visit Aziz's
website for the latest info and updates, and the Solo Gigs section of this
site for
live pics and video clips from Aziz's date in Leeds.
Squire On Tour Pictures.
New
pics from Johnny's tour are now up in the Solo
Gigs section of this site.
Thanks to Miah and Stuart for their contributions.
Aziz and The Players
Seems Aziz has teamed up with some serious heads with a band named The Players.
The
Players www.theplayerslounge.com
Steve White ( Weller, sometime Oasis ), Mick Talbot ( Style Council ),
Damon Minchella ( OCS ), Aziz Ibrahim.
With
Guests
Chad Smith ( Red Hot Chili Peppers )
Steve Cradock ( OCS )
Audio
at www.whiteydrums.com
( a site far too good for it's own good...)
Ian Brown and Bathing Ape
BAPE
( Bathing Ape ) are to show photographer Shawn Moretensen's photo's in their
gallery to promote his book.
Among Shawn's photo's, which include Shaun Ryder and Beck, will be one of Ian
Brown, taken shortly after he left prison in 1998.
Nigo of Bape has designed a t-shirt with Shawn's photograph of Ian, and the
t-shirt has been limited to 100 prints.
Elephant Stoned has got it's grubby paws on one. Picture as soon as it arrives.
Johnny's on the road again...
Reports
are starting to filter back from John Squire's latest leg of his tour.
So far, John has been playing a host of Roses tunes in his set, alongside material
from his album Time Changes Everything.
A setlist
and a rather nice story from backstage in Dublin can be read over at This
Is The Daybreak's discussion forum
from the Daybreak man himself, Paul McAuley.
Johnny Squire sets the record straight?
John
Squire was interviewed this week ( 15th Jan ) by a student rag at Dublin College.
In it, John speaks in detail for the first time about the Roses in 95 and how
their split came to be. Not surprisingly, John's side of things differs to Ian's.
Looks like the only way we'll ever find out the truth is if Reni decides to tell us..
Read the full interview here, at Hobbit's Forum. Pieced together from posts on other boards.
Ian Brown and Harry Potter?
Current
rumours say that Ian has been confirmed a part in the new Harry potter film,
'Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban' .
Though the NME were told that he wasn't, they went ahead and published that
he was anyway..
Brightest Buttons XFM decided to clear things up and went straight to Steve
Lowes, and printed the truth.
“That’s
quite possibly the funniest rumour I’ve ever heard, I don’t know how
these stories come together.
The singer was apparently spotted at a meal with a group of friends who included
the film’s director “And someone puts two and two together and thinks
that he’s gonna be in the movie. I can categorically state that there is
absolutely no truth whatsoever in the story that he’s confirmed for a part
in Harry Potter 3”.
Read the full stories at NME.com and XFM.co.uk
Ian earlier today
with Harry Potter star.
Johnny On The Road.. Dates Cancelled/Dates Added.
John
Squire has cancelled the second night at Manchester Ritz (Mon 3rd Feb) and the
date at Birmingham Academy (wed 5th Feb) , reportedly due to low ticket sales.
There has been a date added for Sheffield on the 5th February ( previously Birmingham
), as well as two dates in Japan.
The current dates set up look like this.
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UK
and Ireland. Japan |
 John Squire: Pictured here with Chris R. Nov 2002 - Birmingham. |
Own an original Stone Roses Print..
Elephant Stoned has been informed of an auction of various original photo prints, of which some classic Stone Roses shots are among.
Cooper
Owen will be holding a Limited Edition Photographs auction on the 12th December
which contains several Stone Roses prints, signed by the
photographer Pennie Smith (lots 60-63).
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| Sale
2075 Lot 60
Pennie
Smith - The Stone Roses 'Love Spreads' video shoot 27/11/95 Los Angeles |
Sale
2075 Lot 61
Pennie
Smith - The Stone Roses 1989 |
Sale
2075 Lot 62
Pennie
Smith - The Stone Roses: John Squire, Ian Brown and Mani |
Sale
2075 Lot 63
Pennie
Smith - The Stone Roses |
Because
of the cooky way the webmaster's set up the site for obvious copyright reasons,
I can't link directly to the auctions without much messing about, but if you
click here, then click
Limited Edition Photographs, then section 9 at the bottom to view them.
There are also many pictures by Pennie and other photographers in the auction,
including Black Grape, The Clash, The Jam and Primal Scream.
Commission
bids can be placed online now at cooperowen.com
and the auction will culminate with a live event at Proud Camden on the 12th
December at 6.30pm GMT.
Thanks to Kaz Simmons of Cooper Owen.
Ian Brown Goes Manic.
Sunday
Dec 1st saw the opening night of The Manic Street Preachers UK and Ireland tour.
As suspected, Ian has taken a lot of flack from the Manics fans for his live
performances, most saying his voice is terrible, his attitude stinks etc.
A source close to the band, said the whole band are enjoying the arena experience,
and have had many positive vibes from the Manics fans.
Sunday
night was dogged by bad luck though as, due to bad weather at Dublin airport,
Inder Goldfinger's plane was turned back from Leeds only 15 minutes into the
flight.
A tabla replacement
was quickly found for Inder, though Aziz says Inder was sorely missed.
The Manics fans are at a loss as to why Ian was chosen as support.
Maybe they don't know that one Xmas night in 95 saw The Stone Roses supported
by The Manics at Wembley.
A returned favour?
Catch The Manic Street Preachers on tour through December.
Aziz - New Dates and New Material?
Elephant
Stoned heard from Aziz Ibrahim this week, from Denmark where he was recording
some new material.
Aziz has some new dates up at his website
for 2003.
Next up on the Big 4-0 Train..
Happy Birthday John Squire..40 today. ( 24th November ). All the best Johnny..!
John Squire Article In The Daily Star.
Obviously written either a while ago, or by a dozy 'researcher'. The bones of it is a quote from John which says :
There are a few songs I would Like to play and I have thought about it a lot. I Don't listen to the Roses records and I haven't decided which ones I will do yet. But I wrote most of Second Coming and I think I did all of Waterfall, so that one would be a good one to do. I really like the riff in Driving South too, so I could do a rootsy version of that.
Maybe this could mean John may play this on his tour next year..? Fingers crossed.
Happy Birthday Mani..
The first of the four Roses to make it to 40. All the best from Elephant Stoned, Mani!
The Squire Man Returneth..
Johnny
Squire played three warm up dates this week, ahead of his national tour early
next year.
All three dates quickly sold out.
John
has done the much anticipated, and included Stone Roses tunes in his set, alongside
tracks from his new album Time Changes Everything. Notable exclusions are anything
by The Seahorses. A report from Mark Strange ( StringThing ) tells of a relaxed,
happy Squire, playing with a good solid band.
Highlights for most seemd to be the OPENING track which was I Am The Resurrection!
Setlist :
I
Am The Resurrection (coda)
I Miss You
Shine A Little Light
Transatlantic Near Death Experience
All I Really Want
She Bangs The Drums
Joe Louis
15 Days
Waterfall
Strange Feeling
Welcome To The Valley
Time Changes Everything
Encore:
Tightrope ( Click HERE
for an audio clip of Tightrope )
Some pics from the Glasgow King Tut's gig can be seen over at Steff's site, and some lovely shots from the gigs can be seen at This Is The Daybreak.
Ian Brown Vs The Stone Roses
Both
Ian Brown's new album Remix Of The Spheres and The Stone Roses compilation album
The Very Best Of The Stone Roses entered the charts this week.
Ian's album entered at number 43, while The Very Best Of made it to number 19.
Ian Brown Announces Warm Up Gig.
Ian Brown will play Jersey's Gloucester Hall Saturday 23rd November 2002, as a warm up for his tour dates with The Manic Street Preachers in December. Details for the gig and the Manics dates are at Ian Brown's Official Website
Meanwhile, The Ian Brown Remix of Let Robeson Sing by The Manic Street Preachers is included on CD2 of the limited edition 'Forever Delayed - The Manic Street Preachers Greatest Hits' released Oct 28th.
Ian And Mani Record Together Again.
As
hinted at some time ago by Elephant Stoned, Mani has collaborated with Ian Brown
on a track for the New U.N.K.L.E. album currently being recorded.
Reports are that 'we shouldn't read too much into that, re the reformation rumours'.
Meanwhile,
UNKLE have given their Golden Touch remix skills to FEAR for the new Ian Brown
Remix album, Remix Of The Spheres, due out November 4th, on the same day as
The Very Best Of The Stone Roses.
The FEAR remix (Unklesounds Gu Fear-Edit, Pt. 1) is included on Global Underground's
Global
Underground 23: James Lavelle In Barcelona
John Squire Announces Warm-Up Dates.
John
Squire's Official Website has announced three 'warm-up' dates in November
in Glasgow, Liverpool and Birmingham.
See John's site for more details.
Joe Louis Just Misses Top 40.
The first single from John Squire's Time Changes Everything, Joe Louis, has just missed the Top 40 by entering at No.43.
Elephant
Stoned receives acknowledgement for
forthcoming Stone Roses Best Of.
The
Very Best Of The Stone Roses, the compilation album released on November 4th
has reached Elephant Stoned for review.
The album has excellent new liner notes, by John McCready, along with The Stone
Roses artwork, and pictures of various concert tickets/flyers and setlists,
and is nicely presented.
All tracks have been re-mastered by Chris Blair, some overseen by John Leckie,
and some by Simon Dawson.
The tracks have noticeable improvements..More crisper and punchier. More so
on TSR era tracks than Second Coming.
John McCready was behind the Mojo article earlier this year, and he explains
that the rest of the booklet after his foreward is taken up by the re-edited
bits of the Mojo article. Much of which didn't make it to print.
Ian
: ( On IATR coda )
It was me that coaxed them to do that ending on Resurrection. For two days I
watched them work out the ending of that song. It was just fantastic, and it
still sounds amazing. To me, Mani and Reni were the best rhythm section to come
out of the UK, and John's the best guitarist. I got to hear them rehearsing
all the time. I know they're my mates and I'm biased but they were just fuid.Totally
fluid.
John
:
We were maing the kind of music that we wanted to listen to, and it stood up
against the music that we loved.
Reni
:
They were all charming people with the correct qualities of anal retention,
and even genius.
Mani:
Just to be playing with those guys, that was enough for me. Who wants a fucking
kob? I'd rather be with Ian, John and Reni playing in a room and living on a
fucking bag of peanuts. Just for the joy of what we could create.
A nice touch is an ackowledgement
to this website and merseyparadise.net
in the credits at the end of the booklet.
Anything
Squire can do....Ian can do better..?
In what seems to be a direct response to John's rendition of Waterfall on XFM's Live Session, Ian Brown and his band played the exact same track at his gig at Belfast's Ulster Hall on Sunday night ( 20th Oct )..!
Big
thanks to Rabbit Fascist for this review, and the full story.
Ian Brown - Live Review - Ulster Hall, Belfast 20th October 2002.
In
the midst of a storm drenched Belfast, one particular 'star' offered some light
to the city's dreary skies. Ian Brown took to the Ulster stage to an ecstatic
audience as Hundreds of adoring fans chanted as though he were their footballing
legend. Chants of 'Iano, Iano' rang around the old building. Anticipation was
at a high, and no one was let down!
The presence the former Stone Roses front-man brings to the stage is an experience
in itself. From moment he parades himself to the mic, dancing and positioning
himself in front of the crowd - in the most eccentric Parker jacket I've encountered
in a while!
All the favourites were there: 'Bubbles', 'Set My Baby Free', 'Corpses In Their
Mouths', 'Dolphins Were Monkeys', 'FEAR', 'Whispers', 'So many Soldiers'(after
which he expressed his somewhat controversial desire to see 'the British soldiers
fucking off home'. This seemed to take some by surprise, but Ian Brown doesn't
surprise me.
Non-plussed, he continues, delivering a stonking version of 'Love Like a Fountain',
slipping in an unusually extended teasing loop of 'Fools Gold.' This is a common
occurance in a Brown show - the little sampled riff. This time, he overdone
the teasing - they actually played the first verse and the chorus. Needless
to say, the audience made up of Ian Brown/Roses fans went crazy. Everyone jumping
around, to the solid funk of the Roses greatest moment. Suddenly, it stopped.
The crowd booed lightheartedly, letting Ian know that they wanted to hear the
whole track.
Ian smiled and recounted the fact that he'd met a fan backstage who'd told him
she heard about the recent reformation rumours surrounding the Stone Roses.
She'd told him not to do it. Ian agreed. He faced the crowd and said
'The Stone Roses are dead, yeah?',
almost as though he were asking them for their approval. Its got to be said,
the majority seemed to agree with him.
He then approached Aziz, had a quiet word in his ear, and the band unexpectedly
launched into one of the most cherished Roses tunes, 'Waterfall'!
The master of surprise! One minute he was delcaring their death, the next he
was singing the beautiful opening verse of one of their best loved tracks!
The Ulster Hall became instant bedlam. People screamed, jumped, hugged, others
just stood with silly inane grins (me included), as Brown delivered the 89 classic
with a stunning vocal performance. Although, as with Fools Gold, he stopped
the track midway through - again the crowd got a bit peeved, but were happy
enough to have heard any of it at all. It was a privelage. A real one off, unexpected
treat. Worth the trip up north alone.
Ian - carrying a cold (he'd earlier told us he had considered pulling out of
the show - thankfully he didn't!), ended his set with a spiralling sonic version
of 'My Star'. No encore - but an amazing show. Ian and the band lapped up the
applause and
King Monkey even had a little dabble with the mixing decks on the side of the
stage. We wondered what tunes he was going to mix - he hit us with Fools Gold
9:53.
Fantastic
Expectations, Amazing Revelations.
10/10
Elephant Stoned Reaches 100,000..!
Thanks for the hits folks, and I hope you'll continue to visit Elephant Stoned for all the latest info and gossip.
John Squire plays The Stone Roses
In
a live session on London's XFM Radio, Johnny Squire played tracks from his album,
then surprised listeners by treating them to one of his older songs..Waterfall.
Aside from Ian Brown playing Sally Cinnamon to an ecstatic Japanese crowd at
Tokyo's Ebisu Garden Hall in 1999 ( and the occasional snippet of Fools Gold
of late ), this is the first time any of the four Roses have played their material
to an audience.
It now seems a safe bet that John will play some Stone Roses material on his
forthcoming tour. ( Details
at The Official John Squire Website )
There have been mixed reactions to the track, but you can make your own mind up at XFM's Website, where you can listen to streaming tracks from the session.
Squire Fuels Reformation Rumours.
In an interview with Pete Mitchell ( Virgin Radio ) Johnny has added fuel to the fire that is the Roses Reformation Rumour.
John is quoted to have said :
JS: It would a be a tremendous emotional high. We'd need mountains of Kleenex.
Q: (On not having spoke with Ian for seven years) Is that the obstacle that needs dealing with obviously? Ha ha. You can't obviously work together if you've not spoken in seven years?
JS: No. Well. I don't know. There could be a way. Semaphore maybe?!
More
can be read here.
Big thanks to The
Squire Site, Unanimous and IAWS
.
Ian Brown - Remix Of The Spheres.
Ian
Browns Official Website has confirmed details of the new EP that has turned
into an album.
What was originally a 4 track EP is now a low-priced 13 track CD and double
vinyl.
See Ian's site for more.
John Squire Announces National Tour.
As
hoped, John Squire will play a number of venues in the UK and Ireland.
See John Squire's Official
Website for details.
John
Squire Videos Online
John
Squire's site has made the video for the first single Joe Louis available
to view.
also available is the T.V. advert for Time Changes Everything, Downloadable
DIY T-Shirt designs and clips from the album.
John releases Joe Louis on 21 October, 2002.
The Very Best Of The Stone Roses - Release Date And Tracklist.
Again, we knew it before the 'official' announcement, that NME.COM seems to be favourite for these days..
However,
good on them because at least we've got a confirmed tracklist for the Silvertone/Geffen
( Universal ) collaborated greatest hits compilation.
As stated many moons ago by Elephant Stoned, the compilation will have tracks
from both The Stone Roses and Second Coming, and wil be released on November
4th.
Full tracklist is:
'I
Wanna Be Adored'
'She Bangs The Drums'
'Ten Storey Love Song'
'Waterfall'
'Made Of Stone'
'Love Spreads'
'What The World Is Waiting For'
'Sally Cinnamon'
'Fools Gold'
'Begging You'
'Elephant Stone'
'Breaking Into Heaven'
'One Love'
'This Is The One'
'I Am The Resurrection'
More details at the NME Web Site.
John Squire releases Time Changes Everything ( Will They Won't They Part 3,784...)
Today
( Sept 16th ) sees the long awaited release of John Squire's debut solo album,
Time Changes Everything..
Reviews on the whole are good, most comparing Johnny's voice to Dylan, and the
laid back album has surprised most with it's apparent lack of 'guitar hero'
licks.
John, being questioned on the possible reformation of The Stone Roses, siad
he'd " rather remove his liver with a teaspoon.."
The
Guardian Interview
The
Guardian Review
However,
in more recent interviews, John seems to be playing to the idea of a reconciliation
at least.
On Channel 4's Teletext, John said :
"I don't want to do a reunion tour, because that would be putting matters to rest in the wrong way, if we were to reform, it would have to be to make a new album, and do a proper tour with new songs. I believe that will happen one day."
New album hype? Possibly..All good fun anyhow.
XFM
announces their 2nd Remix album.
James
Lavelle's ( U.N.K.L.E ) remix of Ian Brown's Dolphins Were Monkeys will be included
on XFM's Remix follow up album, Remix 2.
Info and tracklisting for the album, released through Virgin records in October
2002, can be found by clicking on the banner above.
Ian Brown Wins Muso Award
Ian
was nominated and won Best Single award for Fear at The Muso's Awards in London.
Mani was the DJ for the night, and reports are that he and Peter 'Hooky' Hook
of New Order repeatedly invaded the stage entertaining the crowd with their
antics..!
Hooky won the award for best bassist.
Biggest
embarrassment was 'funny' man Johnny Vegas,and his multiple vomiting..Vegas
was heard to be having a dig at our Ian.
Seems he and monkeys don't get on...
For more pictures, see the Muso Website.
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow ( groan )
Hardly news, but International Man Of Mullet -Ian Brown, appeared on stage at the Haldern festival recently, sporting a Fedora hat and a freshly shaved bonce.
And pictured here
this weekend with Aziz at V2002 for the first time without his hat..
Check out the Solo Gigs section for more.
JohnSquire.Com goes live
After
much anticipation www.johnsquire.com
has finally gone active.
The site is a smooth one, chock full of John's artwork/lyrics.
Visit
www.johnsquire.com for latest news on
Time Changes Everything, John's forthcoming album.
Read the press release and the biography..The forum is active, and the rest
of the site is due soon, including video, tour and merchandising sections.
John Squire returns at last.
Pic
Courtesy Of www.thisisthedaybreak.co.uk
and Hall Or Nothing
And
how chuffed we all are.
John will release his debut solo album on September 16th, five years after The
Seahorses album, Do It Yourself.
The album will be called ' Time Changes Everything' and has ten tracks.
Joe
Louis’
‘I Miss You’
‘Shine A Little Light’
‘Time Changes Everything’
‘Welcome To The Valley’
‘15 Days’
‘Transatlantic Near Death Experience’
‘All I Really Want’
‘Strange Feeling’
‘Sophia'
Good Luck from Elephant Stoned, John.
The Definitive Stone Roses?
XFM have announced that Silvertone will release a Definitive Greatest Hits of The Stone Roses in October.
Chris
Blair and John Leckie, who worked on the band's debut, are said to be working
at Abbey Road studios, remastering the original mixes.
John Squire has done new artwork for the album, and there will be new liner
notes in the form of a booklet, with a brief history of the band, and the stories
behind the tracks.
XFM have said all four Roses are working on the tracks..While this is true, it must be said they are NOT working together.
Elephant Stoned.Co.Uk presents cheque to Ian Brown and Sightsavers International.
A cheque for £400 from the sale of the bootleg video ' Ian Brown In Dublin - Paddy's Day ' was presented to Ian by us at the Move Festival in Manchester this weekend.
Click here to see more.
Ian steals the show at Move Festival.
Ian Brown performed to a capacity 16,000 crowd at Manchester's much awaited Move Festival on Friday 12th June. Initially dogged by onstage sound problems, the band went on to perform one of their best shows to date, Ian being particularly on form. Other acts at the show were Haven, Shed 7, Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, and the headline act was Paul Weller.
Click here for a sneak peek at a couple of pictures from a collection that will be online at Elephant Stoned soon.
Ian and his band go on this weekend to perform at Ireland's Witnness festival on Saturday, and T In The Park on Sunday.
Ian Brown's Glastonbury show to be webcast.
Playlouder.com
will air Ian's show from the Pyramid stage at 6:30 PM on Saturday ( 29th June
).
BBC 2 will show highlights from Ian's performance on Saturday night 11:05pm
to 2:00am.
Ian Brown Up For Grabs.
From Sightsavers :
A unique opportunity to see cool man of rock Ian Brown play live at this summer’s V2002 festival, hang out with him in the VIP bar and walk away with a fabulous memento; your very own one-off Ian Brown hand print in glazed ceramic, complete with his signature and photograph.
Commenting on his support of Sight Savers, Ian says:
"It is possible for the rock 'n' roll circus that feeds the fat cats to also benefit those in real need. Last year I charged journalists £15 a question for Sight Savers; the cost of a cataract operation and an insanely small amount of money to give someone back the gift of sight.
"This auction will allow the charity to help many more people. I'm also looking forward to making my hand print; I've got one of George Best's foot which I love."
John Squire Returns?
According
to NME.com, John Squire has finished his solo album, and it putting the finishing
touches to it in the studio.
It is due to be released late summer...
What NME don't tell you is that though it has been widely rumoured for months, The Stone Roses internet community knew about this for definate 14 days ago, thanks to Paul McAuley of This Is The Daybreak, confirmed by Simon Dawson in the forthcoming online interview at Paul's site.
More proof the NME gets it's news from the fans on the net.
We know you're watching us boyz...Did you know Reni's drumming on the Sugababes album?
In
other reliable reports, we hear Johnny is singing, and that his album has a
very 'rocky' feel to it.
Dotmusic hint that John may sign to the Big brother record label, and a current
runour is that Liam Gallagher contributes to two tracks on the album.