News Mani’s family blasts unauthorised tribute gigs as “disrespectful” by Alex Cooper No consent, no concert, says late bassist’s family. The family of Stone Roses legend Gary “Mani” Mounfield has condemned plans for future tribute concerts, labelling unauthorised events “incredibly upsetting and…
Music News Manchester to honour Stone Roses’ bassist Mani with permanent mural by Ginja Allen Manchester locals have just launched a crowdfunder to honour the late Stone Roses’ legend Mani. The crowdfunder is proposing a massive mural of the icon Gary “Mani” Mounfield, who played…
News Sports Adidas launches new Manchester United and The Stone Roses merch by Chi–Chi Attard The collection pays homage to the iconic sound and style of Madchester’s most influential figures In the wake of bassist legend Gari ‘Mani’ Mounfield’s passing, The Stone Roses, Manchester United,…
Clocked Lists Sports “Isn’t this song on FIFA?”: 10 of the greatest FIFA soundtrack songs of all time by Jayden Collins The FIFA series has a knack for pulling out some of the best soundtracks of any video game, period. In celebration of the release of FIFA 21, we look back…
Features The story of Pulp’s ‘Common People’: how a mystery Greek woman sparked a British anthem by Jayden Collins Find out how an unnamed Greek student sparked a lower-class British anthem in Pulp’s Common People, a single that defined the Britpop era. In 1995 Pulp laid down the quintessential soundtrack…
Features Pro Audio Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both sides of the Atlantic. If…
Partner Content Cycles of Sound: the VOX V845 Wah pedal by Happy When many a young guitarist wishes to make their first foray beyond the amp and into the world of effects, they often reach for the Wah pedal. It ticks all…
Lists Trashed hotel rooms, exploding toilets and sticking it to the man: 5 times bands broke the rules for the right reasons by Liz Nash From John Lennon claiming to be “more popular than Jesus” to Yeezy storming the MTV stage (twice), we seem to be absolutely doe-eyed to the exploits of our beloved musicians….
