soulRocks » The Stone Roses http://www.soulrocks.co.uk/live soulROCKS is a collective of music lovers, fashionistas and musicians who share and express their passion for music love via mix tapes, blogs, events and any other existing creative outlet they can get their minds on. Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:08:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 The Stone Roses http://www.soulrocks.co.uk/live/music/artists/the-stone-roses/ http://www.soulrocks.co.uk/live/music/artists/the-stone-roses/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:38:11 +0000 http://www.soulrocks.co.uk/live/?p=476
...read more on “The Stone Roses”]]> stone roses f1 The Stone RosesMeshing ’60s-styled guitar pop with an understated ’80s dance beat, the Stone Roses defined the British guitar pop scene of the late ’80s and early ’90s. After their eponymous 1989 debut album became an English sensation, countless other groups in the same vein became popular, including the Charlatans UK, Inspiral Carpets, and Happy Mondays. However, the Stone Roses were never able to capitalize on the promise of their first album, waiting five years before they released their second record and slowly disintegrating in the year and half after its release.

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...read more on “Kasabian”]]> kasabian f1 Kasabian Kasabian took the British press by storm in the early 2000s by mixing traces of the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Primal Scream with Oasis-sized confidence and DJ Shadow-influenced electronics. Named after Linda Kasabian, Charles Manson‘s getaway driver turned state witness, the Leicester-based group also stole a page from the Bandby moving into a remote farmhouse to brew its music. Communal life and a slew of shared influences produced an electronic, rock-oriented sound that harked back to the Madchester days of baggy pants and druggy dancing. Kasabian expanded that sound on later albums, but the band’s foundation remained rooted in swaggering, fragmented dance textures and boisterous rock & roll.

With his acerbic approach to interviews, swaggering lead singer Tom Meighan quickly became a darling of the press during the band’s infancy, and Kasabian’s revolutionary logos and sleeve art only added to the excitement. Fold-out poster sleeves, 10″ versions, and hand-stenciled covers accompanied singles like “Club Foot,” “L.S.F,” and “Processed Beats.” The hype paid off as Kasabian’s self-titled debut cracked the Top Five in October 2004, just one month after its U.K. release. Four singles landed in the Top 20 within six months, establishing the bandmates as rock & roll royalty in the process.

Founding guitarist Chris Karloff left the lineup two years later, citing creative differences with the remaining members. Kasabian’s second album, Empire, had already been recorded, and guitarist Jay Mehlerwas brought aboard to replace Karloff during live performances. (Mehler eventually became an official member in 2008.) Empire was ultimately released in August 2006 and debuted atop the U.K. charts, with the title track soon becoming the band’s third Top Ten hit. The band took home an NME Award in 2007 and began work on another album later that year. Dan the Automator was brought in to share production duties with Serge Pizzorno, and the resulting West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum appeared in 2009.

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