Not a comeback year, not a collapse, more a slow, knowing strut through their own legend. The Roses spent 2014 being referenced rather than heard: immortalised in Parisian fashion as Sandro splashed John Squire’s Bye Bye Badman lemons across catwalk-ready tees, proving once again that the band could infiltrate high culture without ever turning up. NME sealed the deal with a 25th-anniversary cover, while collectors emptied their wallets for demo tapes, unreleased tracks, and original Squire artwork, confirming that even the band’s past leftovers were worth serious money.
A Milestone birthday for Reni, a reminder that the clock keeps moving even when the music doesn’t. Interviews, fan-site nostalgia, and casual Manchester sightings filled the gaps where gigs might have been. No new records, no tours, no drama, just the unmistakable sense that The Stone Roses remained permanently relevant, effortlessly cool, and entirely on their own schedule.
28 January 2014 - The Stone Roses For Sandro, Paris
CLASH FASHION (Clash Magazine/Website)
Lea Seydoux is a fan and Edie Campbell stars in the latest campaign, but for all its chic connotations, Sandro is seemingly unafraid to collate ideas with those whose influence falls from a different tree. Hence last year’s skate collection with photographer Hugh Holland, and their forthcoming four-piece range featuring artwork from The Stone Roses, launching next month.
Founded in Paris in 1984 – five years prior to the release of the band’s debut album – for SS14 Sandro have come up with a capsule collection that references the self titled album’s cover art, painted by guitarist John Squire. As if to further contextualise the collection, ‘Bye Bye Badman’ (as the original piece is called), depicts lemons, inspired by the mass riots in France in 1968; they nullified the effects of tear gas.
Said lemons are showcased on white long sleeve jerseys, while single artwork covers T-shirts and the band’s name runs down a sweatshirt, each in keeping with the 90s trend that continues to populate stores.
20 February 2014 - Ian Brown's 51st birthday
21 / 22 February 2014 - The Stone Roses 1986 Stockton Road, Chorlton Demo Tape goes up for sale at Omega Auctions in Stockport.
The final hammer price was apparently £3000.
(See 12 December 1986 for session details.)
From article ''Stone Roses demo up for auction which features the unreleased track ‘Sun Still Shines’ and rough takes on ‘(Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister, ‘Going Down’ and ‘Elephant Stone’, which has an estimated price of £2,000-£3,000.
On top of that there is a rare cassette tape of the band’s 1989 self-titled LP, estimated at £200-£300.'' ''The Roses demo is a four-track recording made on December 12, 1986 at a house on Stockton Road, Chorlton, and features unreleased track Sun Still Shines as well as popular hits Elephant Stone, on made recording Sugar and Down Going Down and Sugar Spun Sister.''
10 April 2014 - Reni's 50th birthday
6 April 2014 - The Stone Roses appear on the cover of NME Magazine 25th Anniversary Special
28 May 2014 Friday - John Squire's Ten From Ten artwork goes up for sale at Omega Auctions, Omega's offices, unit 3.5 Meadow Mill, Stockport
Article read' Other lots at the auction on Friday include an original piece of art work by John Squire of The Stone Roses, created using paint and bitumen for a Manchester bands compilation album called Ten from Ten, valued at £1,000 to £2,000. 10.30am...'
31 July 2014 Thursday - Paul Schroeder Interview
Paul Schroeder Interview By Richard Boaler
This Is The Daybreak was a Stone Roses fansite hosted by Matthew Mead. See Media for the article.
16 November 2014 - Mani's 52nd birthday
24 November 2014 - John Squire's 52nd birthday