Revisiting The Stone Roses 1994 comeback interview for their long awaited, highly anticipated second album

The world has been waiting a long time for The Stone Roses’ second record. The Manchester quartet had ushered in a new era in British music with their groundbreaking 1989 self-titled debut, an album that combined ’80s indie guitars with soulful grooves and rock ‘n’ roll with the heady euphoria of rave dancefloors . Everyone wanted to know what they would do next, but The Stone Roses refused to be pushed. Really don’t rush into it. On their cheekily titled second album, they took the Guns N’ Roses approach Second comingThe album is released a full five and a half years after its predecessor. It will be 30 next week.

They were determined to do things their way, even if it meant pissing people off. And they did, ignoring the then-mighty NME for a comeback interview and instead giving it to The Big Issue, the newspaper that supports homeless people and people at risk of homelessness. They weren’t afraid to explain why.

“Someone will make money when we come back, so it was the best thing we could do,” frontman Ian Brown told The Big Issue’s Gary Crossing. “The last time the NME had us on the cover it was one of the best-selling issues of the year. We would rather the money go to homeless relief rather than to the coffers of a large organization like IPC. We thought, let’s put something back. If someone gets a house just from the four of us talking, then it has to be worth it.”

Bassist Mani put it a little more clearly: “The NME and all these magazines expect the right to an interview from the start,” he explained. “Hopefully it establishes a trend and makes all these comfortable, complacent music journalists work a little harder. After all, they’re just a bunch of sixth graders who spent too much time playing around in their bedrooms with tennis rackets.”

When talk of this long-awaited record came up, they were equally optimistic. They addressed some of the rumors that had surfaced while they were away, that they had gotten fat (which they hadn’t) and that they had spent most of the money they received from a fancy major label deal ( so to speak). that they had rented a fleet of cars and set them on fire (no! It was just one car), that producer John Leckie had left the project because it was moving too slowly for him (true), that the delay was because of that attributed to the band rejecting a number of songs written by guitarist John Squire (incorrect).

That’s largely because they didn’t see the need to act faster than they wanted, they said. “After such a huge delay, we thought, ‘Why rush it?'” Squire said. “We were going to get criticized anyway, so we thought we might as well make a good album.” The guitarist then expressed the age-old saying for musicians who don’t have anything interesting to say. “We make music for ourselves. We’re happy with what we’ve done, that’s the end of the story.” Everything else is a bonus.”

Frontman Ian Brown said the same thing, but with a little more panache. “Whatever reaction it gets is irrelevant to us,” he ventured. “When we started, I knew we could do it. I knew our first LP would attract attention, inspire people and create excitement. I think this will do the same thing, but the extent of what it does is out of our hands. Success is writing dynamic melodies for people and being reassured no matter what you do.”

Inevitably the reaction was a little more muted than expected, perhaps because of that Second coming moved away from the dance-driven sounds of their debut and towards a sound that was more influenced by Led Zeppelin, Cream, Sly Stone and the Rolling Stones. In the interview they talk about where they might go next, with Mani claiming: “We’re getting a lot better in the studio”, suggesting the next record won’t take as long.

But this album never arrived and Second coming remains the Stone Roses’ final album. They were full of confidence when it was about to start, but maybe they should have called it “Final Folly” instead. The Roses fell apart at the seams over the next few years, an acrimonious split that remained frosty until they reunited in 2011… until they split again in 2017.

Revisiting The Stone Roses 1994 comeback interview for their long awaited, highly anticipated second album

ByAmelia Journalton

By Amelia Journalton

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