Facts

Formed: Manchester, England,

Members: Ian Brown, John Squire, Gary "Mani" Mounfield, Alan "Reni" Wren.

First single: So Young (September 1985)

Album discography: The Stone Roses (May 1989); The Second Coming (December 1994).

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