Gary "Mani" Mounfield DEAD

[octophone]

Stone Roses/Primal Scream. 63. Genuinely great bass player.

Tributes paid after death of Stone Roses icon Mani, age 63: "Going to miss you so much"

Loving tributes have been paid after it was announced that legendary bassist Mani – of Stone Roses and formerly Primal Scream – has died, age 63.

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[big ron]

Sad times.

 

[Agneeta]

Oh wow, what a star.

 

[octophone]

I'm sadder at this one than I expected. He always seemed to me to be the soul of the Stone Roses, if that makes sense. He wasn't the writer or the singer but he was the musical epicentre without which the thing just couldn't hold together.