Excellent documentary on The Stone Roses from 2004
~This is what was said about one their "Second Coming" Tour performances.~
Sounds unrehearsed - especially the older songs, with guitars and drums coming in at the wrong place. Ian sounds shite. Squire uses an 89-90 sounding guitar for the older songs and Ten Storey Love Song, which he doesn't do on any other Second Coming gig I've got. The Roses were still a bit rough round the edges in this early Second Coming gig. Robbie Maddix has not come to terms with the songs yet and is awful. Ian seems completely disinterested with the whole thing. Ian starts missing words out all over the place, and the band begin to falter too. Ian sings but he sounds like he has a sore throat. Ian also insists on turning up his mic, leading to occasional feedback later on. This is probably the Roses' last stand, and you can hear why. Ian Brown stares into space whilst shouting out the songs without any hint of a tune. Combined with Aziz's emotionless guitar playing and Nigel Ippinson's "Put your hands together… come on!" antics, the Roses are killed off in front of your very own eyes.
