Gary 'Mani' Mounfield, the Stone Roses bassist, dies at 63

Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the bassist of influential English stone set the Stone Roses, has died. He was 63.

The musician’s brother, Greg Mounfield, shared the quality connected Facebook, penning “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I person to denote the bittersweet passing of my brother.” His origin of decease has not been revealed.

The quality comes aft the Stone Roses’ founding subordinate announced the the Stone Roses, Primal Scream and Me Tour past week. The British bass subordinate had plans to circuit the U.K. betwixt September 2026 and June 2027, connected an intimate speech circuit wherever helium would stock stories from the astir pivotal moments successful his career.

Mounfield was calved successful Crumpsall, a Manchester suburb, successful 1962. In the aboriginal ‘80s, helium archetypal formed a set called the Fireside Chaps, alongside guitarists John Squire and Andy Couzens. The radical soon evolved into the Stone Roses, erstwhile Ian Brown joined arsenic their pb vocalist. Couzens near the band, Alan “Reni” Wren hopped connected the drums and they went connected to merchandise their self-titled debut medium successful 1989.

The medium is regarded arsenic a task that shaped the then-popular Madchester country (started successful Manchester), wherever psychedelic raves and indie stone met successful the middle. The record, which peaked astatine No. 5 connected U.K. charts, laid the groundwork for the Britpop question of the ‘90s, inspiring groups similar Oasis, Blur and the Charlatans.

After their archetypal album, the Stone Roses were faced with a ineligible quality from their statement astatine the time, Silvertone, and signed a antithetic woody with Geffen successful 1991. Their sophomore album, “Second Coming,” would beryllium their past full-length task earlier the radical began to dilatory disband. By 1996, the members had gone their abstracted ways and Mounfield joined Scottish stone set Primal Scream.

The bassist remained with Primal Scream until the Stone Roses announced a reunion successful 2011. They released a comeback single, “All for One,” successful 2016 and the set continued to regularly execute until 2017.

Since the quality of Mounfield’s death, Brown posted connected X, saying “Rest successful bid Mani.” Tim Burgess of the Charlatans called him “one of the implicit champion successful each mode — specified a beauteous friend.” Liam Gallagher of Oasis wrote, “In full daze and perfectly devastated connected proceeding the quality astir Mani my hero.” Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays, besides wrote, “my heartfelt condolences to his duplicate boys and each of his family.”

Mounfield and his woman Imelda, who died of crab successful 2023, are survived by duplicate sons Gene Clark and George Christopher.