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引领90年代另类摇滚风潮当中,石玫瑰(The Stone Roses)是其中具关键地位的乐团之一。1984年在英国曼彻斯特创团,成员包括Ian Brown (主唱),John Squire (吉他),Andy Couzens (吉他),Pete Garner (贝司) 以及Alan "Reni" Wren (鼓)。1989年的首张同名专辑The Stone Roses以完美的吉他声响混合当时方兴未艾的舞曲节拍,将摇滚乐注入一股新活力,一举突破后新浪潮的疲态。同乡乐团像是Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, 808 State, James, The Charlatans等,也都陆续获得好评,所谓曼彻斯特运动于是成形,成为下一波英伦摇滚复兴的先声。
The Stone Roses is the debut album by English rock band The Stone Roses, released on Silvertone Records in 1989. It cemented the band's reputation among critics, and is still rated by some as one of the most influential albums ever recorded. In 2004 an Observer Music Monthly poll consisting of musicians and critics voted the album the greatest of all time, as did the writers of NME in 2006, declaring it to be the greatest British album of all time. It is widely considered the seminal record of the Madchester movement that was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and as being highly responsible for the mid-1990s resurrection of British guitar music that came to be known as Britpop.