John Robb first met an embryonic Stone Roses in the post-punk fall-out of the early eighties when his band used to rehearse next door to theirs. As a result he was the first journalist to document their remarkable rise to the top in a series of articles for the national music press and attended show after classic show that saw them change the face of British music.

"Brother John Robb knows. He was there!" Ian Brown "I've read this book three times now and finally it has a happy ending" Noel Gallagher "An essential read" ShortList "A must for Roses fans and musos alike" The Big Issue "An exciting, substantial and hyperbolic study of THE most important pre-Oasis Britrock outfit" Vox

John Robb first met an embryonic Stone Roses in the post-punk fall-out of the early eighties when his band used to rehearse next door to theirs. As a result he was the first journalist to document their remarkable rise to the top in a series of articles for the national music press and attended show after classic show that saw them change the face of British music.

"Brother John Robb knows. He was there!" Ian Brown "I've read this book three times now and finally it has a happy ending" Noel Gallagher "An essential read" ShortList "A must for Roses fans and musos alike" The Big Issue "An exciting, substantial and hyperbolic study of THE most important pre-Oasis Britrock outfit" Vox

John Robb first met an embryonic Stone Roses in the post-punk fall-out of the early eighties when his band used to rehearse next door to theirs. As a result he was the first journalist to document their remarkable rise to the top in a series of articles for the national music press and attended show after classic show that saw them change the face of British music.

"Brother John Robb knows. He was there!" Ian Brown "I've read this book three times now and finally it has a happy ending" Noel Gallagher "An essential read" ShortList "A must for Roses fans and musos alike" The Big Issue "An exciting, substantial and hyperbolic study of THE most important pre-Oasis Britrock outfit" Vox