"The Completes are perfectionists at their art though and are always improving and have gone from strength to strength after several changes in the line-up - something very few bands manage to do so effortlessly. Mani reckons they are even better than the real thing. He said: "There have been three different line-ups - but this lot are definitely the best. Of their commitment, Mani says Their attention to detail is amazing. The bass I use a Rickenbacker 3000 which is as rare as rocking horse shit but they have found one."
Peter Hook from New Order had this to say about TCSR June 2006 (see blog for more details)
"I love The Complete Stone Roses, the lads are spot on musically and the audience act as if they're the real thing"
The Complete Stone Roses
TCSR are now one of the UKs most well-known, most seen and most successful tribute bands. Selling out venues across the UK and Ireland regularly, they have helped to carry on the music of one of the UKs most influential bands - the Stone Roses.
The Stone Roses played a pivotal role in the history of the UKs indie music scene. Famous hits like Fools Gold, I Am The Resurrection and Adored are as recognisable now as were the heyday of Madchester and the Hacienda, the cultural icons from which the original band were born. The Completes play to acclaim both from fans, the press, and even original Stone Roses members. Former Stone Roses bass player Mani, (now currently the basist for Scottish band Primal Scream) has not only just appeared as a warm up DJ for the band on the odd occassion but also played onstage with them as their guest bassist playing She Bangs The Drums on more than a few times when he was touring about with the band. Mani says They do our songs real justice. At times, they play even better than we did. (read full story)
They have also performed alongside Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets) and the legendary Bez (Happy Mondays), two Madchester legends in their own right. The band also have the great compliment of a celebrity fan base. Artists such as Chris Helme, Stuart Fletcher. and Andy Watts have expressed their interest in the band as have Andy Rourke (The Smiths), Rick Witter (Shed 7), Andy Couzens (Stone Roses), Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas), Shane MacGowan (The Pogues) and Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets) plus also more recently PETER HOOK from NEW ORDER who each individually over the last few years have either appeared as a support DJ/Guest Appearance for the band or have attended one of their gigs purley as a fan of stone roses music being played to perfection in a live enviroment once again albeit by a tribute band.
The Completes also recently supported The Happy Mondays, The Farm and Domino Bones at the recent Get Loaded Festival in Scotland on August 27th 2005. The Completes were third from headline on the bill just after Domino Bones and before the legends that are THE FARM and THE HAPPY MONDAYS. DJs like Clint Boon, Alan McGee and the one and only MANI performed in between bands so as to keep the entertainment flowing. Great Night.
The Complete Stone Roses have played on stages with audience capacities spanning from 300 to a staggering 12,000 people. In the summer of 2002 the band played its first major music festival to a packed dance arena, at the Witnness/Oxegen festival in Ireland, those who came and saw always remember that gig, and it showed as the band were invited back in 2003 and 2004 (a hat trick and surely a first for any tribute band - 3 yrs on the trot and packing them to the rafters in their thousands), It just goes to show how much The Roses music still has a massive effect on people even today.
One of the major highlights for the band so far was appearing at Scotlands T IN THE PARK music Festival 2004, where thousands and thousands of Stone Roses fans were united under one roof in the King Tuts tent together performing possibly one of the biggest and maybe loudest sing-a-longs the festival has ever heard!. A staggering 10,000 (or thereabouts) stone roses fans took over the vocal duties on opening number I wanna be adored, the excitment was clear to see.
This was after an appearance by the band at OXEGEN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2004 the previous day which also seen the same hysteria. Manchester Academys 1, 2 & 3, Sheffield Leadmill, York Fibbers, Londons Mean Fiddler & the Garage, Aberdeen Lemon Tree, Glasgows QMU, Garage & Carling Academy, Belfast Limelights, Dublin Olympia and Edinburgh Liquid Rooms amongst many, many others have all seen sell out shows by the band through the years.
The set that The Completes play consists of either the early Roses material with anything from Tell Me and Here It Comes to classics like Waterfall and Fools Gold to the Second Coming era with Love Spreads and Tightrope. The band and their management pride themselves on recreating the LP sound of the Roses while mixing it with the live sound of The Stone Roses
The Completes have also had their fair share of TV performances, BBC Choices The Eleventh Hour seen them play Tightrope and Your Star Will Shine live in the studio, something the Roses never did themselves live on TV. The Complete Stone Roses were also featured on BBC Choices Liquid News to coincide with a film called Rockstar about being in a tribute band. The band have also filmed dramatic reconstruction scenes for a BBC documentary on The Stone Roses(Blood on the Turntable) and their bitter feud with Silvertone Records. NME, Q, Guitarist and other top music tabloids have either featured or interviewed the band at some point. Articles in credible newspapers such as The Guardian, Scottish Sunday Mail, Daily Record, Evening Times, Irish Star, Ireland on Sunday and The Sunday Herald are not to be overlooked either.
So there you have it, a brief history of The Complete Stone Roses in a few paragraphs, with an obvious great love for The Stone Roses and their music. Although there is only so much you can say about a tribute band or is there?
We have put a new song up for you, it’s only a rough demo which hasn’t really been mixed well and hasn’t been produced but it will give you a taster of what may come next in our next recording sessions which we are trying to set before Christmas.
Enjoy! It’s called 'Stop'. Please tell us what you think.
Very Happy to announce that The Random Guy will be supporting The Complete Stone Roses this Friday at Fury's in Ayr!!! Will be a proper good night and the chance to get a bit closer than normal!!!
...Good luck for a great show tonight guys. x
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