Old Skool Hooligans As Worn by Ian Brown T Shirt - Burnt Money

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As the record company had implied, Brown had form for this sort of thing. He also took issue with something a female music journalist had written and aggressively berated her at Glastonbury festival in front of his entourage, leaving the 23-year-old in tears. Even then, Brown wouldn’t leave it, referencing the offending article in the spoken word lyrics to a B-side. He's certainly capable of great clarity of thought and bravery, as Brown showed in 2015 and again in 2017 when he testified in court against ITV weatherman Fred Talbot, a former teacher at his alma mater of Altrincham Grammar School For Boys. Talbot was found guilty of sexually abusing pupils during the Seventies. He was sentenced to a total of nine years and released on licence last December. Exclusively available through Spirit Of Spike Island: our original MINI version of the iconic Money T-shirt, as worn by Ian Brown in 1989, featured in the classic Stone Roses videos for 'Fools Gold' & 'I Wanna Be Adored' as well as various photoshoots. Mark himself had once had his head banged repeatedly against a wall by Elvis Costello’s combative manager, Jake Riviera; one of his former NME colleagues was set on fire by Rat Scabies from The Damned, and another was left gaffer-taped to a tree in a desert by The Stranglers. Another of my bosses, Barry McIlheney (another ex-Smash Hits editor and founder of Empire magazine), left the Melody Maker office to find Kevin Rowland of Dexy’s Midnight Runners waiting outside with his fists raised, claiming Barry had misquoted him. They stopped traffic as their brawl spilled into the road.

The ‘baggy’ movement was short lived, peaking and dispersing within 18 months between 1989 and 1991. The Stone Roses slipped away, their subsequent work failing to match their critically acclaimed debut album, still regarded as one of the best British releases of all time. However their cultural and sartorial legacy has continued to inspire each decade, from the recent grunge resurrection to the Marc by Marc Jacobs Pre-Fall 2013 collection directly influenced by Brown. It represents the burst of creativity that can emerge through the gloom of recession, although Brown remains modest over his influence, stating – “We didn't really do anything, people wore flares for a year or two, d'you know what I mean?”

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Tonight is the premiere of The Stone Roses: Made of Stone, a documentary film by Shane Meadows following the legendary band that pioneered the ‘Madchester’ movement in 90s Britain. If you know a young fan of The Stone Roses who loves singing along to all their hits, this t-shirt is perfect for them. Our design uses quality inks, screen-printed directly into the fabric - not a heat printed transfer like most replicas (which peel if you iron over the transfer or if placed in the wash).

I guessed why the former Stone Roses frontman was calling. The previous day, our latest issue had hit the shelves. It included my short but not terribly sweet verdict on Brown’s new album, Unfinished Monkey Business. As a huge fan of the Stone Roses, I’d eagerly volunteered to review his solo debut, but found it a mumbling, self-indulgent mess and said as much in print. I gave it one star out of five. A more sympathetic reading is that the 57-year-old divorced father-of-three might not be feeling quite himself in this new normal™, as is the case with many of us right now. Brown's "me against the world" complex could be heightened by his counter-cultural leanings, instinctive anti-establishment beliefs and estrangement from his former bandmates. Our design uses quality inks, silk screen-printed directly into the fabric to ensure a durable and high quality product. Brown’s iconic 1989 Paul Smith ‘Burning Money’ T-shirt...is representative of a wild and frustrated youth who believed that they could make a change."At least there are signs that help is at hand. A week ago, all of Brown’s coronavirus-related tweets were quietly deleted from his account. One hopes some kind of intervention was staged. Sadly, within days, he’d presumably borrowed his mysterious “pal’s” phone and was at it again. And, a few months later, Brown launched into a bizarre homophobic rant during the seemingly innocuous activity of guest-reviewing the week’s singles in Melody Maker: ”I don’t trust the British fascination with homosexuals… Violence comes from Romans, Nazis, Greeks – they were all homosexuals.” Shaken by the call, I told my boss and mentor Mark Ellen – a terrific fellow who’d edited Smash Hits in its Eighties pomp, launched Q and Mojo, and presented The Old Grey Whistle Test. (Brilliantly, he was also in Tony Blair’s band Ugly Rumours at Oxford University.) His reaction was a mix of sympathy, sage advice and barely-concealed glee.