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Also known as Ian George Brown

English musician and singer of The Stone Roses

Person · Open Library

Works
142

Top works

  • Seventy
  • Albert and Christmas
  • Pathway
  • Santa Is a What?
  • Widdershins

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25
blueschristmas musicdiscofilm soundtrackfunkrhythm & blues

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
606,949
Total plays
10,762,149

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britpopindiebritishalternativerock

Ian Brown (born February 20th 1963 in Warrington, England) was the lead singer in former British band The Stone Roses and following their split in 1996 has gone on to have a successful solo career releasing a total of six studio albums, with one greatest hits compilation, and remixes disc. He is considered to be an influential artist with followers such as Oasis, The Verve, Blur, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys and many more. He has had twelve UK top 40 singles and has sold over 9 million albums as a s

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Quotes

  • We started out to finish groups like U2 - that was what it was all about. And they're still the biggest band in the world, so we failed. We didn't really do anything, people wore flares for a year or two, d'you know what I mean? That's all we did.
  • We broke up mostly because we didn't have a manager and everyone was on different drugs. I don't take them so it was a bit weird for me.
  • It ain't the size of the dog in the fight, It's the size of the fight in the dog on the day or the night

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