Stones N' Roses are the most unique and ridiculous UK-centric musical act to
come from America since Spinal Tap. The one-of-a-kind group plays the
Stone Roses catalogue perfectly while dressed as Guns n Roses, then
mixes their songs with bits of classics by the Rolling Stones, GnR and
more. With a twin-guitar attack, the Roses' songs have never rocked
harder onstage but it's the seamless mashups and medleys that make it
revolutionary and hilarious enough to warrant crossing the pond for. The
Shiiine On Weekender made them one of the only American acts ever
invited to their annual festival, which they’re reuniting to play in
2021.
Despite the joke being completely lost on their fellow Americans, their debut
video, "Mersey Paradise City/Water n' Fall", was shared by popular music
site Slicing Up Eyeballs and 30,000 sets of eyes worldwide gazed upon
them on its very first day. An untested UK-indie music comedy act
specifically made for a British audience but hailing from the USA is
simply unheard of but the Manchester Fringe Festival took a chance on
them in 2017. Thanks to a glowing Louder Than War feature story, a false
rumor involving all-midget Smiths tribute band Morrissette and a
polarizing promotional video with 80,000 views, the California band
packed UK clubs from London to Glasgow for one single, glorious tour and
then disappeared...until now.
SnR is the latest act in the ever-changing, long-running San Diego project
Cover Me Badd, fronted by Adam Gimbel. Past CMB projects have included
such UK-centric bands as the Oasis parody the Fookin' Wankers,
Smiths/Cure/Depeche Mode metal mashuppers Blasphemous Guitars, the
ska-tastic .38 Specials Education and the modestly-named Beatles U.S.
before aging gracefully into the elderly musical comedy act Geezer (GetOffOfMyLawn.com).
Their collective videos have been watched less than a million times on Youtube.
Given their tongue-in-cheek history, the Manchester sections that make up
most of the Stones n' Roses set are shockingly reverent. Singer Ian
Brownstone gets as close to Ian Brown as any of the top Stone Roses
tribute bands in the UK but the dueling guitars of his San Diego
allstars puts them beyond any Roses covers ever played. Longtime
Britrock fans Brent Jackson (Magical Animals) and Pete Bayard (Super
Buffet) are treading familiar territory but drummer Trevor Levieux (Miss
New Buddha) and former teen School of Rock all-star guitarist Josh
Smith (the Havnauts) became eager students of northern English musical
history. Smith is actually four years younger than the Roses' classic
debut LP.
The band has had the rare pleasure of smashing "Welcome To The Jungle" into
"I Wanna Be Adored" in front of more British audiences than in their
own country but the combined moves of Jagger, Brown and Rose have been
on hiatus since their UK tour four years ago. They’re finally set to
reassemble for the upcoming Shiiine On Weekender in Butlin’s Minehead.
As in 2017, humorless UK festivals, tribute bands and agents ignored
them en masse but the band still lined up an impressive eight date
nationwide tour from 5000 miles away by themselves. The second coming of
Stones n Roses will include tons of new surprises onstage, proctology
exams for purists and complimentary masks for the front row.
Get your lemons, lips and top hats ready.
LINKS N PRESS
http://www.StonesNRoses.com
PROMO FILM https://youtu.be/gNMNXKap4Gk
UK TOUR HIGHLIGHTS http://bit.ly/2jtKsnT
MERSEY PARADISE/WATER N' FALL https://youtu.be/6ZZfPCnpQrw
GIMME O'SPREADS https://youtu.be/tWaZ6qr9vRM
ELEPHANT STOOGE (LIVE IN LONDON) https://youtu.be/hSDJgWhUKXY
https://www.facebook.com/StonesNRoses/
https://www.instagram.com/StonesNRosesUSA
https://www.twitter.com/StonesNRosesUSA
"What an amazing concept, taking the whole cover band concept to an all new
and rather thrilling level. Blows your mind hearing those classic tunes
forged so tightly together."
-Louder Than War Magazine
https://louderthanwar.com/ston...
"The best thing I've seen in ten years.....maybe ever."
-Kelly Davis, San Diego City Beat Weekly
"Gobsmacked."
-Stone Roses producer John Leckie
"The Stone Roses meet Guns 'N Roses meet the Rolling Stones. This may
well be just what the world is waiting for."
-Slicing Up Eyeballs
"An unreasonably thrilling, hilarious and altogether genius affair. A
gutsy re-imagining of rock and roll history played with verve, nerve
and heart."
-Alex Green, author of 33 1/3, The Stone Roses & StereoEmbersMagazine.com