Alan 'Reni' Wren

1980年代に英国マンチェスターで結成され、マッドチェスター・ムーブメントの中心的存在として活躍したロックバンド“ザ・ストーン・ローゼズ”。本作は、自身も熱狂的ファンという「THIS IS ENGLAND」のシェーン・メドウス監督が、96年の解散から15年ぶりに再結成されたストーン・ローゼズの奇跡の復活に密着した音楽ドキュメンタリー。メンバー４人の再会から地元マンチェスターでの凱旋ライブまでを中心に、そのリハーサルやバックステージ映像とともに、過去のアーカイヴ映像を交えつつ、彼らが歩んできた道のりと現在の姿を映し出していく。

Limited three disc (two CDs + DVD) containing the original album plus a bonus disc of Lost Demos and a DVD containing an entire live performance plus music videos. Digitally remastered 20th Anniversary edition of the classic debut album from the Manchester quartet, originally released in 1989. Meshing simple, exceedingly catchy hooks with rhythmic beats, The Stones Roses led the UK's so-called Madchester scene straight into the U.S. with their eponymous debut. The Stone Roses achieved one of the most successful fusions of classic Pop songwriting and Acid House culture, and managed to snare fans from both genres. By the end of 1989, their debut landed on many Top Ten lists for that year. Though the band never realized the same triumphs on their second and final album, repercussions of their debut album's classic pop songwriting and bright riffs could be heard well into the next decade.

Recorded live at the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, 12th August 1989. Setlist: 1. I Wanna Be Adored 2. Elephant Stone 3. Waterfall 4. (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister 5. Made of Stone 6. She Bangs the Drums 7. Where Angels Play 8. Going Down 9. Mersey Paradise 10. I Am the Resurrection