He was wearing winkle picker shoes, a long black Crombie and had a spiky hair cut so we knew he was coming out of the same sort of thing that we were.

He was weighing into this kid fighting him and we were impressed with his bottle because the other kid was bigger than him and we thought lets ask him to be the singer. I used to say the intros the songs as well.

I must have been a frustrated singer then because I used to write the words and do the backing vocals. I played bass because it was the easiest thing to play. We started a band called The Patrol in 1979. We were out in my car somewhere and Si Wolstencroft who used to hang out at the bridge had to drive home, I remember it just freaked me out completely. I remember us all trying some oil, fucking terrible. I do remember everyone thought that dope was for hippies. There was no drugs- even none of us drank properly- Pete might have drank, I never fucking drank never and I donвЂ™t like dope. We sat on it smoking having the odd drink, pulling girls. It was too small, just a footbridge between back gardens. John for some reason was never having the Jam. There was a bit of piss taking going on! John was quiet he didnвЂ™t say much apart from that he played the first Clash album every day, Ian was more into the Pistols and the Jam. I remember Ian saying he had been to see the Stranglers which I was impressed by as he must have been about 13. I had seen them around a couple of times. I met Ian and John at a place called the bridge near where we all lived in Timperley/Bowden. I played my stuff and he got it straight away and he got really into the Clash. He had Beatles вЂќГ‹ВњLive At The Hollywood BowlвЂ™ and the Beach Boys вЂќГ‹ВњGolden GreatsвЂќГ‹Вњ. I knocked on his door and took round these tunes. I also took the first Clash LP and the Adverts вЂќГ‹ВњOne Chord WondersвЂќГ‹Вњ.

I already had вЂќГ‹ВњGod Save The Queen the day it came out. That night because I felt a bit sorry for him because of the fight I took some records round. I wasnвЂ™t hanging out with him at the time but I jumped in and helped him out. He was getting his head kicked in at school and I knew he lived up our street. The long and strange adventures of the Stone Roses вЂќГ‹ВњItвЂ™s not where youвЂ™re from, its where youвЂ™re atвЂќГ‚В¦вЂ™ Here are some quotes about the band from John RobbвЂ™s вЂNorth Will Rise AgainвЂ™ oral history of Manchester book.

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