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Ian Brown
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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 five studio albums, with one greatest hits compilation, and remixes disc. With each new release in his solo career each one shows him developing as an artist. 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 solo artist.
Allegedly nicknamed “King Monkey” by Dodgy’s drummer Mathew Priest. Brown is well known to standout from the crowd and had his own unique style,whilst in The Roses he used to often wear big baggy flares and his landmark t-shirt with banknotes on. He now has a more casual look Adidas Jackets,tracksuit bottoms,army trousers and a pair of shades. He is also recognisable for his varying hairstyles including: Blonde mohawk (early Stone Roses days) short (also early Stone roses days) undercut (similar to John Squire’s) Big Hair (1989) bob cut (early 90’s) Skinhead and his most well known hairdo long and shaggy with a dodgy fringe.
He has had two top 5 singles in the UK, My Star and Dolphins Were Monkeys. In 2005 he collaborated with Noel Gallagher from Oasis for the track Keep What Ya Got. He has also collaborated with UNKLE on two tracks, 1999’s Be There and reign in 2004. |
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Rock: Pop-Rock
Rock
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