Gary “Mani” Mounfield, bassist for influential British band The Stone Roses who later joined Primal Scream , has died. He was 63. His brother Greg Mounfield announced the news on social media but did not provide a cause or date of death.
“It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother Gary Mani Mounfield,” he wrote on F acebook . “Rip Rkid.”
Born on November 16, 1962, in Manchester and known to fans as Mani, Mounfield played on The Stone Roses’ two studio albums — the group’s eponymous 1989 debut and Second Coming (1994) — both of which made the UK Top 5. Associated with the indie “Madchester” sound of the early ’90s that also included Happy Mondays, James, The Charlatans and others, the group had four Top 10 singles in Great Britain:

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