Ian Brown leads tributes as original Stone Roses’ bassist Pete Garner dies at 61

The Stone Roses’ frontman Ian Brown has paid tribute to original band member Pete Garner who has passed away at the age of 61.

Bassist Pete was in the Stone Roses’ original 1983 line-up alongside Ian and guitarist John Squire, who he had met at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys. They were later joined by Simon Wolstencroft and Andy Couzens as the band came to fruition.

Pete, who worked on singles So Young, Tell Me, and Sally Cinnamon, played his final gig with the Stone Roses at the Larks in the Park festival at Liverpool’s Sefton Park in August 1987 and left the band shortly after. He was later replaced by Gary Mounfield, also known as Mani, that same year.

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At the time, Pete said he had left the Stone Roses to begin working at HMV as he didn’t feel worthy of being in the band. His death was announced last week by music publication Louder than War. It's believed he passed away after a battle with cancer.

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, throughout the week, frontman Ian posted a number of tributes to Pete. In one post, the singer said his death was ‘very sad’. He posted: “We were young punk rockers when we met in 77. The nite before Petes maths and geography O levels we went to see the Clash. Always made me chuckle he did that and of course he made the right decision! X”.

In another post, Ian said: “Few loved music as much as Pete he been bathing in music since Anarchy in the Uk came out that i can vouch for and Pete was off the scale nice, an old skool nice that ya just don't get no more! He got that from his lovely Mum! GOD Bless Pete RiP X”.

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