Photograph
The Stone Roses, Ian Brown, John Squire, The Patrol
South Trafford College
1980

“Not sure that looks like Si. Anyone any idea?”

“The line up was Ian Brown bass gtr,John Squire Gtr,Simon Wolstencroft drums,Andy Couzens vocal.Ian used to sing one song, a version of Blockbuster!!!!! We probably did 6 or so gigs .Who took these pics?”

“Melanie took them!”

“Fantastic!!!! hows Melanie?”

“Not seen her in years I'm afraid. Seeing Louise on Friday though :)”

“please say hello for me.A”

“Louise sends her love Andy :o) She said 'What you up to?" - you'll have to email me if you want to pass on a message! (Click on my name)”

“hi tried the e-mail thing.didn't work!could you e-mail me?Thanks A”

“Just stumbled across this. I was there. The other bands were Scorched Earth, and Fireclown.”

“Like El Zap-amundo I too stumbled across this site looking for a totally different band, I, like a lot of others, use to hang around 'The Bridge', Timperley/Brooklands border where members of The Patrol use to frequent, certain names are familiar. My brother was the bassist in Scorched Earth, and apparently there was a scrap that night where the keyboardist from SE got twated, it's great to see that someone actually remembers Scorched Earth,”

“Ok, so when Geoff got some guys together to record in Prestwich a few months later, your brother must have been there too?”

“not sure, I know they did a demo tape at I think Graveyard Studios?”