Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the British musician who played bass in the Stone Roses and Primal Scream , has died. His brother, Greg, shared the news on Facebook , and Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown eulogized his former bandmate on X , writing, “REST IN PEACE MANi X.” A cause of death has not been announced. Mounfield was 63 years old.

Mounfield was born in Crumpsall, England, in 1962. In the early 1980s, in Greater Manchester, he formed a band with John Squire and Andy Couzens called the Fireside Chaps. They eventually took on Ian Brown as the new frontman and changed their name to the Stone Roses. It wasn’t until 1989 that the Stone Roses (now without Couzens, but featuring Alan “Reni” Wren on drums) released their self-titled debut .

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