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The sad death of Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield has left middle-aged fans misty-eyed about a defining era of Manchester music. Born at exactly the right time, and in the right place, Simon Donohue was lucky enough to have lived through it. He believes there can never be another youth movement like it...

The first time I saw The Stone Roses was at the International 1 on Anson Road in Rusholme, today a fairly unremarkable supermarket next to a busy Manchester crossroads.

Little did I know it would be a landmark moment in a defining era of my young life. By some joyous twist of fate, I would go on to turn 18 in 1989 – the best possible year to come of age in Manchester.

Turned on to music by my older sister, I was already convinced that the only bands worth listen

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