His “Madchester” motifs launched a Britpop revolution in the 1990s.

With the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, Gary Moundfield’s magnificent meld of dub, rock, and psychedelia exuded massive, legato grooves and countermelodies coaxed from his arsenal of basses which included Rickenbacker, and a Jack Casady Epiphone, among others.

Dig Mani on “Ten Story Love Song” https://youtu.be/0uNLw3pXlVM

And on Primal Scream’s “Kowalski” https://youtu.be/ZVcwG-gY9dM

A Manchester United Devotee, in 2010 Mani joined forces with former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and Joy Division / New Order bassist Peter Hook under the moniker Freebass, which waxed It’s A Beautiful Life before calling it a day.

What the reunited Stone Roses will do next is anyone’s guess, however here’s the bass passage that started it all “I Wanna Be Adored” https://youtu.be/4D2qcbu26gs