Ian Brown

Revolutionising the music scene of the late '80s with the legendary Madchester group The Stone Roses, its singer Ian Brown dissolved the group in 1996 and embarked on a solo career. Never quite recapturing his former glories, Brown has released a number of sets with diamonds in the rough, beginning with the aptly-titled Unfinished Monkey Business in 1998. Golden Greats (1999) proved a slightly more sturdy proposition, but 2001's Music Of The Spheres left Brown out of his musical depth, his ambitions leaving him floundering for air. Tom Edwards