{"id":3581955,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3581955/?format=json","airdate":"2025-11-23T15:00:32-08:00","show":65189,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65189/?format=json","image_uri":"https://dn710708.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752-21275083212_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://dn710708.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752/mbid-0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752-21275083212_thumb250.jpg","song":"I Wanna Be Adored","track_id":"caf21e99-47e1-3c58-bd4a-78c6b2da2c63","recording_id":"1e2f2c52-d064-4e43-8a1e-3bbfd8ecb977","artist":"The Stone Roses","artist_ids":["b5fa29f1-6c22-4321-a488-b5f363b06b06"],"album":"The Stone Roses","release_id":"0a556e03-5715-3e98-874d-fb09029e2752","release_group_id":"88b86fe0-26f5-3949-817a-8082145e704d","labels":["Silvertone Records"],"label_ids":["82307007-21d1-48c0-a31f-b89d9b1811de"],"release_date":"1989-07-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"RIP to Gary \"Mani\" Mounfield. He has sadly passed away at the age of 63. No case of death has been shared. Mani played bass in The Stone Roses as well as Primal Scream.\n\nCheck out this NME article which chronicles some of Mani's last performances: https://tinyurl.com/k7nybt59\n\nTributes have been flooding in for Mani, including these:\n\nOasis singer Liam Gallagher led the tributes, posting: \"In total shock and absolutely devastated on hearing the news about Mani. My hero, RIP R Kid.\"\n\nThe Stone Roses posted on social media: \"RIP our wonderful brother Mani. The greatest bass player and friend we could ever have wished for. X\"\n\nThe band's singer Ian Brown also paid his own tribute on X, writing: \"REST IN PEACE MANi X,\" while Paul Weller called him \"a true one-off.\"\n\nMounfield's bass playing was an integral part of the Stone Roses' \"baggy\" sound, and later reunited with his bandmates for their comeback tour in 2012.\n\nHe joined another seminal group, Primal Scream, in 1996 and played with them for 15 years.\n\nIn his tribute, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve called the bassist \"one of the loveliest positive musicians to spend time with\", noting that he was \"a key element to the band that inspired me to believe I could do this music thing\".\n\nHe added that Mani \"had the style the swagger and the sound but most importantly a warm heart\".\n\nWeller also saluted the late star, saying: \"We're all still shocked about our dear brother Mani's passing. I still can't believe it. For a little fella, he had a big personality, like his bass sound. A true one-off.\"","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}