- Born
- Birth nameJohn Thomas Squire
- Grew up on Sylvan Avenue in Sale (Manchester, England) - the same street the Gibb brothers of Bee-Gees fame grew up on twenty years before. Worked as animator of Cosgrove Hall who made Wind in The Willows and also the Dangermouse cartoons. After a number of aborted bands in the early eighties, finally got a group together with school friend Ian Brown (vocals) (Ancoats, Lancashire 20/2/63). In 1984, the embryonic Stone Roses played their first gigs in Sweden. Squire was lead guitarist with the Stone Roses until 1996 when he left to form his own band The Seahorses. This group continued with numerous UK Top 20 hits and a number one album until 1999 when the group disbanded. The whereabouts of John Thomas Squire at time of writing are unknown.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Graeme Renfrew <gdrenfrew@hotmail.com>
- February the ninth 2004 sees the release of John Squire's second solo album. An exhibition of his artwork, which has graced the covers of his musical releases for the last fifteen years, will also take place that month at the ICA in London.
- Releases debut solo album, 'Time Changes Everything', playing guitar and singing.
- Lives in the Lake district, Cumbria, England. Said to working on a new album
- Interviewer: What are the Stone Roses about? - Squire: Love and hate, war and peace, Morecambe and Wise.
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