Notably Brown has had no contact with his former song writing partner and childhood best friend John Squire. Brown's key reason for the band not reforming is his lack of contact with Squire and their differing musical tastes. In a 2004 interview with Q magazine, Squire went as far as branding Brown as a "tuneless knob", although this was taken out of context by some members of the press as it refered to Brown during the recording of the Stone Roses' second album, ''Second Coming'' due to his large in-take of cannabis.Squire has once contacted Brown since the demise of the Roses. When Brown was in jail before Christmas 1997 for air rage, Squire sent Brown a box of Maltesers (as this was the gift that they traditionally exchanged in their youth at Christmas) with a note reading "I Still Love You". Whilst Brown was released just before Christmas and did not directly contact Squire afterwards, he is said to have been touched by the gesture.In September 2005 Ian appeared to rule out a Stone Roses reunion saying "there's more chance of me reforming the Happy Mondays than the Roses".
Personal life
Chart positions for the United Kingdom.100px
1. ''Unfinished Monkey Business'' (1998) #4100px
2. ''Golden Greats'' (1999) #14100px
3. ''Music Of The Spheres'' (2001) #3100px
4. ''Solarized'' (2004) #7
Remixes
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- ''Remixes Of The Spheres'' (2002)
Compilations