Guy Garvey on pre-fame Elbow delivering pizza to The Stone Roses
nme.comGuy Garvey has shared a memory of a time that the members of Elbow, before they were famous, delivered pizza to The Stone Roses.
The frontman was appearing on BBC Radio Manchester and was asked by host Becky Want to pick a song. Garvey opted for ‘Shoot You Down’, from the Manchester band’s classic 1989 debut album.
The selection prompted the Elbow singer to share the anecdote about an accidental encounter he and his early bandmates had with Ian Brown and co, while they were holed away in Bury recording their second album.
Remembering hearing ‘Shoot You Down’ for the first time and Brown’s Manchester accent resonating with him, Garvey went on to say: “I remember years later, when nobody knew where they were, making the second album, they were in Bury, in Square One [Studios], where all of Elbow lived.” “Mark [Potter, Elbow guitarist] delivered them a pizza and we wouldn’t believe it.
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