The Stone Roses had the world in the palm of their hand - their debut album is still in all those top fives that matter, America was calling, they could have been the biggest band in the world. But they let it go, the bond was broken and cynics thought that this was the last we had heard of the errant frontman. However, Ian Brown bounced back with a solo career that confounded the doubters. He kept his edge and his King Monkey cool - not even a spell inside Strangeways affected that swagger.