Gary Mounfield
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Gary "Mani" Mounfield (born November 16, 1962, Manchester) is a British rock bassist, with a distinctive rich playing style that combines a fast moving rock style with a dance rhythm or dub groove.
He joined the band The Stone Roses (sometimes described as being part of the "Madchester" music scene) in 1987. Playing on both of the band's albums, Mani was in The Stone Roses until they disbanded in 1996, when he joined Primal Scream. As of 2004, he is still with the band.
Mani has also played with Dot Allison, Death in Vegas and Aziz Ibrahim, as well as former band mates Ian Brown and John Squire. He has a guest role in the movie 24 Hour Party People (2002).
Mani has often been viewed as the most amiable member of the Roses, both while the band were still together and since their break-up. Whilst in the past he had claimed that the band would reform only after "Man City won the European Cup", he is also viewed as the most likely to be up for a Roses reunion.
Recently, Mani and ex-Roses drummer Reni were interviewed for the Manchester Music show on BBC GMR whilst attending a gig by The Coral. It was revealed that the two would be willing to reform the Roses and that Reni is writing songs for the two to perform together. Mani has also gone on record as saying that he plans to force a reunion between Brown and Squire without them having prior knowledge to kick-start the reunion plans.