Gary Mounfield, Former Stone Roses Bassist, Dies at 63

Singer Gary Mounfield of the band The Stone Roses performs onstage during day 1 of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on April 12, 2013. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CoachellaLONDON—Gary Mounfield, the former bass player of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, two of the most influential British rock bands of the past four decades, has died. He was 63.His former Stone Roses bandmate, Ian Brown, confirmed the death of Mounfield, who was better known by his fans as Mani, on Thursday on social media—“rest in peace Mani,” he said.