Wow, that pretty much redefines "raw deal!" How did they manage that? Were they high when they signed their contract? I know that type of thing happens all the time with big record companies, but to receive absolutely NO money?

I don't know how they or their manager managed that. They did, AFAICT, get royalties for vinyl or cassette copies. In 1988, though, even if CDs hadn't yet taken over the world, they were clearly going to. The Stone Roses has by now sold about three million copies on CD.

That's insane!

Yes. Even though the Roses eventually signed to a new label, the insanity of the Silvertone deal was the major force behind their breakup, and even now the resulting sense among the four band members (except perhaps Mani) that the Roses era was a painful time better forgotten, keeps them from contemplating a reunion which, as Mani said, the world is waiting for.

Peter