Иэн Браун (Йен Браун, Ян Браун, англ. Ian George Brown) — британский рок-музыкант, бывший лидер группы The Stone Roses (1984-1996). С 1996 по 2011 годы выступал сольно. С 2011 года после воссоединения группы The Stone Roses снова вошёл в её состав.
Браун родился 20 февраля 1963 года в Уоррингтоне. Происходит из семьи рабочего класса (его отец был столяром, мать работала на бумажной фабрике). Браун вырос в Тимперли (Южный Манчестер). Интерес к музыке у него появился благодаря первым панк-группам того времени — Sex Pistols, Angelic Upstarts, The Clash (Браун присутствовал при записи песни «Bankrobber» на сессии The Clash в Манчестере в 1980 году). В 1983 году он присоединился к The Patrol, в качестве бас-гитариста, а когда она распалась, стал (в 1984) вокалистом в группе The Stone Roses. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Ian Brown (born February 20th 1963 in Warrington, England) was the lead singer in former British band The Stone Roses and following their split in 1996 has gone on to have a successful solo career releasing a total of six studio albums, with one greatest hits compilation, and remixes disc. He is considered to be an influential artist with followers such as Oasis, The Verve, Blur, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys and many more. He has had twelve UK top 40 singles and has sold over 9 million albums as a solo artist.
Allegedly nicknamed "King Monkey" by Dodgy's drummer Mathew Priest. Brown is well known to standout from the crowd and had his own unique style, whilst in The Roses he used to often wear big baggy flares and his landmark t-shirt with banknotes on. He now has a more casual look: Adidas Jackets, tracksuit bottoms, army trousers and a pair of shades. He is also recognisable for his varying hairstyles including: Blonde mohawk (early Stone Roses days) short (also early Stone roses days) undercut (similar to John Squire's) Big Hair (1989) bob cut (early 90's) Skinhead and his most well known hairdo long and shaggy with a fringe.
He has had two top 5 singles in the UK, My Star and Dolphins Were Monkeys. In 2005 he collaborated with Noel Gallagher from Oasis for the track Keep What Ya Got. He has also collaborated with U.N.K.L.E. on two tracks, 1999's Be There and Reign in 2004.
Recently Brown has started playing Stone Roses songs during gigs, fuelling speculation that a reunion may be on the cards. But In September 2005 Ian appeared to rule out a Stone Roses reunion saying "there's more chance of me reforming the Happy Mondays than the Roses". Happy Mondays in fact have reformed, but yet Brown appears pessimistic about a likelihood of any reunion. A reunion would also hinge on the co-operation of Roses guitarist John Squire who recently stated his desire to turn his back on music and focus on painting.
His latest album, My Way, was released September 2009. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.