The Seahorses were an English band of the mid to late 1990s, best known as the post-Stone Roses project of guitarist John Squire.
Formed in 1996, The Seahorses leaned more towards guitar-driven music than the dancehall rock of Stone Roses. The name of the band is an anagram of "He hates Roses," though it is unknown if this was intentional. For the band, Squire picked three unknowns. First to join was the bassist Stuart Fletcher who Squire saw sta...
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The Seahorses were an English band of the mid to late 1990s, best known as the post-Stone Roses project of guitarist John Squire.
Formed in 1996, The Seahorses leaned more towards guitar-driven music than the dancehall rock of Stone Roses. The name of the band is an anagram of "He hates Roses," though it is unknown if this was intentional. For the band, Squire picked three unknowns. First to join was the bassist Stuart Fletcher who Squire saw standing in for a friend in a York pub band called The Blueflies, next was the lead vocalist Chris Helme (who a friend of Squire's had spotted busking outside Woolworths, also in York), with drummer Andy Watts, who also provided backing vocals, being the last to join.
Their one and only album, Do it Yourself, was produced by Tony Visconti, for Geffen Records in June 1997, and received varied reviews. One of the songs on the album, "Love Me and Leave Me", was co-written with Liam Gallagher of Oasis, with whom the Seahorses toured in 1997.
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