Happy Mondays

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The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

Guardian music

06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM

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Paul Ryder brought funk to Happy Mondays’ debauched carnival of sound
The bass guitarist, who has died aged 58, anchored the Madchester band and gave the listener something to latch on to amid a swirl of psychedelia and rave

Alexis Petridis

16, Jul, 2022 @11:07 AM

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Paul Ryder, Happy Mondays bassist, dies aged 58
Guitarist and brother of frontman Shaun hailed as a ‘true pioneer and legend’ by band whose sound was driven by his bass lines

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

15, Jul, 2022 @3:25 PM

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Bez looks back: ‘I was always drawn to rebellion’ | Flashback
The Happy Mondays dancer/percussionist recreates a photo taken in Cuba after his band were booted out of the US and talks about his wild youth

Harriet Gibsone

12, Feb, 2022 @12:00 PM

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James review – shamanic Mancs provide spiritual nourishment
Led by Tim Booth, the band play an adventurous set that shows them still questing for enlightenment

Dave Simpson

26, Nov, 2021 @11:31 AM

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How to Be a Rock Star by Shaun Ryder review – candid, brilliant and bizarre
The lead singer of the Happy Mondays and star of Celebrity Gogglebox mixes funny stories with moments of real poignancy as he looks back at three decades of rock’n’roll debauchery

Emma Garland

02, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM

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Bez’s teenage obsessions: ‘With cider, you can literally taste spirituality’
As the Happy Mondays dancer releases his first track as a vocalist, he reminisces about his youth, from spells in prison to bonding with Shaun Ryder at the Haçienda

As told to Will Lavin

29, Jul, 2021 @3:00 PM

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Shaun Ryder: ‘I was a heroin addict for 20-odd years, but there’s been no damage off that’
From ADHD to alopecia and learning the alphabet at 28, the Happy Mondays singer has had a wild, eventful life. He discusses hedonism, parenting – and why he has to spend so much time correcting Bez

Tim Jonze

10, May, 2021 @10:00 AM

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Get Buzzin’ With Bez: Happy Mondays star to launch YouTube fitness class
Cult hero wants to ‘get fit and mentally happier’ after ‘mainly sitting on sofa’ during lockdown

Mattha Busby

09, Jan, 2021 @6:08 PM

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Twisting my melon, man! The baggy, brilliant indie-rave summer of 1990
As the new decade dawned, indie and rave collided and a seismic party began. Bands from the Happy Mondays to Primal Scream relive that explosion of pills, thrills and endless possibilities

Joe Muggs

07, Jul, 2020 @5:00 AM

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Andrew Weatherall obituary
DJ and record producer whose work on Primal Scream’s 1991 album Screamadelica helped it win the first Mercury prize

Adam Sweeting

18, Feb, 2020 @1:54 PM

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Jack O'Connell to play Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder in biopic
Jason Isaacs and Maxine Peake in talks to star as Ryder’s parents in Twisting My Melon, based on ‘Madchester’ singer’s autobiography

Tom Knight

06, Sep, 2019 @12:54 PM

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