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Goldie, Bananarama and boat trips with the Spice Girls: the hedonistic madness of 90s label London Records

From synthpop to drum’n’bass, the company had a roster of edgy stars – and let them do what they wanted. As a new podcast is launched, artists and staff remember the extreme work environment

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Happy Mondays star claims band is neurodiverse and attracts like minds

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Shaun Ryder says ‘neurodiversity’ brought the Happy Mondays together

Shaun Ryder was diagnosed with ADHD in his fifties

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Happy Mondays singer Shun Ryder says ADHD feels like ‘having a brain like a watering can’

Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has opened up on what life is like with ADHD, and he believes the neurodevelopmental disorder has helped him as a songwriter.

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Watching Watership Down on acid with Bez: Shaun Ryder releases new memoir 24 Hour Party Person

Happy Mondays frontman says forthcoming book will include bullet-dodging scrapes in Jamaica and New York as well as ‘bust-ups and benders’ with his bands

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Shaun Ryder teases new Happy Mondays album is halfway finished and takes aim at Trump

Shaun Ryder has spilled that he has six tracks ready for the first Happy Mondays album in almost two decades.

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Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder calls for statue in Manchester in honour of late Stone Roses legend Mani

Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder has called for a statue to be erected in Mani's hometown Manchester in honour of the late Stone Roses bass player.

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Shaun Ryder missed Mani’s funeral due to pneumonia

Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder was forced to miss Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's funeral last month because he was struck down with a bout of pneumonia.

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Pneumonia prevents Shaun Ryder from attending friend’s funeral

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Shaun Ryder forced to miss funeral of Stone Roses star after he ‘collapsed’ from illness

‘I had to throw everything I could down me, you know, every sort of painkiller and everything else, just to get through it,’ says Happy Mondays frontman

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Shaun Ryder sparks awkward moment with Good Morning Britain comment on BBC Breakfast

The Happy Mondays frontman appeared on the BBC sofa alongside bandmate Bez to mark the 35th anniversary of their landmark album Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches

Evening Standard

In Pictures: He was adored – Star-studded send-off for Stone Roses’ Mani

Gary Mounfield died last month at the age of 63.

Evening Standard

Primal Scream and Stone Roses lead tributes to Gary 'Mani' Mountfield

The Stone Roses and Primal Scream have led tributes to their former bassist Gary 'Mani' Mountfield following his death.

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'It was the best feeling in the world': Shaun Ryder revelled in the success of Black Grape's debut album

Shaun Ryder felt that he proved his doubters wrong with Black Grape's chart-topping debut album It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah, which came following the breakup of Happy Mondays.

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Louder

Zeppelin and Floyd hoped his magic would rub off on them. The Happy Mondays just wanted to kidnap him. Donovan just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever

After all, why reply with a short response when you can weave a long tale involving Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and more instead?

Evening Standard

Gorillaz joined by special guests as they play Demon Days album in full

The band are playing four shows at the Copper Box Arena on east London’s Olympic Park.

Guitar World

“He was a one-off… We will never see his like again”: Paul ‘Wags’ Wagstaff, guitarist for Happy Mondays, Black Grape and Paris Angels, has died aged 60

Wagstaff was a key figure in Manchester's thriving “Madchester” scene in the '80s and '90s

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Bez reveals that Happy Mondays have a new album in the pipeline

Happy Mondays dancer Bez has revealed that the Madchester legends are working on their first new album for 18 years.

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Shaun Ryder hopes Zak Starkey makes full recovery from blood clot

Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder is hoping drummer Zak Starkey doesn't need his legs amputating after doctors found a blood clot.

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Mantra Of The Cosmos cancel Soho gig after Zak Starkey suffers blood clot

Noel Gallagher recently joined the band on a new track called Domino Bones (Gets Dangerous).

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Happy Mondays failed in US because audiences 'didn't get' Bez

Happy Mondays blame Bez for their lack of success in America as people in the US just "didn't get" the dancer.

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Confidence Man: 3AM (La La La) review – joyous escape into the gen X club era

The electro-pop band’s third album is a playful, energetic trip down memory lane, transporting us to Happy Mondays-era Hacienda, vintage New Order and the KLF

The Guardian - UK

A musical tour of Manchester: from the Hallé to the Happy Mondays

Every genre of music has made its mark on Manchester, including dialect ballads, classical, TV theme tunes and all the strands of post-punk. Welcome to the north-west sound

Louder

"A national treasure? I'll take that over being called a smackhead, crackhead loser": Shaun Ryder on Black Grape, The Happy Mondays, Gogglebox and why it's great when you're straight, yeah

At 61, Shaun Ryder is still having more fun than anyone you know

Louder

"I got on really well with Lembit Opik, he’s as mad as Bez": Shaun Ryder looks back on his time in I'm A Celebrity...

The Happy Mondays man went into the jungle back in 2010, kickstarting a side-career in reality TV

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