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“You’d have Mark talking about strings, Our Kid talking about amplifiers. Whereas me and Bez would just walk in and be ourselves. So nobody wanted to talk to them”: Shaun Ryder on life in the Happy Mondays

Singer has a new memoir out this month

MusicRadar · Mar 18

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27

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.

BANG Premier · Feb 26

"At a self-described 'post-punk festival', they've put the guy who defined both punk AND post-punk on a little stage in a car park. Lydon is raging…" PiL, Johnny Marr and Death Cult thrill at 'post-punk festival' Forever Now

The National Bowl at Milton Keynes plays home to an underserved tribe in a celebration of 80s alternative music

Louder · Jun 23, 2025

"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 · Feb 9, 2024

‘National treasure? It’s better than crackhead’: Shaun Ryder and Kermit on the return of Black Grape

One is in his dressing gown, the other recommends carrot juice: clearly things have changed among the indie-dance act. They talk us through their hedonistic 90s, plus grief, Farage and fatherhood

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

“I’d not played for 17 years. I put all my guitars in the loft and never touched them. I didn’t think I knew how to play anymore”: When Happy Mondays split, Mark Day gave up guitar – and was surprised to find he could still play when he returned

Happy Mondays were one of the architects of the Manchester scene that gave birth to Oasis. Armed with basic gear, most of which he can’t remember, their genre-splicing guitarist is finally proud of the influential music he helped create

Guitar World · Dec 15, 2023

A beginner's guide to Factory Records in five essential albums

The story of the Manchester indie label that changed the world

Louder · Jul 5, 2023

Mantra Of The Cosmos: Who are the members of the new supergroup?

The new band is made up of former members of the Happy Mondays, Oasis, and Ride

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2023

Members of The Who, Oasis, Happy Mondays and Ride join forces for new supergroup

Mantra Of The Cosmos’ first single, Gorilla Guerilla is out now

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2023