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Formed from the fringes of juvenile criminality in Swinton in 1984, Happy Mondays established themselves, not so much as a band in the traditional sense, but as a swirling vortex of wild hedonism.

This story details how Shaun Ryder defied all the odds to survive the spectacular collapse of the Mondays and emerge triumphant as the front man of Black Grape, arguably the only band who fulfilled the potential laid down by their flawed predecessors.