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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. Fuelled by endless tales of
petty thievery, drug dealing, pill popping, skag smoking, car smashing,
purse nabbing, liberty taking and rogue-ish near anarchy, Happy Mondays
careered uncontrollably through the heart of the late eighties
Madchester rave scene before finally imploding in spectacular fashion.
This book chronicles this story and details how, from the ashes of the Mondays, self-confessed heroin addict and ex-postman, Shaun Ryder defied all the odds to emerge triumphant as the front man of Black Grape, arguably the only band who fulfilled the potential laid down by their flawed predecessors. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Mick Middles is a Merseyside based journalist, who since 1976 has been immersed in the music scene of the north-west. He has also written biographies of Shaun Ryder, Oasis, The Smiths and the official Factory Records history. |
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