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Write for us about: the best music autobiographies

4370 days ago
Guardian MusicWhich is the most compelling musical memoir? Let us know …"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture," said Frank Zappa (or Elvis Costello, Laurie Anderson or someone else entirely depending on who you listen to). But is that a fair as... more info

The Live Music Hour 2012-04-08 Leftfield, Orbital and Happy Mondays

4372 days ago
Core News“As part of 6 Music Celebrates Dance Culture, Chris Hawkins presents Leftfield recorded at Glastonbury 2000 plus BBC sessions from Orbital and The Happy Mondays.” The Live Music Hour 2012-04-08 Leftfield, Orbital and Happy Mondays [Mediafire] Tra... more info

Damon Albarn: Gorillaz, heroin and the last days of Blur

4374 days ago
Guardian MusicDo Blur have a future? Are Gorillaz gone for good? Is his feud with Noel Gallagher really over? The heroin issue… Damon Albarn answers some tricky questionsYou get a good view from the top floor of Damon Albarn's west London studio: the uneven sp... more info

How Soon Is Now? by Richard King - review

4377 days ago
Guardian MusicA group biography of independent labelsBack when I should have been studying for my O-levels, I, like a lot of earnest teenagers and bedroom bards in the 1980s, spent much of my free time writing and assembling badly photocopied fanzines. They had La... more info

Cameron asks Shaun Ryder to advise on class and help to detox Tories

4380 days ago
Guardian MusicAfter a week of gaffes, No 10 calls in the Happy Mondays singer who helps to launch a T-shirt campaign to banish 'pastygate'• In pictures: Ryder's celebritiy friends help launch the 'We're All Eating This Together' T-shirt campaignIn a move that wi... more info

Happy Mondays - Paul Ryder Had Two Nervous Breakdowns After Band Split

4383 days ago
ContactMusicBritish rocker Paul Ryder suffered two nervous breakdowns after his band Happy Mondays split The bassist formed the cult group with his brother frontman Shaun in the early 1980s but was left shell-shocked when the band fell apart in 1993 due to his b... more info

Happy Mondays - Bez Axed Tour Plans Over Leg Injury

4383 days ago
ContactMusicHappy Mondays dancer Bez pulled out of the cult bands upcoming reunion tour because years of bouncing around on stage has left him with a debilitating groin injury The percussionist ruled himself out of performing with the Step On hitmakers when they... more info

Shaun Ryder - Shaun Ryder Sickened By Drug Past

4384 days ago
ContactMusicReformed rock wildman Shaun Ryder feels physically sick when hes reminded of his drug-taking past The Happy Mondays frontman battled addictions to heroin and crack cocaine during his heyday in the early 1990s but he finally kicked his drug demons for... more info

Shaun Ryder: 'My drug past makes me sick'

4384 days ago
GigwiseHappy Mondays frontman reveals physical reaction to former drug addiction more info

Birmingham garage project stories

4387 days ago
Guardian MusicMike Skinner emerged from the Birmingham garage scene, a musician poet who captivated a generation of fans with his wit and honesty. Now he writes about those years – the binges, the feuds, the need for authenticity that would end in illness and... more info

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