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How Madchester put the E into enterprise zone…

5319 days ago

Guardian Music — In the late 80s, acid house and ecstasy put Manchester at the heart of the pop universe and helped in the rebirth of a great cityIn 1988 I moved to London to work at Smash Hits magazine, and one of the first things I had to do was create a map of Man... more info

Write for us about: the best music autobiographies

5330 days ago

Guardian Music — Which 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

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

5332 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

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

5334 days ago

Guardian Music — Do 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

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How Soon Is Now? by Richard King - review

5336 days ago

Guardian Music — A 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

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

5339 days ago

Guardian Music — After 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

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

5343 days ago

ContactMusic — British 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

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Happy Mondays - Bez Axed Tour Plans Over Leg Injury

5343 days ago

ContactMusic — Happy 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

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Shaun Ryder - Shaun Ryder Sickened By Drug Past

5343 days ago

ContactMusic — Reformed 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

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