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Has Manchester forgotten about its musical heritage?

4923 days ago

Guardian Music — The city has an illustrious musical history - but how much do the current hot bands care? Not much, apparentlyHot, often half-naked new Manchester band Wu Lyf ruffled feathers recently when they told the Guardian that the city's illustrious musical h... more info

Born Blonde (No 1,049)

4935 days ago

Guardian Music — Retro guitar heroes rocking a tuneful Verve vibe, Born Blonde have arrived 15 years too late for Britpop. Not that it'll stop themHometown: London.The lineup: Joshua Lloyd-Watson (bass), Tom McFarland (keyboards, guitar, vocals), George Day (drums), ... more info

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Shaun Ryder - Does Rock'n'Roll Kill Braincells?

4943 days ago

NME - The Bands Blog — Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses famously both appeared on the same episode of Top Of The Pops in November 1989. Ian Brown didn’t bother to sing. What, according to a BBC engineer, was odd about Bez’s maracas? “Er….?” Wrong. Apparently the... more info

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Madchester arrives on the nation's TV screens

4944 days ago

Guardian Music — 23 November 1989: Number 34 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe 80s looked destined to end in musical ignominy. The charts were dominated by the steely machinations of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and Jive Bunny's repeat... more info

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Shaun Ryder says Stone Roses Will Reform Because Ian Brown 'needs the money'.

4961 days ago

Altsounds — Former Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder has said he believes legendary Manchester group The Stones Roses will reform because their frontman Ian Brown needs the money. In an interview with the Sun, Ryder, who plays a solo show at London's Proud... more info

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Shaun Ryder - Shaun Ryder Sure Stone Roses Will Reunite

4963 days ago

ContactMusic — British rocker Shaun Ryder is convinced the Stone Roses are on the verge of signing a big money deal to seal their comeback. The Fools Gold hitmakers were said to be reforming earlier this year (11) amid claims frontman Ian Brown and guitarist Joh... more info

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