ContactMusic — Reformed rock wildman Shaun Ryder has blamed his crippling shyness for the drug demons he battled throughout his career The former Happy Mondays and Black Grape frontman spent more than 10 years fighting addictions to heroin and crack cocaine and now... more info

ContactMusic — Shaun Ryder once thought Simply Red were the Happy Mondays The former Happy Mondays singer - who was famous for his wild partying in the 80s and 90s - was sharing a drink with a friend before his gig when he thought his band had taken to the stage w.... more info

ContactMusic — British rocker Shaun Ryder relied on newspaper articles to piece together his career when writing his life story because years of drug abuse has wrecked his memory The singer launched his career as frontman of Happy Mondays in the 1980s but the band ... more info

NME — Happy Mondays frontman reveals all in his new autobiography more info

ContactMusic — British rocker Shaun Ryder is glad he waited until his forties to find true love - because his new wife would have cut his throat during his years as a rock wildman The Happy Mondays star became romantically involved with his childhood friend Joanne ... more info

Guardian Music — The Happy Mondays frontman has survived addiction, attempts on his life and depression. But writing his autobiography has forced him to face up to even more uncomfortable truths about his past. He talks pills, thrills and bellyaches'All right?" says ... more info

NME — Twisting My Melon is out today more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — U.K.’s The Hours, hailed by the mighty Gallagher as well as artists like Damon Albarn and Bono, have announced their next appearances in North America this November for nine dates opening for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, starting in Toront... more info

Guardian Music — 'Maybe 20 years ago I was all right looking, but certainly not now'I see an old bastard. Over the past few years, I've started looking in mirrors and seeing my dad. I'll say, "Christ! That's not me. That's an old bloke!" I avoid mirrors and photogra... more info

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