'Shaun Ryder in the Happy Mondays wasn't me. He was a caricature'

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 Shaun Ryder without a hint of recognition. I last interviewed him 12 years ago. It was in his dressing room, the Happy Mondays had recently reformed and he'd just had stomach implants to make him vomit if he took drugs. Even so he was off his head. H...

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