Happy Mondays

“These guys didn’t know where the edge was…” The strange saga of the recording of Happy Mondays’ Yes Please!

The recording of Happy Mondays' fourth studio album, Yes Please!, is the stuff of legend – a manic maelstrom of Caribbean sunshine,…

2 years ago

Interview: Still twisting his melon… 909originals chats to Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder

If the 'Madchester' era could be summed up in one frontman, it would undoubtedly be Shaun Ryder, the Happy Mondays'…

4 years ago

You’re twisting my melon, man – Bez from the Happy Mondays turns 54 today…

Legendary dancer, vibesman, part-time politician, maracas enthusiast, reality TV star and professional caner Bez, from the Happy Mondays, turns 54…

6 years ago

I will never get tired of watching Shaun Ryder trying to describe ‘Voodoo Ray’…

Not content with featuring one Happy Mondays-related post today, here's another, which also features another Manchester music icon. One of…

6 years ago

Check out this video of the Happy Mondays rocking Manchester’s G-Mex… [March 1990]

Today, 25 March, marks the anniversary of one of the most 'Madchester' gigs of all time, the Happy Mondays at…

6 years ago

MTV tries to understand ‘Madchester’ [1990]…

Before it became a many-fanged media beast, churning out documentaries on teenage pregnancies, MTV was a US-based station that mainly…

7 years ago