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Shaun Ryder, frontman of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2017.

Shaun Ryder, frontman of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, shares his musical milestones with Matt Everitt in a programme first broadcast in 2017.

Matt asks about Shaun's earliest musical passions - the Beatles, Bowie, and Buzzcocks and about his first meeting with Tony Wilson, who would help steer Shaun's band Happy Monday's to great success.

They discuss the creation of the albums that spawned songs like Step On, Hallelujah, Loose Fit and 24 Hour Party People (and talk about that movie) and his triumphant return with Black Grape.

Shaun also discusses his battles with drug abuse and how accepting his role as a national treasure has breathed new life into both the Mondays and the newly reformed Black Grape.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 14 Jul 2021 02:00

Music Played

  • Happy Mondays

    Hallelujah

    • Factory Records.
  • David Bowie

    Sorrow

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • UFO

    Doctor Doctor - Paris Theatre 1975

  • Be Bop Deluxe

    Ships In The Night

    • See For Miles.
  • Buzzcocks

    Love You More

    • EMI.
  • Happy Mondays

    Delightful

    • Forty Five EP.
    • factory.
  • John Kongos

    He's Gonna Step On You Again

    • SEE FOR MILES.
  • Happy Mondays

    Step On

    • EMI.
  • Happy Mondays

    24 Hour Party People

  • Happy Mondays

    Loose Fit

  • Black Grape

    Reverend Black Grape

    • RADIOACTIVE RECORDS.
  • Gorillaz

    Dare

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Dean Martin

    Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me

    • (Single).
    • Reprise.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 15 Jan 2017 13:00
  • Sun 4 Mar 2018 04:00
  • Tue 9 Jul 2019 01:00
  • Sat 25 Apr 2020 03:00
  • Wed 1 Jul 2020 01:00
  • Wed 14 Jul 2021 02:00

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