Shaun Ryder
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.
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Music Played
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Happy Mondays
Hallelujah
- Factory Records.
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David Bowie
Sorrow
- David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
- EMI.
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UFO
Doctor Doctor - Paris Theatre 1975
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Be Bop Deluxe
Ships In The Night
- See For Miles.
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Buzzcocks
Love You More
- EMI.
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Happy Mondays
Delightful
- Forty Five EP.
- factory.
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John Kongos
He's Gonna Step On You Again
- SEE FOR MILES.
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Happy Mondays
Step On
- EMI.
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Happy Mondays
24 Hour Party People
- London.
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Happy Mondays
Loose Fit
- Factory.
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Black Grape
Reverend Black Grape
- RADIOACTIVE RECORDS.
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Gorillaz
Dare
- Parlophone.
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Dean Martin
Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me
- (Single).
- Reprise.
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 Jan 201713:00BBC Radio 6 Music
- Sun 4 Mar 201804:00BBC Radio 6 Music
- Tue 9 Jul 201901:00BBC Radio 6 Music
Sat 25 Apr 202003:00BBC Radio 2- Wed 1 Jul 202001:00BBC Radio 6 Music
- Wed 14 Jul 202102:00BBC Radio 6 Music
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