Happy Mondays special with Paul Ryder

<p>Happy Mondays special with Paul Ryder in conversation with David Eastaugh</p> <p>English <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music'>rock</a> band formed in <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Salford'>Salford</a> in 1980. The <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_group'>band</a>'s original line-up was <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ryder'>Shaun Ryder</a> (vocals), his brother <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryder'>Paul Ryder</a> (<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar'>bass</a>), Mark Day (guitar), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Gary Whelan (drums). <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bez_(dancer)'>Mark "Bez" Berry</a> later joined the band onstage as a dancer/percussionist. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowetta'>Rowetta</a> joined the band as a vocalist in 1990.</p> <p>The group's work bridged the Manchester <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_rock'>independent rock</a> music of the 1980s and the emerging UK <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rave'>rave</a> scene, drawing influence from <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk'>funk</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music'>house</a>, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_music'>psychedelia</a>to pioneer the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madchester'>Madchester</a> sound.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Mondays#cite_note-all-2'>[2]</a> They experienced their commercial peak with the releases <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bummed'>Bummed</a> (1988), <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madchester_Rave_On'>Madchester Rave On</a> (1989), and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pills_%27n%27_Thrills_and_Bellyaches'>Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches</a> (1990), with the last going platinum in the UK. They disbanded in 1993, and have reformed several times in subsequent decades.</p>