Artist

Formed in 1982 in Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

Rock/Acid House fused group, formed out of the "madchester" scene of the late 1980's to mid-1990's.

Legendary for their on/off stage antics, usually fueled by drink and/or drugs. Both lead singer Shaun Ryder and Bez (Mark Berry) were renowned for their drink & drug fueled antics. Bez being the legendary member whose sole purpose was to dance in his own inimitable style on stage at their live gigs.

One story of interest was when they went to record in Barbados at the studio at Eddy Grant's house, which ended-up being the album "...Yes Please!", after managers thought it would be good to get them away from the drink/drugs scene they were surrounded by in the UK, not realizing the massive drugs problem Barbados had at the time, meaning band members were found trying to sell much of the studio equipment to continue their binge!

Disbanded in 1992, reformed in 1999, disbanded in 2000 & reformed in 2004. The original line-up got back together again in 2012.

Tracks

A1 Country Song 03:20

A2 Moving In With 03:37

A3 Mad Cyril 04:35

A4 Fat Lady Wrestlers 03:20

A5 Performance 04:00

B1 Brain Dead 03:11

B2 Wrote For Luck 06:02

B3 Bring A Friend 03:45

B4 Do It Better 02:28

B5 Lazy Itis 02:45

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, DAT, Cassette, CD, File, CDr, All Media

Labels

Rhino Records , Virgin, Elektra, London Records, EastWest Japan, Festival Records, CGD, Rough Trade, Grabaciones Accidentales, Factory, Factory Records Australasia, Zona Records, London Music Stream Ltd.

Countries

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe, Benelux

years

1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2020

Members

Shaun Ryder,~~Julie E Gordon~~,Mark Day,Paul Davis (4),Gary Whelan,Paul Ryder,Mark Berry (2),Kavin (Kav) Sandhu,Che Beresford,Rowetta Idah