KUBIX FESTIVAL
Sunderland UK
80s and 90s party
15/16 July 2022
4 TUTV picks
(Two for each day)
– HAPPY MONDAYS –
(15 July)
– SKIDS –
(15 July)
– THERAPY? –
(16 July)
– ALTERED IMAGES –
(16 July)
18 April 2022
Mark Berry aka BEZ was born 57 years
ago, on 18 April 1964 in Salford, England.
He was/is the crazy dancing star and (now also a TV celebrity) of
Madchester legends Happy Mondays, the 24-party people who
had their golden (dope) years in the 90s. They broke up and reunite
several times and are now performing for some time again for
sell-out crowds.
Happy 57 to happy Monday BEZ!
I wonder why Shaun can remember that he can’t remember the 90s…
(image on top: cover of his book ‘What Planet Am I On? )
Manchester’s 24-hour party people HAPPY MONDAYS
are gearing up for 2022 UK tour
OCTOBER
07 – CAMBRIDGE, CORN EXCHANGE
08 – NOTTINGHAM, ROCK CITY
09 – HULL, SU ASYLUM
13 – NORTHAMPTON, ROADMENDER
14 – LIVERPOOL, MOUNTFORD HALL
15 – LONDON, O2 BRIXTON ACADEMY
21 – NEWCASTLE, O2 CITY HALL
22 – BIRMINGHAM, O2 ACADEMY
27 – BRIGHTON, DOME
28 – GUILDFORD, GLIVE
29 – SHEFFIELD, O2 ACADEMY
NOVEMBER
03 – MANCHESTER, ACADEMY
04 – MANCHESTER, ACADEMY
05 – LEEDS, O2 ACADEMY
12 – BRISTOL, O2 ACADEMY
13 – BLACKBURN, KINGS GEORGE’S HALL
18 – NORWICH, THE NICK RAYNS LCR
19 – BOURNEMOUTH, O2 ACADEMY
20 – OXFORD, O2 ACADEMY
24 – DUNFERMLINE, ALHAMBRA THEATRE
25 – DUNDEE, FAT SAMS
26 – GLASGOW, BARROWLANDS
27 – GLASGOW, BARROWLANDS
HAPPY MONDAYS: Facebook
21 May 2021
Book: HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR
About: 24-party animal expert SHAUN RYDER
Out: 7 October 2021 via Allen & Unwin
Order info: info here.
Press info: “A true rock n roll legend with a past saturated in debauchery and excess,
the former frontman of Happy Mondays and Black Grape shares jaw-dropping stories of outrageous demands, narcotic overload, and brushes with organised crime in this wickedly entertaining guide to living the hedonistic rock star life. As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation.
A true rebel, who formed and led not one but two seminal bands, he’s had number
one albums, headlined Glastonbury, toured the world numerous times, taken every drug under the sun, been through rehab – and come out the other side as a national treasure.”
The man himself…
As a Happy Monday…
As a Black Grape…
With Gorillaz…
SHAUN RYDER: Facebook
Wanna become an E rock star? Shaun will you tell all about it…
if he still can remember it himself.
Top singles from the past…
31 December 2020
Of all classic crackers that celebrated a birthday this year, and were featured here,
Turn The Volume picked STEP ON by HAPPY MONDAYS, released 30 years ago
this year, as the cracking cracker of all 2020 crackers.
Why? This is the dance floor killer I moved to in mysterious ways
for years now and will do so tonight (New Year’s Eve).
It was actually a reworked version of 1971 hit He’s Gonna Step On You Again by
South-Africa born, Greek singer and songwriter John Kongos (listen/watch below)
Released: April 1990 – 30 years ago
Producer: Sound wizard Paul Oakenfold
Score: No 5 in the UK
Album: Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
Third LP, released 5 November 1990
Shaun Ryder about the track: “It was fluke. We thought, this is the last thing we need! They sent over a tape with lots of songs from the back catalogue of Elektra. So we stuck the tape on and Step On was either first or second on the tape. We said, right – that’ll do!”
OFFICIAL VIDEO
TOP OF THE POPS performance
(great moment: 3-minute mark when
Rowetta‘s voice fills the studio)
ORIGINAL
HAPPY MONDAYS: Facebook
27 November 2020
Band: HAPPY MONDAYS (Manchester)
Active: 1980–1993, 1999–2001, 2004–2010, 2012–present
Album: ‘PILLS ‘N’ THRILLS AND BELLYACHES’ – third LP
Released: 27 November 1990 – 30 years ago
BBC Music: “In the two years since ‘Bummed’, the Happy Mondays had embraced
dance culture. Every movement needs its high-water mark, and their third album,
‘Pills’n’Thrills And Bellyaches’ was Madchester’s Tewkesbury. Although The Stone Roses
debut is more retrospectively adored, ‘Pills’n’Thrills And Bellyaches’ at the time felt like
nothing you’d ever heard before; except it was absolutely everything you’d heard before; exceptionally undemanding chord structures; grinding beats; shambolic monotony – but
the dance nuances of producers Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne and the influence of E
as well as Shaun Ryder’s witty dystopian lyrics made the album a very serious work indeed. Music is the dope!”
Turn Up The Volume: The mother-rave-record of all Madchester-rave-records. The E album for all 24-hour party people. The acid-house album for all dance floors globally, then and now. The twisting my melons LP. Music is the dope! Oh yeah, addictive stuff.”
Singles/clips: Step On / Kinky Afro / Loose Fit
– STEP ON –
– KINKY AFRO –
– LOOSE FIT –
Full album…
.
HAPPY MONDAYS: Facebook
Still going strong – next year with James…
Top singles from the past…
8 October 2020
Band: Happy Mondays feat. glowing soul voice Rowetta
Active: 1980–1993, 1999–2001, 2004–2010, 2012–present
Single: Kinky Afro
B-side: Kinky Afro Live
Released: 8 October 1990 – 30 (!) years ago today
Score: A massive hit in America, reaching No 1 on
the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart and #5 in
home country England
Album: Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches – third LP
Yippee-ippee-ey-ey-ay-yey-yey
I had to crucify some brother today
And I don’t dig what you gotta say
So come on and say it
Come on and tell me twice
C’mon, Shaun…
HAPPY MONDAYS: Facebook – Discography
TURN UP THE VOLUME 