Musically, the band fused indie pop guitars with a rhythmic style that owed much to house music, Krautrock, funk, and northern soul. In November of that year, Paul McCartney commented in NME: 'I saw the Happy Mondays on TV, and they reminded me of the Beatles in their 'Strawberry Fields' phase.' The band headlined the Friday night at Glastonbury Festival 1990. The line-up of the band during this first and most important ten-year phase never changed, and the six original members Shaun Ryder, Paul Ryder, Gary Whelan, Paul Davis, Mark Day, and Mark 'Bez' Berry remained a tight unit until the first incarnation came to an end in 1994. Numerous world tours meant the band had international success as well as massive success in their home country. īy the late 1980s, the Happy Mondays were an important part of the Manchester music scene and personified rave culture. Singles ' Step On' and ' Kinky Afro' from this album both reached number 5 in the UK singles chart. The latter, recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, went platinum in the UK, selling more than 350,000 copies. This was followed by two further albums: Bummed, in 1988, produced by Martin Hannett, and Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches, in 1990, produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne. Their first album, Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out), was released in 1987 and was produced by John Cale. It was released on Factory Records in September 1985. Their first release was the 'Forty Five EP', often called the 'Delightful EP' after its first track. The band were signed to Factory Records after passing a demo tape to Phil Saxe, a trader at Manchester Arndale who was on friendly terms with Mike Pickering, a DJ at the Haçienda nightclub. They disbanded in 1993, and have reformed several times in subsequent decades. They experienced their commercial peak with the releases Bummed (1988), Madchester Rave On (1989), and Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (1990), with the last going platinum in the UK. The group's work bridged the Manchester independent rock music of the 1980s and the emerging UK rave scene, drawing influence from funk, house, and psychedelia to pioneer the Madchester sound.

Rowetta joined the band as a vocalist in 1990. Mark 'Bez' Berry later joined the band onstage as a dancer/percussionist. The band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder (vocals), his brother Paul Ryder ( bass), Gary Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar). Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980.

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