Nostalgia: a spiritual sickness killing the punk generation and theembers of youth Dec 21, 2007
The beginning of this rewriting of the Post Punk period began in 2000 with Julian Temple's The Filth & The Fury, a documentary on the Sex Pistols, and continued in 2002 with Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People, the semi-fictionalised history of the Manchester music scene from punk and Joy Division to club culture and the Happy Mondays. Temple's film was a series of sentimental old men trying to tell the truth after a lifetime of myth making, an approach he used again in Joe Strummer: The... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The broken guitar string of British politics Dec 20, 2007
The Streets, Pete Doherty, Amy Winehouse and the Happy Mondays in charge of drugs reform. (Actually not a bad idea. (Guardian Unlimited)
Binge-Drinking Britons May Force Brown to Roll Back 24-Hour Pub Openings Dec 17, 2007
In the 1980's, Manchester's music scene produced bands such as New Order, The Happy Mondays and The Smiths, with the Hacienda Club serving as its unofficial headquarters. By the 1990's, the city's reputation led to the nickname ``Madchester,'' and the period was portrayed in the 2002 film ``24 Hour Party People. (Bloomberg)
Portrait memorial to Hacienda's Wilson Dec 2, 2007
Wilson co-founded Factory Records, signing the bands Joy Division, New Order, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and the Happy Mondays. Cummins became one of the main photographers of the Manchester punk scene in the late 1970s and was the chief photographer for NME for ten years. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Highs and lows Nov 17, 2007
My first remix: Happy Mondays - Hallelujah. "I went up to Manchester quite often, even before the Hacienda was built. Always liked it. The first Mondays song I heard was This Feeling, and I thought they were OK, not mind-blowing. But soon we were going to the same clubs as them, listening to the same music, taking the same drugs - and a year or so later, I'm in a studio with Paul Oakenfold, remixing Hallelujah. I was really scared! I'd never really been in a studio before, I didn't know how the... (Guardian Unlimited)
Manchester Music Makes the Scene Oct 17, 2007
Joy Division, New Order, the Sex Pistols, Happy Mondays, Oasis, Morrissey and the Smiths, Tony Wilson, Factory Records and the Hacienda Club are just a few of the names that have made music in Manchester famous ... A timeline stretches along the wall, noting the highlights of the Hacienda's history and the many famous bands who played there, from New Order, Boy George and Simple Minds in its opening year, to Madonna and the Pogues, to the Stone Roses, the Happy Mondays and other Madchester bands... (Suite101.com)
City honour for Tony Wilson Oct 11, 2007
He launched the iconic Manchester bands Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays. Mr Evans said: "Tony Wilson promoted Manchester, its arts, and its culture across the world. "He was a big supporter of numerous arts and charitable organisations across Greater Manchester and was, of course, the inspiration to a generation of young musicians who put Manchester centre stage in the world of music. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Tragic rocker Ian Curtis the subject of two new movies Oct 11, 2007
Both films take pains to trace Joy Division's ascent through the Manchester music scene that eventually birthed the Smiths, Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses. The first sparks came from a pair of now legendary Sex Pistols' gigs in the summer of 1976,which, according to lore, inspired nearly everyone in attendance to rush out and form a band. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Taking control Oct 4, 2007
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Rising from dead to relive old glories Oct 3, 2007
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Gwen Stefani @ MEN Arena Sep 25, 2007
Gwen Stefani @ M.E.N Arena - Live Reviews - Music - Entertainment - Manchester Evening News. FINALLY getting the acclaim their cult following in their heyday hinted at, the music and history of the Ramones is celebrated in a brand new DVD. for details. (Manchester Evening News)
Malleable Aesthetics Sep 16, 2007
The electro-dub envoy listens to the Velvet Underground, the Orb, Fela Kuti, Happy Mondays and De La Soul. In many ways, this is Beat Pharmacy's most mature album. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Factory Records chief's vision lives on Sep 16, 2007
Tony Wilson, the Factory Records boss who died last month at 57, was known principally as the man who nurtured the careers of Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays. But his legacy as a major regeneration champion was arguably as influential and will be confirmed tomorrow. (Guardian Unlimited -- Education)
Last night's TV Sep 6, 2007
In the test part, Whitaker, more accustomed to red carpets than Inspiral ones, thinks the Smiths album featuring the band outside the Salford Lads Club is called Stone Roses, and renames A Guy Called Gerald "a chap called Geraldine", but he does correctly identify the Happy Mondays, which is good, especially given who his new best mate is. Bez does well on the monarchy, but in the quick-fire general-knowledge round he thinks the 19th-century leader known as the "iron chancellor" is Margaret... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Mark Ravenhill Sep 3, 2007
The Happy Mondays had burned themselves out and the Libertines hadn't arrived. Courtney Love started turning up at movie premieres wearing the same Valentino gown and using the same make-up and hair stylist as every other starlet in LA. If the woman who had slept with the great Kurt Cobain was cleaning up her act what hope was there for rock as rebellion. (Guardian Unlimited)
* There's a party in their pants Aug 31, 2007
Dizzy said he channels the Happy Mondays when he dances. "We're trance metal," Hsiao Yao said, inventing a new genre as he tried to define his band's music in a few words. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Tony Wilson funeral held in Manchester Aug 23, 2007
Among those paying tribute to the the church to pay their final respects to the Factory Records founder were signings Shaun Ryder from the Happy Mondays, and Peter Hook of New Order and Joy Division. Peter Saville, co-founder of the label, and Richard Madeley, who worked with him in television, gave readings during the mass. (Digital Spy)
A rock'n'roll goodbye Aug 22, 2007
Tony, who put Manchester on the world map with the famous Hacienda club and Factory Records which spawned bands like Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays was buried at Southern Cemetery after an emotional service at the Hidden Gem Church in the city centre. The guest list at his funeral service read like a whos who of Manchester celebrities with former TV colleagues like Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan, Bob Greaves and Lucy Meacock from Granada, rubbing shoulders with music... (Manchester Evening News)
Funeral for music mogul Wilson Aug 21, 2007
" Peter Hook and Stephen Morris - two members of first Factory signing Joy Division, and later incarnation, New Order - also attended along with Happy Mondays front man, Shaun Ryder. Mr Wilson, dubbed Mr Manchester, passed away after a suspected heart attack on 10 August, surrounded by his family. Members of the public were asked to send flowers or make a donation to the Christie Hospital after his family requested that they be allowed to grieve privately. Many of Mr Wilson's former colleagues... (BBC News -- UK)
The party's over: city bids farewell to Wilson Aug 21, 2007
They included the Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder and New Order and Joy Division bassist Peter Hook, whose bands were key to the Factory Records success story. Peter Saville, who co-founded the iconic record label with Wilson, gave a reading during the mass. (Independent)
Star Wars actors named film couple with least chemistry Aug 21, 2007
Figures from the British music and TV worlds gathered at a church in downtown Manchester to bid farewell to music mogul Anthony Wilson, the man behind Happy Mondays and New Order ... Figures from the British music and TV worlds gathered at a church in downtown Manchester to bid farewell to music mogul Anthony Wilson, the man behind Happy Mondays and New Order. (CBC.ca)
Soundtrack of a generation plays out final farewell to Mr Manchester Aug 21, 2007
And because this Anthony H Wilson had been one of the most influential music industry figures of our time, there was a suitably eclectic soundtrack: Atmosphere by Joy Division and New Order's first single, Ceremony; Bob's Yer Uncle by the Happy Mondays; He Who Would Valiant Be by John Bunyan; and Hail Queen of Heaven, a traditional hymn Wilson would have sung often in his Catholic boyhood ... Then some of the figures for ever associated with Wilson, Factory Records and the Manchester scene... (Guardian Unlimited)
Steve Coogan: Why Tony Wilson will never leave me Aug 21, 2007
The Happy Mondays' Hallelujah is playing and although I am speaking, they are Tony's words talking about the city he loved ... The real New Order, the actors playing New Order, The Happy Mondays, the actors playing them, Dave Haslam, Mike Pickering. (Guardian Unlimited)
Donations follow Wilson's death Aug 18, 2007
Wilson founded Factory Records, the label which launched New Order and the Happy Mondays, and set up the city's famous Hacienda nightclub. A spokesman for the hospital at Withington, said: "Everyone at the Christie is genuinely touched that members of the public are choosing to leave money in this generous and very spontaneous way. "We have already had numerous donations from people who knew and loved him. (BBC News)
Brit Bummers: Winehouse, Allen Scrap Dates... Aug 18, 2007
Happy Mondays will now move up the V Festival's bill to fill Winehouse's slot on the Channel 4 stage. She is still due to play the Toronto leg of the festival next month. (Billboard.com)
Winehouse cancels V Festival gig Aug 18, 2007
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Farewell to Mr Manchester Aug 17, 2007
Yesterday Kevin Cummins, the original photographer of Joy Division whose brief was never to picture the band s leader, Ian Curtis, smiling described Wilson, the founder of the Ha;ienda nightclub and Factory Records label through which he championed iconic bands such as New Order and the Happy Mondays, as the catalyst for everything that happened in Manchester music ... Shaun Ryder, the lead singer of the Happy Mondays, has said he is f****** gutted by Wilson s death. (Times Online)
Wilson Funeral Set For Monday In Manchester... Aug 16, 2007
The impresario is best remembered as the flamboyant music executive who established the post-punk Factory Records label in Manchester, and signed to it the influential bands Joy Division (which later became New Order) and Happy Mondays. In the early 1980s, Wilson branched out into live music when he helped launch the infamous Hacienda nightclub in Manchester. (Billboard.com)
Factory Records founder dies at 57 Aug 15, 2007
Helped launch careers of Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays ... Wilson promoted a host of influential musicians from his native city of Manchester in northern England, including Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Tony Wilson's legacy raves on Aug 14, 2007
Signing iconic bands like Joy Division - and later New Order - and the Happy Mondays placed Tony Wilson at the heart of the Manchester music scene which exploded in the late eighties. He was also behind the Sex Pistols' first TV appearance and he put the Stone Roses on stage at the Hacienda nightclub. (Channel 4 News)
Manchester owes you one Aug 14, 2007
A poster for the film 24 Hour Party People carried three photographs, with three words beneath: Ian Curtis of Joy Division was described as a "Genius"; Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays as a "Poet"; and Tony Wilson as a "Prat". As everyone in Manchester knew, the real term was "Twat", as in: "Wilson, you twat." Whenever he appeared on the street or at concerts - often filming Factory artists with his own video cameras - everyone he passed would shout this at him. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
The man who made Madchester Aug 14, 2007
By signing with a contract on the back of his hand - bands such as Happy Mondays, Joy Division and New Order, he inspired a new musical era and all that went with it ... Beneath an image of Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays was the accolade Poet ... It was a tribute to his popularity that Wilson s showbusiness friends, including members of Happy Mondays, a band notorious for their drug abuse, raised the 3,500 a month he needed for the treatment. (Times Online)
Tony Wilson dies, aged 57 Aug 14, 2007
He began his showbiz career in television but went on to bring bands including Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays to fame. He also launched the Hacienda nightclub and his famous character was immortalised by Steve Coogan in 24 Hour Party People. (Digital Spy)
Music's over for the king of the party people Aug 14, 2007
Factory's Happy Mondays bound the exotic dance rhythms with a groggy Lancastrian verse, and the movement known as "madchester" was born ... 1985: Tony Wilson's new discovery, the Happy Mondays, release their first EP on Factory ... 1992: The Happy Mondays and New Order spend large sums making albums. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Tony Wilson, music mogul Aug 13, 2007
Mr. Wilson promoted a host of influential musicians from his native city of Manchester in northern England, including Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays. He died from complications of kidney cancer, Christie Hospital said. (Boston Globe)
* PLANET POP Aug 13, 2007
The manager of Manchester bands Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, has died, UK media has reported ... During the 1980s he was at the heart of the Manchester pop music scene dubbed "Madchester," as a result of his involvement in Factory Records, which produced bands such as Joy Division and Happy Mondays, and the Hacienda nightclub. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Canadian poet Margaret Avison dies at 89 Aug 13, 2007
Canadian poet Margaret Avison, described as "one of the great religious poets" of the 20th century, has died at age 89. Avison died last week in Toronto. (CBC News)
He put Manchester on the map Aug 12, 2007
Beneath an image of the Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder was the accolade "Poet" ... Most crucially, the Happy Mondays failed to provide a follow-up to the successful Pills `n' Thrills & Bellyaches album in time to plug the gap in Factory's finances. (Manchester Evening News)
Universal offers DRM-free music downloads Aug 12, 2007
Anthony Wilson, the Manchester music impresario behind bands such as New Order and Happy Mondays, has died from a heart attack at the age of 57 ... Anthony Wilson, the Manchester music impresario behind bands such as New Order and Happy Mondays, has died from a heart attack at the age of 57. (CBC Nova Scotia)
Tributes paid to 'Mr Manchester' Aug 12, 2007
The founder of Factory Records, the label which launched New Order and the Happy Mondays, died of cancer on Friday at the age of 57 ... " Paul Ryder, brother of Sean and the bassist of the Happy Mondays, shared his memories of Wilson. "I was seventeen years old and I first met him, and I was a bit nervous. (BBC News -- UK)
Public health warning over Oshawa body art shop Aug 12, 2007
Anthony Wilson, the Manchester music impresario behind bands such as New Order and Happy Mondays, has died from a heart attack at the age of 57. Ai WeiWei, the artist who designed the Beijing's 'bird's nest' Olympic stadium, says he wants no part in promoting or participating in the Games. (CBC News)
Ailing Argos turn to Rocky Butler Aug 12, 2007
With Damon Allen and Michael Bishop out with injuries, the Toronto Argonauts are hoping Rocky Butler can fill the void at quarterback. Allen was placed on the long-term injured list Thursday, putting the veteran's CFL future in doubt. (CBC News)
British music mogul Tony Wilson dies Aug 12, 2007
Wilson promoted a host of influential musicians from his native city of Manchester in northern England, including Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays. He died from complications of kidney cancer, the city's Christie Hospital said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Mr Manchester' Tony Wilson Dies Aug 11, 2007
Mr Wilson, who set up the Factory Records label and the Hacienda Club, was associated with groups like New Order and the Happy Mondays. He was also a reporter and presenter on TV and radio in the Manchester area. (Sky News)
Joy Division/New Order Manager Wilson Dies... Aug 11, 2007
Tony Wilson, who managed U.K. rock bands Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, has died. The Manchester Evening News reported that the 57-year-old, who also co-founded Factory Records and the legendary Hacienda nightclub, died tonight (Aug. (Billboard.com)
King of 'Madchester' music scene dies Aug 11, 2007
The Salford-born journalist brought bands including Joy Division, New Order, the Happy Mondays and James to a wider audience ... Members of the Happy Mondays and other acts he had supported helped pay for the treatment ... The success of the Happy Mondays and New Order should have safeguarded Factory's future. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Flamboyant, infuriating and a truly great man Aug 11, 2007
Factory became the great Manchester label; it had Joy Division and Happy Mondays - but mostly it celebrated provocative northern imagination. He was convinced I was the writer to chronicle the changes he knew would happen; he wanted me where he could see me. (Guardian Unlimited)
Making tracks Aug 5, 2007
The club had nurtured artists such as New Order and Happy Mondays, and DJs who defined an era, and the eventual arrival of bulldozers sparked a relic-collecting frenzy, as former patrons made off with bricks, signs, bits of wood - anything to remember the place by. I haven't been back since and can't believe how profoundly it has changed. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Rockers queue up to help out Manchester music legend Jul 15, 2007
The Factory Records boss, who famously discovered Joy Division and Happy Mondays, is taking controversial new drug Sutent after chemotherapy failed to beat the cancer diagnosed last year ... Nathan McGough, former manager of Happy Mondays, set up a fund teamed up with Elliott Rashman, the Mondays' present manager, after they heard of Wilson's plight, and quickly collected enough money to fund his treatment for the next five months. (Launch Yahoo)
Bands buy cancer drug for impresario Jul 12, 2007
The Happy Mondays and other acts championed by the Manchester music impresario Anthony Wilson are paying for his cancer treatment after the NHS turned down his request for a 3,500-a-month drug ... Unable to afford the drug, Mr Wilson is now reliant on a fund set up by a friend and former manager of the Happy Mondays Nathan McGough, and Elliot Rashman, the group's present manager. (Independent)
Young guns and old punks bring sunshine Jul 11, 2007
Especially when you've got a band like Reverend and the Makers a couple of tents away, whose set was a working demonstration of how you can channel a long list of other bands - Happy Mondays, Oasis and Stereo MCs among others - but do it with such attitude that you create something new and exciting. Or Kate Nash, who laid to rest any remaining accusations that she's a Lily Allen clone. (Scotsman)
Manchester Artists United Jul 4, 2007
Hometown band The Happy Mondays will play the Manchester International Festival ... In addition, the inclusion of native band the Happy Mondays heralds a nostalgic throwback to the city's famous music scene of yore dubbed "Madchester" on account of fans' excessive drug use which produced such precocious talent as Joy Division, the Smiths and Oasis. (Time.com)
Gest of honour Jun 20, 2007
Happy Mondays legend Bez was at the bash with wife-to-be Monica, and rumour has it that like Mr Gest, they may be getting their very own cameo in a hit TV show. For I hear that producers of Manchester-set Shameless were pleased to hear that the couple are fans of the show - and are looking at whether any roles would suit the pair in the future. (Manchester Evening News)
The playlist Jun 19, 2007
Lazyitis, Happy Mondays, from the album Bummer Typical of the Mondays, Lazyitis has a wonderful, ramshackle groove and then, of course, there's Shaun Ryder's voice. Much copied, never matched. (Guardian Unlimited)
Happy Mondays cancels NY concerts Jun 12, 2007
June 11, 2007, 1:19 PM EDT Happy Mondays have canceled their New York concerts this week due to "temporary visa issues," according to a press release ... It's the second time this year that Happy Mondays have been stymied by the visa process ... The Nokia Theatre shows were to be part of a music conference called In The City of New York, spearheaded by Tony Wilson, who signed the Manchester-based Happy Mondays to his label Factory Records in the 1980s. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Edinburgh Fringe line-up revealed Jun 8, 2007
A host of new awards will recognise the best up-and-coming acts at the festival, now in its 61st year, while 90s favourites The Happy Mondays and James will provide the music. Teenage Kicks. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Edinburgh's Fringe lines up 1990s nostalgia Jun 8, 2007
Among the musical highlights are performances from reformed Madchester staples Happy Mondays and James, while Frank Skinner and Sean Hughes are among the top comic turns. But there will be a strong emphasis on fresh talent with the introduction of seven new awards at the festival, including a new comedy prize backed by the Al Gore-founded digital channel Current TV.. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Hair Metal Guitar Hero - Tracklist of Shame May 11, 2007
Other than The Smiths, REM, The Cure, New Order and The Happy Mondays of course. But thats a different argument. (Spong)
The immaculate punk May 10, 2007
The range of interviewees is startling: The Future Is Unwritten is presumably the first documentary in history to solicit the opinions both of Martin Scorsese and Bez from the Happy Mondays, with Clash bassist Paul Simonon the only puzzling absence. It's packed with striking moments: some startling footage of life in the west London squats where Strummer formed his first band, the 101ers; Temple's own film of the Clash's first recording session; clips of an aimless post-Clash Strummer appearing... (Guardian Unlimited)
13 year on - Oasis top anthems poll May 5, 2007
Also, surely the exclusion of New Order and The Happy Mondays requires explanation. New Order in particular possess a back catalogue of rare depth, while their influence is undimmed. (Manchester Evening News)
Coachella: Highlights and lowlights May 2, 2007
Despite scorching 100-plus-degree heat, more than 180,000 people from around the world attended the festival, which brought together long-dormant Rage Against the Machine, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Happy Mondays and Crowded House for performances. But it was hardly a nostalgic affair, as political overtones ran through a number of sets, and new bands such as Sweden's Peter, Bjorn and John, and Puerto Rico's Yeva established themselves as newcomers to be reckoned with. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Dispatch from Coachella's Global Village May 2, 2007
I can only imagine how much more insane it will get when Rage takes the stage -- and after Happy Mondays, Air, Manu Chao and a sermon from that great American troubadour, Willie Nelson, all take place. Unbelievable, just unbelievable -- but believe me, the mere prospect of Day 3 is already taking a toll on us all. (OCRegister)
Rebel rock rules May 1, 2007
They were probably with my wife and a few thousand others who could easily get to the front row of any other tent or stage to see Damien Rice or Amos Lee or the Lemonheads or VNV Nation or even dance-rock and rave forebears Happy Mondays. Anybody who came on within two hours of Rage encountered massive audience shrinkage, as wave upon wave of people staked out spots at the main stage. (Orange County Register)
Crowds Rock Coachella 2007 May 1, 2007
Lilly Allen, the Arctic Monkeys, The Good The Bad and The Queen, Gotan Project, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and Happy Mondays. All of them put on great shows. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Rage Against the Machine reunites May 1, 2007
Other acts appearing over the weekend included versatile rap group The Roots, dance-rock band LCD Soundsystem, English alternative rockers Happy Mondays, Scottish indie band Travis, French-Spanish singer Manu Chao, French electronica duo Air and English singers Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. Next Story. (Stuff.co.nz)
