Happy Mondays

Happy Mondays
Formed: 1985 in Manchester, England
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Disbanded: 1992
Genre: Rock, Dance-Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, House, Alternative Dance, Madchester
Group Members: Paul Ryder, Shaun Ryder, Gary Whelan, Mark "Cow" Day, Bez, Paul Davis
Biography: Along with the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays were the leaders of the late-'80s/early-'90s dance club-influenced Manchester scene, experiencing a brief moment in the spotlight before collapsing in 1992. While the Stone Roses were based in '60s pop, adding only a slight hint of dance music, Happy Mondays ...Read full biography
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Released: 1990
Label: London
Critics' Rating:
At their peak, the Happy Mondays were hedonism in perpetual motion, a party with no beginning and no end, a party where Pills 'N' Thrills and Bellyaches was continually pumping. The apex of their career ...Read full review
Bummed
Released: 1988
Label: WEA/Rhino
Critics' Rating:
Only a year after the intermittently thrilling Squirrel and G-Man, Happy Mondays snapped into focus on its sophomore album, 1988's Bummed. "Focus" is an odd word for the persistently addled, violently ...Read full review
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