Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"Kinky Afro" is a single by the English alternative rock band Happy Mondays, produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne. It was the second single from the band's third studio album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches on 8 October 1990. The song's chorus paraphrases the Labelle song "Lady Marmalade".
The Happy Mondays version incorporates a short sample of three guitar notes from the original. [20] "Step On" became Happy Mondays' biggest-selling single, peaking at No. 5 in the UK and No. 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The lyric "you're twisting my melon, man" was used for singer Shaun Ryder's autobiography Twisting My Melon. [21]
Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The original line-up consisted of brothers Shaun Ryder (vocals) and Paul Ryder ( bass ), Gaz Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar).
"Tart Tart" is a 1987 single by the English rock band Happy Mondays. It was the first single to be released from their debut studio album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) in March 1987. The B-side, "Little Matchstick Owen's Rap" was voiced by the audio engineer, Mike Bleach. [1]
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches is the third studio album by the English rock band Happy Mondays, released on 5 November 1990 by Factory Records. Disc jockey (DJ) Paul Oakenfold and collaborator Steve Osborne were previously enlisted by the band for remixes.
[10] [11] Saxe met Mike Pickering, who was working in A&R for Factory Records, and told him about Happy Mondays. Factory founder Tony Wilson and directors Rob Gretton and Alan Erasmus saw the band at the Haçienda, and were impressed. [12] Happy Mondays released their debut EP, Forty Five EP (produced by Pickering), on Factory in September 1985 ...
Happy Mondays played three UK shows in May 1989. [71] Ryder and Bez flew to New York City, spending two days there drumming up publicity for a forthcoming tour. [96] Happy Mondays appeared on the final episode of The Other Side of Midnight, where they performed "Mad Cyril" (changing the lyrics to reference Wilson) and "Wrote for Luck". [97]
Yes Please! is the fourth studio album by British rock band Happy Mondays, released on 22 September 1992 through Factory Records.Following the non-album single "Judge Fudge", Factory allotted the band a budget of £150,000 for their next album.