This'll be great - Mr. C., The Fonz, Potsie...

... and they might be doing a show with the reunited Stone Roses?

THAT'S AWESOME!

Klippoklondike: Were they popular here in the States? This is the first I've heard of them

Google "Madchester" and "Factory Records".

Klippoklondike: Were they popular here in the States? This is the first I've heard of them

Yes (somewhat popular). I still love them. Well, their old stuff

The fact that Shaun Ryder isn't dead is a personal victory of sorts.

How on earth are all seven of these people still alive? Put "24 Hour Party People" on your Netflix queue if you are unfamiliar with this drug-addled bunch of lunatics. They made 1967-era Grateful Dead look like a ladies' tea society meeting.

carmody: How on earth are all seven of these people still alive? Put "24 Hour Party People" on your Netflix queue if you are unfamiliar with this drug-addled bunch of lunatics. They made 1967-era Grateful Dead look like a ladies' tea society meeting.

I'm quite surprised as well. Though I knew Ryder was still alive because of his work with Gorillaz.

For those of you who haven't heard of them, I think this was their biggest hit in the states:

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Teen Wolf Blitzer: [thereadersreview.org image 300x196]

MorePeasPlease: The fact that Shaun Ryder isn't dead is a personal victory of sorts.

Amazing really.

SharkTrager: MorePeasPlease: The fact that Shaun Ryder isn't dead is a personal victory of sorts.

Amazing really.

thrice'd.

It's over there ... somewhere.

But it SUCKS.

I listened to clips of their albums on amazon.
STONE ROSES were WAY better.

(on their first album at least...)

Kraftwerk Orange: ... and they might be doing a show with the reunited Stone Roses?

THAT'S AWESOME!



Throw in the KLF and I might have to take a summer off of work.

MorePeasPlease: The fact that Shaun Ryder isn't dead is a personal victory of sorts.

Yeah, I'm surprised, too. The guy looked so haggard the last time I saw/heard of him I just assumed that he Winehoused himself years ago.

Great news, because I was far too uncool for them the first time round.

Although this may spark a revival of wankers going around trying to put on a "madchester" accent in a desperate attempt to be cool.

Would love to see a Happy Mondays/Stone Roses tour


/Twistin' my melon, man

Third_Uncle_Eno: I listened to clips of their albums on amazon.
STONE ROSES were WAY better.

(on their first album at least...)

try a few more times - they are slightly, but significantly, different than any other band. they might grow on you. Bummed, Pills n Thrills, and part of the debut are great. Also, don't you want to give another chance to the best idiot-genius of music?

Some people just don't like them. But when I listened to them these days, I still love it. Stone Roses, eh, they didn't hold up to decades of listening.

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fusillade762: carmody:

For those of you who haven't heard of them, I think this was their biggest hit in the states:

Step On (new window)

That song was also a cover. Here's the original.

Never heard of them.

Rather see Bolt Thrower.

No, you don't think I'm cool. Get farked.

SavageWombat: It's over there

You mean, "It's over DARE", right?

/only know Shaun Ryder because of Gorillaz
//no need to break it to me gently, I know I'm not cool

They wanna be adored.

Get ready for an Ecstasy shortage.

No Catchy Nickname: Great news, because I was far too uncool for them the first time round.

Although this may spark a revival of wankers going around trying to put on a "madchester" accent in a desperate attempt to be cool.

Oasis only split in 2009, so it's more of a pause than a revival.

resumption*

Twistin' my melon, man

Twistin' my melon, man

Twistin' my melon, man
Twistin' my melon, man

Twistin' my melon, man!

bobs yer uncle.

Black Grape album It's Great when You're Straight...Yeah was a much better album than Pills, Thrills, and Belly Aches.

SavageWombat: It's over there ... somewhere.

But it SUCKS.

you sound like a real Doors fan...


_{/You know who told me?
//Jim Farkin' Morrison, that's who!!}

This Charming Man: They wanna be adored.

sees what you did there!


./They wanted a reunion and they got a reunion, and heaven knows they're miserable now

Shaun looks like shiate in the pic accompanying the article. By comparison, Bez look positively healthy.

Kraftwerk Orange: ... and they might be doing a show with the reunited Stone Roses?

THAT'S AWESOME!

Uh, you've heard how terrible Ian Brown is singing live, haven't you? His voice was gone a long time ago.

Hah, Stone Roses ... "The NEW Beatles!"

jangle drone done drone jangle drone drone reverb.

Jeremy: Then sometimes I like to just cool it on stage with maracas
Some Guy: Ah, like Bez
Jeremy: No, nothing like farking Bez

sephjnr: No Catchy Nickname: Great news, because I was far too uncool for them the first time round.

Although this may spark a revival of wankers going around trying to put on a "madchester" accent in a desperate attempt to be cool.

Oasis only split in 2009, so it's more of a pause than a revival.

Did you just suggest that Oasis belong to Madchester?

Porous Horace: Jeremy: Then sometimes I like to just cool it on stage with maracas
Some Guy: Ah, like Bez
Jeremy: No, nothing like farking Bez

Bez was the only part of that concert (1989, Madison WI) worth watching. Shaun sat on a stool the whole show and stared at the floor while mumbling lyrics. The whole show. It was a wonderful compare/contrast of the effects of heroin v. ecstasy. I'll stick to the E, at least while in public, on a stage, being watched by people who paid for the privilege. Otherwise all bets are off.

Third_Uncle_Eno: I listened to clips of their albums on amazon.
STONE ROSES were WAY better.

(on their first album at least...)

Stone Roses are definitely my favorite from that period, and yeah, their first album is far superior to their second. 2nd favorite: The Charlatans. Love that organ. Too bad about their organist. :/

LewDux: sephjnr: No Catchy Nickname: Great news, because I was far too uncool for them the first time round.

Although this may spark a revival of wankers going around trying to put on a "madchester" accent in a desperate attempt to be cool.

Oasis only split in 2009, so it's more of a pause than a revival.

Did you just suggest that Oasis belong to Madchester?

Are you suggesting they don't? Oasis wouldn't have happened without Madchester... that's where they started.

Kraftwerk Orange: LewDux: sephjnr: No Catchy Nickname: Great news, because I was far too uncool for them the first time round.

Although this may spark a revival of wankers going around trying to put on a "madchester" accent in a desperate attempt to be cool.

Oasis only split in 2009, so it's more of a pause than a revival.

Did you just suggest that Oasis belong to Madchester?

Are you suggesting they don't? Oasis wouldn't have happened without Madchester... that's where they started.

We are talking about MaDchaster, right?

konigsforst
Third_Uncle_Eno: I listened to clips of their albums on amazon.
STONE ROSES were WAY better.

(on their first album at least...)

try a few more times - they are slightly, but significantly, different than any other band. they might grow on you. Bummed, Pills n Thrills, and part of the debut are great. Also, don't you want to give another chance to the best idiot-genius of music?

yes sir! thank yee.

lol "idiot-genius".
imma have to think of a list of others....

LewDux: Kraftwerk Orange: LewDux: sephjnr: No Catchy Nickname: Great news, because I was far too uncool for them the first time round.

Although this may spark a revival of wankers going around trying to put on a "madchester" accent in a desperate attempt to be cool.

Oasis only split in 2009, so it's more of a pause than a revival.

Did you just suggest that Oasis belong to Madchester?

Are you suggesting they don't? Oasis wouldn't have happened without Madchester... that's where they started.

We are talking about MaDchaster, right?

I was inferring the aforementioned wankers using a template to justify their 'madferrit' tripe, not that the Gallaghers belonged to the Hacienda era.

carmody: How on earth are all seven of these people still alive? Put "24 Hour Party People" on your Netflix queue if you are unfamiliar with this drug-addled bunch of lunatics. They made 1967-era Grateful Dead look like a ladies' tea society meeting.

Watched that movie because I like Joy Division (and I'm old enough to remember them //get off my lawn) but the best part was seeing Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett. From all accounts, he nailed that performance.

//overproduced by Martin Hannett, take four