What kinda effect would you say putting the exhibition has had on Maria, and is it something you think she might want to do again, in some form?

In the meantime, the members of the band had taken advantage of their fame and fortune, living lives of decadence and excess. Lead singer Shaun Ryder, in particular, was notorious for his Caligula-esque antics, such as hosting four-day parties featuring sex shows and dwarfs. Meanwhile, he took so many drugs he made the Gallagher brothers look like teetotalers.

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We’ve just seen your amazing exhibition at salford gallery and were blown away by the art work we particularly like the cat with big ears, the tulips and the kids doing stuff and animals!!! Having always been fans of the Monday’s and the accompanying art work we were chuffed to find ourselves in Manchester this weekend when we read the article in the guardian.” She especially shines on second single “Sunshine and Love,” which otherwise sounds like a bad Duran Duran rip-off and even contains these self-referential lines: “Ooh, we’d like to take credit for this/ We’d love to thank ourselves for this.” No idea if they were being ironic or sarcastic (it was the 90’s after all). But it does make you wonder whether they knew this album was going to bad — and if they even cared at that point. If you watch an MTV News feature from that time, it certainly looks like they don’t. Despite relationships between Happy Mondays members straining, Ryder told McGough they had written enough material for another album. [16] The band and Factory Records wanted to enlist Oakenfold and Osborne for their next album, but the pair was fully booked until June 1992 at the earliest. [17] Concerned that they could not wait that long, McGough and Wilson decided to look for other producers. [18] Paul Ryder was listening to Conscious Party (1988) by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, learning that it was produced by Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, and thought they would be ideal producers for Happy Mondays' next album. [19] Around the same time, the band had a new booking agent, Ian Flooks, who also worked with Frantz and Weymouth. When Flooks caught wind that the band were looking for producers, he suggested the pair. [20] This is also the ‘first’ collaborationExhibition held in the history of art between a (so called) established Artist and a person with Downs syndrome – so we are proud of that fact. We were wondering if u were thinking of reproducing any of your work as we would love to have some for our home not only because we love your pieces but as a constant reminder and inspiration for us as a family. You see we have 3 wonderful little boys and 2 of those little boys are Otis and Eli who are twins and who also have downs.”

Yes Please! followed in 1992, produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, recorded at Eddy Grant's studio in Barbados. [13] The album was a commercial failure that bankrupted Factory Records. [14] Second incarnation [ edit ] Happy Mondays toured the US and Canada with The Psychedelic Furs in late 2009 with Paul Ryder's son and Shaun Ryder's nephew Jake Ryder filling in for Gaz Whelan on drums. [24]

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And I’ve just asked Maria and her favourite is ‘Beach Fish Boat’ (below), Mariasays –‘More Stand Out’ Why were the Mondays going to Barbados? According to The Mirror, it was because the island nation was a heroin-free zone at the time and the label spent big money to send the band there, hoping it would force addicts Shaun Ryder and brother and bassist Paul to dry up. Wills, Dominic; Sheehan, Tom (1999). The Charlatans: The Authorised History. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0194-5.