Robb, John (2009). The North Will Rise Again: Manchester Music City 1976-1996. London: Aurum Press. p.261.

Monroe, Jazz (15 July 2022). "Happy Mondays Bassist Paul Ryder Dies at 58". Pitchfork . Retrieved 16 July 2022.It feels like the film equivalent of a Vonnegut novel. The fourth wall is constantly broken & the story is built around sizable chunks of truth, bits of legend, sci-fi, rumors, and just flat out lies. Interview: Paul Ryder on Life with the Happy Mondays" (Interview). Live4ever. Live4ever Ezine. 11 May 2011 . Retrieved 6 May 2012. Following a divorce in 1991 from his childhood sweetheart Alison, Ryder had a five-year relationship with Astrella Leitch, daughter of pop singer Donovan. His continuing drug addiction then led him to be sectioned, spending time in a Salford psychiatric unit. A fictionalised depiction of the band is featured in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, with Danny Cunningham as Shaun Ryder and Paul Popplewell as Paul Ryder. Paul Ryder himself had a cameo role in the film as a gangster and Rowetta appeared in the film as herself. [18] Third incarnation [ edit ]

Sperling, Daniel (30 January 2012). "Happy Mondays confirm reformation". Digital Spy . Retrieved 26 September 2022.

a b Naylor, Tim (March 2020). "Oops! ... I Did It Again". Record Collector. Archived from the original on 5 May 2020 . Retrieved 20 March 2020. a b "Derek Elley (28 March 2002). "24 Hour Party People". variety.com. Variety Media . Retrieved 31 May 2023. Paul Anthony Ryder was born in Salford, Lancashire, on 24 April 1964 to Linda (née Carroll), a nurse, and Derek Ryder, a postal worker, and brought up in the city’s suburb of Little Hulton.

Hour Party People," which tells the story of the Manchester music scene from the first Sex Pistols concert until the last bankruptcy, shines with a kind of inspired madness. It is based on fact, but Americans who don't know the facts will have no trouble identifying with the sublime posturing of its hero, a television personality named Tony Wilson, who takes himself seriously in a way that is utterly impossible to take seriously. Ryder appeared in the films The Ghosts of Oxford Street, Losing It, and 24 Hour Party People, where he played the part of a gangster. [8] Other projects [ edit ] Royal Shakespeare Company actor Paul Popplewell took the role of Paul Ryder, while the real bass guitarist had a cameo as a gangster.Howe, Jon. "Are You Man U, You? - When The Happy Mondays Played Leeds' Elland Road". Sabotage Times . Retrieved 11 August 2019. a b Harnell, Steve (August 2021). "Happy Mondays interview". Classic Pop. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021 . Retrieved 27 September 2021.

Verrico, Lisa (1998). High Life 'N' Low Down Dirty: The Thrills and Spills of Shaun Ryder. London: Ebury Press. ISBN 0-09-185419-9.

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Factory set Happy Mondays up in a Belsize Park house, with the band living in one room and electricians and builders living in the other rooms. [33] [34] Day was the only band member with a full-time job by this point, and could afford food; the others resorted to theft. [35] The first two days consisted of playing songs for Cale, who was impressed with Day's skills. [31] After the first week, they scrapped their efforts and began again. [36] Young was bewildered by the band's performances, saying that its members did not seem to know what they were playing much of the time. [37] Cale found it difficult to work with Ryder; [ which?] he liked his voice, but was unable to follow the lyrics. Ryder wrote them on pieces of scrap paper before discarding them, leaving Cale unable to see if they could be improved. Many of his vocals included ad-libs (making it difficult to re-do a specific line), and Ryder said that he had forgotten what he sang moments before. [38] Because I’m Shaun’s younger brother, he was always observing me up close. ‘I don’t have a decent bone in me’ could be Shaun singing about himself. He was up to a lot of bad things at that point.”