“When we came along in 1982, music was getting boring - like 1976 when punk hadn't happened. We wanted to be rock 'n' roll. We grew up with The Velvet Underground, the Stones and Mars bars and Marianne Faithfull and we knew we didn't want to be boring - and we weren't!”

English singer, songwriter, and television personality

Shaun Ryder is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in 1962, he came to prominence as the lead singer of Happy Mondays and became a central figure in the Madchester scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He later formed Black Grape with former Happy Mondays dancer Bez in 1993. Ryder is also known for his distinctive sprechgesang style and his lyrics, and he reached a wider television audience when he finished as runner-up on the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.