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Me and Stacey as we came out of the jungle. I look spaced out, as if I’ve had an out-of-body experience.

 

Me and my Joanne signing the wedding register at the Court House in Worsley, March 2010.

 

Both of our families outside the Court House. They thought they were just coming for Lulu’s christening, then we sprang it on them that we were getting married.

 

My wife, Joanne, with Oliver who’s holding Pearl, Joseph, and Our Paul’s daughter, Amelia, holding Lulu.

 

Me and my old bloke Derek (Horseman) at my wedding.

 

Me and Joanne, back home after the jungle in January 2011.

 

Me and Tonn Piper, taking time out for a Guinness on tour, just before I went in to the jungle.

 

Tonn, backing singer Julie and me on the SWR tour at Shepherds Bush Empire, just after I came out of the jungle.
Picture Acknowledgements

All images courtesy of the author unless otherwise stated.

KC = Kevin Cummins; TS = Tom Sheehan; KA = Karin Albinsson.

SR and Bez, 1985, and Happy Mondays in Transit van all courtesy Stephen Parker.

Mondays on Staten Island courtesy TS

Melody Maker
photoshoot and SR with Bez both courtesy TS.

SR and Tony Wilson, and Horseman in Iceland both courtesy KC.

SR with Kit Kats courtesy KC.

SR and Bez at Glastonbury: Brian Rasic/Rex Features.

Thunderstorm in Rio, SR and Muzzer, SR with newspaper, all courtesy KC.

Bez, SR and Kermit, SR with gun, SR with Hacienda RIP, all courtesy TS.

SR and Paul courtesy KC.

SR and Kermit courtesy KA.

SR with Kermit, Sarah and Helen courtesy KA.

Happy Mondays group shot courtesy TS.

SR and Russell Watson courtesy Denis Jones/
Evening Standard
/Rex Features.

SR and Bez courtesy KA.

SR with Joanne courtesy David Fisher/Rex Features.

All
I’m A Celebrity
and
This Morning
images courtesy ITV/Rex Features except SR and Stacey Solomon at National Television Awards courtesy Yui Mok/PA Archive/Press Association Images.

All wedding images courtesy KA.

SR and Joanne in January 2011 courtesy
Manchester Evening News
.

SR and Tom Piper courtesy KA.

SR on SWR Tour courtesy KA.

INDEX
The page references in this index correspond to the printed edition from which this ebook was created. To find a specific word or phrase from the index, please use the search feature of your ebook reader.

‘A Big Day in the North’ 266

A Certain Ratio (ACR) 72, 79

acid-house scene 137–8
see also
E (ecstacy scene)

Adam and the Ants 163

Adventure Babies, The 236

Agony and the Ecstasy
(documentary) 319–20

Albarn, Damon 327

Allen, Keith 188–9, 288

Allen, Lily 35

Amateur Night in the Big Top
316

Ambrose High School 21

Amsterdam 112

Anderton, James 109, 200–1

Ant and Dec 337, 339

Askew, Warren 334, 335, 336, 341

Astbury, Ian 197

Astrella (Donovan’s daughter) 184, 243, 247, 305

Attar, Bachir 255

Avalon, Mickey 329

Avengers, The
290–1

Bailey Brothers 92, 98, 130–1, 132, 138, 174, 175

Baker, Arthur 56

‘Baldricks’ 111

Barbados 225–38

Barker, Eric 62, 101, 105

Barrett, Jeff 76, 133, 141

Beastie Boys 143

Beatles, The 207

Berry, Andrew 72

Bez (Mark Berry) 35–6, 64–5, 66–7, 79, 84, 88–9, 94–5, 100, 102–3, 120, 152, 167, 171, 176, 185, 188, 194–5, 196, 225, 227, 231, 262, 279–80, 304–5, 319, 327, 333, 334, 341

Big Audio Dynamite 240

Biggie 291

Biggs, Ronnie 213

Bishop, Richard 290

Black, Clive 248–9

Black Grape 74, 97, 166, 190, 196, 330, 334–5, 342

album reviews 273

Brat Award 281

deal with Kurfirst 258–9, 260, 261

European dates 277

formation of 257–60

getting rid of Nicholls as managers 285–6

Grape Tapes
video 294–5

Black Grape (
cont
.)

It’s Great When You’re Straight
album 238, 262, 263, 264–7, 268–70, 272, 273

leaving of by Bez 279–80

line-up 262, 274

name 267

singles 272, 273, 274, 278, 284, 288

splitting up of 294, 295–6

Stupid Stupid Stupid
album 200, 284, 293–5

Top of the Pops
appearances 273, 288

UK tours 274–5, 295

and United States 282, 283–4

videos 272

vision for 260–2, 278

Black Horse, The (Camden) 77

Boardwalk, The (Manchester) 71

‘Bob’s Your Uncle’ 202–3

Boon, Clint 110, 165

Booth, Tim 72, 208

Bowie, David 20, 40, 143

‘Boys Are Back in Town’ 307–8

Bradbury, Mark 99

Bradbury, Susan 65–6

‘Brain Dead’ 126–7

Branson, Richard 158

Brat Awards 281

Brazil 210–12

Bridewell Taxis 68

‘Bring a Friend’ 127

Britannia Hotel 135

Britons Protection, The 150

Britpop 273

Brookes, Felicia 313–14, 318, 319, 320–21

Brown, Ian 103–4, 160, 161, 210, 307

Brown, James 210

Bruggen, Tom 258

Bummed
(album) 73, 92, 115–16, 117–20, 123–4, 125–9, 133, 140, 149, 200

Burrell, Paul 334

Buzzcocks 39

Caldwell, Billy 209

Cale, John 81–2, 84, 119

Carroll, Annie (grandmother) 3, 5, 13

Carroll, Bernadette (cousin) 20

Carroll, Bill (grandfather) 5, 13–14, 26, 201

Carroll, Carmel (cousin) 20

Carroll, Cath (cousin) 236

Carroll, Gel (cousin) 19

Carroll, Joe (cousin) 20

Carroll, Mag (cousin) 19

Carroll, Mary (aunt) 13, 19

Carroll, Matt (cousin)13, 20, 30–31, 42, 43, 45, 60, 71, 128

Carroll, Pat (cousin) 13, 20, 71, 128

Carroll, Pete (cousin) 19

Carroll, Tom (uncle) 42

Celebrity Big Brother
325, 338

Central Station Design 71

Chapman, Mike 171

Chart Show, The
93

Chelsea Charter Clinic 238–9

Chinn, Nicky 171

Cities in the Park festival 218

City Road Inn 150

‘Clap Your Hands’ 158

Clarke, Vince 141, 224

Clash, The 92–3

‘Clowns’ 316

Coachella festival (Palm Springs) 328

Cole, Lloyd 61

Colourfield, The 73–4

Conjura de las Danzas, La 141

Cons, Paul 110

Cooder, Ry 328

Coogan, Steve 317

Cooper, Brin 29

Cope, Julian 78

Corbieres (Manchester) 69, 72

‘Country Song’ 125

‘Cowboy Dave’ 241

Creation Records 76

Cressa, Steve 62, 111, 134

Cult, The 197

Cumberland Suite (Belle Vue stadium) 72

Cummins, Kevin 98, 175, 214

Cunningham, Danny 317

Curtis, Ian 41, 52, 56, 66, 162

‘Cut ’Em Loose Bruce’ 229

Da Silva, Jon 116

Daily Sport
298, 300, 310

Davis, Paul 46–8, 51–2, 58, 91, 120, 125, 211, 234, 241, 247, 251, 252, 306

Davis, Si 38, 65

Day, Alan 44, 57

Day, Jane 224, 243

Day, Mark 44–5, 48, 50–1, 78, 82, 83, 88, 120, 124, 125, 224–5, 227, 243, 247, 251, 252, 306

Dean, James 169

‘Delightful’ 70

‘Dennis and Lois’ 202

Denver, Karl 128, 138

‘Desmond’ 90–1

‘Deviants’ 329

‘Do It Better’ 120, 127

Donnelly, Chris and Anthony 105, 307–8

Donovan 182–4, 201, 205–6, 254, 256, 269, 275

‘Donovan’ 201

Drew, Linzi 219

Driffield 121–2

Dry Bar (Manchester) 150–1, 119, 272

Dunn, John 326

E (ecstasy) scene 77, 100–11, 116, 123, 133, 137, 153, 154

East is East
15

Easterhouse 75

Eclair, Jenny 337

‘Egg, The’ 75

Elektra Records 168, 170, 171

EMI 248–9

‘Enery’ 86–7

‘England’s Irie’ 288

Erasmus, Alan 67, 118, 206, 260

Essex, David 20, 40

Evans, Chris 277, 281

Face, The
162

Factory Records 40, 56, 57, 66–7, 75, 82, 117, 129–30, 150, 193, 206, 218, 222, 235, 236–7, 248, 330–1

Farm, The 217

Farrell, Perry 216–17

‘Fat Lady Wrestlers’ 125–6

‘Fat Neck’ 284–5

Festival of the Tenth Summer 75

Fielding, Yvette 333

Fiennes, Ralph 290–1

51st State, The
291

Fletcher, Stuart 312

Foley 209

Forty Five
EP 70–1

Frantz, Chris 223–4, 225–6, 227, 228, 230, 235, 236

‘Freaky Dancin’ ’74–5

Free Trade Hall (Manchester) 178

Fugler, Bryan 332

Fun Boy Three 73

G-Mex (Manchester) 178–80

Gahan, Dave 288

Gainsbourg, Serge 266

Gallagher, Liam 269, 314–15

Gallagher, Noel 165, 269, 314–15

Gallagher, Peggy 314

Gallery, The (Manchester) 60

Gannon, Craig 257

‘Get Higher’ 74, 293

Ghosthunting with Happy Mondays
333

Gilbert, Gillian 56

Gillette, Bobby 169, 180

Gimme Shelter
(film) 126

Glastonbury 184–7, 312–13

‘God’s Cop’ 200–1

Goldberg, Danny 289

Gorillaz 185, 327

Graham, Billy 298

Granada 129–30, 152

Granada Reports
40

‘Grandbag’s Funeral’ 201

Grant, Eddy 230

Grant, Richard E. 333

Grant, Russell 87

Grape Tapes
video 294–5

Great British Music Weekend (Wembley Arena) 210

Gretton, Rob 67, 69

Gulf War 201

Guns ’n’ Roses 212

Haçienda, The (Manchester) 56, 57, 62, 72, 101, 104, 110, 116, 149, 150, 151, 153, 182, 316, 344

Hall, Terry 73, 73–4

‘Hallelujah’ 157–8

Hammond, Alison 338

Hannett, Martin 86, 117–19, 120–1, 158

Hannett, Wendy 118

Happy Mondays 2, 35

and acid-house scene 137–8
see also
E scene

album reviews 93, 244

American tours 94–9, 143–7, 187–90, 216

battle of the bands gig 57–8

Bez joins 66–7

Brazil trip 210–12

Bummed
album 73, 92, 115–16, 117–20, 124, 125–9, 133, 140, 149, 200

change in dynamics of after
Pills ’n’ Thrills
124–5

Chart Show
appearance 93

deal with Factory Records 66–7, 68

debut single (‘Delightful’) 70

disagreements and tensions between 83–4, 94, 167–8, 221, 223–5, 233, 250

E scene and influence of on music 102, 116, 117, 119–23, 127, 133, 137, 138, 158–9

early songwriting 50

European tours 135–7, 173–6

first gig 51

formation and original line-up 43–8

G-Mex gig 178–80

gigs 60–1, 66, 67, 72, 75, 76–8, 79, 133

at Glastonbury 184–7

Granada schools educational programme on 129–30

Madchester video compilation 146

managed by Phil Saxe 62–3

Match of the Day gig 217–18

meeting with EMI 248–9

Melody Maker
front cover 93–4

name, origin of 45

new manager appointed (McGough) 114–15

Pills ’n’ Thrills
album 92, 124, 192–205, 223, 236

and press 78, 164, 167, 205, 221

reforming of 92, 303–7, 308–10, 312–13, 326–8

Rock in Rio festival 210–15

singles and EPs 70–1, 74–5, 92, 130–1, 138, 157–9, 168–71

splitting up of 249–51, 252–3

Squirrel and G-Man
album 81–2, 84–92, 119

stage riots and fights 79–80, 135–6

struggling to make ends meet 99, 102

support The Colourfield tour 73–4

support New Order 69, 72–3

support Oasis on tour 314–15

Top of the Pops
appearances 51, 160–3, 166–7, 308

UK tours 159–60, 205–6, 247

videos 92–3, 98, 130–2, 138, 173, 174–5

Yes Please!
album 70, 93, 222–6, 237–8, 239, 240–1, 243–5

‘Harmony’ 204

Harper, Dave 76

Haslam, Dave 78, 187

Havers, Nigel 337

Heavenly Records 76

Hill, Andy 239

Hill, Henry 286

hip hop 199

‘Holiday’ 203–4

Holland, Jools 277

‘Holy Ghost’ 158

Hook, Peter 57, 72–3, 106, 116, 206, 317

Hooton, Peter 217

Hot Soup 290, 291

Houghton, Jayne 213, 218

Hucknall, Mick 75, 159

Hughes, Perry 312

Hull Adelphi 69

Hutchence, Michael 253–4, 289–90

i-D
magazine 111

Iceland/Icelanders 176–7

I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!
1–2, 336–9

‘In the Name of the Father’ 265–6, 274

Inca Babies 72

Inspiral Carpets 165–6

Intastella 259–60, 275–6

Isaacs, Gregory 19

It’s Great When You’re Straight … Yeah!
238, 262, 263, 264–7, 268–70, 272, 273

‘I’ve Been Lonely for So Long’ 294

Izzard, Eddie 290, 291

Jackson, Karen 71

Jackson, Michael 199–200

Jagger, Mick 270

James 71–2, 165

Jane’s Addiction 216–17

Jazz Defektors, The 71, 72

Jeff the Chef 109

Jobling, Keith 92, 131
see also
Bailey Brothers

Johnson, Donald 74, 132

Johnson, Trevor 156

Joly, Dom 160, 337, 339

Jones, Brian 255

Jordan, John 42, 43

Joy Division 40, 41, 56, 118

‘Judge Fudge’ 132

Jukebox Jury
207

Junior, Don 256

Kalima 72

Karl, Enid 256

Kelly, Ben 150

‘Kelly’s Heroes’ 248, 264–5, 278

Kennedy, Kevin 216

Kensit, Patsy 278

Kent, Nick 162

Kenyon, John 178, 179, 186

Kermit 29, 200, 239, 261, 262, 264, 276, 279, 291–3, 295

King, Jonathan 210

King, Marcel 74, 293

King, Zeus 74

‘Kinky Afro’ 198–9

Kitchen, The 106

Kongos, John 168, 170, 171

Konspiracy (Manchester) 151

Krasnow, Bob 171

‘Kuff Dam’ 84–5

Kurfirst, Gary 185, 197, 258–9, 260, 261, 264, 265, 266, 268, 282, 335

Lamarr, Mark 254

Lankford, Martin 42, 43

La’s, The 217

Later with Jools Holland
276–7

‘Lazyitis’ 91, 127–8, 138

Leach, Ben 306

Legends 130

Leighton, Claire 153

Leitch, Linda 255–6

Leitch, Oriole 247–8, 254, 255, 264, 271, 272, 275, 295

Letts, Don 272, 274

Leveridge, Paul
see
Kermit

Levine, Stewart 329

Levine, Sunny 316, 329, 329–30

Lillywhite, Steve 158

Lironi, Steve 264, 274

‘Little Bob’ 266–7

Livesey, Tony 298

Loaded
210

Lomax, Denise
see
Ryder, Denise

London Records 306, 307

‘Loose Fit’ 124, 198, 201

Lord-Alge, Tom 269

Lynch, Ged 257, 262, 274

Lynott, Phil 307

McCarthy, Carl (Psycho) 278, 279, 291–3, 295, 296

McCartney, Paul 207–8, 311

MacColl, Kirsty 158

Macer, Richard 319

McGough, Nathan 21, 114–15, 133, 155, 170, 208, 232, 238, 239, 249, 311

Machan, Si 136

McKay, Mike and Andy 310

McKeith, Gillian 337–8

McLaren, Malcolm 162

McNamara, Trish 155–6

McQueen, Steve 168–9

‘Mad Cyril’ 126

Mad Fuckers
(film) 132–3

Madchester
EP 158–9

Mallinder, Stephen 315

Man on the Edge
(documentary) 168–9

Man Made 291, 292, 294

Man Who Fell to Earth, The
40

Manchester Evening News
61, 131, 313–14

Manchester Evening News Arena 303, 309

Manchester United 13, 284

Mani 161

Manumission (Ibiza) 310

‘Marbles’ 294

Marr, Johnny 20, 72, 225, 254, 284

Marriott, Steve 20

Marsden, Gaz 302

Martin, Nicola 239

Martin, Tony 43

Match of the Day gig 217–18

Mather, Neil 242, 304, 308–9

McNamara, Trish 215, 216, 219, 233, 246–7, 282

Melody Maker
93–4

Michaeledes, Tony 130

Middles, Mick 61

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