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Twisting My Melon by Shaun Ryder (Paperback, 2012)

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Author: Shaun Ryder ISBN 10: 0552165476.

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The raw, undiluted autobiography of a true rock star whose music and antics inspired a generation of 24-hour party people. Shaun Ryder has lived a life of glorious highs and desolate lows. As lead singer of the Happy Mondays, he turned Manchester into Madchester, combining all the excesses of a true rock'n'roll star with music and lyrics that led impresario Tony Wilson to describe him as 'the greatest poet since Yeats'. The young scally who left school at fifteen without ever learning his alphabet had come a very long way indeed. Huge chart success and a Glastonbury headline slot followed, plus numerous arrests and world tours - then Shaun's drug addiction reached its height, Factory Records was brought to its knees and the Mondays split. But was this the end for Shaun Ryder? Not by a long shot. Two years later he was back with new band Black Grape, and their groundbreaking debut album topped the charts in possibly the greatest comeback of all time. Even his continuing struggle with drugs did not stem the tide of critically acclaimed tracks and collaborations as he went on to prove his musical genius time and again. And then there was the jungle... Rock'n'roll legend, reality TV star, drug-dealer, poet, film star, heroin addict, son, brother, father, husband, foul-mouthed anthropologist and straight-talking survivor, Shaun Ryder has been a cultural icon and a 24-hour party person for a quarter of a century. Told in his own words, this is his story.

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PublisherTransWorld LTD

ISBN-139780552165471

eBay Product ID (ePID)114845392

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Book TitleTwisting My Melon

AuthorShaun Ryder

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

TopicMusic

Publication Year2012

GenreBiographies & True Stories

Number of Pages448 Pages

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Item Height198mm

Item Width127mm

Item Weight339g

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Title_AuthorShaun Ryder

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by daba-6115
11 Dec, 2021
Fab read
Great book and you learn a lot from it. My husband isn’t really a book reader but he read this too and It was enjoyable watching him laugh at some parts. If you are a fan it’s definitely worth a read if you haven’t already you won’t be disappointed.
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by dake-769168
17 Apr, 2023
Great title from a great songwriter.
I am a big Happy Mondays, Black Grape fan and I have a great admiration for rock and roll stars, who have lived the rock and roll lifestyle, and can still be one of the lads who you could happily have a pint with in the pub,there is no pretentious or diva behaviour with Shaun Ryder or Bez,which should act as a valuable lesson to lesser bands in today's charts.
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by getoverit10125
08 Nov, 2024
Great
A great read
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by malmat3
02 Aug, 2022
Entertaining and honest
Entertaining and honest.
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