Twisting My Melon (45 page)
Authors: Shaun Ryder
Two school photographs of me and Our Paul from St Mark’s primary school, late 60s/early 70s.
Me and Our Paul on holiday in Jersey with our grandparents, Bill and Annie Carroll, early 70s.
Me, aged about thirteen, in my mam’s kitchen at Avon Close in my black trenchcoat and beige patchpockets with three-button waistband.
Me and Our Paul as Perry Boys, late 70s. This was taken in Our Paul’s bedroom in our house at Kent Close.
Aged sixteen. I was working as a post boy by this stage.
My dad on holiday in Cornwall, early 80s, showing off our band name across the windscreen of his Renault.
The first ever Happy Mondays picture, before Bez joined the band. From left to right: me, Gaz Whelan, Our Paul, Mark Day and Paul Davis, outside All Saints Primary school in Swinton, where we used to practise.
Me and Bez on one of the Mondays’ first trips to London in 1985.
Caught unawares at the end of a long trip to London in the back of a transit my dad had hired from Salford Van Hire. From left to right: Paul Davis, Bez, our press guy Dave Harper, me, our manager, Phil Saxe, Mark Day and Our Paul.
The Mondays on the Staten Island ferry, on our eventful first trip to New York. This picture was taken the morning after our gig, which is why we all look a bit knackered.
This was the photoshoot for
Melody Maker
in 1986. They actually used a shot of me and Bez with our hoods up on the cover.
Me and Tony Wilson pose in front of a Madchester poster outside the Factory offices, for the
NME
’s Madchester issue.
Me and Our Paul on holiday in Jersey with our grandparents, Bill and Annie Carroll, early 70s.
Me, aged about thirteen, in my mam’s kitchen at Avon Close in my black trenchcoat and beige patchpockets with three-button waistband.
Me and Our Paul as Perry Boys, late 70s. This was taken in Our Paul’s bedroom in our house at Kent Close.
Aged sixteen. I was working as a post boy by this stage.
My dad on holiday in Cornwall, early 80s, showing off our band name across the windscreen of his Renault.
The first ever Happy Mondays picture, before Bez joined the band. From left to right: me, Gaz Whelan, Our Paul, Mark Day and Paul Davis, outside All Saints Primary school in Swinton, where we used to practise.
Me and Bez on one of the Mondays’ first trips to London in 1985.
Caught unawares at the end of a long trip to London in the back of a transit my dad had hired from Salford Van Hire. From left to right: Paul Davis, Bez, our press guy Dave Harper, me, our manager, Phil Saxe, Mark Day and Our Paul.
The Mondays on the Staten Island ferry, on our eventful first trip to New York. This picture was taken the morning after our gig, which is why we all look a bit knackered.
This was the photoshoot forMelody Maker
in 1986. They actually used a shot of me and Bez with our hoods up on the cover.
Me and Tony Wilson pose in front of a Madchester poster outside the Factory offices, for theNME
’s Madchester issue.
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