Twisting My Melon (49 page)

Midland Hotel 179–80

Molly’s Idle Ways
298, 306

Moore, Daisy 337

Moran, Simon 178, 302–3, 305, 306

Morgan, Piers 164, 205, 210, 213, 267

Murray, Antony (Muzzer) 68, 101, 134, 135–6, 141, 148, 155, 175, 177–8, 187, 189–90, 209, 215, 216–7, 251, 290, 292, 295–6

Nelson Brothers 207

New Music Seminar 187

New Order 56–7, 67, 69, 72, 75

Newman, Danny 326

News of the World
219, 219–21

Nicholl, Gloria and Nik 240, 261, 285–7, 301, 309, 319, 332

Nico 57

Nightingale, Alex 148

Nightingale, Annie 181

‘1987’ 316

NME
158–9, 164, 175, 184–5, 205, 273, 281, 311

Northside 166

Norton, Shane 315

Nuts 299, 305, 306

Oakenfold, Paul 119–20, 124, 134, 140–1, 157, 170, 187, 193, 198, 222–3, 227–8, 307

‘Oasis’ 70–1

Oasis (group) 71, 268–9, 314–15

Oasis (shop) 38–9, 70

‘Olive Oil’ 88, 90

One Louder
160

Opik, Lembit 337

Orange Juice 57

Osborne, Steve 124, 141, 170, 193, 198, 222–3, 228, 307

Oscars (nightclub) 39, 57

Other Side of Midnight
(film) 151–2

Paradise Factory nightclub 317

Paris Angels 166, 262

Park, Graeme 187

Partington, Darren 62

Partridge, Alan 318, 333

Penthouse
218–19

‘Performance’ 126

Performance
(film) 125–6

Perry Boys 38, 111

Peveril of the Peak 150

Pickering, Mike 62, 66, 67, 69, 74, 104, 116, 187

Pickles, Thelma 208

Pierce, Mark 37–8

Pills ’n’ Thrills and Bellyaches
(album) 92, 124, 192–206, 223, 236

Piper, Tonn 342

Pips (later Konspiracy) 37, 38, 151

Pivaro, Nigel 28

Pixies, The 143

‘Playground Superstar’ 249

Power, John 217

Power, Karl 284–5

Press Club, The 5–6

Price, John 261

Prince 214–5

Princess cinema (Monton) 27

Priory, The 156

Pulp Fiction
262–3, 265

Pure Boys 38

Quando Quango 70

Quinten, Chris 195–6

Quest for Fire
(film) 18–19

Radio One 299

Radioactive Records 261, 264, 265

Rafters 75

Railway Children, The 78–9

Rainbow
255

Ramones, The 36, 40

Rashman, Elliot 170, 323, 328–9, 332–3

‘Rave On’ 157–8

Ray (Capitol Studios engineer) 192–3

Reddie, Dave 153

Redding, Noel 183

Reilly, Vini 74

Renaissance Hotel (Manchester) 241–2

Reni 161

‘Reverend Black Grape’ 265, 272, 273, 308

Richards, Keith 270–1

Richardson, Leroy 220

Roberts, Julia 196

Rock in Rio festival 210–15

Rolling Stones 126, 270–1

Rotters 39, 57

Rourke, Andy 48, 60

Rowbotham, Dave 241

Rowetta 170, 180–1, 305, 310

‘Russell’ 87

Ruthless Rap Assassins 239

Ryder, Amelia (niece) 22

Ryder, Coco (daughter) 264

Ryder, Denise (first wife) 40–1, 46, 52–4, 55, 63

Ryder, Derek (father) 3, 4, 6, 9–10, 14, 15, 16, 32, 49–50, 63

Ryder, Emma (grandmother) 3, 15

Ryder, Fred (grandfather) 3, 6, 15

Ryder, Jacob (nephew) 22, 313

Ryder, Jael (daughter) 215, 246, 282–3

Ryder, Joanne (second wife) 4, 155, 318–19, 320–21, 324–25, 332, 334, 335–6, 343

Ryder, Joseph (son) 318, 320

Ryder, Linda (mother) 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Ryder, Lulu (daughter) 332, 334, 335

Ryder, Oliver (Joanne’s son) 321

Ryder, Paul (brother) 4–5, 12, 13, 17–18, 26–7, 37, 44, 45, 61–2, 125, 160–1, 184, 205, 223, 243–4, 247, 258, 305, 308, 312–13, 331, 343

Ryder, Pearl (daughter) 332

Ryder, Shaun

Musical Career

Admiral adverts 311

Agony and Ecstasy
documentary on 319–20

and acting 291–2

in
The Avengers
290–1

banned from appearing live on any Channel 4 programme 282

‘Barcelona’ cover version with Russell Watson 312

and Black Grape
see
Black Grape

Daily Sport
column 299, 301, 311

first solo album 316

freestyle vocals 78

Gorillaz album vocals 327

guest-editing of
Penthouse
219

and Happy Mondays
see
Happy Mondays

Jukebox Jury
appearance 206–7

legal wrangles with the Nicholls 285–7, 309, 310, 319, 332–4

nicknamed X 48

NME Award 311

on playing big venues 69–70

presenting of
Top of the Pops
290

as solo artist 332

songwriting 85–6, 87–8, 90, 124, 127

stage fright 80, 309

taking
Yes Please!
master tapes

hostage allegation 234–6

TFI Friday
appearances 277, 281–2

The Word
appearance 254–5

track with Intastella 259–60

Personal Life

arrest of and locked up in Jersey on drugs charge 139–40

banned from United States 276, 282–3

buys farmhouse in Ireland 275

car crashes 231–2, 245–6

childhood and growing up in Salford 2–6, 8–19

and drinking 14, 271–2, 274–5

drug habit and heroin/cocaine addiction 1, 30–1, 55–6,
58
–60, 66, 68, 94–6, 97–8, 119, 142–3, 145, 153–5, 156, 182, 185–6, 216, 226–7, 228–9, 230–3, 238, 247, 253, 263, 274–5, 278, 279, 290, 295, 301, 315, 319, 320–1, 346

and E scene 100–3, 104–11, 112, 116, 119, 121–2, 127, 131

family background 2–3, 4, 6

fatherhood 215–16, 264, 318, 342

first marriage to Denise 52–4

going on dole story 267–8

gun pulled on in New York 96–7

hassle given at customs 203

heartburn suffered 319–20

importation charge 64, 276

jobs in early years 29, 32–3

learning difficulties and problems at school 1, 7–8, 21–2, 28–9

left-handed 7–8

living in Amsterdam for a few months 112–14

loses diamond ring and watch 171–2

loses virginity 31–2

and Manchester police 173

musical influences and tastes 19–20, 41

Naltrexone treatment 296–8

poisoning of pigeons incident 34–5, 36

post office job 33, 34–5, 36–7, 39–40, 44, 54–5

public image 35

‘pulling gun’ on
Manchester Evening News
reporter story 313–14

rehab and attempts to go cold turkey 156–7, 238–9, 245, 296–7, 315–16, 325–6, 343–4

relationship with brother 18, 84, 258, 305, 313, 343

relationship with father 49–50

rent boy story in
News of the World
219–20

robbing in early years 23–6, 27, 30, 31, 54

second marriage to Joanne 335–6

sinus problems 2

splitting up with Denise 63

splitting up with Felicia 320

splitting up with Oriole 295

splitting up with Trish 246–7

sunburnt in Valencia 141–2

teeth 327–8

thyroid problem 320, 326

UFOs seen 33–4

weight 320, 325, 327

Saber, Danny 261–2, 264, 270, 274, 284, 288

St Mark’s Primary School 7–8

St Paul, Ian 114, 134

Salford Jets 42–3

Salford Reds 13

Salford Sioux 2–3

Sandhu, Kev 326–7

Saxe, Phil 62–3, 114, 115

Seaman, David 311

Sex Pistols 36, 75

‘Shake Your Moneymaker’ 266

Sheehan, Tom 94

Shelley, Pete 40

Sherlock, Jimmy (Jimmy Muffin) 178, 179, 186

Shotton, Phil 92
see also
Bailey Brothers

Sidebottom, Frank 202

Sievey, Chris 202

Simply Red 71

Simpson, O. J. 269

Sinclair, Colin 78, 79

Sitges (Spain) 173–4

SJM 302

Skinny Vinny 113

Skye, Ione 256

Slattery, Martin 274

Small Faces, The 20

Smith, Alan 111

Smith, Mark 75, 298–9

Smith, Patti 81

Smiths, The 57, 72, 75

So It Goes
40

Solomon, Stacey 337

Specials, The 73

Spectrum 131, 133–4

Spinal Tap 184

Spinoza, Andy 61, 179

Squire, John 161

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

Stanley, Steven 243

Stansfield, Lisa 9

Stardust
20, 41

‘Step On’ 168, 169–71, 173, 174–5, 181, 193, 203, 210

Stereo MCs 217, 247

‘Stinkin Thinkin’ 238, 240

Stockholm Monsters, The 68

Stone Roses 51, 103, 160–1, 165, 262

‘Story, The’ 316

Strangeways Prison riot 181–2

Strictly Come Dancing
336

Strummer, Joe 288

Stuffed Olives (club) 110

Stupid Stupid Stupid
(album) 200, 284, 293–5

‘Submarine’ 266

Suggs 277

Sumner, Bernard (Barney) 52, 57, 72, 73, 74, 81, 208

‘Sunshine and Love’ 240, 248

Sweeney, Mike 43

Sweet Sensation 74

Take That 166

Talking Heads 223, 224, 236

Tamla Motown 40

‘Tart Tart’ 85–6, 92–3

TFI Friday
277, 281–2

That’ll Be the Day
20, 41

‘Theme from Netto’ 241

Thief
(film) 131

Thin Lizzy 307

‘This Feeling’ 70, 71

Thunderdome (Manchester) 151

Thurman, Uma 290

‘Tokoloshe Man’ 170–1

Too Nice Tom 202, 258, 294, 296, 297, 299

Top of the Pops
20, 51, 160–3, 166–7, 233–4, 273, 288, 290, 308

Trainspotting
263

‘Tramazi Parti’ 263

Tupac 291

‘24 Hour Party People’ 91–2, 93, 98–9

24 Hour Party People
(film) 35, 316, 317

Uncle Dysfunctional
(album) 326, 330

Velvet Underground 81

Vicious, Sid 162

Vox
magazine 208

Wagstaff, Paul 166, 262, 274, 306

Warburton, John 300, 313

Warde, Pat 295

Wardley Community Centre (Swinton) 51

Watson, Russell 312

Weather Prophets, The 76–7

Weeds, The 72, 75, 78

Weymouth, Tina 223–4, 225–6, 227, 228, 230, 235, 236

‘WFL’ 157, 158, 193

Whelan, Gary (Gaz) 46, 48, 49, 51, 60, 77, 120, 143–4, 305, 323, 329

Williams, Danny 274

Wilson, Tony 39–40, 67, 68, 81, 115, 119, 130, 139, 162, 172–3, 187, 203, 235, 236, 248, 260, 330–32

Windsor, Barbara 207

Winterbottom, Michael 318

Wire, The
263

Wise, Alan 218

Wise, Dennis 311

Wishing Well (Swinton) 29–30, 51

Wood, Ronnie 270, 270–1

Word, The
254–5

Worthington, Stuart 323, 328, 332–3

‘Wrote For Luck’ 127, 130–2, 140–1, 149, 157

X-Factor
187–8

XXX: Thirty Years of Bellyaching
335

‘Yeah, Yeah, Brother’ 266

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

Young, Dave 91