Shaun Ryder
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Shaun William George Ryder (born 23 August 1962) is an English singer, songwriter, television personality and author.
As the lead singer of the Happy Mondays he was a leading figure in the Madchester cultural scene in the late 1980s.
In 1993 he formed Black Grape, with Happy Mondays dancer Bez. Ryder was the runner-up of the tenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.The film 24 Hour Party People featured the story of Ryder's youth.
Early life
Shaun William George Ryder was born on 23 August 1962 in Little Hulton, Lancashire, the son of nurse Linda and postman Derek (who would later become Happy Mondays' tour manager). By the age of 13, he had left school to work on a building site.
Personal life
Ryder has six children. For some time, he was addicted to heroin, saying he overcame it by taking up cycling.
Ryder contested contracts he drew up with his Black Grape management team, compiled in 1993. Following his dismissal of the company, they sued him for £160,000. The income from his £30,000 a year Daily Sport column went solely to cover his costs. His appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2010) and a £130,000 book deal financed Ryder out of the contract.
Ryder was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia later in life, saying in the 60s and 70s there was "no such thing as learning difficulties". "When I was at school they didn't know about ADHD, there were just four sets, one being the brightest and four being crowd control"... so "for the first 40-something years of my life I didn't know I had it [ADHD]".
In 2021 he took part in Channel 4's Stand Up and Deliver; mentored by Jason Manford, he developed his own stand-up set. Manford explained in an interview “Shaun’s got severe ADHD, so remembering things, collecting information and taking on new thoughts, it’s been a real challenge."
Ryder took part in Channel 4's Fame in the Family; where Ryder discovered three long lost relatives, Tracey and James had the most direct blood connection, both second cousins.
Ryder left school unable to read the alphabet. “But, y’see, there’s different ways of learning. I was 26 years old when I learnt the alphabet. My girlfriend at the time taught it to me through singing, and I learnt it in five minutes. It also helps me to learn when I have a stress ball in my hand, it’s called fiddling. When I have nothing in my hand, I can’t take anything in. I can’t retain any information.”
Musical career
Ryder, a singer for Happy Mondays, was convicted of the band's debut in 1992 after being homeless with cocaine. When we didn't sign with Factory Records in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the film 24 Hour Party People told the (semi-fictional) tale of Ryder's youth and the life of Happy Mondays. Danny Cunningham plays Ryder in the film.
Ryder has participated in two Happy Mondays revivals (1999–2000 and 2004–present). In addition, he has performed Amateur Night in the Big Top, a solo album, to a mixed critical reception.
Ryder stayed on in Perth, Western Australia, with Pete Carroll, who had a record label called Offworld Sounds, after the Big Day Out Festival in Australia with Happy Mondays. While in Perth, he recorded Amateur Night in the Big Top, an album of punk electronica by Carroll, Shane Norton, Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire, and Lucky Oceans from Asleep at the Wheel. "Exciting stuff," UnCut said of it. It's another remarkably implausible Ryder comeback, although Ministry of Sound confirmed it was "a marvel album." The most viviolic lyrics on Dylan's 'Ballad of a Thin Man' and Sex Pistols 'EMI' were among the "EMI" songs. During a particularly hot Perth summer, the album was recorded quickly during a few late night sessions in Carroll's garage studio. The album was subsequently released on Offworld Sounds.
On Clapham Common, the Happy Mondays reunited to perform "Get Loaded in the Park" on Clapham Common, with just original members. Bez hadn't won Celebrity Big Brother two years ago and released the single "Playground Superstar" in the football film Goal, which was released two years after Bez had won the soccer film Goal. Uncle Dysfunktional, a 2007 compilation by Happy Mondays, was released. As himself in Channel 4's Shameless, he made a cameo appearance (Ryder later revealed that it was also a non-speaking role).
In 1995, Ryder unveiled Black Grape, his first venture. It's the first time it's been released. It's amazing when you're Straight... yeah, it's been at the top of the British album chart for a week. However, the sequel to Stupid Stupid Stupid, did not have the same critical or commercial success, and the company was not revived in 1998. The company reformed briefly in 2010 and then released a single in 2015. Pop Voodoo, the group's first full album since 1997, was released in August 2017.
In 1993, Ryder worked with Intastella, Tina Weymouth, and Chris Frantz on No Talking, Just Head.
The 1997 Ryder song "Agent Dan" was released as a single and remixed by Propellerheads, according to Agent Professions.
Russell Watson's debut album The Voice in 2001 was his first appearance on British tenor Russell Watson's "Barcelona" was featured on a cover version of the Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song "Barcelona."
Ryder appeared in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in which he played Maccer, a washed-up, masturbation-addicted musician who was planning a big comeback tour in 2004, was a voice actor.
In Peter Kay's "Is This the Way to Amarillo?" he appeared. In 2005, there was a charity music video. He collaborated with Gorillaz on "Dare," a track on their Demon Days album, also in 2005. Chris Evans said at the 2006 British Awards that the song was originally named "It's There," but it was changed when Ryder's thick Mancunian accent made him pronounce "dare" instead of "dare."
He supported The Charlatans on a UK tour in 2010 as well as a one-off headline performance at Leamington Spa. Ryder appeared onstage at the Barbican in York in November 2011 as a special guest in Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra's Sky television show First Love.
Awards
- NME Single of the Year 1996 – Black Grape's "Reverend Black Grape"
- Godlike Genius – NME Awards, 2000
- John Peel Music Innovation Award (for Gorillaz) – Shockwaves NME Awards 2006