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And there were journalists from different newspapers, and they spoke up and said what newspaper they were from. But despite that, you guys appeared on there last year, right? The problem, to be honest, is that we all swear when we speak to each other, and when we come do TV we find it hard not to! We got taken there really late and got lost.

We were supposed to be there for two hours, and we only ended up doing ten minutes. I used to play professionally for six months for Everton in Liverpool, just down the road. I was just a rookie, and had to leave it because of the band. Do you ever wonder what could have been? Every fucking day.

I think you did okay. Which band was better, Black Grape or the Happy Mondays? We were veering towards what Black Grape were, anyway. We do a couple Black Grape songs when we play live. A lot of their stories are mixed up. There were lots of scenes of tour buses and snorting cocaine off naked women, and things like that. We used to play a lot. We used to play Scrabble. You never snorted cocaine off the Scrabble table? Absolutely not! I have read interviews with Shaun—and maybe you—saying that in the early days of the band, he would walk around on ecstasy like every day.

Just take a quarter tab or a half tab and walk through record stores. Them days were pretty bad days. There were days in the eighties… I was teenaged and in my early twenties. I was out partying. What do you tell your kids about your drug use? My parent instincts kick in. Most parents can just lie, but you guys are on the public record. Like right now! I looked it up on Wikipedia! Absolutely not.

That never happened. Yeah , late in the summer of Black Grape 's sound pursued the same direction as the Mondays, only with a harder, grittier edge to their sound and lyrics.

In , 15 years since their last record, the band minus about half the original members, including guitarist Mark Day released their fifth studio album, Uncle Dysfunktional. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Jazz Latin New Age. Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy. Any interesting stories to tell regarding live shows on tour or at festivals?

Rowetta: I love the buzz of being on stage and love our audiences. Andrew: Do you collect vinyl? Or are you all digital now? Where do you like to shop for music? Rowetta: I have loads in my storeroom and I have a jukebox.

How about on the solo side of things? Any new Rowetta music coming in the future? Rowetta: No idea for new music with Happy Mondays. Plenty of gigs and festivals lined up for next year.

I just hope they can go ahead. Andrew: Last question. What are some of your fondest and proudest memories as a musician? Is there anything else you would like us to know?

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