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Legendary founding member and bass player of Happy Mondays, Paul Ryder, who sadly passed away in July 2022, recorded a tell-all podcast series with his ex-wife, journalist Angela Smith, in the months leading up to his death. The resulting series, The Paul Ryder Tapes - Sex, Drugs, the Mondays and Me is his legacy. Hear the whole truth about the band and his life with no stone unturned - addiction, family feuds, mental breakdowns, infidelity and his son's cancer diagnosis are all discussed in ...
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Fan favourite the Rock n Roll mums Happy Mondays Paul and Shaun Ryder's mum Linda and drummer Gaz Whelan's mum Sandra chew the fat in this special bonus episode. Hear about the stresses that the lies in the media caused, the night Paul and Shaun's dad Derek was in the doghouse and how Sandra's nighttime antics got her in trouble with her parents.. …
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Phil, Jim, Pete and Steve Law talk Villa, VAR and Victory agains Freiburg. They also fret a little about Leverkusen. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2024 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas…
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A fab bonus episode where never heard before Mondays stories are told by Philip Shotton - one of the Bailey Brothers who co-directed most of the Mondays' videos. Philip invented the iconic word "Madchester" and introduced the band to Carl Denver when Tony Wilson instigated a Factory night out to a supper club where he was playing. Find out who was …
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Phil, Jim and Pete ask if Jim is the new Michael Palin, if weekday afternoon kick offs are all the rage and how hard that seig heiling dimwit in Freiburg should be punched in the throat. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2024 Playback Media Ltd - playba…
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On this award-winning podcast featuring extended interviews with the contributors to the main series of The Paul Ryder Tapes, this week's episode featured the mighty Peter Hook from Joy Division, New Order and now Peter Hook and the Light. Hooky, as he is affectionately known, spills the beans on the early days and bad behavior of the Mondays as th…
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On this week's award-winning series telling the complete life story of the late Happy Mondays founding member and bassist Paul Ryder, Inspiral Carpets legend Clint Boon talks about the early days of the Mondays, the legendary fundraiser for Chico and the uninvited guest who gatecrashed Paul's funeral. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
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Phil, Jim ,Pete and Simon Pentol KC talk Bees, Knees and Toffees. Also Redknapp, Emerson, Graham Paddon and the power of “Shoooooot.” westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2024 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choi…
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On this award-winning show which has just reached a total of 350,000 listens - we meet Phil Saxe, the very first Mondays manager who spills the beans on the early days - from the day Paul Ryder and Paul Davis went to buy flares from his market stall to them signing their first record deal, their first taste of crack in New York - "never again!" - a…
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Phil, Jim and Pete relive a delightful day out in Notts and wonder whether more remaining games than players to be in them is a problem. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2024 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad c…
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On this award-winning podcast, Happy Mondays drummer Gaz Whelan - one of Paul Ryder's closest friends - talks about Paul's battles with mental illness, drug addiction and the traumatic feuding with his brother Shaun Ryder as well as telling hilarious tales from the studio recording sessions of the Mondays' albums Squirrel and G Man, Bummed, Pills N…
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On this award-winning podcast where Happy Mondays founding member Paul Ryder tells his complete life story to his ex-wife journalist Angela Smith, this bonus episode features the most requested interviewee from the main series - Tuff Gong Studios owner Lee "Latch" Parker. As well as being an enthusiastic participant of the Madchester rave scene, he…
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On this award-winning series that tells the complete life story of the legendary founding member and bass player of Manchester legends Happy Mondays, Paul Ryder, this bonus episode features an extended interview with the Manchester icon, former Mondays roadie and Stone Roses Vibesmeister - Cressa. Cressa was with Paul through the brightest and dark…
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The legendary International DJ, Remixer and Producer Paul Oakenfold is the special guest in this bonus episode - how Indie Dance was born, the recording of Pills and Thrills in Los Angeles and when everything went sour due to a thief in the ranks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Phil, Jim and Pete welcome Pete May (“Massive: the Miracle of Prague out next week!) to talk… (FFS)… referees… (FFS)…, cups, new loan signings and hairdressing opportunities nr. Stratford. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2024 Playback Media Ltd - play…
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The legend that is Mani is the star of this bonus episode where he opens up about trying to trick the BBC when the Mondays and the Roses both did Top of the Pops and describes the close camaraderie between Manchester's finest musicians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Another special bonus episode featuring an interview that will make you laugh as well as cry - Lee Deavall (producer/remixer for Atomic Kitten and Nigel Kennedy) and Himat Singh (producer and percussionist with MVITA) both worked with Paul after Himat met him on a music production course in 1999. As well as writing tracks about assassins and ram ra…
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Phil, Jim, Pete and Dan Silver dissect a raft of games, ask Divin where he sees himself in five years and bid bon voyage to a few players that haven’t left yet. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2024 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Le…
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This special bonus episode features an extended interview with Happy Mondays drummer Gaz Whelan., talking about Paul's struggles with heroin, fights with Shaun and how his quirky sense of humor bonded the two of them. Paul also makes a ghostly appearance, sending shivers down Gaz's spine! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Paul's US writing collaborator Matt Cheadle talks about the writing process, shares two previously unreleased songs they wrote together and talks about touring with the Tom Tom Club on the West coast of the US in this special bonus episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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An explosive interview with one of Paul's best friends Jason Godwin, who shared in Paul's addiction struggles and talks with openness and honesty about the dark times: Paul wrecking cars in France, going to Paris to buy drugs and Paul's reaction when he found out his son had cancer as well as an eerie premonition about the music to be played at his…
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On this award-winning show, this special bonus episode features the extended interview with the legend that is Bez! Shenanigans in Brazil, washing dishes in the bath and almost getting his finger bitten off whilst trying to break up a fight between Paul and Shaun and much much more! Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Datin…
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Phil, Jim and Pete fear for Thursday, ship Red Bull to the squad and wonder what Cornet’s like. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p…
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No-one can get enough of the Rock n Roll mums! We listened to you and are bringing you the first in a series of several bonus episodes featuring Happy Mondays Paul and Shaun Ryder's mum Linda Ryder and Gaz Whelan's mum Sandra Whelan aka The Rock n Roll mums! They've been best friends for 40 years and in this special bonus edition, they talk about t…
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This episode has it all: the wild antics of Manchester legends Happy Mondays when they travelled to Brazil to play to 200,000 people and were dragged off by Piers Morgan to meet the great train robber Ronnie Biggs - a trip filled with white powder, ladies of the night and brushes with the law; a dramatic marriage break up car chase as host Angela f…
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Phil and Pete celebrate big Tom’s late winners, little Danny’s goal draught and big Divin’s prospects. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. …
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Due to popular demand we have a special bonus episode this week featuring part one of an exclusive interview with everyone's favorite guest, Rock n Roll mum Linda Ryder - the mum of Paul and Shaun Ryder, giving her perspective on her sons' fame and notoriety. She's charming, witty, down to earth and has a wicked sense of humour! Hear about how she …
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This award-winning show charts the life of the late Paul Ryder - founding member and bass player of Madchester legends Happy Mondays - as he tells his story to his ex-wife, journalist Angela Smith. This week we have a bonus episode to celebrate the re-release of Paul Ryder's Big Arm album - Radiator - 16 years exactly since its original release. We…
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Phil, Jim and Pete talk small squads, Forest, Olympiakos and Brentford. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi…
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In this award-winning podcast that has topped the charts in both the UK and Ireland, Paul Ryder, founding member and bass player of Manchester indie dance music legends Happy Mondays opens up to his ex-wife to tell his complete life story - a tale of classic rock n roll excess and a tragic fall from grace before once again rising up to beat his dem…
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On this award-winning show, bass legend and founding member of Happy Mondays, Paul Ryder tells his complete life story with at times shocking and disarming honesty. In this episode, his son is diagnosed with cancer at age 10 and given a grim prognosis, so Paul and his wife turn to desperate and potentially illegal methods to save their son. Mani fr…
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Phil, Pete, James Kearns and Steve Law talk Olympiakos, Everton and spanking the Arse. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho…
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On this award-winning show charting the dramatic life story of Happy Mondays founding member and bass player Paul Ryder - interviewed by his ex-wife journalist Angela Smith - the Mondays, just having reformed in 2012 with the original line-up, are playing together for the first time in 17 years. Newly clean and sober Paul fights to keep his sobriet…
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Phil, Mark Sandell, George Mann and Mark Gower take a nostalgic trip to WHU club house, the Black Lion, to try and work out what went wrong in Birmingham and what gifts we should bear when we visit the Greeks. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia…
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On this award-winning podcast, Paul settles into life in Los Angeles and holds a party with an array of celebrity guests including Stephen Marcus, the actor who played the role of Nick the Greek in Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels, a Sex Pistol, a member of Bananarama, Spear of Destiny drummer Dolph Taylor and Kate Winslett's psychic. Then Paul …
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On this award-winning show, Happy Mondays founding member and bass player Paul Ryder tells his unfiltered life story to his ex-wife Angela. In this episode he meets his childhood hero David Bowie and has a chance encounter in a bar with Mickey Rourke. He travels to Sweden to educate people on a controversial detox method and his mum Linda tells of …
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Phil, Pete, Mark Gower and top Author/Pun Generator Pete May talk Europe, Paqueta and, exhaustingly, boffoonish refereeing. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more ab…
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Paul watches helplessly as his chateau burns down, then rummages through the ashes trying to retrieve his beloved lyrics book. He travels to Prague to do a life-threatening heroin detox using a little-known substance called Ibogaine, acts in the movie 24 Hour Party People which details the rise and fall of his band Happy Mondays and goes on the Fra…
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Phil, Jim, Pete Ward and Pete Harcourt await the customary lawsuit after swatting away short-let Premier League tenants, Sheffie… oh, who cares what they’re called? They won’t be around for long. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyrig…
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In this hilarious and poignant podcast which finished recording just 12 days before Paul Ryder passed away and reached the number one position in the UK and Ireland Music Podcast charts, Paul opens up to tell his entire life story - the complete story of his time with the band he founded - Happy Mondays - detailing the triumphs as well as the terri…
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Phil, Jim, Pete and Russell Raphael discuss how Salah’s an utter cad and a bounder, Lincoln’s folk traditions, Tomas Soucek and Backa Topka. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyri…
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The Mondays have reformed but tensions between Paul and Shaun reach crisis point and lead to Paul leaving the band. He struggles with drugs and goes into a series of rehab facilities. On one relapse, he is rescued from a drug house by Robbie Williams. Paul and Angela buy a chateau in France and rush to renovate it before paying guests arrive and in…
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Phil, Pete, Dan Silver and Simon Pentol KC assess the battle of the Champions of Europe and ask, “Is J-Lingz the new Pablo Fornals?” westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Lear…
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Happy Mondays reform after a 6 year hiatus and Paul, fresh from a nervous breakdown and heroin addiction is worried. He enlists his friend, Dave, to accompany him on the tour to keep him on the straight and narrow but things go awry when Dave is mysteriously summoned home by his wife. Backstage food fights, kegs of beer onstage and an encounter wit…
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On this dramatic episode, the Mondays miss out on a lucrative record deal after Factory goes bust and Shaun is hours late for a showcase. Paul descends further into heroin addiction and gets sectioned after suffering a nervous breakdown. Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspi…
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Pete Harcourt and Rob Banks - author of “An Irrational Hatred of Luton” - barely talk about Luton victory because, holy smoke, it’s Tony Gale. For an hour. COYI. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playb…
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Paul's heroin use switches to crack as the band go to Barbados to record their fourth album with Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth from Talking Heads, Rowetta leaves but quickly rejoins the band, Paul makes his most devastating confession yet and Linda and Sandra get a shock at a hotel when they suspect an orgy is going on in the room next door! Check …
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Happy Mondays go awol for three days as the director of the Step On video waits for them in Barcelona, Paul's dad Derek gets in big trouble with mum Linda after their big show at Wembley Arena, The Stone Roses dancer Cressa has to make a painful choice and Paul takes heroin for the first time as his short-lived marriage crumbles. Check out Angela's…
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Chelsea say “Buy buy”; Hammers say “Bye bye.” Phil, Jim, Pete Harcourt and Mark Gower say there’s no better better than Lucus Paqueta. Plus Sterling’s dry hands and England’s sweariest ‘keeper. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright…
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The Mondays and the Roses do Top of the Pops, Rowetta makes an appearance, someone fires a gun in the studio and there's talk of a new Mondays album.. Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspired this one! Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/t…
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Phil, Jim, Mark Sandell and Pete Harcourt talk Bournemouth, transfers and Chelsea. westhampodcast.com @westhampodcast Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2023 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices…
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