Happy Mondays

Fellow bandmate and brother Shaun Ryder has described Paul as "a true pioneer and legend". | ITV News Granada.

A statement released on Twitter, Shaun Ryder said: "The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning"A true pioneer and legend. Love ya longtime Pabs.” The band had been back out on tour at festivals across the UK this year, and had been due to play at the Kubik Festival in the North East on Friday night.

The Salford-raised bass player and Happy Mondays founding member died on Friday morning, a statement from the band confirmed. The group said on their official ...

I knew him through the Mondays @officials and later his talented sons went to my son’s school. Love to all his families and loved ones. Love ya longtime Pabs,” he said on Twitter. The band had been scheduled to perform at Kubix festival in Sunderland on Friday evening but festival organisers said: “Following the tragic news of Paul Ryder passing away this morning, the Happy Mondays will no longer be playing tonight’s show and our thoughts remain with the band and Paul’s family at this difficult time.” He wrote: “Sending much love to the Happy Mondays family – Paul Ryder was a pioneer and an inspiration to all of us that followed. The group said on their official Facebook page: “The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning.

Paul, who was brother to lead singer Shaun Ryder was an original member of the band alongside Gary Whelan, Paul Davis and Mark Day. Although best known for his ...

Top bloke & a total legend. A third added: “That’s awful news. In a statement on Twitter the band said: “The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning A true pioneer and legend.

"Long live his funk" says "shocked" brother Shaun Ryder in tribute.

"The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning. The follow-ups, 1988's Bummed and 1990's Pills 'N' Thrills & Bellyaches rejuvenated Manchester as one of the country's best musical cities. Tributes have been pouring in for the musician. A true pioneer and legend. REST IN PEACE PAUL RYDER A GREAT FRIEND A GREAT MUSICIAN A GREAT FELLA BIG LOVE TO AMELIA JACOB SONNY CHICO AND THE FAMILY AND BAND LOVE YA LONGTIME PABS X— Ian Brown (@ianbrown) July 15, 2022 The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning— Shaun Ryder (@officialswr)

Ryder, brother of the band's frontman Shaun Ryder, was the bass player and one of the founding members of the Manchester band. Announcing his death on Twitter, ...

Mark ‘Bez’ Berry later joined, before the band broke apart in 1993. Love ya longtime Pabs.’ The original line-up of the rock band included Gary Whelan, Paul Davis and Mark Day, alongside the Ryder brothers.

Happy Mondays' founding member Paul Ryder has died just as the band were due to take stage at Kubix festival in Sunderland.

Thoughts are with All the band and Paul’s family … His music will live on forever." It read: "We have been advised by the band’s agency that due to unforeseen circumstances, The Happy Mondays are unable to play tonight’s show." Kubix quickly shared that post on their own page, adding: "We are all deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Paul Ryder this morning and our thoughts are with the Ryder family at this difficult time."

They wrote: “The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning. A true pioneer and ...

Ryder formed the band alongside brother Shaun in 1980, playing through until their initial split in 1993. They wrote: “The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning. — Happy Mondays (@Happy_Mondays)July 15, 2022

His brother, singer Shaun, and other bandmates pay tribute to him as a "true pioneer and legend".

Sending love." Ex-Hacienda nightclub DJ Graeme Park wrote: "Very sad news. Organisers said: "Following the tragic news of Paul Ryder passing away this morning, The Happy Mondays will no longer be playing tonight's show and our thoughts remain with the band and Paul's family at this difficult time." Long live his funk x" The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning— Shaun Ryder (@officialswr) A statement said the group and family were "deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning".

Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has led tributes to Happy Mondays star Paul Ryder after his death aged 58. The Salford-raised bass player and Happy Mondays ...

Love to all his families and loved ones. I knew him through the Mondays @officials and later his talented sons went to my son’s school. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. And they needed him back so much, he gave them soul & passion. When they got back together I remember seeing them play & he looked so happy. Love ya longtime Pabs,” he said on Twitter.

Paul Ryder, longtime bassist for the “Madchester” band Happy Mondays, has died at the age of 58, his brother confirmed on social media.

“The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning,” the band said in a statement. They reunited in 1999, scoring a minor comeback hit with their cover of Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Boys are Back in Town’, but Paul left the group in 2001. The Ryder brothers formed the Happy Mondays in 1980 along with Gary Whelan, Paul Davis, and Mark Day. Mark “Bez” Berry later joined the band on tambourine and percussion, and their father Derek became the band’s tour manager.

Paul, who was brother to lead singer Shaun Ryder was an original member of the band alongside Gary Whelan, Paul Davis and Mark Day. Although best known for his ...

Top bloke & a total legend. A third added: “That’s awful news. In a statement on Twitter the band said: “The Ryder family and Happy Mondays band members are deeply saddened and shocked to say that Paul Ryder passed away this morning A true pioneer and legend.

Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has led tributes to Happy Mondays star Paul Ryder after his death aged 58. The Salford-raised bass player and Happy Mondays ...

I knew him through the Mondays @officials and later his talented sons went to my son’s school. Love to all his families and loved ones. And they needed him back so much, he gave them soul & passion. Love ya longtime Pabs,” he said on Twitter. When they got back together I remember seeing them play & he looked so happy. He wrote: “Sending much love to the Happy Mondays family – Paul Ryder was a pioneer and an inspiration to all of us that followed.

Legendary bassist and founding member of Salford's Happy Mondays, Paul Ryder, has passed away unexpectedly before a show in Sunderland.

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Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has led tributes to Happy Mondays star Paul Ryder after his death aged 58. The Salford-raised bass player and Happy Mondays ...

I knew him through the Mondays @officials and later his talented sons went to my son’s school. Love to all his families and loved ones. And they needed him back so much, he gave them soul & passion. Love ya longtime Pabs,” he said on Twitter. When they got back together I remember seeing them play & he looked so happy. He wrote: “Sending much love to the Happy Mondays family – Paul Ryder was a pioneer and an inspiration to all of us that followed.

"A true pioneer and legend. He will be forever missed. "We thank you for respecting the privacy of all concerned at this time." Shaun shared the same message ...

My condolences to the Ryder family and friends. A wonderful bass player who helped shape the soundtrack to my life. The tour is starting, our fans are back and people deserve to know my story. "Very sad news indeed. "It was wild," he said in 2013. He started telling lies and spoofing me.

The bassist was found dead on Friday (15 July) hours before he was due to play with the band at a festival in Sunderland. A cause of death is currently unknown.

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Ryder was the brother of frontman Shaun Ryder. He taught himself how to play guitar and later took up the bass, inspired particularly by Chicago house music.

He will be forever missed," said the group's statement. Listen to "Step On." - He was the brother of the group's frontman Shaun Ryder.

The bass guitarist, who has died aged 58, anchored the Madchester band and gave the listener something to latch on to amid a swirl of psychedelia and rave.

In a outfit whose musicianship was occasionally called into question – Shaun claimed that former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke had attempted to form a band with the Mondays’ keyboard player Paul Davis, giving up when he realised “that lad can’t play a note” – Paul’s bass provided an anchor, something the listener could latch on to amid the confusion. One story has Paul Ryder so lackadaisical in his approach during the album sessions that he let Osbourne play bass instead of him, but his fingerprints were all over the album’s best known tracks. On their second and best album, 1988’s Bummed, Happy Mondays’ sound has been turned into an extraordinary, murky, echoing swirl by producer Martin Hannett. It seems to replicate the queasy sensation of having overindulged in everything to the point where you’re seeing double and minutes away from passing out. Over the top of it all, Ryder tunelessly bellowed lyrics that, on the rare occasions you could work what they meant, seemed to speak of a life on society’s margins, filled with drugs and petty crime: “Everyone on this stagecoach likes robbing and bashing … smoking miles and miles of hash, that’s sweet,” goes the song Olive Oil. The prevalent trends variously involved the earnest leftwing politicking exemplified by the Housemartins, or low-rent recreations of the Byrds or the Buzzcocks. Frontman Shaun Ryder memorably described their sound as “funkadelic being eaten by a giant sandwich … northern soul … punk rock … Hendrix … fuckin’ Captain Beefheart, and a load of drugs on top of that”. You might reasonably have added the krautrock of experimental rock band Can into that list of influences. Happy Mondays didn’t look the way an indie band was supposed to look in 1986, an era when a charity shop take on the mid-60s held sartorial sway over British alternative rock.