The Paul Ryder Tapes - Sex, Drugs, the Mondays and Me

On this surprise bonus episode, we have the legendary Happy Mondays drummer Gaz Whelan along with the show's favorite, Latch, who have joined together to create an amazing new album under the name Yogi-G and the Family Tree. As well as the album they have a big UK tour coming up - so a great excuse to get them back on the show to talk about it! Some big surprises in there too - listen to this episode and you'll hear what they're planning to do to honor Paul and you'll also have the chance to win a pair of tickets to any of their upcoming shows - so listen and join us again next week where you'll hear a sneak peek of their music - played live! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special bonus episode featuring the legendary Flowered Up drummer John Tuvey, answering questions live from a selection of audience members. Detailing shocking and disturbing times from his life, including his struggles with heroin addiction. An honest and frank account of a life of huge highs and crashing lows, John doesn't hold back in this explosive episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The final part of a three part "best of" series - featuring choice cuts from The Paul Ryder Tapes series with late Happy Mondays bassist and founding member Paul Ryder and his ex-wife Angela Smith along with special guests Alan Howard, Rosemary Barratt, Sonny Ryder, Chico Ryder, Rowetta, Paul Popplewell, Jeanette Jackson, Daz Gilkinson, Danny Short, Pete Smith, Linda Ryder, Sandra Whelan, Gaz Whelan, Dolph Taylor, Alison Taylor, Steven Marcus, Sarah Nelson, Latch, Paul Davis, John Robb, Phil Saxe, Jason Godwin, Mara Gordon, Mani, Bez, Mark Day, Anthony "Muzzer" Murray, Dave Brettell, Clint Boon and Peter Hook. Hear about Happy Mondays trip to Brazil where they met Ronnie Biggs, Paul's son Chico's cancer battle, his infidelities and encounters with Mickey Rourke, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Prince. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is part two of a three part "Best Of" series - where we treat you to the very best bits of the series. Laugh with us and cry with us as the highlights of Paul's life are re-lived - from the heady heights of success with Happy Mondays through to his drug addiction and breakdowns. Featured in this episode are Paul Ryder alongside his ex wife Angela Smith and guests Philip Shotton, Andy Hardy, Dave and Maureen Brettell, Clint Boon, Rowetta, Gaz Whelan, Linda Ryder, Sandra Whelan, Tony Wilson, Phil Saxe, Tony Michaelides, Rosemary Barratt, Alan Howard, Anthony "Muzzer" Murray, Mark Day, Paul Davis, Paul Oakenfold, Cressa, Bez, Pete Smith, Daz Gilkinson, Danny Short, Chris "double pudding" Connelly, Lea Mullen, Paul Poppelwell, Jason Godwin, John Pennington and John Robb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this multi-award-winning show featuring the in-depth life story of Happy Mondays founding member Paul Ryder, this is the first of a three part "Best Of" compilation from the series. This week's episode features special guests Bez, Rowetta, Gaz Whelan, Mark Day and Paul Davis as well as the Rock N Roll Mums: Paul and Shaun Ryder's mum Linda and her best friend Sandra, mum of Mondays drummer Gaz Whelan. Also featuring is New Order's Peter Hook, The Stone Roses bassist Mani, Factory Records PR Guru and radio DJ Tony Michaelides, former Happy Mondays manager Phil Saxe, early fans Jason Whelan and Kingo, Paul's childhood friend Carl Williams and MTV's Alan Howard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special bonus episode, Angela Smith, ex-wife of Happy Mondays founding member and bassist Paul Ryder, talks to Manchester cultural legend, musician from The Membranes and Goldblade, journalist, author and all round lovely human John Robb. Hear about Tony Wilson's original vision for the band, his grand plan for Manchester, when drugs flooded the city in the 1908s and the final days of Factory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this jaw-droppingly honest interview, former Happy Mondays personal manager Anthony Murray aka Muzzer reveals behind-the-scenes secrets of the band, telling of shocking debauchery and hilarious archetypal rock star shenanigans - going toe to toe with Axl Rose when he steals Shaun Ryder's woman, arguments with Mick Hucknall over pizza and coming to blows with a drunken fan on a plane as well as plenty of other everyday antics. The hilarious and disarmingly candid Muzzer spent a year in a Turkish prison for allegedly smuggling drugs - which he was recently cleared of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The third special bonus edition featuring legendary Happy Mondays drummer Gaz Whelan, one of Paul's closest friends. Hear about the formation of the band, their rise to superstardom and the band's initial implosion when everything collapsed and landed both Gaz and Paul in a mental health facility in this poignant and hilarious episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legendary Piccadilly Records DJ, Factory Records PR and record plugger Tony Michaeledes aka Tony the Greek reveals secrets from the early days of the Mondays, the battles behind the scenes, the disastrous radio and TV interviews and how Happy Mondays sparked a cultural revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's a fifteen minute trailer featuring some highlights from the first series of the show! Gaz Whelan's saucy Wembley secret, Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses do Top of the Pops together, Paul has a nervous breakdown, Paul leaves home because he can't have a salamander, he's prophetically asked how he thinks his brother would feel if he got a call saying he was dead and his friend, radio broadcaster Jeanette Jackon is live on air when she finds out he's passed away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this multi award-winning show telling the complete story of the life of Happy Mondays founding member and bassist Paul Ryder, this episode featured three people who were there from the very start - drummer Gaz Whelan's brother Jason, one of Paul's best friends Andy Hardy and celebrity Salford hairdresser Kingo. Hear never before heard stories from the frontline of the formation of the band, the hedonism, the highs and the inevitable lows. Bring your tissues too - it's a bittersweet listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Mondays female vocalist, the delicious diva, the siren of song, the woman with the velveteen vocal chords, the legend that is Rowetta takes us through her highlights of the last 30 years of her time with the Mondays, right through to Paul's untimely death in July 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this multi award-winning podcast charting the life story of Happy Mondays founding member and bassist Paul Ryder, this bonus episode features a full length in depth interview with his mother, Linda Ryder revealing secrets from the childhood Paul and Shaun Ryder shared and Paul's oldest friend Carl Williams spills the beans about the childhood scrapes and teenage rebel antics. Also featured is some exclusive audio of Paul and Shaun's dad Derek performing as a comedian in the 1970s! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special bonus episode we have the full interview with Happy Mondays guitarist Mark Day - prepare to laugh out loud at his hilarious stories of life in the chaotic early days of the band. From dodgy hotels in China through to chaos in Barbados, stage collapses in Spain and fights in Panama, this episode has it all! We also hear from Mark about the traumatic day that Paul died and Mark and his wife tried to save him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another emotionally charged episode, this time with special guest John Tuvey, drummer from the legendary band Flowered Up, often described as London's answer to Happy Mondays. Mad tales of raving in the early days followed by a tragic demise due to heroin infiltrating the band and ultimately causing the death of two of their members. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this award-winning series telling the definitive life story of Happy Mondays founding member and bassist Paul Ryder, we meet the man who championed the Mondays in the music press before they were famous and was part and parcel of the development of the Madchester scene. A international DJ in his own right, a successful author and music critic - it's the legendary Dave Haslam, revealing secrets and telling stories of Shaun Ryder vomiting during an interview, the most disastrous press interview he's ever encountered with the band and the inside scoop on Tony Wilson's take on the Mondays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A rollercoaster of a bonus episode with hilarious chat as well as tear-jerking memories from the actor Paul Popplewell, who played the part of Paul Ryder in the film 24 Hour Party People and subsequently became good friends with Paul. Secrets from the set and stories galore from the past 20 years including bittersweet memories from Paul's funeral. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A rare and exclusive interview with the original keyboardist of Happy Mondays - the legendary Paul Davis, who reveals secrets from the early days of the band in this chat with the ex-wife of Paul Ryder, Angela Smith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A deeply personal episode where two of Paul's closest friends reveal details of his terrible struggles with heroin addiction, his encounter with Marilyn Mansion and a night with the Fun Loving Criminals that changed the course of Paul's life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 made to wear prison uniforms, who wanted to star in a spaghetti western and why the iconic Step On video shot on the roof of a hotel in Spain almost never happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 their label mates and "big brother", right through to giving scandalous detail of shenanigans at Paul's funeral Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 information.

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!" - and the recruitment of Bez into the ranks, fight Nazis on stage in Blackburn and the bankruptcy of Factory Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Thrills N Bellyaches and Yes Please with John Cale, Martin Hannett, Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osbourne as well as Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth. He talks of his and Mani's cunning plan to outsmart BBC producers when Happy Mondays did Top of The Pops with The Stone Roses and him and Bez never made it to Paul's wedding, why Jazzy B banned them from a party, what the studio guys said about their time working with Whitney Houston, his bemusement at discovering a home made crack den at the studio in Barbados and the day that Bez got into a fight in Los Angeles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 was there when the Mondays famously reformed with the original line-up in 2012 and tells no-holds-barred stories and gives unique insights with his infectious own brand of humor and heart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 darkest of times and shares his often harrowing memories of their time together, including their descent into heroin addiction and their love of "spicy brews"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

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 raiders with Paul, they experienced the benevolent and kind side of him when Lee was struck down with a life-threatening illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

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 own funeral and much much more..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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel athttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQJoin our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspired this one!Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQJoin our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the early days of the band, a fight with Shaun that involved Sandra wielding a snooker cue, a gig in Birmingham where they got a nasty surprise and the madness backstage at the Mondays shows.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQJoin our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 finally splits with Paul after he's caught cheating for the third and final time and the tragedy of Paul's sudden death and the fight that ensued that day as well as detail of Paul's celebrity-studded funeral where there was not a dry eye in the house and an audacious move by two of the guests who skipped the line for a line in the bathroom as the priest looked on! Bring your tissues for this episode.Featuring Bez, Rowetta, Mark Day, Gaz Whelan, Peter Hook, Clint Boon, Mani from The Stone Roses, Linda Ryder, Sandra Whelan, Andy Hardy, Dave Brettell, Anthony Murray aka Muzzer and Phil Saxe.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQJoin our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 coped with Paul's struggles with addiction, how her husband Derek used to be fashion forward, her attitude to the lies peddled in the press, meeting the Sex Pistols, and how the they all coped when the band first broke up. Next week is the grande finale of the main series with the final interview with Paul - recorded just 12 days before he passed away.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hear from all of the Big Arm members including Pete Smith, Danny Short, Daz Gilkinson, Lea Mullen and Chris Connelly aka Double Pudding and Chips. Pete talks about pulling Paul out of a drug house, Danny shares a story about mimicking Ian Brown while the band were on tour with him and Daz talks of a celebrity encounter he'd rather forget. Lea reminisces about touring with Paul during their time with the Mondays and Double Pudding drives the band's gear to a gig in Berlin with Paul's dad Derek. The album is out today - Paul Ryder's Big Arm - Radiator - so get yourself a copy!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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQJoin our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 demons. He details the highs of rock n roll success at the highest level and the lows of drug addiction, sex addiction, mental breakdowns and having a child with cancer, all told with a disarming level of honesty and underpinned with his understated sense of humour. Guests this week include Mara Gordon - International Cannabis Expert, Gaz Whelan - Happy Mondays drummer as well as Linda Ryder - mum of Paul and Shaun Ryder and Sandra Whelan - mum of Gaz Whelan, Happy Mondays video director Phil Shotton, Club Promotor Tyler Jacobson and Paul's son Chico Ryder.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 from The Stone Roses and Primal Scream along with New Order and Joy Division's Peter Hook and Inspiral Carpets' Clint Boon rally round to help raise money for Paul's son and Ricki Lake asks a favor of the family,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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 sobriety in the face of untold stress as his youngest son Chico is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Featuring special guests: Phil Saxe, John Robb, Linda Ryder, Sandra Whelan, Jason Godwin, Mark Day, Paul Davis, Gaz Whelan, Lee "Latch" Parker, Anthony "Muzzer": Murray and Chico Ryder.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 hears about an article in The Sun claiming that Happy Mondays were dramatically reforming with the original line-up and Paul and Shaun's relationship reaches an all-time low.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 how she almost became a Hollywood celebrity. Happy Mondays guitarist Mark reveals the secret of remaining incognito in his neighborhood. Big Arm struggle at a London gig and Paul gets blind drunk doing a DJ set in Denver and offers advice to others struggling with addiction issues.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Frank Sidebottom show where he duets with the one and only David Soul! With special guests Alan Howard, Rowetta, Phil Smethurst, Linda Ryder, Sandra Whelan, Gary Whelan, Paul Popplewell, Rosemary Barratt and Jeannette Jackson.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 terrible struggles he endured with addiction, mental health breakdowns and more. In this episode he forms a new band named by Ian Brown - Big Arm - and supports Ian on two tours. He describes almost getting arrested in New York during the filming of one of his videos, and actor Paul Popplewell, who played the part of Paul Ryder in the film 24 Hour Party People talks about the close bond they formed and Paul reveals the hilarious reason why he was particularly pleased that Paul Popplewell was given the role. Rock n Roll Mums Linda Ryder and Sandra Whelan give their less than enthusiastic review of the film. John Robb talks about working with Paul on an ITV show and Happy Mondays drummer Gaz Whelan talks about Paul's terrible stage fright. The episode ends with the dramatic fire breaking out that burned the family's French chateau. With special guests John Robb, Gary Whelan, Clint Boon, Phil Saxe, Linda Ryder, Sandra Whelan, Alan Howard, Rosemary Barratt, Pete Smith, Danny Short, Daz Gilkinson, Lea Mullin, John Pennington, aka Gianni Pannetone and Chris Connelly, aka Double Pudding and Chips.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 the meantime, Liam Gallagher is banned from the Mondays dressing room! With guests Linda Ryder, Sandra Whelan (aka "The Rock n Roll mums"!), Gaz Whelan, Bez, Lea Mullin, Rowetta, Paul Davis, Mark Day, Phil Saxe, Anthony Murray, Dave Brettell, Maureen Brettell, Andy Hardy and Jason Godwin.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 with Marilyn Manson follow in yet another madcap episode. Featuring alongside Paul Ryder and his ex-wife Angela Smith are Lea Mullin, Gaz Whelan, Mark Day, Rowetta, rock n roll mums Linda Ryder and Sandra Whelan, plus Disco Dave and Maureen Brettell. This series finished recording just 12 days before Paul passed away.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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 inspired this one!Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/thepaulrydertapesIf you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.comVisit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!Thanks so much for being a part of the series! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.