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How to Be a Rock Star

By: Shaun Ryder
Narrated by: Shaun Ryder
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As lead singer of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, Shaun Ryder was the Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of his generation. A true rebel, who formed and led not one but two seminal bands, he's had number-one albums, headlined Glastonbury, toured the world numerous times, taken every drug under the sun, been through rehab - and come out the other side as a national treasure.

Now, for the first time, Shaun lifts the lid on the real inside story of how to be a rock star. With insights from three decades touring the world, which took him from Salford to San Francisco, from playing working men's clubs to headlining Glastonbury and playing in front of the biggest festival crowd the world has ever seen, in Brazil, in the middle of thunderstorm. From recording your first demo tape to having a number-one album, Shaun gives a fly-on-the-wall look at the rock 'n' roll lifestyle - warts and all: how to be a rock star - and also how not to be a rock star.

From numerous Top of the Pops appearances to being banned from live TV, from being a figurehead of the acid-house scene to hanging out backstage with the Rolling Stones, Shaun has seen it all. In this book he pulls the curtain back on the debauchery of the tour bus, ridiculous riders, run-ins with record companies, drug dealers and the mafia, and how he forged the most remarkable comeback of all time.

'Candid, brilliant and bizarre' Guardian

'Stories about the frontman and his bandmates are legion ... [like] Peter Kay with menaces' The Sunday Times

'There are enough stories about Happy Mondays to keep people talking about them forever. Bands live on through the myth really, myth and legend' (Steve Lamacq)©2021 Shaun Ryder (P)2021 Atlantic Books Ltd & W. F. Howes Ltd Entertainment & Celebrities Music Celebrity Funny
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Great stories and nostalgia. Really enjoyed hearing the connections between all the people involved with the Mondays and how many ways Shaun could say Rock n' Roll.

Shaun Ryder being Shaun Ryder

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Took me right back to my early twenties!
Felt like a truly honest recollection of crazy memories, some fuzzy round the edges, some with full clarity, but all captivating.
If you were part of, aware of, or have heard your parents talk about Madchester, Acid House or Rave culture then you need to listen to this!
Good that Shaun narrated himself, I was surprised by how coherent he was!
After all he’s been up to he’s lucky to still be with us….

Great listening, revealing and funny.

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Brought me back to my teenage years. They were the first band I ever say live and Shaun’s story was so entertaining. Well worth a listen.

Loved it

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