Happy Mondays

Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays performing in 2006
Background information
Origin	Salford, England
Genres	Baggy indie dance post-punk Madchester neo-psychedelia
Years active	1980–1993 1999–2001 2004–2010 2012–present
Labels	Factory Elektra
Members	Shaun Ryder Gaz Whelan Rowetta Mark "Bez" Berry Mark Day Dan Broad
Past members	Kav Sandhu Paul Davis Paul Ryder

Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The original line-up consisted of brothers Shaun Ryder (vocals) and Paul Ryder (bass), Gaz Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar). Mark "Bez" Berry later joined the band onstage as a dancer and maracas player. Rowetta joined as a second vocalist and percussionist in 1990.^[1] They were initially signed to Tony Wilson's Factory Records label.

The group's work bridged the Manchester alternative rock music of the 1980s and the emerging UK rave scene, drawing influence from funk, house, and psychedelia to pioneer the Madchester sound.^[2] They experienced their commercial peak with the releases Bummed (1988), Madchester Rave On (1989), and Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches (1990), with the latest going platinum in the UK.^[2] Happy Mondays disbanded in 1993, and have since reformed several times in subsequent decades.