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Happy Mondays are an England|English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the musical group|band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass guitar|bass, lead guitarist Mark Day (aka "Moose" or "Cowhead"), keyboardist Paul Davis (Happy Mondays)|Paul Davis (aka P.D), and drummer Gary Whelan (Musician)|Gary Whelan. Bez would later join the band onstage during a live performance after befriending Shaun Ryder (known to him as "X") and served as a dancer/percussionist. Rowetta Satchell joined the band to provide backing vocals in the early 90s. History First incarnation The first official release from Happy Mondays was the "Forty Five E.P.", often incorrectly called the "Delightful E.P." after its first track. It was released on Factory Records in 1985. Manchester pop impresario Tony Wilson discovered the Mondays (then managed by Phil Saxe) at a battle of the bands contest held at his Fac 51 Hacienda|Haçienda nightclub. The story goes that Wilson signed them to his label, Factory Records, even though they came in last. Their first album, ''Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)'', debuted in 1987 and was produced by John Cale. This was followed by ''Bummed'' in 1988, produced by Martin Hannett, ''... read all Happy Mondays top albums
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