1993 - Shaun is dating Oriele (Oriole) Leitch, Donovan's daughter.
Notes: Shaun and Oriole would later have a daughter, Coco. Coco would become a painter, sculptor and a performance artist.
From March 2020 - Uncut Magazine, Donovan Interview by Sam Richards: How was Shaun Ryder as a son-in-law? Al Knight, via email. D: Before Shaun and his brother got involved with my two daughters, they visited me in a Manchester hotel. [My wife] Linda and I had realised that the hottest band of the ’80s was into Donovan. Anyway, when they’re leaving the hotel suite, they were trying to take the paintings off the wall and unscrew the door handles. I said, “Boys, how much do you need? I’ll give you the money!” [On another occasion] Linda wanted to make sure the girls were all right. Ecstasy was clean then, and she went straight to Shaun and said, “We want the best, and take us to the club!” We danced in the Haçienda all fuckin’ night. Linda danced everybody under the table and the story in Manchester was, “We couldn’t keep up!” Shaun and Oriole had a beautiful daughter, Coco. She’s an incredible artist, not only a painter and sculptor but a performance artist, which makes sense being Shaun’s daughter. They’ve been estranged, but at one point they’ll get together. I’d like Shaun to meet his daughter again and for them to realise they’re part of the same journey.

1993 - Mark Day forms a new group with Andy Rourke
From 20 March 1993 NME Magazine article: Mark Day confirmed that he, Davis and Whelan have formed a band with former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke. They are rehearsing in Manchester and looking for a deal. They hope to release their first material and maybe play a one-off live date sometime in the summer. Ironically. Rourke, together with Mike Joyce, is currently sueing Morrissey and Johnny Marr over unpaid Smiths royalties.

March 1993 - Shaun Ryder appears on The Word, TV Show
Notes: Shaun was accompanied by girlfriend Oriele (Oriole) Leitch

06 March 199x - Shaun is fined £650 and is disqualified from driving for 18 months
From Melody Maker : ...he pleaded guilty to a drink-driving charge. Shaun was breath tested and found to be more than twice the legal limit....

03 April 1993 - Shaun's New Band Rumours from Melody Maker Magazine
Shaun Ryder is setting up a new band— The Mondays — with brother Paul and Bez. Former Smiths collaborator guitarist Craig Gannon, ex- James drummer Gavan Whelan and a member of Mancunian rap group the Ruthless Rap Assassins have also been recruited, Ryder says.
Speaking on last Fridays The Word, accompanied by new girlfriend Oriele Leitch, he dismissed hopes of a Happy Mondays reunion with a sarcastic jibe as his former collaborators. "Mark the guitarist, the keyboard player and the other guy who played the drums — you know, the really important people in the Happy Mondays — have gone off and done their own thing, so that's it. And the Mondays are still going on...."
The closing titles of the programme showed Ryder dancing with Zippy. Bungle and George from classic kids TV show Rainbow.

Black Grape
Shaun Ryder & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge - Vocals
Ged 'Jed' Lynch - Drums & Percussion
Paul 'Wags' Wagstaff - Guitar
Bez - Bez Vibes
Managed by Nik Nicholl, Gloria Di Petro Nicholls/Red Eye.
A&R - Brendan Bourke. A&R Co-ordinator - Kent Belden.

1993 - Shaun Ryder's Living Room, (Rehearsals), Didsbury
Notes: Paul 'Wags' Wagstaff, ex-Paris Angels guitarist, formed a new band with Shaun and Bez and started rehearsing in Manchester. The band did not even have a name yet. Kermit from Ruthless Rap Assassins and drummer Ged Lynch from Instastella join the rehearsal sessions.
During the sessions Craig Gannon (former Smiths 'rebel' additional guitarist) and Martin Wright (Interstella) both recorded with Shaun's new band.
From 20 March 1993 NME Magazine article: Meanwhile, suggestions that Shaun Ryder and Bez are planning to form their own group remained unconfirmed last week. Reports that the pair were trying to schedule a date at Manchester University's Academy venue were denied by the Students' Union.

N - 03 June 1993 - NME Magazine misinterpret Manic Street Preachers cover of Happy Mondays Wrote For Luck as a collabaration with Shaun.
Notes: Apparently M.S.P were to perform the cover live on Naked City (Channel 4 TV Show) but Shaun could not appear as he was still ill from his recent holiday in Morocco. The finished recording would later appear on the B-Side for '' & the M.S.P. B-Sides compilation 'Lipstick Traces'.
From NME Magazine 03 June 1993: Meanwhile, Ryder's collaboration with Manic Street Preachers on a version of Happy Mondays' classic single 'Wrote For Luck' may still go ahead, despite Ryder's non appearance at a recent recording session. The Manics, who performed the song during last Wednesday' s low-key performance at London's Marquee, had hoped to team up with the former Mondays vocalist for Channel 4's new pop series Naked City, but plans were put on ice due to Ryder having allegedly been taken ill following a holiday in Morocco.

N - 03 June 1993 - Shaun Ryder & Stella Grundy record a duet version of 'Can You Fly Like You Mean It?'
Notes: Intastella singer and Shaun recorded a new version of Intastella song 'Can You Fly Like You Mean It?'. It appeared on the b-side to Drifter. Released as Intastella.
From NME Magazine 03 June 1993: HAPPY MONDAYS' former Singer SHAUN RYDER has recorded a duet with the lead singer of Manchester dance-pop outfit Intastella. Billed as Beauty And The Beast, Ryder and vocalist Stella Grundy have recorded a version of the Intastella song 'Can You Fly Like You Mean It?'.

1993 - Intastella - Drifter UK Release Date
Planet 3 Records – GXY CD 2001
Planet 3 Records – GXY TR 2001
CD / 12inch Vinyl
The Drifter
Can You Fly Like You Mean It? (Gungadin) (Featuring Shaun Ryder) 4:20
El Drifto
Can You Fly Like You Mean It? (Gungadin) (Featuring Shaun Ryder) (808 State Mix)

M - 04 September 1993 - Shaun Ryder with Stella Grundy appear on the cover of Melody Maker magazine, 70p
Notes: 'Ryders on the storm. Who's That Girl with Shaun Ryder...'. See 03 June 1993 for collabaration details.

September 1993 - Double Easy: The U.S. Singles Release Date
Artwork by Central Station Design.
Elektra
24 Hour Party People
Wrote For Luck
Lazyitis
Mad Cyril (Hello Girls Mix) 3:54
Hallelujah (MacColl Mix)
Step On (Stuff It In Mix) 5:53
Tokoloshe Man
Kinky Afro
Loose Fit (12inch Version) 6:26
Bob's Yer Uncle (Bobs Yer Tune The Grid Remix) listed on sleeve (12inch Version)
Judge Fudge (12inch) 6:19
Stinkin Thinkin
Sunshine & Love (U.S Single Edit)
Angel (Single Edit aka Radio Edit) 4:07
W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix)
Hallelujah (Club Mix)
Notes:

N - 1993 - Gary Kurfist of Radioative Records contacts Shaun Ryder
Notes: Gary Kurfist, head of Radioative Records, was in contact with Shaun after the break up of the Happy Mondays. Gary expressed interest in Shaun's new project and requested a demo tape. Gary was responsible for organising the New York Music Festival which hosted Janis Joplin, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix and more.

12 March 1994 - Mark Day's Reveals New Projects with Edward Barton & 'Trigger Happy' with Mark Graveson and Eddie
Blaney.
Notes: Eddie aka Ed Blaney would later record & release music with The Fall leader Mark E. Smith.
From Melody Maker Magazine 12 March 1994
TRIGGER HAPPY - EX-MONDAY - EX-HAPPY MONDAYS guitarist Mark Day has re-emerged and is working on two new proiects. One is a songwriting collaboration with Edward Barton, the infamous Mancunian eccentric ...who... Opus Ill's hit, "It's A Fine Day"...
The other is a new trio, Trigger Happy, completed by keyboard player and drummer Mark Graveson and singer Eddie Blaney. Mark told The Maker: "With Edward, we're looking for a singer. We've got songs, but we just need some other chemistry to put into it. With Trigger Happy, we've got five or six tunes together and we've got interest from Polydor. They want to see us live, which we haven't got round to yet, but it will happen when we feel ready..."
"I've got to whip it into shape and things going. I'm desperate! I'm skint! We've got to some live stuff because people want to see it, but it'll happen when we've got 10 songs together and we feel ready to go up there. I can't put a definite date on it.
"I want to keep the numbers in the band down. I know that as well as being a musician you've got to be a bit Of a businessman — especially as one out of the Mondays! I had to do another IOU for a while to finance what I'm doing. I did some franchising, distributing educational material to companies. It distracted me from music for a while, but I'm not going to be doing it for much longer.
"I've been so disillusioned with the music business that I just put my guitar down and didn't want to do anything for ages. When I got together with Eddie, it was just one of those chance meetings but we ended up getting some tunes together.
"His voice has got to mature a lot more. He and Mark are like virgins, and I'm a bit more advanced; so I'm giving them a crash course. The music is like the Mondays should have been, but with a funk in it. The dance theme should stay there, but it's a bit more jazzy- There's a bit Of Led Zeppelin in it —it's a bit more guitar-oriented, a bit more rock'n'roll. I'm sick of all the sequenced, sampled shit. But then, after the Mondays, all I was left with was a few guitars, so all I could do was write on guitar. It's like John Major said — back to basics! "I'm not going to stick to one band, I'm going to spread myself around and do as many different things as I can. I'm ready now to stop sitting around moping an' do something positive with life again. "

1994 - Drone Studios, Chorlton
Notes: Shaun went into Drone Studios, Chorlton and recorded some demos and sent them to Radioactive Records.

N - 1994 - Radioative Records agree to sign 'Black Grape' and Danny Saber is hired to record the new material.
Notes: Gary approved of the band's demos and hired Danny Saber to record them. Saber had worked with and on music by some of the biggest bands in the world (Bowie, U2, Ozzy Osborne and more).
The band did not have a name until Kermit was seen drinking a can of Black Grape juice. Shaun liked the name and they needed a name to sign the record deal.
From February 1995 - Select Magazine, Tony Wilson said: Shaun Ryder's just formed a new duo called Black Grape. But, when I asked him why, Shaun said, because he's black and I love grapes."
13 September 2021 -The Big Issue EASY RYDER (7 MINUTES) Shaun Ryder Interview: TBI: You must prefer working solo without all the politics of working with a band? SWR: The Mondays split up in about '92 or '93. It was only a couple of years later that I had the first Black Grape album out. As soon as the Mondays was over I was straight over to LA to start something new. In 1995 the first Black Grape album [It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah!] went to number one. I was signed as a solo artist but I was too insecure to go out alone so insisted on teaming up with Kermit and recording as a band. We didn’t have a name and so at the last minute they said we needed a name for the contract. Kermit turned up in the studio drinking from a can that said Black Grape on it so we just said we’d use that. The rest of the band were just session musicians, which made the whole recording process much easier. Once I started working with professional musicians I never looked back.

1994 - Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales.
In The Name Of The Father
Notes: They recorded eight songs during the initial sessions.

1994 - Chapel Studios, Alford, Lincolnshire.
Notes:

1994/1995 - Boundary Row Studios, London, SE1 8HP
Notes: During the Boundary Row recording sessions, the band ran out of drugs. They were mainly taking Ecstasy, Tamezepan and Guinness too. One of the session members sarcastically remarked 'It's great when you are straight' and Shaun picked up on thr quote, hence the LP title. Producer/bassist Danny Sabre and producer-come-keyboard-player Stephen Lironi contributed during the sessions.

1995 - It's Great When You're Straight Yeah! Mixing Sessions, Encore Studios, L.A., U.S.A
Notes: The album was mixed at Encore Studios in L.A. by Tom Lord-Alge.

M - Ian Brown on Happy Mondays, 01 March 1995 - Ian Brown appears on the cover of 'The Face Magazine' Issue 78, March 1995
''I’d always thought that us and the Mondays would make things more real, but – and I don’t know why it happens – it all peters out and goes wrong. You know those lads in the Mondays, I feel proper sorry for them, They’re great musicians and they can play, but I seen Mark Day a year ago and you know what? He couldn’t afford to buy a cot for his daughter.''

1995 - Paul Ryder asks Reni to form a band

1995 - Reverend Black Grape Video Shoot
Notes: Don Letts shot the video 'Reverend Black Grape' which took place at the Factory funded Dry Bar in Manchester and a council estate in Ancoats. It's Great When You're Straight Yeah! Promo Sunglasses, Shades given away by the Radioactive Records PR crew. Sets were given away on set to everyone involved in the recording of the Reverend Black Grape video promo. The shades were also given away at the album launch night and other PR events too. Initial shades had the H-Spec London label. Cool black shades with the album title in the lense, like on the album sleeve.
Official: 04 November 2016 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! Deluxe Edition DVD - Reverend Black Grape (Official Video)

M - May 1995 - Happy Mondays appear in Melody Maker magazine
Notes: 'Shaun Again'

M - 05 June 1995 - Select Magazine Photo Shoot by Derek Ridgers
Notes: Shaun Ryder, suited up in London holding a wine glass.

M - June 1995 - Shaun Ryder appears on the cover of Loaded Magazine, Issue 14
Notes: "The guvnor, Shaun Ryder goes straight"

M - 1995 - Black Grape feature in 1995 MUZIK Magazine, Sarah Champion article

Black Grape - June 1995 - Reverend Black Grape U.K. Release Date
Reverend Black Grape (Dark Side Mix) (Remix by Bush And Shad) 4:43
CD
Reverend Black Grape / Straight Out Of Trumpton (Basement Tapes) / Reverend Black Grape (The Dark Side Mix)
Cassette
Reverend Black Grape / Straight Out Of Trumpton (Basement Tapes)
12inch Vinyl
Reverend Black Grape / Reverend Black Grape (Dub Collar Mix) / Reverend Black Grape (The Dark Side Mix)
Promo
Reverend Black Grape (Radio Edit) 4:28
Notes: The band had an official website too. http://musicbase.co.uk/music/blackgrape.

TV - 1995 - Top Of The Pops, London
Reverend Black Grape
Notes: The single treated the band to a performance on Top Of The Pops, where Shaun dropped the F bomb.
Official: 04 November 2016 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! Deluxe Edition DVD - Reverend Black Grape (Top Of The Pops 1995)

M - 01 July 1995 - Shaun Ryder appears on the cover of VOX Magazine
Notes: 'Weed, Smack, Prosac, Crack, Methadone..KFO? Shaun Ryder Scores again'

July 1995 - In The Name Of The Father Video Shoot
Official: 04 November 2016 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! Deluxe Edition DVD - In The Name Of The Father (Official Video)

Shaun
Kermit
Wags
Bez

18 July 1995 Tuesday - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth * Ticket Price: £7.00
Tazmati Party / In The Name Of The Father / Reverend Black Grape / Kelly's Heroes (false start) / Kelly's Heroes /
Notes: Sold Out Show. A review featured in the NME 'Ryder On A Stormer', partial setlist is taken from the review.
The official merchandise included a Screen Stars label grey t-shirt. It has the album sleeve in a circle shape on the top left chest (like a football badge) and another smaller black and white circle design on the rear near the rim of the neck.

19 July 1995 Wednesday - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton * Ticket Price: £7.00
Notes: Sold Out Show.
20 July 1995 Thursday - Riverside, Newcastle * Ticket Price: £7.00
Notes: Sold Out Show.
22 July 1995 Saturday - Leadmill, Sheffield * Ticket Price: £7.00
Notes: Sold Out Show.
23 July 1995 Sunday - Trinity Centre, Bristol * Ticket Price: £7.00
Notes: Sold Out Show.

24 July 1995 Monday - Hanover Grand, no.6 Hanover St., London, W1R9HH * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £8.00
Notes: Sold Out Show.

26 July 1995 Wednesday - University, Manchester * Ticket Price: £7.00
Notes: Sold Out Show.

1995 - MTV Most Wanted, London
In The Name Of The Father / Reverend Black Grape
Broadcast: MTV
Video Bootleg: MTV Broadcast - Live Philadelphia 1996 DVDr

Black Grape - August 1995 - In The Name Of The Father U.K. Release Date
Land Of 1000 Karma Sutra Babes - Written by Shaun Ryder & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge (Remix by Laura B, Nik Nicholl)
In The Name Of The Father (Choppers Mix) & In The Name Of The Father (Choppers Instrumental Mix) (Remix by Danny Saber)
1996 - USA RARD-11224 Promo CD
In The Name Of The Father 4:21
CD
In The Name Of The Father / Land Of 1000 Karma Sutra Babes / In The Name Of The Father (Choppers Mix)
Cassette
In The Name Of The Father / Land Of 1000 Karma Sutra Babes
12inch
In The Name Of The Father / Land Of 1000 Karma Sutra Babes / In The Name Of The Father (Choppers Mix) / In The Name Of The Father (Choppers Instrumental Mix)
Promo
In The Name of The Father (Edit) 3:37

04 August 1995 Friday - Feile Festival, pairc ui chaoimh, Cork, Republic Of Ireland
Notes: Loads of fans caught the ferry over to watch the band perform. The festival was made up of the main arena, Gaelic football stadium with the pitch covered with hundreds of gymnasium crash mats, fairground rides, a few food vans, bars and a dance tent.
As Bez walks on, he takes the mic and shouts "0161 in the area!", Shaun follows shortly after, Bez continues 'Meet The Gang ‘Cos The Boys Are Here' from 1970's U.K TV Show It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.
Kermit dedicated a song to Ian Brown "This one’s going out to Ian Brown, ‘cos he’s a fookin’ geezer.". Ian watched from the side of the stage, The Stone Roses headlined Sunday night. After the set, Shaun, Bez and Ian watch Tricky perform.
From 19 August 1995 - NME Magazine, Review by Johnny Cigarettes: FEILE ATTRACTION... What the world is waiting for, however, is BLACK GRAPE. And if we haven’t had quite the absence to make the heart grow fonder that the Roses had, the roar of affection as Bez leaps into view is truly heart-warming. "0161 in the area!" he yells, because Il Shaunio himself mooches on, at which Bez breaks into a rousing chorus of ‘Meet The Gang ‘Cos The Boys Are Here’ from It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. This is what they want – balls out fruitcake entertainment, preferably with loads of swearing. Fifty-seven expletives and four loopy grooves later, Kermit says a very strange thing. "This one’s going out to Ian Brown, ‘cos he’s a fookin’ geezer."
There’s a cheer, and a glowing white figure at the wings of the stage waves regally. F—ing hell, it’s him!
Yes, it’s Ian Brown, as we live and can’t breathe. Bopping away in the corner in an uncannily similar manner to Liam Gallagher, saluting his public and practising swaggering on the spot.
And then, after the Grape’s triumphant set, lo! It hath come to pass, that sitting at stage-side watching TRICKY with loud appreciation are Shaun Ryder, Ian Brown and Bez! The Godfather, The Prodigal Son and The Unholy Ghost! Smoking the same spliff!
Seizing the opportunity of a lifetime, I ask them if we can take a photograph.
"Sure," says Shaun. "If you get us all a beer."
The European Beer Retrieving record is promptly shattered, and paparazzo legend Ed Sirrs descends upon the merry throng.
"Hey!" snaps Ian Brown, wagging a bony finger. "I recognise you, yer coont. You tried to rip us off, with them photos a few years back. You can go fook yerself, pal." Oh dear, Ian is referring, believe it or not, to some live photos Ed took of the Roses six years ago, which, via syndication and unknown to Ed, ended up being used on a Mercury phonecard. This, to Ian Brown, is the most heinous of crimes, which even six years on cannot be forgiven. Funny lad. And believe me, he gets funnier....

Black Grape - August 1995 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah U.K. Release Date
Artwork Design by Grand Central Station. Photography by Matt & Pat Carroll.
Shaun Ryder & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge - Vocals
Ged Lynch - Drums & Percussion
Paul 'Wags' Wagstaff, Danny Saber - Guitars
Bez - Bez Vibes
Anthony Guarderas, Danny Saber - Bass
Danny Saber & Stephen Lironi - Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Programming.
Danni Birihani - Sitar
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales. Chapel Studios, Alford, Lincolnshire. Boundary Row, London.
Engineered by Danny Saber, Ewan Davies & Phil Ault.
Additional Engineering & Programming by Michael Scherchen.
Produced by Danny Saber, Shaun Ryder & Stephen Lironi.
Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, Encore Studios, L.A., U.S.A.
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY.
Executive Producer - Gary Kurfirst.
Reverend Black Grape - Written by Shaun Ryder & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge. Harmonica – Bledynn Richards
In The Name Of The Father - Written by Shaun Ryder & Danny Saber. Emma Day & Psycho- Backing Vocals.
Tramazi Parti - Written by Shaun Ryder, Stephen Lironi & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge. Stephen Lironi - Slide Guitar. Martin Slattery - Saxophone.
Kelly's Heroes - Written by Shaun Ryder & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge. Nik Nicholl - Slide Guitar.
Yeah Yeah Brother - Written by Shaun Ryder.
A Big Day In The North - Written by Shaun Ryder & Danny Saber. Helen Vigneau - Backing Vocals.
Shake Well Before Opening - Written by Shaun Ryder & Danny Saber.
Submarine - Written by Shaun Ryder & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge.
Shake Your Money - Written by Shaun Ryder & Stephen Lironi. Nik Nicholl - Slide Guitar.
Little Bob - Written by Shaun Ryder, Danny Saber & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge. Stephen Lironi - Slide Guitar. Martin Slattery - Saxophone.
CD RAD11224
Cassette RAC11224
Vinyl LP RAC11224
Reverend Black Grape / In The Name Of The Father / Tramazi Party / Kelly's Heroes / Yeah Yeah Brother / A Big Day In The North / Shake Well Before Opening / Submarine / Shake Your Money / Little Bob
Notes: The album went to Number 1 in the charts. Yeah Yeah Brother was partially written during the Happy Mondays years.
Notes: Radioactive Records had a scratch-card competition to win a gold album disc of this release, the winners were Nick Wright (of Coventry) and Jim McFarlane (of West Lothian).
From 23-30 December 1995 - Melody Maker Magazine, Mani (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream) Interview by Dave Jennings: “There’s probably only been The Verve’s LP, ‘A Northern Soul’, and Black Grape’s LP that have moved me any this year,” he admits.

Black Grape - 09 September 1995 - The Smokin Jo Filters - Come Together U.K. Release Date
In The Name Of The Father (Crown Of Thorns Mix)
Notes: Most of the tracks on the E.P. were recorded Abbey Road Studios 04 September 1995. Various Artists Charity CD Single featuring a Black Grape remix. The band were track 04 on the single.

Black Grape - September 1995 - Time For Livin' (with The Chemical Brothers) Promo
Test Pressing 12inch Vinyl
The Charlatans - Time For Livin' (with The Chemical Brothers) (Sly & The Family Stone cover)
Black Grape - In The Name Of The Father (Crown Of Thorns Mix)

09 September 1995 - Black Grape appear on the Various Artists Compilation E.P. Smokin' Jo Filters - Come Together
Label: Go! Discs
Artwork:
Black Grape - In The Name Of The Father (Crown Of Thorns Mix)
Notes: Smokin Jo Filters, a supergroup including Paul McCartney, Paul Weller & Noel Gallagher. The CD single also featured The Beautiful South, Dodgy and Black Grape. The band did not feature on the 'Help' LP.
Bosnian Children Charity release. 'On September 4th 1995 some of the best bands and musicians in Britain entered studios all over Europe''
Official Release: Help! - Various Artists CD

21 September 1995 - Ray Cokes Most Wanted, MTV Studios, London
Broadcast: TV Show

1995 - It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah! Signing Session, Virgin Records, Times Square, New York, U.S.A.
Notes:
From North Fork Sound, Howard Thompson, New Suffolk, NY 23rd St, NYC, USA: Shaun and Bez went on to form Reverend Black Grape. The last time I saw Shaun was at an in-store at a Virgin Records, Times Square in 1995, signing copies of their fine debut, "It’s Great When You’re Straight…Yeah!" He was genuinely pleased to see me, gave me a cd signed "To H from X" and invited me to the band's NYC debut at Irving Plaza later that night. I was allowed to watch the performance from the side of the stage. No one but crew, friends and family got that privilege. One thing I'll say about Shaun Ryder, he's never disappointed me. He's always been a stand up guy. Loyal, funny, sharp and, well...more talented than he's ever been given credit for. He's got a way with words, has Shaun. Not to mention a style that's one in a million. I think he's one of the best people I've had the privilege of working with. A double-top man.

Black Grape - 23 October 1995 - In The Name Of The Father U.S. Release Date
RARD-1 1224 Radioactive CD Promo, It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah
In The Name of The Father 4:21
Notes: The initial CD promo included an A4 purple press sheet which included a $2 discount voucher which expired 31 May 1996. ''FMQB Moder Rock: 29* 1057 Spins, Billboard Modern Rock Monitor: 31* 712 Spins *

28 September 1995 Thursday - Royal Court, Liverpool * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
29 September 1995 Friday - Octagon, Sheffield * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
30 September 1995 Saturday - University, Cardiff * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
01 October 1995 Sunday - Rock City, Nottingham * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
Notes: Sold Out Show.
03 October 1995 Tuesday - UEA LCR, Norwich * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £8.50 * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
04 October 1995 Wednesday - Corn Exchange, Cambridge * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
05 October 1995 Thursday - Academy, Manchester * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
Notes: Sold Out Show.

07 October 1995 Saturday - University, Newcastle * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £8.50 * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
Notes: Sold Out Show.

08 October 1995 Sunday - Barrowlands, Glasgow * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
Notes: Sold Out Show.
09 October 1995 Monday - Town & Country, Leeds * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
Notes: Sold Out Show.
10 October 1995 Tuesday - Institute, Birmingham * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
Notes: Sold Out Show.
11 October 1995 Wednesday - The Event, Brighton * Support Act(s): Kaliphz

14 October 1995 Saturday - The Forum, London, NW5 * Ticket Price: £9.50 * Doors Open: 19:30 * Support Act(s): Kaliphz
Little Bob / Kelly's Heroes / In The Name Of The Father / Fat Neck
Notes: Sold Out Show.
Official Release: Kelly's Heroes (CD1) Little Bob (Live)
Official Release: Kelly's Heroes Limited Edition Live Digipak CD (Live 14 October 1995 - The Forum, London) Kelly's Heroes (Live) / In The Name Of The Father (Live) / Fat Neck (Live)

Happy Mondays - October 1995 - Happy Mondays appear on various artists compilation Unheard Pleasures. Cassette given away with Select Magazine.
Hallelujah (Deadstock Remix) 7:54
Notes: The promo remix appears on the free tape given away with Select Magazine, October 1995. The track appeared on the bonus 'Loads More' disc to 'Loads' too.

Happy Mondays - October 1995 - Loads U.K. Release Date
Step On
W.F.L. 6:13
Kinky Afro (Euromix) 4:18
Hallelujah (MacColl Mix) 2:40
Mad Cyril
Lazyitis
Tokoloshe Man
Loose Fit
Bob's Yer Uncle
Judge Fudge
Stinkin Thinkin
Sunshine & Love
Angel
Tart Tart
Kuff Dam
24 Hour Party People
Loads More Limited Edition Bonus Disc
Lazyitis (One Armed Boxer Mix)
W.F.L. (Think About The Future)
Bob's Yer Uncle (Perfecto 12inch Mix) aka (12inch Mix) 6:22
Loose Fix (Perfecto 12inch Mix) aka (12inch Mix) 5:59
Hallelujah (Deadstock Remix) 7:54
Freaky' Dancing’ (7inch) 3:46
Delightful

Jools Holland 1995
Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / Reverend Black Grape
Official: 04 November 2016 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! Deluxe Edition DVD - Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / Reverend Black Grape

22 October 1995 - Club Gino, Stockholm, Sweden
Tramazi Parti / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / You Got It I Want It / Shake Well Before Opening / Kellys Heroes / Yeah Yeah Brother / Reverend Black Grape / Oh Ooh / Little Bob / A Big Day In The North / Reverend Black Grape
Bootleg: Shake Well Before Listening - FM (Moonraker, MOONRAKER 121. Made In Europe.) - Tramazi Parti / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / You Got It I Want It / Shake Well Before Opening / Kellys Heroes / Yeah Yeah Brother / Reverend Black Grape / Oh Ooh / Little Bob / A Big Day In The North / Reverend Black Grape (15 February 1996 Friday - TFI Friday, Channel 4 TV Show) / A Big Day In The North (15 February 1996 Friday - TFI Friday, Channel 4 TV Show) / Interview (26 January 1996 Friday - TFI Friday, Channel 4 TV Show)

01 November 1995 - FNAC Festival Inrockuptibles, Salle de ''la Citie'' 10 Rue St Louis, Rennes, France * Doors open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: 90 Francs (Approx £13) * Supporting Mac Almont & Butler, Salad
Notes: Black Grape are the first on stage.

Black Grape - 20 November 1995 - Kelly's Heroes U.K. Release Date
Kelly’s Heroes (Milky Bar Kid Mix) (Remix by Danny Saber)
Promo CD WRAXTD22 B90604 Mastered By Nimbus
Kelly's Heroes (Single Edit) 4:02 / Kelly's Heroes (Remix) 4:41 *Remixed By Danny Saber
CD
Kelly's Heroes (Album Version) / Kelly's Heroes (The Milky Bar Kid Mix) / Kelly's Heroes (The Archibald Mix) / Little Bob (Live 14 October 1995 - The Forum, London) 5:28
Limited Edition Digipak CD raxxd 22 (Live 14 October 1995 - The Forum, London)
Kelly's Heroes (Live) / In The Name Of The Father (Live) / Fat Neck (Live)

10 December 1995 - Rolling Stone Press Photo Profile
Notes: Black Grape Rolling Stone Column/Profile Dist. by Los Angeles Times Syndicate media photos are distributed. Black and white photo taken by Pennie Smith. Unconfirmed location or photo session date. The media photo prints were dated and noted only.

28 December 1995 Thursday - Sheffield Arena, Sheffield * Ticket Price: £16.50 * Doors Open: 19:00 * Supporting: The Stone Roses
Notes: Kermit did not appear on stage.
NME reviewed the show, see 13 January 1996 NME Magazine.
According to the tour poster ''Tickets On Sale 9AM Wednesday 27 September. Limited To Four Per Person.''
An audience recording bootleg exsists for The Stone Roses.
Grahame Rae Said: ''Older and wiser (see Glasgow Green 1990 entry), I saw them at Sheffield at the end of the Second Coming tour. Memory fully active this time, I was treated to the sad (but you just knew he'd be alright and it was funny) sight of Shaun Ryder reading his lyrics from a sheet of paper, repeating the same line so many times the whole band turned to look at him, and Kermit the rapper (I think) bouncing across the stage to give him a dunt during Black Grape supporting. He then started singing the rest of the song, like a skipping record. He totally wasn't there for a good 30 seconds. Lights went down, Breaking Into Heaven intro comes on, the obviously not very matey Roses (well, three quarters of them) appeared, Adored starts, all looks great, then the drummer starts his best Guns N Roses impersonation. Don't know how you feel about the ‘non proper’ lineup but it didn't sound too good from a drumming perspective. Ian Brown fluffed a few lines, regularly didn't try to hit a high note, always seeming to sing them an octave lower than even the audience. Kept making high pitched monkey noises. Mani looked like a man possessed, I think knowing what we do now he could see this might be the second last show (with Squire). As far as I know he was already lined up for Primal Scream if it went wrong after he realised John Squire was writing songs and keeping them to himself.'' Overall though, really enjoyed it, ignored the drums, had half of my body on the cover of NME (believe me, I didn't even keep it, other than the guys I was with, nobody in the world would have known it was me) and left happy. Ears ringing, dressed in a t-shirt in the snow.''

*Re-scheduled* 15 December 1995 Friday - Brixton Academy, London * Ticket Price: £10.50 *
Notes: Re-scheduled December dates, all tickets still remain valid for 09 February 1996.
*Re-scheduled* 16 December 1995 Saturday - Brixton Academy, London * Doors Open: 21:00-03:00am * Ticket Price: £12.00 *
Notes: Re-scheduled December dates, all tickets still remain valid for 10 February 1996.
*Re-scheduled* 18 December 1995 Monday - The Centre, Newport * Ticket Price: £10.00 *
Notes: Re-scheduled December dates, all tickets still remain valid for 06 February 1996.
*Re-scheduled* 19 December 1995 Tuesday - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £11.50 *
Notes: Re-scheduled December dates, all tickets still remain valid for 07 February 1996.
*Re-scheduled* 21 December 1995 Thursday - Apollo, Manchester * Ticket Price: £10.00 *
Notes: Re-scheduled December dates, all tickets still remain valid for 03 February 1996.
*Re-scheduled* 22 December 1995 Friday - The Forum, Livingston * Ticket Price: £10.00 *
Notes: Re-scheduled December dates, all tickets still remain valid for 04 February 1996.

199x - Kevin Cummins Photo Shoot, Cuba
Notes: Shaun Ryder looked so more like his brother Paul in this photo shoot than ever. Black Grape were waiting on pending negotiations with U.S. immigration authorities, who had banned the group over their drug convictions.

M - December 1995 - Happy Mondays appear in NME Magazine
Notes: 'Our Mancs in Havana'

1996
Shaun & Kermit appear on Star Trek Night
From What Planet Am I On? by Shaun Ryder Book:
Years later, after I started Black Grape with Kermit, who was a big Star Trek nut as well (he just happened to be, that’s not why we started the band together), we were asked to go on a Star Trek night on BBC2. We had to talk about how we first got into it and what we thought about different characters, and our opinion on Star Trek: The Next Generation and all that. I remember when The Next Generation started in the mid-eighties. When I first heard they were going to do it, I thought, ‘Awww, bollocks!’ I just thought it was a really bad idea, and it was going to be terrible and ruin Star Trek for everyone. But after watching the first few episodes I admit I was totally wrong. The Next Generation just blew me away.

Black Grape - 1996 - Music From The Motion Picture 'Bulletproof' U.K. Release Date
Reverend Black Grape (The Crystal Method Remix)

31 January 1996 Wednesday - University, Exeter * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): Eusebe
Notes: Additional date added to the re-scheduled tour.
01 February 1996 Thursday - Guildhall, Southampton * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): Eusebe
Notes: Additional date added to the re-scheduled tour.

03 February 1996 Saturday - Apollo, Manchester * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): Eusebe
Tramazi Parti / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / You Got It I Want It / Shake Well Before Opening - Oopside Your Head / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kellys Heroes / Little Bob / Boom (Happy Mondays cover) - Fat Neck
Notes: Re-scheduled from 21 December 1995, all tickets still remain valid for these shows. A review featured in the NME 'Raisins To Be Cheerful'. Shaun was sporting his moustache during this period. Ticket touts were outside the venue. A fight broke out, between the touts, over a ticket sale.
Bootleg lists You Got It I Want It as 'Daddy Was A Baddy'. Only a very short jam of Boom is played before the final track.
Bootleg: Audience Recording

04 February 1996 Sunday - The Forum, Livingston * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): Eusebe
Notes: Sold Out Show. Re-scheduled from 22 December 1995, all tickets still remain valid for these shows.

06 February 1996 Tuesday - The Centre, Newport * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): Eusebe
Notes: Re-scheduled from 18 December 1995, all tickets still remain valid for these shows.

07 February 1996 Tuesday - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): Eusebe
Notes: Sold Out Show. Re-scheduled from 19 December 1995, all tickets still remain valid for these shows.

09 February 1996 Friday - Brixton Academy, London * Ticket Price: £12.00 * Support Act(s): Eusebe
Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / Dadi Waz A Badi / Shake Well Before Opening - Oopside Your Head / Reverend Black Grape (with Michael Hutchence) / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kelly’s Heroes / Little Bob / Fat Neck
Notes: Sold Out Show. Re-scheduled from 15 December 1995, all tickets still remain valid for these shows.
Johnny Marr plays guitar for the show, check out the guitar intro to In The Name Of The Father & Tramazi Party. INXS singer Michael Hutchence joins the band on stage for Reverend Black Grape.
Broadcast: BBC Radio 1 FM In Concert Series
Official: In Concert 669 (BBC Transcription. Cat. Number: TCD1147 IC47) CD - "Applause" / Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / Dadi Waz A Badi / Shake Well Before Opening / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kelly’s Heroes / Little Bob / Fat Neck
Bootleg:
FM Recording - In The Name Of The Father (Kiss The Stone - KTS 571, Made In Italy, 1996) FM Recording - Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / Dadi Waz A Badi / Shake Well Before Opening / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kelly’s Heroes / Little Bob / Fat Neck
FM Recording - Brixton '96 (CD 571, Made In Italy) FM Recording - Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / Dadi Waz A Badi / Shake Well Before Opening / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kelly’s Heroes / Little Bob / Fat Neck
FM Recording - Stars In Their Eyes (Big Kahuna Music, HUNA008, 1996) FM Recording - February 1996 Friday - Brixton Academy, London - Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / Dadi Waz A Badi / Shake Well Before Opening / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kelly’s Heroes / Little Bob / Fat Neck - Reverend Black Grape (15 February 1996 Friday - TFI Friday, Channel 4 TV Show) / A Big Day In The North (15 February 1996 Friday - TFI Friday) / Interview- Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols) (22 March 1996 Friday - TFI Friday, TV Show, Channel 4, Studios, London)
FM Recording - Respectable Black Grape (DAT Label Records, Made In Japan, Cat. No. B-DAT-018. On blue disc fade, green writing 'yeah yeah') February 1996 Friday - Brixton Academy, London - Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / Dadi Waz A Badi / Shake Well Before Opening / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kelly’s Heroes / Little Bob / Fat Neck - (Radio Session)

10 February 1996 Saturday - Brixton Academy, London * Doors Open: 21:00-03:00am * Ticket Price: £12.00 * Support Act(s): James Taylor Quartet
Notes: Sold Out Show. Re-scheduled from 16 December 1995, all the tickets from the tour still remained valid for the shows.

16 February 1996 Friday - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Reverend Black Grape / A Big Day In The North
Notes: Live broadcast. Date sometimes, incorrectly, noted as 11 February 1996. Kylie Minogue, Blur and Simply Red also appeared on the show. T.F.I. Friday, Series 1, Channel 4 TV Programme. The series ran over 4 years and included 205 episodes with long term cast Chris Evans, Will Macdonald and Andrew Carey. The show made a brief, and unwelcome, comeback in 2015.
Bootleg: 1996-1997 In Yer Head () TV - Reverend Black Grape
Bootleg: Stars In Their Eyes (Big Kahuna Music, HUNA008, 1996) FM Recording
Bootleg: Shake Well Before Listening - FM (Moonraker, MOONRAKER 121. Made In Europe.)

1995 or 1996? -
Noyes: The band were flown to America, where Shaun was still banned from entering the country. After a cheeky bribe Shaun & co. were allowed back onto American soil.

Notes:
T.F.I. Friday, Series 1, Channel 4TV Programme. The series ran over 4 years and included 205 episodes with long term cast Chris Evans, Will Macdonald and Andrew Carey. The show made a brief, and unwelcome, comeback in 2015.
Bootleg: Shake Well Before Listening - FM (Moonraker, MOONRAKER 121. Made In Europe.)

TV - 22 March 1996 Friday - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Interview (''Shoes for Swearing'') / Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover)
Notes: Live broadcast. Host Chris Evans offered Shaun a pair of Patrick Cox shoes if he didn't swear on live TV. Shaun lasted eight words before swearing again. Chris Evans' company was heavily fined and were banned from broadcasting live television. Ocean Colour Scene, Cast, Gabrielle also performed on the show, whilst Amanda Donohoe, Anna Friel, Richard Wilson and Burt Bacharach guest starred.
Official Release: Fat Neck (CD RAXTD 24) Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover)
Bootleg: 1996-1997 In Yer Head () TV - Reverend Black Grape / Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover)
Stars In Their Eyes (Big Kahuna Music, HUNA008, 1996) FM Recording - February 1996 Friday - Brixton Academy, London - Tramazi Party / In The Name Of The Father / A Big Day In The North / Dadi Waz A Badi / Shake Well Before Opening / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kelly’s Heroes / Little Bob / Fat Neck - Reverend Black Grape (15 February 1996 Friday - TFI Friday, Channel 4 TV Show) / A Big Day In The North (15 February 1996 Friday - TFI Friday) / Interview - Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols) (22 March 1996 Friday - TFI Friday, TV Show, Channel 4, Studios, London)

25 March 1996 Monday - Evening Session, BBC Radio 1 announces John Squire of The Stone Roses announces he is leaving the band.
From 06 April 1996 - NME (New Musical Express) Magazine, 85p: And Black Grape's Shaun Ryder said: "Of course I'm sad. I'm like 'Oh f---, The Stone Roses have split up'. I don't know any more about it. It's f---ing sad."

29 March 1996 Friday - SECC, Hall 3, Glasgow * Ticket Price: £11.50 *
Notes: The Fat Neck Tour.

M - 30 March 1996 - Black Grape appear on the cover of NME Magazine
Notes: "Raisin Hell! Black Grape on sex, soccer, skunk and scary scrapes with death"

30 March 1996 Saturday - Empress Ballroom, Blackpool * Ticket Price: £11.50 *
Notes: The Fat Neck Tour.

31 March 1996 Sunday - The Mayfair, Newgate St., Newcastle, NE1 * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £10.50
Notes: Sold Out Show. The Fat Neck Tour.

02 April 1996 Tuesday - Dome, Doncaster * Ticket Price: £11.50 *
Notes: The Fat Neck Tour.
03 April 1996 Wednesday - Leisure Centre, Aston Villa * Ticket Price: £11.50 *
Notes: The Fat Neck Tour.
04 April 1996 Tuesday - The Centre, Brighton * Ticket Price: £11.50 *
Notes: The Fat Neck Tour.

April 1996 - Fat Neck Sessions, Danny Sabers Home Studio, L.A., U.S.A.
Fat Neck
Notes: After a short tour the band went to Danny Sabers home in L.A. to record their second album. Fat Neck was one of the first tracks to be recorded, the final version would feature Johnny Marr on guitar too. The song was finished and released as a break between the albums.

April / May 1996 - U.S. Tour Black Grape
Mr Crowns, Tijuana, Mexico
L.A.
New York
Chicago
Club Soda, Montreal, Canada
Notes: Kermit only rejoined the band on the last two dates of the tour due to ill health. Bez was not allowed into the country due to visa issues.
Shaun said "It was fantastic, we got home just in time to see Manchester United win the league, and for the F.A. cup final. The States were great."

19 April 1996 - Philadelphia, U.S.A
Tazmazi Party / Big Day In The North / Dadi Was A Badi / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money Maker / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kellys Heroes / Boom (Happy Mondays) - Fat Neck / Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover)
Notes: The show was recorded and broadcast on TV.
Video Bootleg: Live Philadelphia 1996 DVDr - Tazmazi Party / Big Day In The North / Dadi Was A Badi / Reverend Black Grape / Shake Your Money Maker / Yeah Yeah Brother / Kellys Heroes / Boom (Happy Mondays) - Fat Neck / Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover) - Bonus: 1995 - MTV Most Wanted, London - In The Name Of The Father / Reverend Black Grape

Black Grape - 13 May 1996 - Fat Neck U.K. Release Date
Fish Paste Butty Artwork Design by Grand Central Station Design.
Fat Neck - Written by Shaun Ryder, Danny Saber & Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge. Johnny Marr - Guitar. Produced by Danny Saber & Shaun Ryder. Mixed by Danny Saber & John X.
Fat Neck (Beat The Fuck Down Mix By Goldie) (Remix by Goldie & Rob Playford)
Yeah Yeah Brother (Outlaw Josie Wales Mix) & Yeah Yeah Brother (Clockwork Orange Mix) - Remix by Carl McCarthy.
Pretty Vacant (Live 22 March 1996 - TFI Friday, TV Show, Channel 4, Studios, London) (Sex Pistols cover)
CD RAXTD 24
Fat Neck
Yeah Yeah Brother (Outlaw Josie Wales Mix)
Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover) 22 March 1996 - TFI Friday, Channel 4 TV Show
12inch Vinyl
Fat Neck (Beat The F*** Down Mix By Goldie) / Yeah Yeah Brother (Clockwork Orange Mix) / Yeah Yeah Brother (Dog Day Afternoon Mix)
Notes: Johnny Marr plays guitar on Fat Neck. Fat Neck would be the bands last top ten single.
Cassette
Fat Neck
Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover) 22 March 1996 - TFI Friday, Channel 4 TV Show

1996 - Top Of The Pops, BBC TV, Studios, London
Fat Neck
Official: 04 November 2016 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! Deluxe Edition DVD - Fat Neck (Top Of The Pops 1996)

M - 22 May 1996 - Black Grape appear in Smash Hits Magazine on the 8-Page Songword Pullout
Notes: "Plus the words to Black Grape : Fat Neck *Well, some of them anyway. Not the rude ones."

1996 Sunday - Live Interview On The Sunday Show
Notes: Bez appears live on the show.
Official: 04 November 2016 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! Deluxe Edition DVD - 2 Handy Hints From Bez (Live Interview On The Sunday Show 1996)

Black Grape - 17 June 1996 - England's Irie (featuring Keith Allen & Joe Strummer) U.K. Release Date
England’s Irie - Written by Shaun Ryder, Danny Saber, Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge, Carl McCarthy, Keith Allen, Joe Strummer, Richard Norris.
England's Irie (Pass The Durazac Mix) - (Mixed by Danny Saber & John X)
CD
England's Irie / England's Irie (Pass The Durazac Mix) / England's Irie (Suedehead Dub) / England's Irie (Mel's L.A. Irie Mix)
Notes: After the triumphant 1996 tour the band were approached to record the Euro 96 England song. Ex-Clash leader Joe Strummer and actor Keith Allen joined the band for the new song and sessions. They co-wrote England's Irie. The song though was overshadowed by the more popular choice, Three Lions by The Lightning Seeds. England's Irie still saw release but was never really taken serious for the Euro 96 competition.

1996 - Top Of The Pops, BBC TV, Studios, London
England’s Irie
Official: 04 November 2016 - It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah! Deluxe Edition DVD - England’s Irie (Top Of The Pops 1996)

M - July 1996 - Shaun Ryder appears on the cover of Q Magazine, Issue 118
Notes: 'Shaun Ryder. Strewth He's Still Alive! 'Don't Worry, I Know A Lot About Drugs...''.

14 July 1996 - T In The Park Festival, Strathclyde Country Park, Scotland
A Big Day In The North / Reverend Black Grape
Notes: Partial broadcast.
Bootleg: 1996-1997 In Yer Head () Broadcast - A Big Day In The North / Reverend Black Grape

03 August 1996 - Loch Lomond, Scotland * Supporting: Oasis
Notes: Black Grape supported Oasis as well as The Prodigy. The Charlatans were set to perform but cancelled due to the death of their keyboardist Rob Collins.

24 August 1996 Saturday - Reading Festival, Reading, Berkshire * Doors Open: 12:00 * * Support Act(s): Garbage, Julian Cope, Dodgy, Billy Bragg
Notes: Black Grape headline the main stage. The Stone Roses played their ''final'' show the day after.
25 August 1996 Sunday - Reading Festival, Reading, Berkshire * Doors Open: 12:00 * * Support Act(s): Sonic Youth, Ash, Gene, Reef, The Wedding Present, Moby, Compulsion, The Posies, Tracy Bonham, Audioweb
Notes: Black Grape headline the main stage.

October 1996 - The Heads featuring Shaun Ryder & Kermit - Don’t Take My Kindness For Weakness U.K. Release Date
Don’t Take My Kindness For Weakness / Don’t Take My Kindness For Weakness (Lunatic Calm Mix) / Don’t Take My Kindness For Weakness (Roni Size Remix) / Don’t Take My Kindness For Weakness (Farley & Heller Island Mix) /
Notes: Shaun & Kermit guest on former Talking Heads members band 'The Heads'. Tina Weymouth.

TV - 01 November 1996 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Notes: T.F.I. Friday, Series 2, Channel 4 TV Programme. Shaun Ryder guested on the show, along with Björk, Helen Mirren, Divine Comedy and Pet Shop Boys.

TV - 20 December 1996 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Reverend Black Grape
Notes: Christmas Episode, T.F.I. Friday, Series 2, Channel 4 TV Programme. Neil Morrissey, Richard & Judy, James Dean Bradford (Bradfield?) (Manic Street Preachers) and Sleeper also appeared on the show.
The series ran over 4 years and included 205 episodes with long term cast Chris Evans, Will Macdonald and Andrew Carey. The show made a brief, and unwelcome, comeback in 2015.
Bootleg: 1996-1997 In Yer Head () TV - Reverend Black Grape / Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols cover)

TV - 27 December 1996 - The Best Of TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Notes: Black Grape performance repeated.

1997
M - February 1997 - Shaun Ryder appears on the cover of Select Magazine

Happy Mondays - 1997 - Happy Mondays appear on various artists compilation 'Too Young To Know, Too Wild To Care (The Factory Story Part1 1978-1992)'
W.F.L (Think About The Future) (Edit) 6:11

Happy Mondays - 1997 - Happy Mondays appear on various artists compilation 'Different Colours, Different Shades... (The Factory Story Part2 1978-1992)'
Donovan

19 April - 03 May 1997 - Real World Studios
CD recorder: Studer D741 digital copy from DAT
Marbles (29 April 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Squeaky (22 April 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Tell Me Something (19 April 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Rubber band (23 April 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Lonely (01 May 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Get Higher (02 May 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Jam stax (17 April 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Tell me something (02 May 1997 - Rough Mix, Real World Studios)
Notes: CD-R includes handwritten 'Danny's Copy' which I presume meant Danny Saber.

April 1997 - Manchester United European Cup Final Song rumours
Notes: Former Stone Roses guitarist hints of a new Shaun Ryder football song featuring Mani and Joe Strummer.
From 26 April 1997 Saturday - NME Magazine (New Musical Express): John Squire said: Have you been in touch with any of the Roses since? “No. I’ve seen Reni a few times. I’m sure I’ll see Mani again soon. If not at the match (Man United), then somewhere else. I’m glad he’s got it together with Primal Scream. And I’ve heard that he might be involved with a Man United record with Shaun Ryder and Joe Strummer, if they get to the European Cup Final.”

17 July 1997 Thursday - The Phoenix Festival, Phoenix Stage, Long Marston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon * Support Act(s): Skunk Anansie, Fun Lovin' Criminals, De La Soul
In The Name Of The Father / Shake Well Before Opening / Yeah Yeah Brother / Little Bob / Kelly's Heroes / Rubberband
Notes: Partially broadcast on BBC Radio.
Broadcast: BBC Radio 1
Official: Get Higher (CD1) Rubberband (Live)
Official: Grape Tapes (VHS Video) Rubberband (Live)
Bootleg: 1996-1997 In Yer Head () BBC Radio Broadcast - In The Name Of The Father / Shake Well Before Opening / Yeah Yeah Brother / Little Bob / Kelly's Heroes

M - 19 July 1997 - Black Grape appear on the cover of NME Magazine
Notes: The NME slate Shaun again..."We're with stupid! Shaun Ryder. The dumber madness of Black Grape 'I'm Cream-Bummed"

Black Grape - 1997 - The Grape Tapes U.K. Release Date
Produced & Directed, Camera by Tom Bruggen.Edited by Liza Ryan-Carter & Diane Bruggen. Graphics by Matt Moden & Jon D'anby. Other Films Ltd. 1997 Radioactive Records. Running Time: 99mins.
Interview / Reverend Black Grape
Interview / Kelly's Heroes
(Dublin - Brixton - Manchester - Glasgow)
In The Name Of The Father
(1996 - Real World Studio, Bath)
Englands Irie
(1996 - Philadelphia - Chicago - Boston - New York)
(1996 - Photo Shoot, New York, NYC)
(1996 - Interview)
(1996 - Roma - Bologna - Escalarre - Loch Lomond - T In The Park - Reading)
(1996 - Top Of The Pops, BBC Studios, Elstree)
(1997 - TFI Friday)
Tell Me Something / Money Back Guaranteed / Words / Get Higher / Marbles / Lonely / Squeaky
Rubber Band (17 July 1997 - The Phoenix Festival, Long Marston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon)
Notes: Priced at £13.99 from HMV. Limited Edition Numbered VHS release. Certified viewing age was 15. It has never been re-issued on any other format.
From VHS sleeve blurb ''At Manchester's late 88's early clocking we agreed to shoot, me 'n' mental genius Shaun Ryder, but like most other events of our lives filming started late. Four years late, Jan 93: what should've been the Happy Mondays is ove, X is sour. No band, no deal, no dollar. No film. Xcept: Didsbury, just off Barlow Moor, March 23rd. Jamming in X's 13' by 10' gaff, music addict Mr Ryder, brother Paul, ex, Ruthless Rap Assasin Kermit, Bez and drummer Ged line up ''Walking the Dog'' for a piss on the past. ''Kermit sounds shit'' says Paul. ''No, just out of key, I think it sounds great man'', says Shaun. It's Great When You're Straight later, now e's exclusively Stupid Stupid Stupid for you in the The Grape Tapes. Hang with Shaun and Black Grape round the world through 5 years of brown, pollinated, green-scripted, rattling, X-rated groovy gigs, kick-offs, trips, rock n roll works, riffs, licks and jellied bullshit in brass gouching ryhmes. Get higher with X, who takes a nine-bar just to sleep...''
06 August 2019 - Happy Mondays - Interview with Shaun Ryder by Richard Lewis from pennyblackmusic.co.uk published: 6 / 8 / 2019: The group’s recollections of their time in the studio are, it’s fair to say, hazy. With the extracurricular activity that was going on (the band prevented Hannett’s growing alcoholism by ensuring everyone in the studio was dosed up on Ecstasy), the schools programme was understandably far from VH1s sex n’ drugs n’ rehab ‘Behind the Music’ strand. “Oh God, yeah, there would’ve been all sorts filmed there!” Shaun replies. “My pal Tom Bruggen (Too Nice Tom) filmed the end of the Mondays and then the whole of everthing that happened in Black Grape and he’s got fucking loads and loads of stuff. And one of the things it’s all on different formats but I mean he’s fucking got all sorts. We’ll put together another ‘Grape Tapes’ one day”, referring to the band’s chaotic 1995-6 tour diary.

24 October 1997 - TFI Friday (Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4 TV Studio, London
Get Higher
Notes: Live broadcast. T.F.I. Friday, Series 3, Channel 4 TV Programme. Lennox Lewis, Bee Gees and The Charlatans also appeared on the show.
Bootleg: 1996-1997 In Yer Head () TV

Black Grape - 20 October 1997 - Get Higher U.K. Release Date
CD1
Get Higher / Get Higher (Rollo & Sister Bliss Mix) / Get Higher (Lunatic Calm Mix) / Rubberband (17 July 1997 - The Phoenix Festival, Long Marston Airfield, Stratford Upon Avon)
CD2
Get Higher / Rubberband (Moonshine Vocal Mix) aka Blue Amazon Mix / Rubberband (Late Night Cheeba Mix) aka Blue Amazon Mix / (ECD Section: Extract from Grape Tapes 3:04)

November 1997 - Black Grape, Shaun appears on the cover of Tower Records' TOP Magazine
Notes: It was available for free in Tower Records stores. "Black Grape, Who Are you looking at, stupid?"

15 November 1997 Saturday - Later With Jools Holland, BBC TV Show, BBC Studios, London
Dadi Was A Badi / Tell Me Something
Notes:
Bootleg: 1996-1997 In Yer Head () TV Broadcast - Dadi Was A Badi (aka You Got It I Want It) / Tell Me Something

Black Grape - November 1997 - Stupid Stupid Stupid
Get Higher / Squeaky / Marbles (Why You Say Yes...?) / Dadi Was A Badi / Rubber Band / Spotlight / Tell Me Something / Money Back Guaranteed / Lonely / Words

The Get Higher Tour
*Cancelled* 18 November 1997 Tuesday - Dome, Doncaster * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
Notes: Re-scheduled date, all tickets still remain valid the shows. The first date of the tour is moved to the finale.
17 / 18 November 1997 Monday - Tuesday - Royal Court, Liverpool
Notes: Pre-Production, Rehearsals and set up. Info taken from 1997 laminated pass.

19 November 1997 Wednesday - Royal Court Theatre, 1 Roe Street, Liverpool * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £11.50 (Circle) / £11.50 (Standing) * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys

20 November 1997 Thursday - De Montford Hall, Leicester * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
22 November 1997 Saturday - Apollo, Manchester * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
23 November 1997 Sunday - Civic Hall, Wolverhampton * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
24 November 1997 Monday - The Centre, Newport * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
25 November 1997 Tuesday - University, Exeter * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
27 November 1997 Thursday - Kilburn National, London * Ticket Price: £12.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
28 November 1997 Friday - Kilburn National, London * Ticket Price: £12.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
Notes: Sold Out Show.
30 November 1997 Sunday - Arts Centre, Poole * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
01 December 1997 Monday - UEA, Norwich * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
02 December 1997 Tuesday - Corn Exchange, Cambridge * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys

03 December 1997 Wednesday - Rock City, Nottingham * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys

05 December 1997 Friday - Town Hall, Middlesbrough * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
Notes: Sold Out Show.
06 December 1997 Saturday - Barrowlands, Glasgow * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
07 December 1997 Tuesday - Dome, Doncaster * Ticket Price: £11.50 * Support Act(s): Dust Junkys
Notes: Re-scheduled date from 18 November 1997, all tickets remained valid for the show.

Black Grape - February 1998 - Marbles
CD1
Marbles (Radio Edit) / Marbles (R.I.P. Why U Say Mix) / Marbles (R.I.P. Dub Da Funk Mix) / Marbles (Fabio Paras Mix) / Marbles (Demo)
CD2
Marbles (Album Version) / Marbles (Remix By Tricky) / Harry The Dog

Black Grape - 1998 - Black Grape appear on Club Life Volume 1
Get Higher (Rollo/Sister Bliss mix) (Club Life Edit)
Notes: Various Artists compilation.

1998 - Black Grape announce they have split
Notes: Black Grape split and the legal wranglings continue. Shaun faced a large tax bill for Black Grape.

Black Grape Injunction
From Blood On The Turntable BBC TV Documentary, Shaun Ryder said:
Y'know when you're a musician and writer where all you want to do is get your music out, y'know I've not been allowed to record for seven years. I know what that feels like...feels shit

05 September 1998 - 'Freaky Dancin' Book by Bez U.K. Release Date

New Order - 31 December 1998 Thursday - Alexandra Palace, London
Alan Wass Intro / Regret / Touched / Isolation / Ceremony / Guilty Partner / Atmosphere / Heart and Soul / Paradise / Bizarre Love Triangle / True Faith / Temptation / Love Will Tear Us Apart / Fine Time (with Bez) / Blue Monday (with Bez)
Notes: Bez joins New Order for Fine Time and Blue Monday.
Bootleg: Audience Recording