Shaun ryder autobiography example

When Shaun Ryder appeared in (and very nearly won) the 2010 TV series of ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’, the nation split into two camps. Many hadn't the slightest clue who he was and those who knew exactly who Ryder was were flabbergasted that he’d survived the years of drugs and hard living with his mental faculties sufficiently intact to be capable of doing much more than sitting in a corner talking to himself. As front man of the 'Happy Mondays', Salford-born Ryder was at the forefront of the late 80’s and early 90’s ‘Madchester’ movement, a major earner for the late Tony Wilson’s ‘Factory’ record label and by his own admission one of the people responsible for introducing the rave drug ‘Ecstasy’ into the UK via the now defunct but at the time notorious club, the Hacienda. The ‘Happy Mondays’ epitomised the sound of their era with classics like ‘Kinky Afro’ and ‘Step On’ which are still instantly recognisable classics many years later.

By rights Shaun Ryder should have fried every brain cell he ever had and be left as a dribbling wreck – and yet somehow despite swallowing or inhaling a king's ransom’s worth of drugs over a prolonged period, he’s today an extraordinarily charming and self-effacing chap – the type you’