Happy Mondays is a British rock band.

Happy Mondays were the leaders of the late '80s early '90s dance club-influenced Manchester scene, experiencing a brief moment in the spotlight before collapsing in 1992. Happy Mondays immersed themselves in the club and rave culture, eventually becoming the most recognizable band of that drug-fueled scene. The Mondays' music relied heavily on the sound and rhythm of house music, spiked with '70s soul licks and swirling '60s psychedelic. It was bright, colorful music that had fractured melodies that never quite gelled into cohesive songs.

Their lyrics were twisted and surrealistic, loaded with bizarre pop culture references, drug slang, and menacing sexuality. Happy Mondays were one of the first rock bands to integrate hip-hop techniques into their music. They didn't sample, but they borrowed melodies and lyrics and, in the process, committed rock blasphemy.

With their second album, “1988's Bummed”, Happy Mondays became British superstars, particularly "Ryder". "Pills 'n' Thrills" and "Bellyaches", released in 1990, marked the height of the band's popularity, creativity, and influence; although the record made the Top 100 albums chart in America, it didn't establish them as stars in the U.S.

The band released its critically acclaimed debut “It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah”, late in the summer of 1995. Black Grape's sound pursued the same direction as the Mondays, only with a harder, grittier edge to their sound and lyrics.

In 2007, 15 years since their last record, the band (minus about half the original members, including guitarist Mark Day) released their fifth studio album “Uncle Dysfunctional”.

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