Madchester
Hellbent: A Conversation with New Order's Peter Hook
We sit down with New Order and Joy Division bassist to talk sex, drugs, money, and abuse in the wild ride that is his new book, 'Substance.'
The Meaning of Life, According to Bez
A few weeks back we met the Happy Mondays man in a Manchester hotel and life'll never be the same again
Bez, Peter Hook and a Bunch of Other Icons Open up About Manchester's Musical Heritage
This fascinating footage from a recent Pretty Green event sees a tonne of the city's finest dish the dirt.
Hip-Hop, Shootings, and Squat Parties: The Untold Story of Manchester’s Street Soul Scene
“The Madchester stuff was a story being sold to the outside world. In Moss Side, Cheetham Hill, Whalley Range, and the rest of the inner city, it was all black music.”
PREMIERE: Here's Olsson's "Hold On" Featuring Mapei
The Swedes are in the house doing what they do best: POP! (Shouts out to the nips too!)
Hooligans and Hedonists: Meet the Band Trying to Bring Madchester Back
The Big Unit are on a mission to fuse pilled-up acid house with stomping stadium rock.
I Was the Haçienda's Resident Acid Dealer
Memories of the Madchester scene from the man who put the acid in Acid House.
From Gary to Molly: The Feminization of Ecstasy in Popular Culture
Tracing the relationship between gender and pills.
Brutalism Made Me Hardcore: an Interview with Modern Love’s Rainer Veil
"It's about seeing the materials as they are. Not beautifying things."
The Thunderdome Was the Home of Madchester's Criminal Underworld
Which is probably why it's been written out of the Hacienda's legacy.