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The Paul Ryder Tapes - Sex, Drugs, the Mondays and Me Glistening Productions
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Legendary founding member and bass player of Happy Mondays, Paul Ryder, who sadly passed away in July 2022, recorded a tell-all podcast series with his ex-wife, journalist Angela Smith, in the months leading up to his death. The resulting series, The Paul Ryder Tapes - Sex, Drugs, the Mondays and Me is his legacy. Hear the whole truth about the band and his life with no stone unturned - addiction, family feuds, mental breakdowns, infidelity and his son's cancer diagnosis are all discussed in depth, along with some hilarious anecdotes about life as an unconventional rock n roll star. Joining him are some of the people he rubbed shoulders with, such as Paul Oakenfold, Mani from The Stone Roses, Peter Hook, fellow band members Bez, Rowetta, Gaz and Mark and even his mum makes an appearance. Poignant, gripping and massively entertaining. Launching July 15th, available weekly.
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Bonus Episode 1 - Big Arm: When Ian Brown got mad, dragging Paul out of a drug house and trouble in Berlin
This award-winning show charts the life of the late Paul Ryder - founding member and bass player of Madchester legends Happy Mondays - as he tells his story to his ex-wife, journalist Angela Smith. This week we have a bonus episode to celebrate the re-release of Paul Ryder's Big Arm album - Radiator - 16 years exactly since its original release. We hear from all of the Big Arm members including Pete Smith, Danny Short, Daz Gilkinson, Lea Mullen and Chris Connelly aka Double Pudding and Chips. Pete talks about pulling Paul out of a drug house, Danny shares a story about mimicking Ian Brown while the band were on tour with him and Daz talks of a celebrity encounter he'd rather forget. Lea reminisces about touring with Paul during their time with the Mondays and Double Pudding drives the band's gear to a gig in Berlin with Paul's dad Derek. The album is out today - Paul Ryder's Big Arm - Radiator - so get yourself a copy!
Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspired this one!
Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/thepaulrydertapes
If you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.com
Visit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!
To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQ
Join our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!
Thanks so much for being a part of the series!
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Bonus Episode 2 - Linda Ryder Part One: Paul and Shaun Ryder's mum on addiction, the Sex Pistols and being a Monday Mum
Due to popular demand we have a special bonus episode this week featuring part one of an exclusive interview with everyone's favorite guest, Rock n Roll mum Linda Ryder - the mum of Paul and Shaun Ryder, giving her perspective on her sons' fame and notoriety. She's charming, witty, down to earth and has a wicked sense of humour! Hear about how she coped with Paul's struggles with addiction, how her husband Derek used to be fashion forward, her attitude to the lies peddled in the press, meeting the Sex Pistols, and how the they all coped when the band first broke up. Next week is the grande finale of the main series with the final interview with Paul - recorded just 12 days before he passed away.
Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspired this one!
Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/thepaulrydertapes
If you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.com
Visit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!
Thanks so much for being a part of the series!
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Bonus Episode 3 - Linda Ryder and Sandra Whelan aka The Rock n Roll Mums Part One: Snooker cue fights, Dicing with Death on the Way to a Mondays Gig and Backstage Shenanigans
No-one can get enough of the Rock n Roll mums! We listened to you and are bringing you the first in a series of several bonus episodes featuring Happy Mondays Paul and Shaun Ryder's mum Linda Ryder and Gaz Whelan's mum Sandra Whelan aka The Rock n Roll mums! They've been best friends for 40 years and in this special bonus edition, they talk about the early days of the band, a fight with Shaun that involved Sandra wielding a snooker cue, a gig in Birmingham where they got a nasty surprise and the madness backstage at the Mondays shows.
Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspired this one!
Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/thepaulrydertapes
If you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.com
Visit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!
To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQ
Join our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!
Thanks so much for being a part of the series!
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Bonus Episode 4 - Bez: White Powder in Brazil, Microdot Dancing and Washing Dishes in the Bath
On this award-winning show, this special bonus episode features the extended interview with the legend that is Bez! Shenanigans in Brazil, washing dishes in the bath and almost getting his finger bitten off whilst trying to break up a fight between Paul and Shaun and much much more!
Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspired this one!
Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/thepaulrydertapes
If you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.com
Visit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!
To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQ
Join our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!
Thanks so much for being a part of the series!
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Bonus Episode 5 - Jason Godwin: Paul's struggles to get clean and sober, crashing cars in France and drinking with old ladies
An explosive interview with one of Paul's best friends Jason Godwin, who shared in Paul's addiction struggles and talks with openness and honesty about the dark times: Paul wrecking cars in France, going to Paris to buy drugs and Paul's reaction when he found out his son had cancer as well as an eerie premonition about the music to be played at his own funeral and much much more..
Check out Angela's other podcast, Accidentally Milf - Online Dating Adventures After 50 - the podcast that inspired this one!
Please support The Paul Ryder Tapes by becoming a patron at Patreon.com/thepaulrydertapes
If you'd like to rent Paul's Normandy chateau that's featured in the series, (where he recorded the Big Arm album), email chateaudelavallee@gmail.com for a big discount on the airbnb price! Check it out on airbnb at www.francechateauforrent.com
Visit the main website at paulryder.tv for links to our socials and please give us a review if you've not already done so!
To see all of the podcast episodes on video go to our YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgdRdtMEzwjBW8ZE3uc8FBQ
Join our Sunday club where at 8pm UK time Angela and Paul's youngest son Chico are live in the chat!
Thanks so much for being a part of the series!
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Bonus Episode 6 - Matt Cheadle: Paul's LA songwriting collaborator talks about the writing process and touring with the Tom Tom Club
Paul's US writing collaborator Matt Cheadle talks about the writing process, shares two previously unreleased songs they wrote together and talks about touring with the Tom Tom Club on the West coast of the US in this special bonus episode!
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