The Interview: SHAUN RYDER, POP STAR TALKS TO BEN THOMPSON

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It's more than half a decade since this spectacularly lapsed Catholic proclaimed the apotheosis of the Manchester scene with "Hallelujah," and three years since the Happy Mondays broke up in a miasma of addictions and acrimony: the days of "Here comes Shaun Ryder, there goes the neighbourhood" are gone. Fellow Black Grape mainstay, Paul "Kermit" Leveridge, formerly of Mancunian hip-hop troupe the Ruthless Rap Assassins, was living in Ryder's house when the Happy Mondays split in early 1993. Ryder enthuses about their collaboration: "It's almost like one of those drawings where you draw a head and fold it over, then someone else draws a body and passes it back." "We weren't making music, we had no beer and nothing to smoke and I said 'It's great when you're straight' and the manager said 'Great title, I love it'."