First published at 22:49 UTC on November 20th, 2022.
Top of the Pops: Happy Mondays and Stone Roses (1989 - 1992).
Manchester’s Stone Roses and Happy Mondays make a historic appearance on the same edition of Top of the Pops in 1989.
This new musical genre was coined ‘baggy’, thanks to the fans usual…
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Top of the Pops: Happy Mondays and Stone Roses (1989 - 1992).
Manchester’s Stone Roses and Happy Mondays make a historic appearance on the same edition of Top of the Pops in 1989.
This new musical genre was coined ‘baggy’, thanks to the fans usual uniform of baggy jeans, tie-dye tops and bucket hats. Fusing guitar music with psych, funk and house music, this distinctive new sound burst into the mainstream and subsequently the charts via the success of The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and New Order. Bands such as James, The Charlatans, The Mock Turtles, Inspiral Carpets and Northside soon followed suit.
Singles such as ‘Kinky Afro’ (Happy Mondays), ‘I Wanna be Adored’ (The Stone Roses) and ‘Sit Down’ (James) flew to the top 10 of the singles charts and became nationwide anthems, propelling visitors to Manchester and particularly The Hacienda. The success of the baggy genre culminated in the iconic Spike Island gig featuring The Stone Roses in 1990.
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