3. Twenty Four Hour Party People

In 1985 two Manchester bands release their first records on the
very same day. The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays barely
register beyond the city. They are promising, scruffy… and
largely ignored. But elsewhere in Manchester, something far more
seismic is taking shape. In community halls, tower blocks and
semi-legal parties, imported house records from Chicago and
Detroit begin changing the temperature in the room. A new
chemical arrives and with it a new way of feeling. Strangers
embrace. Dance floors dissolve old boundaries. The Haçienda, once
awkward and half empty, starts to pulse.


Episode 3 of The Rise and Fall of Madchester tells the story of
the moment when guitars collided with house, when ecstasy rewired
a generation and when Manchester stopped documenting its decline
and started losing itself in the dark.


Featuring archive interviews from Noel Gallager, Liam Gallagher,
Shaun Ryder, Bez, Peter Hook, Mani, Chris Jam, and Tony Wilson
alongside new interviews with Angela Matthews, Mike Pickering and
Kermit.


A BBC Audio Production.