8. What the World is Waiting For

As Tony Wilson once told Newsweek Magazine in 1990 - "If there is
any idea at all, it is about community and collective strength.
There is power in people being lovely to each other."


It might be more than 30 years ago but today, Madchester both
made its mark and left its mark. Madchester did more than just
transform the music of its own city – it rewrote the rule book on
how a movement could emerge, free of music industry controls, and
produce the sort of bands, DJs and records that labels could
never create. It brought dance culture to the masses and laid the
foundation for Britpop.


In this final episode of the The Rise and Fall of Madchester,
presenters Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell share their take on what
it stood for, who it influenced, the changes it brought about and
the legacy that still lives on, featuring archive interviews with
Tony Wilson, Mani, Shaun Ryder and Noel Gallagher.


“The Rise & Fall of Madchester’ is a BBC Audio Production for
BBC Sounds. It was presented by Steve Lamacq and Alison Bell. It
was produced in Salford by Catherine Earlam. The Editor for BBC
Audio was Helen Hobday. It written by Philip Smith, Catherine
Earlam and Steve Lamacq. Technical Production by Philip Smith.
The Commissioner was Will Wilkin, and the Commissioning Producer
was Hannah Clapham.


The producers wish to thank all the contributors and archive
interviewers and interviewees.