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Yeah, I think the last band I saw at the East Wing was The Fall around 1998/99 when they brought out the Marshall Suite. Pretty sure they don't do gigs there anymore. It was always a pretty grotty part of a grotty venue anyway so I don't miss it.

You're spot on. Apologies. My memory must be shot to pieces. It was the Top Rank and it was way back in 89. My brother sent me this photo recently of gigs that we did together and the Mondays one is there. Was the Top Rank re-designed in the 90s because I remember the stage being much smaller...

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Yes but this album was the one that made the Mondays as a top band and the money for Ryder, Bez and co to develop such a huge drugs habit that Tony Wilson shipped them off to Eddy Grant's studio. If it had seen more modest sales, Wilson wouldn't have okayed such a huge part of Factory Records...

And on it a song with the finest opening line in the history of pop music: Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills n Bellyaches. The song in question is Kinky Afro and it starts with "Son I'm 30. I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcn4UG6Jd0s The success...