As a key part of the Madchester scene, Happy Mondays helped meld indie-rock and
the growing rave movement into a 24-hour, psychedelic party in the late 1980s
and early 1990s. When the band fell apart in a haze of drugs and hedonism,
frontman Shaun Ryder and dancer/mascot Bez formed Black Grape with rappers
Kermit and Psycho from Ruthless Rap Assassins and joined the booming Britpop
craze with their brand of funky, sprawling indie-pop. Their debut album It's
Great When You're Straight... Yeah (1995) shot to number one in the UK and
produced the top ten singles "Reverend Black Grap...