Watch “Madchester:The Sound Of The North” From 1990

Here’s Granada TV documentary from 1990 exploring the ‘Madchester’ music phenomena of the late 80s and early 90s, featuring NME reporters Stuart Maconie and James Brown on a tour of the city along with photographer Kevin Cummins. The film also shows live footage and interviews of Happy Mondays, 808 State, Inspiral Carpets and Northside, with contributions from Anthony Wilson, Danny Kelly and the Central Station design team who gave us some of the classic Factory records sleeves.