And God Created Manchester

Text by Sarah Champion, Photos by Ian Tilton

Publisher: Wordsmith

ISBN: 1873205015

Territory: UK and Commonwealth

Formats: Paperback with colour photos (144 pages)

Publication date: 18 October 1990

Born in South Manchester in 1970, Sarah Champion hit her teens just as the city's music scene was about to become one of the most exciting in the world. When she was only 19, she wrote a book called And God Created Manchester in just eight tweaky days and sleepless nights. This breathless teenage rant was published at the peak of Madchester and captured the craziness of the times - fuelled by her passionate enthusiasm for the city and the music it spawned.

Original Jacket Copy

M a n 'c h e' s t er n.I. capital of The North. 2. rainy city. 3. homeland of The Fall, Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Smiths, New Order, Chameleons, James, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald, The Hacienda, Factory Records.4. And GOD Created Manchester - the definitive guide to Manchester music in the late '80s. Energetic and evocative text by Sarah Champion; illuminated by the imaginative lens of lan Tilton.

Chapters

In the Beginning - An introduction

Why Manchester - All routes lead to the capital of The North

Last Exit to Manchester - A guided tour to musical Manchester

Smithsmania - The cult legend of The Smiths

Doomsday Pay-off - The Fall: longest-surviving most prolific Manchester band

Kings of the Slums - Inspiration from inner city Hulme

Whistling in the Dark - Indie music's DIY dream

Manchester La La La - Pale-faced pop bands for pale-faced pop kids

Wheels of Steel - Manchester's electro & breakdance scene

On the Groove Train - Rap and house -descendants of Northern Soul

Move over Tony - The blossoming of Manchester's indie/media scene

Spiral Bound - Inspiral Carpets, Transit-vanners made good

A Village Hymn - James: intelligent pop amid brain-dead scallidom

Party People - Happy Mondays: mad-cap crazies that myths are made of

Acid to Ecstasy - A cultural revolution of hedonistic partying and illegal raves

Something's Burning - Stone Roses, what the world is waiting for?

Scallydelia - A fashion concept that grew from the underground

Into the 90s - The Next Big Thing

Photos By Ian Tilton

And God Created Manchester features more than 60 photos of Manchester bands take during the 1980s. These include The Hacienda, Hulme, Salford, The Festival of The Tenth Summer, Morrissey, The Smiths, Mark E Smith, The Fall, Brix Smith, Dub Sex, Tools You Can Trust, Edward Barton, Big Flame, John Robb, The Membranes, The Man From Delmonte, Tot, The Bodines, Prince Cool, Johnny J, Ruthless Rap Assassins, MC Tunes, A Guy Called Gerald, Yargo, Spike Island, Dave Haslam, Tony Wilson, King of the Slums, Mock Turtles, Mark Riley and The Creepers, Frank Sidebottom, Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays, ACR, Kiss AMC, Graham Massey,MC Buzz B, Northside, Andrew Berry, Bez, Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Tim Booth, James, Foot Patrol, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, World of Twist, The High and more.

And God Created Manchester: The T-Shirt

The book title came from the infamous T-shirts produced by Leo Identity in Affleck's Palace on Manchester's Oldham Street, which now has the slogan tiled on its exterior in tribute.

Other Madchetser Projects

Sarah Champion was also involved in three Manchester compilations - Mancherster North of England, Hit the North and Freak Beats as well as running Madchester PR company SCAM.