Mancunians

<p>In the late 1990s Manchester was a city in upheaval. The devastation of the IRA bomb and the closure of the notorious Haçienda nightclub were seismic events that rocked the city's confidence at a time when identikit bands were flooding its clubs and bars fuelled on anthemic guitar rock and swagger. Stereotypes were everywhere while the spirit of Manchester was silently suffocating.<br><br><i>Mancunians: Where do we start where do I begin?</i> is the story of those who didn't fit the typecast: the musicians of colour the football fans alienated by rampant commercialism frustrated public figures optimistic developers and ambitious artists.<br><br>Through a mixture of memoir and interviews with well-known Mancunians such as Guy Garvey Tunde Babalola Sylvia Tella Badly Drawn Boy and Stan Chow David Scott portrays the city at the turn of the century in a way never seen before.</p>