10 Times Rock Musicians Appeared On Other Artists' Albums
4. Shaun Ryder - Demon Days (Gorillaz)
The swirling, drawn-out speaking pattern that is Shaun Ryder's Mancunian accent is a point of British national pride. Up there with the likes of Oscar Wilde, tea and scones, Big Ben and the NHS, it's something so fundamentally British that for the most part it flies over the heads of most Americans.
During the 1980s, bands like The Stone Roses, Primal Scream and Happy Mondays were laying the ground work for the Britpop bands of the '90s. Although the Mondays would never conquer America, that wonderfully unmistakeable sound of Ryder's voice permeated the ears of American music lovers when, in 2005, Gorlliaz's second album Demon Days reached number six on the US Billboard charts.
The single Dare is one of the bands biggest to date, but over the years there has been some interesting speculation about the origin of Shaun Ryder's vocals over the trip-hop number.
Although a widely believed rumour was that the track was originally intended to be named "There", but due to Ryders pronunciation it was changed, the true origins are somewhat different. According to Ryder, the line "It's coming up, it's there" came about as a result of Ryder commenting on the sound levels coming through his headphones...