Go down a rabbit-hole of pop culture facts
Stephen Morris and Peter Hook of New Order were both questioned in 1979 as potent suspects in the Yorkshire Ripper case. Joy Division’s touring schedule happened to be similar to Peter Sutcliffe’s movements which led to the police’s suspicion. Following gigs in Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds and Manchester they were both questioned by police.
In the late eighties Paul Arthur’s formed a band called The Rain with his friends, Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan (bass), Tony McCarroll (drums) and Chris Hutton (vocals).
Hutton was sacked and replaced by Liam Gallagher. Liam convinced his brother Noel to join and renamed the band Oasis.
Paul Arthurs’ cousin is Craig Cash who gained his biggest notoriety as the character Dave Best in tv sitcom The Royale Family which he co-wrote with Caroline Aherne.
Prior to The Royale Family, Aherne had enjoyed success with her character/ persona Mrs Merton who she first created while working with Frank Sidebottom for his show on Piccadilly Radio, where she worked as a receptionist. By 1994 Mrs Merton hosted a chat show whee various celebrates found themselves the subject of outrageous faux-naïf questions – in one memorable example the wife of magician Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, was asked “So, what first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?”
She was credited in the Mrs Merton role as Caroline Hook, her married name – her husband 1994-1997 was Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order).
Since November 2013, Cash began guest narrating Gogglebox when regular narrator Caroline Aherne was unavailable and took on the role permanently when Aherne died on 2 July 2016.
In October 2016, Steve Coogan paid tribute to Aherne at the Stand Up to Cancer 2016 event, speaking about her before a video was played of her TV moments and then Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds performed The Royle Family theme tune “Half the World Away”
Paul Arthurs left Oasis in 1999 during the recording of their 4th album, saying that he wanted to spend more time with his family, (his first child, Lucy was born 23 January 1995 and his son, Jude Arthurs was born on 12 August 1997)
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