God Made It Easier On Me

What would be the UK equivalent of myself getting into the Happy Mondays in 2002? Would it be like some UK kid in his early 20s discovering that they dig Pearl Jam or Jane’s Addiction? It is very hard for me to imagine what the Happy Mondays’ music sounds like to British ears at this point in history, but they don’t sound nearly as dated as I’ve been led to believe from reading the British rock press. “God’s Cop”, “24 Hour Party” and “Kinky Afro” all sound fairly fresh to my ears in spite of very obviously late 80s/early 90s production.