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Martin Hannett \ Biography

Martin 'Zero' Hannett was born into a Catholic family in north Manchester in June Raised in Miles Platting, he completed a chemistry degree at Manchester Polytechnic (aka UMIST), and after graduating in took a job in a science lab.

As an audience member he saw the Beatles and the Stones, and a hundred more besides, and would himself book bands as a member of the UMIST social committee. Always a music head ("he was forever rebuilding his hi-fi"), Hannett also found time to learn bass guitar, mix live sound, and work as a roadie.

Eventually he would quit his day job to run Music Force with Tosh Ryan and others. A musicians' co-operative, Music Force booked gigs (favoured venues included the Band on the Wall and Rafters), arranged PA hire, and also operated a lucrative fly-posting business.

With the proceeds, Hannett and Ryan were able to purchase premises at 20 Cotton Lane, Withington, where Zero was able to realise his ambition of setting up a recor