Dave Haslam: ‘That time, that music… it changed lives. It makes Manchester what it is’

Dave Haslam was the last DJ to man the decks at the Haçienda. Now, on the release of his memoir, he talks about his greatest days in music, Sonic Youth and Morrissey, and why family life can be a cage• Read an extract from Dave Haslam’s Sonic Youth Slept on My FloorWriter and DJ Dave Haslam grew up in Birmingham and moved to Manchester in 1980. He ran his own successful fanzine, Debris, from 1983-87, interviewing many local musicians and artists; he also worked as a booker, ran