Shaun Ryder and Bez join Oasis’ Andy Bell for the first live performance as Mantra of the Cosmos

Shaun Ryder and Bez have joined Oasis’ Andy Bell and Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey for the first live performance of their new ’90s supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos – ahead of their Glastonbury show later this month.

The four ’90s legends put on a raucous show at London’s The Box last night – with Bez, 59, enjoying the chance to perform his first-ever solo on the maracas.

It included a performance for their first single, Gorilla Gorilla, described by Starkey – who is also drummer for The Who – as ‘a fantastic psychedelic groove from a gang of misfits, outsiders and innovators’.

Meanwhile, Bell, 59, said: “It’s a pleasure to be a part of Mantra of the Cosmos. Four like-minded souls cumming to the same music.’

Any band with stars like Happy Mondays, Black Grape, Oasis and The Who can make fans expect a similar sound, but 60-year-old Ryder insists the new group will be totally unique.

“It doesn’t sound like them, it’s what we all do together,” he told The Sun.

Despite their wild reputation, the band say they’ve changed over the years, joking in a Channel 4 interview about their new habit of watching the news at night.

The segment also saw Ryder reflect on the challenges facing the modern music industry, such as the rise of online streaming.

“The profits are really not good,” he said.

‘I know that over a million people went to download my solo album, but it cost me about 50 pence.

Mantra of the Cosmos will take Glastonbury by storm with a performance on the Glade Stage at 8.20pm on Sunday.

Their first song, titled Gorilla Guerilla, has been posted on YouTube.

Olli Ryder, Shaun’s son, is directing.

Of the group, Manchester legend Bez previously said: ‘I always knew the best was yet to come.’

In an interview with Channel 4 prior to their performance, the band explained why they got together.

Ryder said, “We don’t have any diva strops with us. Absolutely not. ‘

Bell added: “We’re all very chill, but we’ve apparently had some runs in the past. We were just talking about that.’

Ryder explained, “We’re all old men, aren’t we?”

This led Bez to joke, “We’re so old we can’t even remember the run-ins.”

The musicians also discussed their motivation in setting up the band.

Starkey, who brought them all together, refused to describe their collective as a supergroup, though Ryder disagreed with his bandmate.

“I don’t mind calling it a supergroup,” he joked. “Because we’re all so great, we’re all so great.”

Bez and Ryder also talked about their time on Celebrity Gogglebox, which brought them back to the public eye in recent years.

They acknowledged their rockstar past, but said they enjoyed enjoying some “beers, cream cakes and chocolate” at their age.

Ryder rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the lead singer of Happy Mondays.

A major figure in Manchester’s cultural scene, he founded the band Black Grape in 1993 with former Happy Mondays dancer Bez.

Ryder has previously spoken candidly about his struggle to overcome a heroin addiction, which he eventually managed to break by taking up cycling.

Starkey, the son of Ringo Starr, was the drummer for The Who from 1996 and also worked with Oasis.

Starkey and his wife Sharna won a Grammy for producing Toots and The Maytals’ latest album Got To Be Tough.

The husband and wife co-produced the supergroup’s new music.