fbpx
Wikipedia

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers, also known simply as the Manics, are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly in 1986. The band consists of cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes), plus Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics). They form a key part of the 1990s Welsh Cool Cymru cultural movement.

Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers in 2010. From left to right: James Dean Bradfield, touring member Wayne Murray, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore; the open microphone on the far right is a traditional memorial to former member Richey Edwards, who disappeared in 1995.
Background information
Also known asThe Manics
OriginBlackwood, Caerphilly, Wales
Genres
Years active1986–present
Labels
Members
Past members
Websitewww.manicstreetpreachers.com

Following the release of their debut single "Suicide Alley", Manic Street Preachers were joined by Richey Edwards as co-lyricist and rhythm guitarist, the band became a quartet. The band's early albums were in a punk vein, eventually broadening to a greater alternative rock sound, whilst retaining a leftist political outlook.[1] Their early combination of androgynous glam imagery and lyrics about "culture, alienation, boredom and despair" gained them a loyal following.[2]

Manic Street Preachers released their debut album, Generation Terrorists, in February 1992, followed by Gold Against The Soul in 1993 and The Holy Bible in 1994.[3] Edwards disappeared in February 1995 and was legally presumed dead in 2008.[4] The band continued as a trio, and achieved commercial success with the albums Everything Must Go (1996) and This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998).

The Manics have headlined festivals including Glastonbury, T in the Park, V Festival and Reading. They have won eleven NME Awards, eight Q Awards and four BRIT Awards.[5] They were nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1996 and 1999, and have had one nomination for the MTV Europe Music Awards. They have reached number 1 in the UK charts four times: in 1998, with This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours and the single "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next", in 2000 with the single "The Masses Against the Classes", and in 2021 with The Ultra Vivid Lament.[6] They have sold more than ten million albums worldwide.[7]

History

Formation and early years (1986–1991)

Manic Street Preachers formed in 1986 at Oakdale Comprehensive School, Blackwood, South Wales, which all the band members attended.[8] Bradfield and the slightly older Moore are cousins and shared bunk beds in the Bradfield family home after Moore's parents divorced.[9]

During the band's early years, Bradfield, alongside the classically trained Moore, primarily wrote the music while Wire focused on the lyrics. The origin of the band's name remains unclear, but the most often-told story relates that Bradfield while busking one day in Cardiff, got into an altercation with someone (sometimes said to be a homeless man)[8] who asked him "What are you, boyo, some kind of manic street preacher?"[2]

Original bassist Flicker (Miles Woodward) left the band in early 1988, reportedly because he believed that the band were moving away from their punk roots.[2] The band continued as a three-piece, with Wire switching from guitar to bass,[2] and in 1988 they released their first single, "Suicide Alley". Despite its recording quality, this punk ode to youthful escape provides an early insight into both Bradfield's guitar work and Moore's live drumming, the latter of which would be absent from the band's first LP.[10] The Manics intended to restore revolution to rock and roll at a time when Britain was dominated by shoegaze and acid house. The NME gave "Suicide Alley" an enthusiastic review, citing a press release by Richey Edwards: "We are as far away from anything in the '80s as possible."[3]

After the release of "Suicide Alley," Edwards joined the band on rhythm guitar and contributed to lyrics alongside Wire. Edwards also designed record sleeves and artwork and drove the band to and from gigs.[2]

In 1990 the Manic Street Preachers signed a deal with label Damaged Goods Records for one EP. The four-track New Art Riot E.P. attracted as much media interest for its attacks on fellow musicians as for the actual music.[2] With the help of Hall or Nothing management, the Manics signed to indie label Heavenly Records. The band recorded their first single for the label, entitled "Motown Junk".

Their next single, "You Love Us", sampled Krzysztof Penderecki's "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" as well as Iggy Pop. The video featured Nicky Wire in drag as Marilyn Monroe and contained visual references to the film Betty Blue and to Aleister Crowley. In an interview with then-NME journalist Steve Lamacq, Edwards carved the phrase "4REAL" into his arm with a razor blade to prove their sincerity.[11] He was taken to hospital and received seventeen stitches.[2] NME subsequently ran a full-page story on the incident, including a phone interview with Richey on his motivations for doing it. A recording of the editorial meeting discussing whether or not they could publish the image was included as a b-side on the band's 1992 charity single Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless), featuring Lamacq, the then-editor of NME Danny Kelly and James Brown (who went on to edit Loaded and the British version of GQ).[2]

As a result of their controversial behaviour, the Manics quickly became favourites of the British music press, which helped them build a rabidly dedicated following.[12]Columbia Records of Sony Music UK signed the band shortly afterwards and they began work on their debut album.[2]

Richey Edwards era: Generation Terrorists to The Holy Bible (1992–1995)

 
Manic's James Dean Bradfield in Chicago circa 1992

The band's debut album, Generation Terrorists, was released in 1992 on the Columbia Records imprint. The liner notes contained a literary quote for each of the album's eighteen songs and the album lasted just over seventy minutes. The album's lyrics are politicised like those of the Clash and Public Enemy,[13] with the album's songs regularly switching from a critical focus on global capitalism to more personal tales of despair and the struggles of youth. About the musical style of the album Pitchfork writer Joe Tangari wrote that Generation Terrorists "walked a weird line between agit-punk, cock rock, romantic melodicism and glam, and was so obviously patterned after the Clash's London Calling that it was actually kind of cute."[14]

Other tracks combine personal and political themes, implicating a connection between global capitalism and personal struggle; "Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds" was written as a critique of overseas banking credit policies, but also concerned Richey Edwards' issues involving overdrafts and refused loans.[15] Marc Burrows of Drowned in Sound considered the song to be an accurate prediction of "global financial meltdown" and its effects on everyday life.[16] The single "Motorcycle Emptiness", meanwhile, criticises consumerism as a "shallow dream"[15] that makes human life overtly commercialised.[16] "Little Baby Nothing", a duet between Traci Lords and Bradfield, was described by Priya Elan of the NME as a "perfect snapshot of [female] innocence bodysnatched and twisted".[17]

The record contained six singles and sold 250,000 copies.[2] The success of 1996's Everything Must Go at the 1997 Brit Awards ensured that sales of Generation Terrorists and subsequent albums Gold Against the Soul and The Holy Bible enjoyed a late surge; the band's debut sold an extra 110,000 copies.[2] The band also made a cover version of the song "Suicide Is Painless" which peaked at number 7 in the UK charts, spending 3 weeks in the Top 10, and giving the band their first ever Top 10 hit single.[18]

The group's second album, Gold Against the Soul, displayed a more commercial, grungy sound which served to alienate both fans and the band itself. It was released to mixed reviews but still performed well, reaching number eight in the UK album chart. The album presents a different sound from their debut album, not only in terms of lyrics but in sound, the band privileged long guitar riffs, and the drums themselves feel more present and loud in the final mix of the album. This sound would be abandoned in their next album and as for the nature of the lyrics they also changed, with Edwards and Wire eschewing their political fire for introspective melancholy.[19] According to AllMusic, the album "takes the hard rock inclinations of Generation Terrorists to an extreme."[20]

The band also stated that the choice to work with Dave Eringa again was important for this album: "We finished work in November and then just went straight into a demo studio and we came out about four weeks later with the album all finished. We were all happy with all the songs, we knew what they wanted to sound like, so we didn't want to use a mainstream producer because they've got their own sound and vision of what a record should be like. So we just phoned Dave up and said 'Look, come down, let's see how this works out', and everyone loved what we were doing, so we decided to stay with him."[19]

The band have described Gold Against the Soul as their least favourite album and the period surrounding the album as being the most unfocused of their career. The band's vocalist and guitarist James Dean Bradfield has said "All we wanted to do was go under the corporate wing. We thought we could ignore it but you do get affected."[21]

"It's all about self-discipline. Like, self-obsession is connected completely with self-loathing, and it's the same with, if you've got a weight problem. It's all about... finding some worth in yourself, knowing that you've got the discipline to do it, and knowing that other people maybe can't do it. And it's also, I think, really connected to the fact that you almost feel, like, silent, you have no voice, you're mute, there's just no, you've got no option. Even if you could express yourself nobody would listen anyway. Things that go on inside you, there's no other way to get rid of them."

—Edwards, about his condition

By early 1994, Edwards' difficulties became worse and began to affect the other band members as well as himself. He was admitted into The Priory in 1994 to overcome his problems and the band played a few festivals as a three-piece to pay for his treatment.[2]

The group's next album, The Holy Bible, was released in August to critical acclaim, but sold poorly. The album displayed yet another musical and aesthetic change for the band, largely featuring army/navy uniforms. Musically, The Holy Bible marks a shift from the modern rock sound of their first two albums, Generation Terrorists and Gold Against the Soul.[22] In addition to the album's alternative rock sound the album incorporates various elements from other musical genres, such as hard rock,[20] British punk, post-punk,[23] new wave, industrial, art rock and gothic rock.[2][24]

Lyrically the album deals with subjects including prostitution, American consumerism, British imperialism, freedom of speech, the Holocaust, self-starvation, serial killers, the death penalty, political revolution, childhood, fascism and suicide.[25] According to Q: "the tone of the album is by turns bleak, angry and resigned".[26] There was also an element of autobiographic subjects, like in the song "4st 7lb" where the lyrics clearly tackle Richey's own experience and life. The song was named after 4 stones 7 pounds, or 63 pounds (29 kg), because it is the weight below which death is said[by whom?] to be medically unavoidable for an anorexic sufferer.[27]

The title "The Holy Bible" was chosen by Edwards to reflect an idea, according to Bradfield, that "everything on there has to be perfection".[28] Interviewed at the end of 1994, Edwards said: "The way religions choose to speak their truth to the public has always been to beat them down [...] I think that if a Holy Bible is true, it should be about the way the world is and that's what I think my lyrics are about. [The album] doesn't pretend things don't exist".[29]

Ben Patashnik of Drowned in Sound later said that the album in the time of its release "didn't sell very well, but its impact was felt keenly by anyone who'd ever come into contact with the Manics", and that it is now a "masterpiece [...] the sound of one man in a close-knit group of friends slowly disintegrating and using his own anguish to create some of the most brilliant art to be released on a large scale as music in years [...] It's not a suicide note; it's a warning."[30]

In support of the album the band appeared on Top of the Pops, performing its first single, "Faster", which reached No. 16. The performance was extremely controversial at the time, as the band were all dressed in army regalia. Bradfield wore a "terrorist-style" balaclava. At the time, the band was told by the BBC that they had received the most complaints ever.[31] The album eventually has sold over 600,000 copies worldwide and is frequently listed among the greatest records ever recorded.[32]

In April and May 1994 the band first performed songs from The Holy Bible at concerts in Thailand and Portugal and at a benefit concert for the Anti-Nazi League at Brockwell Park, London.[33] In June, they played the Glastonbury Festival.[34] In July and August, without Richey Edwards, they played T in the Park in Scotland, the Alte Wartesaal in Cologne, the Parkpop Festival in The Hague and the Reading Festival.[35] During September, October and December there was a headline tour of the UK and Ireland and two tours in mainland Europe with Suede and Therapy?.[36] In December, three nights at the London Astoria ended with the band smashing up their equipment and the venue's lighting rig, causing £26,000 worth of damage.[37]

Edwards disappeared on 1 February 1995, on the day when he and James Dean Bradfield were due to fly to the US on a promotional tour.[38] In the two weeks before his disappearance, Edwards withdrew £200 a day from his bank account, which totalled £2,800 by the day of the scheduled flight.[39][40] He checked out of the Embassy Hotel in Bayswater Road, London, at seven in the morning, and then drove to his apartment in Cardiff, Wales.[39][41] In the two weeks that followed he was apparently spotted in the Newport passport office,[42] and the Newport bus station.[39][43] On 7 February, a taxi driver from Newport supposedly picked up Edwards from the King's Hotel in Newport, and drove him around the valleys, including Blackwood (Edwards' home as a child). The passenger got off at the Severn View service station near Aust and paid the £68 fare in cash.[41][44]

On 14 February, Edwards' Vauxhall Cavalier received a parking ticket at the Severn View service station and on 17 February, the vehicle was reported as abandoned. Police discovered the battery to be flat, with evidence that the car had been lived in.[38][39][45] Due to the service station's proximity to the Severn Bridge (which has been a renowned suicide location in the past)[46] it was widely believed that he took his own life by jumping from the bridge.[47] Many people who knew him, however, have said that he was never the type to contemplate suicide and he was quoted in 1994 as saying "In terms of the 'S' word, that does not enter my mind. And it never has done, in terms of an attempt. Because I am stronger than that. I might be a weak person, but I can take pain."[48]

Since then he has reportedly been spotted in a market in Goa, India, and on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. There have been other alleged sightings of Edwards, especially in the years immediately following his disappearance.[49] However, none of these has proved conclusive[50] and none has been confirmed by investigators. He has not been seen since.[51][52]

Manic Street Preachers was put on hold for six months and disbanding the group was seriously considered, but with the blessing of Edwards' family, the other members continued.[2] Edwards was legally "presumed dead" in 2008, to enable his parents to administer his estate.[53][54] The band continue to set up a microphone for Edwards at every live performance.[55]

Everything Must Go to Lifeblood (1996–2006)

The first album without Edwards, Everything Must Go, was released on 20 May 1996. The band had chosen to work with new producer Mike Hedges, mainly for his work on Siouxsie and the Banshees' single "Swimming Horses" that Bradfield rated highly.[56] Hedges had already been approached before to produce The Holy Bible but he wasn't available at the time.[56] Everything Must Go debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 2, so far the album has gone Triple Platinum in the UK and is their most successful album to date, spending 103 weeks in the Top 100 with the album still in the Top 5 a year after its release.[18] Containing five songs either written or co-written by Edwards the album was released to overwhelmingly positive reviews. Lyrically the themes were different from their previous effort, instead of introspective and autobiographical tracks such as "4st 7lb", Wire's predilection for historical and political themes dominates, like the No. 2 hit single "A Design for Life". The song was the first to be written and released by the band following the mysterious disappearance of figurehead Richey Edwards the previous year and was used as the opening track on Forever Delayed, the band's greatest hits album released in November 2002.

James Dean Bradfield later recalled that the lyric had been a fusion of two sets of lyrics-"Design for Life" and "Pure Motive"-sent to him from Wales by bassist Nicky Wire, while he was living in Shepherd's Bush. The music was written "in about ten minutes" and Bradfield felt a sense of euphoria with the result. The song was credited with having "rescued the band" from the despair felt after the disappearance of Edwards, with Wire describing the song as "a bolt of light from a severely dark place".[57] The album was shortlisted for the 1996 Mercury Prize award for best album and won the band two Brit Awards for Best British Band and Best British Album,[5] as well as yielding the hit singles "Australia", "Everything Must Go" and "Kevin Carter".

Subjects tackled on the album include the tragic life of the photographer Kevin Carter, on the track of the same name, Willem de Kooning and the maltreatment of animals in captivity on "Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky" (which is a quote from the film The Best Years of Our Lives). The latter track, with lyrics by Edwards, can also be interpreted as an exploration of his mental state before his disappearance; the line "Here chewing your tail is joy" for instance may be as much about Richey's self-harm as it is the tormented self-injury of zoo animals. It was their most direct and mature record to date and it established the Manics as superstars throughout the world.[12]

The album has sold over two million copies around the world, and it is still considered one of the finest releases of the decade,[58] a classic album from the 1990s[59] and frequently voted in polls in the category of best albums of all time by many publications.[60]

In 1997 the band performed a special gig at the Manchester Arena for more than 20,000 people. Bassist Nicky Wire said that was the moment he knew that the band had "made it".[2] The recording was released as a VHS video on 29 September 1997 and has only been reissued on DVD in Japan.

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) was the first number 1 of the band in the UK, remaining at the top of the albums chart for 3 weeks,[61] selling 136,000 copies in the first week and spending a total of 74 weeks in the Album Chart.[18] The title is a quotation taken from a speech given by Aneurin Bevan, a Labour Party politician from Wales.[62] Its working title was simply Manic Street Preachers. The cover photograph was taken on Black Rock Sands near Porthmadog, Wales.[63] Around the world the album also peaked at number 1 in countries like Sweden and Ireland, and it sold over five million copies worldwide.

 
The "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" poster

With their fifth album, the group also had a No. 1 single, "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next". The song's theme is taken from the Spanish Civil War, and the idealism of Welsh volunteers who joined the left-wing International Brigades fighting for the Spanish Republic against Francisco Franco's military rebels. The song takes its name from a Republican poster of the time, displaying a photograph of a young child killed by the Nationalists under a sky of bombers with the stark warning "If you tolerate this, your children will be next" written at the bottom.[64] The song is in the Guinness World Records as the number one single with the longest title without brackets.[65] The album also included the hit singles "You Stole the Sun from My Heart", "Tsunami" and "The Everlasting". The Manics won Best British Band and Album awards at the BRIT Awards in 1999.[5] This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours was also shortlisted for the 1999 Mercury Prize and the band received a further nomination in the category of Best UK & Ireland Act in the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards, where the band performed live the single If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next. In the NME Awards in 1999, the band won every single big prize, Best Band, Best Album, Best Live Act, Best Single and Best Video, nailing also the prize for Best Band in the World Today in the Q Awards 1998.[66]

After headlining Glastonbury Festival, T in the Park and V Festival, the band played the Leaving the 20th Century concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 31 December 1999, the first concert to be held there, with 57,000 people attending and the final song being broadcast around the world by satellite as part of 2000 Today. The concert is available on VHS and DVD. Subtitled English lyrics, available as an extra, contain errors when compared to the official lyrics in the band's album booklets and in between some of the tracks there are interview clips where the band discusses their history and the songs.[67]

In 2000, they released the limited edition single "The Masses Against the Classes". Despite receiving little promotion, the single sold 76,000 copies in its first week and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 16 January 2000, beating "U Know What's Up" by Donell Jones to the top. The catalogue entry for the single was deleted (removed from wholesale supply) on the day of release, but the song nevertheless spent 9 weeks in the UK chart.[18]

In 2001, they became the first popular Western rock band to play in Cuba (at the Karl Marx Theatre) and met with President Fidel Castro. Their concert and trip to Cuba was documented and then released as a DVD entitled Louder Than War. At this concert, they revealed many tracks from their upcoming sixth album, Know Your Enemy, which was released on 19 March. The left-wing political convictions of the Manic Street Preachers are apparent in many of the album's songs, such as "Baby Elián" as they comment on the strained relations between the United States and Cuba as seen in the Elián González affair, a hot topic around the album's release.[68]

The band also pays tribute to singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson in the song "Let Robeson Sing", but the song "Ocean Spray", which was a single, was written entirely by James about his mother's battle with cancer. The first singles from the album, "So Why So Sad" and "Found That Soul", were both released on the same day. The final single "Let Robeson Sing" was released later. The Manics also headlined Reading and Leeds Festival.

The greatest hits (plus remixes) album Forever Delayed was released in 2002, containing two new songs, "Door to the River" and the single "There by the Grace of God". Several songs were edited for length ("Motorcycle Emptiness," "You Love Us", "Australia," "Everything Must Go," "Little Baby Nothing," and "The Everlasting") so that more tracks could fit onto the CD (though not listed as edits in the liner notes).[69]

The Forever Delayed DVD was released in 2002 together with the greatest hits CD and photo book that bear the same name, and features all the promo music videos from the start of the band's career released before the DVD. Along with the promo videos, there is a selection of 14 remix videos, where the visual material is taken from clips of the other promo videos as well as backdrop visuals from the band's live concerts. The album peaked and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #4.[70]

An album of B-sides, rarities, and cover versions was released in 2003 entitled Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers), which contains the last song the band worked on with Edwards. The album received a far more positive reception from fans than the Forever Delayed greatest hits album, which was heavily criticised for favouring the band's more commercially successful singles. The only recurring criticism of Lipstick Traces was the exclusion of the fan favourite "Patrick Bateman", from the "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" single. The band explained that it was excluded mainly because it was almost seven minutes long and simply would not fit on the album.[69]

The band's seventh studio album, Lifeblood, was released on 1 November 2004 and reached No. 13 on the UK album chart. Critical response to the album was mixed. The album was more introspective and more focused on the past, Wire talked about the ghosts that haunted this record and stated that the record was a retrospective: "The main themes are death and solitude and ghosts. Being haunted by history and being haunted by your own past. Sleep is beautiful for me. I hate dreaming because it ruins ten hours of bliss. I had a lot of bad dreams when Richey first disappeared. Not ugly dreams, but nagging things. Until we wrote 'Design for Life', it was six months of misery. Lifeblood doesn't seek to exorcise Edwards' ghost, though, just admits that there are no answers".[71] Tony Visconti helped the band produce three songs on the album, which was followed by a UK arena tour in December 2004. "Empty Souls" and "The Love of Richard Nixon" were the two singles released from the album, both reaching No. 2 in the UK.[72]

A tenth-anniversary edition of The Holy Bible was released on 6 December 2004, which included a digitally remastered version of the original album, a rare U.S. mix (which the band themselves have admitted to preferring to the original UK mix)[35] and a DVD of live performances and extras including a band interview.

In April 2005, the band played several shows as the Past-Present-Future tour—announced as their last for at least two years. The band released an EP entitled God Save the Manics with only a limited number of copies available and given out to fans as they arrived at the venue. After all the copies were gone, the band made the EP available as a free download on their website.[73] In September, the band contributed the new track "Leviathan" to the War Child charity album Help!: A Day in the Life.

In 2006 the band received the prize for the Q Merit Award in the Q Awards 2006 and also the 10th-anniversary edition of Everything Must Go was released on 6 November. It included the original album, demos, B-sides, remixes, rehearsals and alternate takes of the album's songs, spread out over two CDs. An additional DVD, featuring music videos, live performances, TV appearances, a 45-minute documentary on the making of the album, and two films by Patrick Jones, completed the three-disc set.[69]

In the 10th-anniversary edition, the band itself claims that they're still fond of the record, and Wire goes further saying: "I think it's our best record, I am not afraid to say that."[69]

Send Away the Tigers to National Treasures (2007–2012)

 
Manic Street Preachers live in Brighton in 2004

The band's eighth studio album, Send Away the Tigers, was released on 7 May 2007 on Columbia Records. It entered the official UK album charts at No. 2. Critical response to the album was largely positive, with some critics hailing the album as the band's best in a decade. A free download of a song entitled "Underdogs" from the album was made available through the group's website on 19 March 2007.[69]

The first official single released from Send Away the Tigers was "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", which features Cardigans vocalist Nina Persson and according to the band they always had a duet in mind, seeing that the lyrics have a question/reply style to it. According to singer Bradfield, the title was the last line of a suicide note left by the friend of someone close to the group.[74] The second single, "Autumnsong", and a third, "Indian Summer", were released in August. "Indian Summer" peaked at number 22, making it the first Manics single not to chart in the Top 20 since 1994's "She Is Suffering". The album sleeve features a quotation from Wyndham Lewis: "When a man is young, he is usually a revolutionary of some kind. So here I am, speaking of my revolution".[75]

The band ended up promoting the album with appearances in the summer festivals like Reading and Leeds Festivals and Glastonbury Festival.

The band released a Christmas single, "The Ghosts of Christmas", in December. The track was available as a free download on their official website throughout December 2007 and January 2008. In February 2008, the band were presented with the God-Like Geniuses Award at the NME Awards ceremony.[76]

The ninth Manics album, Journal for Plague Lovers, was released on 18 May 2009 and features lyrics left behind by Edwards. Wire commented in an interview that "there was a sense of responsibility to do his words justice."[77] The album was released to positive critical reviews and reached No. 3 on the UK Album Chart. However, the cover of the album generated some controversy, with the top four UK supermarkets stocking the CD in a plain slipcase, as the cover was deemed "inappropriate".[78] Bradfield regarded the decision as "utterly bizarre", and has commented: "You can have lovely shiny buttocks and guns everywhere in the supermarket on covers of magazines and CDs, but you show a piece of art and people just freak out."[78]

Several tracks refer to Edwards' time in a couple of hospitals in 1994. Among them is "She Bathed Herself in a Bath of Bleach", of which James Dean Bradfield said to the NME: "There're some people he met when he was in one of the two places having treatment and I think he just digested other people's stories and experiences."[79] The final track, "William's Last Words", has been compared to a suicide note, and although Nicky Wire rejects this suggestion,[80] Bradfield observes, "you can draw some pretty obvious conclusions from the lyrics."[81] Wire, who admitted finding the task of editing this song "pretty choking",[80] eventually composed the music and sang lead vocals after Bradfield found himself unsuited to the task.[81]

Bradfield commented that Journal for Plague Lovers was an attempt to finally secure the legacy of their former member Richey Edwards and the result was that, during the recording process, it was as close to feeling his presence since his disappearance: "There was a sense of responsibility to do his words justice. That was part of the whole thing of letting enough time lapse. Once we actually got into the studio, it almost felt as if we were a full band; it [was] as close to him being in the room again as possible."[82]

Tracks from Journal for Plague Lovers have been remixed by a number of artists, and the Journal for Plague Lovers Remixes EP was released on 15 June 2009. Martin Noble of the band British Sea Power remixed the song "Me and Stephen Hawking";[83] Andrew Weatherall remixed "Peeled Apples", which he has described as "sounding like Charlie Watts playing with PiL"; The Horrors remixed "Doors Closing Slowly";[84] NYPC remixed the song "Marlon J.D" and the EP also features remixes by Patrick Wolf, Underworld, Four Tet, Errors, Adem, Optimo and Fuck Buttons.

On 18 June 2009, the Manics officially opened the new Cardiff Central Library. Wire later said in an interview with The Guardian that the occasion had been a great honour for the band:[85]

For us, it seemed like a chance to give something back to Wales. Seeing one of our lyrics—"Libraries gave us power", from 'A Design for Life'—inscribed on the opening plaque was in its own way as affecting as playing the Millennium Stadium.

On 1 June 2010, the band announced on their homepage that a new album called Postcards from a Young Man would be released on 20 September. James Dean Bradfield said that the album would be an unashamedly pop-orientated affair, following 2009's Journal for Plague Lovers. "We're going for big radio hits on this one", he told NME. "It isn't a follow-up to Journal for Plague Lovers. It's one last shot at mass communication."[86]

On 26 July, the first single from the new album, "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love", was played on the breakfast shows of BBC Radio 2,[87] BBC 6Music, XFm and Absolute Radio.[88] It was released on 13 September. The title had previously been suggested as a working title for the album by Nicky Wire. Three collaborations were also confirmed on the band's website later that day: Duff McKagan would appear on "A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun", Ian McCulloch will add guest vocals to "Some Kind of Nothingness" and John Cale will feature on "Auto-Intoxication". Of the album's lead single, "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love," Nicky Wire claimed: "I believe in the tactile nature of rock 'n' roll. There's a generation missing out on what music meant to us...You can only elaborate on the stuff that compels you to. But "It's Not War..." is kind of saying, "Alright, we're not 18, but even at 40 the rage is still there".[89]

Postcards from a Young Man was recorded with producer (and longtime Manics collaborator) Dave Eringa and was mixed in America by Chris Lord-Alge.[90] It was released in a standard version, 2 CD deluxe version, and limited edition box set.[91] The album cover art uses a black and white photograph of British actor Tim Roth.[92]

The album was supported by the Manics' most extensive tour of the UK to date,[93] starting in Glasgow on 29 September 2010. British Sea Power were the support act for the band on the tour. Two further singles were released from the album—the McCulloch-featuring "Some Kind of Nothingness" and the title track "Postcards from a Young Man". "Some Kind of Nothingness" peaked at No. 44 in the UK making it the first-ever Manics single to not make the Top 40 since they signed to Sony in 1991.

The band initially announced that their next album had the working title 70 Songs of Hatred and Failure and would sound very different from Postcards From A Young Man: "The next album will be pure indulgence. There's only so much melody stored in your body that you can physically get onto one record. It was just so utterly commercial and melodic."[94] However, Nicky Wire contradicted this in 2011 while doing promotion for their greatest hits compilation National Treasures. When asked why the band was releasing the compilation Wire stated: "It's just the end of an era. Not the end of a band. We're gonna disappear for quite a long time."[95]

 
Manic Street Preachers playing live in 2010

National Treasures – The Complete Singles was released on 31 October 2011, preceded by the release of the single "This Is the Day", a cover of the song by The The.[96] On 17 December 2011, the group performed 'A Night of National Treasures' at O2 Arena in London to celebrate the band's 25 years to date, and enter into a period of hiatus where the eleventh album was written. The band performed all 38 singles, with around 20,000 people in attendance, as well as guest performers including Nina Persson from the Cardigans who sings with the band on the single "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" and Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals who sang with the band that night on the track Let Robeson Sing.[97] In April and May 2012, the band embarked on a European greatest hits tour.[98] The compilation was voted by NME magazine as the best re issue of 2011, beating Nirvana's deluxe and super deluxe edition of Nevermind to the top spot.[99]

Despite the "complete singles" title, National Treasures does not contain every Manic Street Preachers single. Notable omissions are the band's very first single, "Suicide Alley" (1989), "Strip It Down" from the New Art Riot EP (1990), for which the band's first promotional video was made,[100] and "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" (1991). For singles originally released as double-A sides, only one song is included: therefore from "Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" (1992) and "Faster/P.C.P." (1994), only the first of each pair are included.[69]

On 10 October the band announced via Facebook that a film-interview-documentary about their album Generation Terrorists would be screened at 2012's Sŵn Festival as a Welsh exclusive. The film was shown at Chapter Arts Centre on Saturday 20 October, with all profits being donated to Young Promoters Network.[101] The film was made available in the 20th-anniversary re-issue of Generation Terrorists, of which there were five editions:

  1. Single Disc edition: Original Album
  2. 2 Disc Deluxe edition: Includes Original Album + Demos with DVD of Culture, Alienation, Boredom, Despair (A making of the album)
  3. 4 Disc Limited edition (3,000 copies worldwide): Includes Original Album, Demos, B-Sides, Rarities, CABD DVD + Replica of Generation Terrorist Tour VIP Pass, 10" Collage by Richey Edwards, 10" Vinyl LP of a rare Manics Radio Performance and a 28-page book from Nicky Wire's archive.[102]

Also, if the Deluxe edition was purchased from the London record store "Rough Trade", then alongside the £20 purchase came a free ticket to see a showing of the CABD film, followed by an acoustic gig with James Dean Bradfield on 6 November.[102]

Rewind the Film to The Ultra Vivid Lament (2013–present)

In May 2013, the band announced an Australasian tour for June and July, that would see them play their first-ever show in New Zealand.[103] This tour coincided with the British and Irish Lions rugby tour to Australia and the Melbourne concert on the eve of the 2nd Test featured Lions' centre Jamie Roberts as a guest guitarist on "You Love Us".

In May 2013 the Manics released information about their most recent recording sessions, saying that they had enough material for two albums; the first would be almost exclusively without electric guitars.[104] The name of the first album and title track was revealed to be Rewind the Film on 8 July.[105] In a statement, the band announced, "(If) this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue, it's probably the sedate coming of age that was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours."[106] The band also stated via Twitter, "MSP were in the great Hansa Studios in January with Alex Silva (who recorded The Holy Bible with us). Berlin was inspirational... Sean been playing a french horn in the studio today—sounding wonderful."[107]

The lead single of the album, "Show Me the Wonder", was referred to on their Twitter account, the Manics posted, "I think 'show me the wonder' is the 1st ever manics single without JDBs electric guitar on-xx."[108] The single was released on 9 September 2013 to a positive critical reception. The album itself was released on 16 September 2013 and reached No. 4 on the UK Album Chart. The second single of the album "Anthem for a Lost Cause" was released on 25 November 2013.

The other album, Futurology, the band's twelfth studio album, was released on 7 July 2014 and it received immediate critical acclaim. The lead single from the album, "Walk Me to the Bridge", was released as a digital download on the day of the announcement, on 28 April.[109]

Futurology, according to the band, is an album full of ideas and one of their most optimistic yet, as Wire said to the NME magazine in an interview: "There's an overriding concept behind 'Futurology' which is to express all the inspiration we get from travel, music and art—all those ideas, do that in a positive way. 'Rewind The Film' was a harrowing 45-year-old looking in the mirror, lyrically. 'Futurology' was very much an album of ideas. It's one of our most optimistic records, the idea that any kind of art can transport you to a different universe."[110]

The album sold about 20,000 copies in its first week and reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart. The title track, "Futurology", was the second and final single released from the album on 22 September, the video debuted on YouTube on 10 August. The video was directed by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts winner Kieran Evans, who worked with the band on videos from their previous effort Rewind The Film. The band promoted the album with a tour around the UK and Europe from March to May 2014, they also made appearances in festivals like T in the Park in Scotland and Glastonbury Festival in the summer.

Late in 2014, the band celebrated the release of their seminal album The Holy Bible with a special edition in December, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the album. This edition includes the vinyl edition of the full album, plus a three-CD set, the first CD with the full album remastered for the special release, the second with the US mix remastered and the third including a performance at the Astoria in 1994 and an acoustic session for Radio 4 Mastertapes in 2014. The special edition also contains a 40-page book full of rare photos and handwritten lyrics and notes by Richey and by the band.[111] In the NME Awards 2015, the album won "Reissue of the Year".[112]

They also toured the album, playing it in full for the very first time.[113] After the tour in the UK, the Manics took The Holy Bible tour to North America, in April 2015, they played in Washington DC, Toronto, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.[114] They also played in the Cardiff Castle on 5 June 2015 with 10,000 fans attending the gig, it was broadcast nationwide by BBC Two Wales.[115]

In August 2015 the Manic Street Preachers nailed the 2 top spots on the best NME covers of all time, as voted by the general public.[116]

James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore in November 2015 did a charity hike in Patagonia, Nicky Wire did not participate in the event, the band said: "In November 2015 we will be walking in the footsteps of our Welsh ancestors when we will be part of the Velindre group of 50 people celebrating the 150th anniversary of Welsh settlers arriving in Patagonia with a challenging six-day trek."[117]

Also in November 2015, the Manic Street Preachers announced that they were going to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1996 album Everything Must Go, with their biggest headline show since 1999, in the Liberty Stadium, in Swansea on 28 May 2016, featuring special guests like Super Furry Animals. The album was performed in full, with Nicky Wire teasing "b-sides, rarities and curios, greatest hits and a few brand-new songs".[118] Before the final show in Swansea the band played: Liverpool, Echo Arena (13 May), Birmingham, Genting Arena (14 May), London, Royal Albert Hall (16–17 May), Leeds, First Direct Arena (20 May) and Glasgow, the SSE Hydro (21 May).[119] In early 2016 the band announced the European tour of "Everything Must Go", they played across Europe, in Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany.[120] Similar to what happened with "The Holy Bible" the Manics released on 20 May, a special anniversary edition for the album, which includes the full album remastered plus the B-sides, a heavyweight vinyl, the 1997 Nynex concert fully restored on DVD, a film about the making of the album, the official videos for the all singles and a 40-page booklet. It was also made available a standard edition with a double-CD featuring only the remastered album and the concert at the Nynex Arena.[121]

The band announced in March 2016 that they would be releasing a theme song for the Wales national team ahead of the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament in the summer, entitled "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)", it was released on 20 May, featuring also a video with the band and the Welsh team, the Manics tweeted: "It's with great pride we can announce the Manics are providing the official Wales Euro 2016 song – 'Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)'". All profits from the song went to the Princes Gate Trust and Tenovus Cancer Care.[122] On 8 July the band was at the Cardiff City Stadium to give a home welcome to the Wales football national team after they were knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2016 by Portugal in the semi-finals, the band played a few songs in the stadium including the official theme song "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)".[123] On the next night, 9 July, the Manics headlined a night at the Cornwall's Eden Project,[124] and later the band managed to secure a new recording studio near Newport, Wales. The city's council ensured that only the band can use the studio, there would be an increase on-site parking and a series of soundproofing measures to ensure nearby properties aren't disturbed by noise.[125] To end the summer, the Manics went on to headline another two festivals, Wasa Open Air in Finland in mid-August[126] and in late August the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth.[127] The band also received a nomination in the 25th British Academy Cymru Awards for the best live outside broadcast after their 2015 gig in the Cardiff Castle, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the "Holy Bible".[128]

 
Manic Street Preachers at the First Direct Arena, Leeds in May 2018

In February 2017 the band revealed a teaser trailer for a documentary entitled Escape from History, charting the band's journey from The Holy Bible, through to the disappearance of lyricist and guitarist Richey Edwards, to the huge success of Everything Must Go. The documentary aired on Sky Arts on 15 April.[129] The band also stated that they would release an album later in that year.[130]

The band released a special edition of their album Send Away the Tigers on 12 May. 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the record and the Manics said that "this is a very important album" in their career. The special edition featured a remastered album as well as B-sides and rarities spread over two discs, plus a DVD which features the band's 2007 Glastonbury performance, rehearsal footage, an album track-by-track, and promo videos.[131]

On 17 November 2017, the band announced that their thirteenth album, Resistance Is Futile, would be released on 13 April 2018.[132] After much delay, the band wrote "The main themes of 'Resistance is Futile' are memory and loss; forgotten history; confused reality and art as a hiding place and inspiration", the band say in a statement. "It's obsessively melodic—in many ways referencing both the naive energy of 'Generation Terrorists' and the orchestral sweep of 'Everything Must Go'. After delay and difficulties getting started, the record has come together really quickly over the last few months through a surge of creativity and some old school hard work." It is the first album to be recorded at the "Door to the River" studio.[133]

In January 2018, Manic Street Preachers signed a publishing contract with Warner/Chappell Music, leaving their longtime home Sony/ATV Music Publishing.[134]

On the album, the Manics launched their first single "International Blue" as a download on 8 December 2017.[135] The second single "Distant Colours" was released, also as a download, on 16 February 2018.[136] About the first single the band said that there's was certain naive energy and widescreen melancholia on the song that is reflected through the whole album, comparing it to Motorcycle Emptiness. Furthermore, the album focused on "(...)things that make your life feel a little bit better. Rather than my internalised misery, I tried to put a sense of optimism into the lyrics by writing about things that we find really inspiring." Said Wire, taking inspiration from David Bowie and seen as almost an escape and a wave of optimism, just like the previous album was described.[137]

On the other hand, "Distant Colours" was written by James Dean Bradfield, rather than Nicky Wire, and inspired by disenchantment and Nye Bevan's old Labour. He said: "Musically, the verse is downcast and melancholic and the chorus is an explosion of disillusionment and tears."[138] The third single "Dylan & Caitlin" was released as a download on 9 March 2018.[139] The fourth single "Liverpool Revisited" is about a magical day in the city, Nicky added that: "It was on the Everything Must Go (anniversary) tour and I got up really early at sunrise to walk around Liverpool, polaroid camera in hand on a balmy day. It sounds clichéd I know, but Liverpool in the sun does take on a hypnotic quality, with the Mersey and the stone."[140] The band also revealed that they were to support Guns N' Roses during their summer tour.[141] The fifth and final single, "Hold Me Like a Heaven", was released as a download on 4 May 2018.[142] Wire said that the song was inspired musically by David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, something that the band wanted to write about, and Nicky thinks that this the closest that the band is going to get, sharing also that lyrics were informed by the work of Philip Larkin.[143]

The album sold around 24,000 copies in the first week, entering the UK Albums Chart at number 2,[144] despite being number 1 during the week.[145] It was the highest new entry on the chart, and on physical sales the album peaked at number 1, both on CD[146] and vinyl.[147]

In October 2018, the band announced a twentieth-anniversary collector's edition re-release of This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours. It was made available on digital, CD, and vinyl, with the CD edition featuring bonus demos, live rehearsal recordings, remixes, and B-sides. The album was launched on 7 December 2018 and to promote it, the band went on tour in Spring and Summer 2019, performing the album in full alongside other content.[148]

In March 2020, the Manics announced a deluxe reissue of their Gold Against the Soul album for release on 12 June 2020. Bonus content included previously unreleased demos, B-sides from the era, remixes, and a live recording, while the CD was released alongside a book of unseen photographs from the era with handwritten annotations and lyrics from the band.[149] The next day, the unnamed follow-up album to Resistance is Futile, their fourteenth overall, was confirmed to NME alongside Bradfield's second solo album. The group's album, including a track called "Orwellian", was described as "expansive" and is due for release in Summer 2021.[150]

On 14 May 2021, the Manics announced the title of their fourteenth studio album: The Ultra Vivid Lament.[151] The first single from the album, "Orwellian", was released on the same day.[152] "The Secret He Had Missed", the second single from the album, was released on 16 July 2021. The Ultra Vivid Lament was released on 10 September 2021 and received generally positive reviews from critics: on Metacritic, the album has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[153] The album sold 27,000 copies in the first week, granting the band their second UK Number 1 album as they narrowly beat Steps to the number 1 spot.[154]

In May and June 2022, Manic Street Preachers opened for The Killers in some of their UK tour dates.

In September 2022, the Manics announced a co-headlining tour of United States and Canada with Suede for November 2022, which would be the first time the two bands would share the stage since they toured Europe together in 1994.[155]

Solo work

In late 2005, both Bradfield and Wire announced that they intended to release solo material before a new album by the band.[69] A free download of Nicky Wire's debut solo offering I Killed the Zeitgeist was posted on the band's website for just one day, Christmas Day 2005,[73] while "The Shining Path" was released exclusively on iTunes for download. Also, a promotional album sampler had been sent out to the press and certain other people which included "I Killed the Zeitgeist", "Goodbye Suicide", "Sehnsucht", and "Everything Fades".

The album was officially released in September 2006. It charted at No. 130 in the UK. The sound of the album, which Nicky referred to as his "nihilistic anti-everything album", was inspired by, among others, Neu!, the Plastic Ono Band, Einstürzende Neubauten, the Modern Lovers, Richard Thompson and Lou Reed.[156] Only one official single was released, "Break My Heart Slowly", which charted at No. 74. Nicky toured small intimate venues across the UK with his band the Secret Society.[69]

Bradfield's solo album, The Great Western, was released in July 2006, to positive reviews from critics.[157] It reached No. 22 in the UK. The sound of the album was inspired by, among others, Jeff Beck, Badfinger, Simple Minds and McCarthy. Two singles were released: "That's No Way to Tell a Lie" (No. 18) in July, which was also the background music to the BBC's Match of the Day's 'Goal of the Month' competition,[158] and then "An English Gentleman" (No. 31) in September. The latter is in remembrance of the first Manics manager Philip Hall, who died from cancer in 1993[56] and to whom The Holy Bible had been dedicated. The initial pressings of the red 7" single were made with black vinyl, some of which were sent out to distributors by mistake. James toured the album with a band that included Wayne Murray, who would subsequently play the second guitar for Manics live performances. James's solo gigs featured covers of the Clash songs "Clampdown" and "The Card Cheat", both from the album London Calling.

In a later interview, when the band were collectively asked what they had learned from making a solo album, Sean Moore dryly quipped "Not to do one".[69]

In March 2020, Bradfield was confirmed to be working on a second album while the band took a short break, while Wire was also considering more solo content.[150] That June, two tracks by Bradfield, "There'll Come a War" and "Seeking the Room With the Three Windows", were released digitally.[159] The album title was announced as Even in Exile the next week alongside the launch of its first single, "The Boy From the Plantation", and the album was released on 14 August 2020.[160] The album was generally well-received and peaked at no.6 in the UK Albums Chart[161]

Collaborations and covers

 
Manic Street Preachers performing live in Brixton O2 Academy, 2014

The band released a split single in 1992 with the Fatima Mansions, a rock cover of "Suicide Is Painless", which became their first UK Top 10 hit.[2] They have recorded many cover versions of songs by other artists, primarily as B-sides for their own singles. Bands and artists to whom the group have paid tribute in this way include the Clash, Guns N' Roses, Alice Cooper, Happy Mondays, McCarthy, Chuck Berry, Faces and Nirvana.[2]

The band's first musical appearance since Edwards' departure was recording a cover of "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" for The Help Album, a charity effort in 1995 in support of aid efforts in war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

The Lightning Seeds' song "Waiting for Today to Happen", from their fifth album, Dizzy Heights (1996), was written by Nicky Wire and Ian Broudie. That same year, James Dean Bradfield and Dave Eringa produced Northern Uproar's first single, "Rollercoaster/Rough Boys". The 808 State song "Lopez" (1997) features lyrics by Wire and vocals by Bradfield.[2] It is featured on their greatest hits album, 808:88:98. Kylie Minogue's sixth album, Impossible Princess (1997), features two songs co-written and produced by the Manics: "Some Kind of Bliss" (Bradfield, Minogue and Sean Moore) and "I Don't Need Anyone" (Bradfield, Jones and Minogue) were produced by Bradfield and Dave Eringa.[2] Bradfield provided backing vocals, bass guitar and production for the Massive Attack song "Inertia Creeps" (1998), which features on their successful third album, Mezzanine.[2] Patrick Jones's album of poetry set to music, Commemoration and Amnesia (1999), features two songs with music written by Bradfield: the title track and "The Guerilla Tapestry". Bradfield plays the guitar on both songs. Furthermore, the track "Hiraeth" features a section called "Spoken Word", in which Nicky Wire talks about Welsh identity.[69]

In February 2006, the band contributed a cover version of "The Instrumental" to the album Still Unravished: A Tribute to the June Brides.[69]

In February 2008, the Manics covered Rihanna's hit pop song "Umbrella". Their version appeared on a CD titled NME Awards 2008 given away free with a special souvenir box-set issue of NME magazine, which went on sale 27 February. Additionally, the Manics' version of the song was made available on iTunes from 5 March 2008.[76] Despite being chart-eligible (it reached number 47 in the UK),[18] the release was not intended as an official single.[162] Two further versions (the Acoustic and Grand Slam mixes) were later made available on iTunes and now comprise a three-track Umbrella EP.

James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire contributed an original song, "The Girl from Tiger Bay", to Shirley Bassey's 2009 studio album, The Performance.[69]

Musical style and influences

Manic Street Preachers' music has been variously described as alternative rock,[163] Britpop,[164] hard rock[3] glam rock,[165] pop rock,[166][167] punk metal,[168] and punk rock.[2]

The band have stated that the Clash were "probably our biggest influence of all". When they saw them on television, "we thought it was fantastic and got really excited. They were the catalyst for us".[169] In addition, they have cited artists including Aerosmith,[170] Alice in Chains,[171] Electric Light Orchestra,[56] Rory Gallagher,[172] Gang of Four,[35] Guns N' Roses,[173] Joy Division,[35] Magazine,[35] PiL,[35] the Red Hot Chili Peppers,[171] Siouxsie and the Banshees,[174] Skids,[35] Bruce Springsteen,[56] and Wire,[35] as influential or inspirational to their music. Bradfield's guitar hero is guitarist John McGeoch: "He taught me, you can have that rock'n'roll swagger, but still build something into it that's really unsettling, and can cut like a razor blade".[175]

Alluding to the band's early relationship with Britpop, Cam Lindsay of Canadian music publication Exclaim! opined that "Britpop was rising, the Manics were offering the polar opposite: a bleak, uncompromising work that wanted nothing to do with the party".[176]

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Awards and nominations

Best Art Vinyl Awards

The Best Art Vinyl Awards are yearly awards established in 2005 by Art Vinyl Ltd to celebrate the best album artwork of the past year.[178]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Send Away the Tigers Best Vinyl Art Nominated

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. Manic Street Preachers has received four awards from eight nominations.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1997 Manic Street Preachers British Group Won
Everything Must Go British Album of the Year Won
"A Design for Life" British Single of the Year Nominated
British Video of the Year Nominated
1999 Manic Street Preachers British Group Won
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours British Album of the Year Won
"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" British Single of the Year Nominated
2000 "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" British Single of the Year Nominated

GAFFA Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1998 "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" Årets Udenlandske Hit Won

Hungarian Music Awards

The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2010 Journal for Plague Lovers Alternative Music Album of the Year Nominated
2014 Rewind the Film Nominated
2015 Futurology Nominated

Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1996 Everything Must Go Album of the Year Nominated
1999 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Nominated

NME Awards

The NME Awards is an annual music award show in the United Kingdom.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1996[179] Manic Street Preachers Best Band Nominated
1997 Best Live Act Won
Everything Must Go Best LP Won
"A Design for Life" Best Track Won
1998[180] Manic Street Preachers Best Band Nominated
1999 Won
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Best Album Won
"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" Best Track Won
Best Music Video Won
2000[181] "A Design for Life" Best Ever Single Nominated
The Holy Bible Best Album Ever Nominated
Manic Street Preachers Best Band Ever Nominated
Best Band Nominated
2001 Best Rock Act Nominated
2008 Godlike Genius Award Won
2010 Journal for Plague Lovers Best Album Artwork Nominated
2012 National Treasures - The Complete Singles Reissue of the Year Nominated
2013 Generation Terrorists Nominated
Manic Street Preachers Best Fan Community Nominated
2015 The Holy Bible Reissue of the Year Won

Q Awards

The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1996 Everything Must Go Best Album Won
1998 Manic Street Preachers Best Act in the World Today Won
1999 Nominated
2000 Nominated
2001 Nominated
Best Live Act[182] Won
2006 Merit Award Won
2007 "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" Best Track Won
Send Away the Tigers Best Album Nominated
2011 Manic Street Preachers Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years Nominated
2012 Generation Terrorists Classic Album Won
2013 "Show Me the Wonder" Best Video Won
2014 Futurology Best Album Nominated
2017 Manic Street Preachers Inspiration Award Won

Žebřík Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1998 Manic Street Preachers Best International Group Nominated [183]
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Best International Album Nominated
"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" Best International Song Nominated

References

  1. ^ . The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Price 1999, p. [page needed]
  3. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Manic Street Preachers". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ^ "BBC Wales – Music – Manic Street Preachers – Richey Edwards". BBC Wales. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b c . brits.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. ^ "From Despair to Success". BBC News. 12 February 1999. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Manic Street Preachers: 'These are the last burning flames of rock n' roll'". Gigwise.com.
  8. ^ a b "What's in a Band Name? Here Are the Stories Behind the Monikers – Features – Music – The Independent". The Independent. 11 April 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  9. ^ "BBC Wales – Music – Manic Street Preachers – James Dean Bradfield". Bbc.co.uk. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  10. ^ Johnson, Andy (10 January 2013). "[A1] 'Suicide Alley' | Manic Street Preachers: A Critical Discography". Manicsdiscog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Pictures of Richey Edwards Remembered – Photos – nme.com". NME. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  12. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Manic Street Preachers Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  13. ^ McLaren, James (9 February 2012). "BBC – Blogs – John Robb on Manic Street Preachers". BBC Online. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  14. ^ Tangari, Joe (23 February 2004). "Manic Street Preachers: Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  15. ^ a b Price 1999, p. 76.
  16. ^ a b Burrows, Marc (5 November 2012). . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  17. ^ Elan, Priya (7 October 2011). . NME. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  18. ^ a b c d e . Official Charts. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  19. ^ a b Price (1999).
  20. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  21. ^ "James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers on a Year of Hospital Horror..." Select. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  22. ^ O'Neil, Tim (19 May 2005). "Manic Street Preachers: The Holy Bible –– 10th Anniversary Edition". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  23. ^ Threndall, Andrew (23 September 2014). "Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible: The Tracks Ranked". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  24. ^ Martin, Dan (12 September 2005). "NME Reviews – Manic Street Preachers : The Holy Bible (Tenth Anniversary Edition)". NME. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  25. ^ "Manics New Testament". Melody Maker. IPC Media: 4. 27 August 1994.
  26. ^ "Manic Street Preachers article". Q. Bauer Media Group: 139. May 1997.
  27. ^ Clarke 1997, p. 116.
  28. ^ Clarke 1997, p. 117.
  29. ^ "Interview with Richey Edwards". Artistspecial. Stockholm. December 1994. ZTV.
  30. ^ Patashnik, Ben (25 February 2008). . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  31. ^ Simpson, Dave; Lynskey, Dorian (29 July 2006). "'You Woke Up on a Thursday and It Smelled Like a Top of the Pops Day'". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  32. ^ "Quintessential Newsnight". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 5 August 2005.
  33. ^ "Interview with Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire". Naked City. Season 2. Episode 6. London. 27 June 1994. Rapido TV. Channel 4.
  34. ^ "Glastonbury Festivals – History – 1994". glastonburyfestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  35. ^ a b c d e f g h Manic Street Preachers (2004). The Holy Bible: Tenth Anniversary Edition. Epic Records.
  36. ^ "BBC – Wales – Music – Manic Street Preachers – Biography". BBC Wales. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  37. ^ Petredis, Alexis (8 May 2009). "This Album Could Seriously Damage Us". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  38. ^ a b Price 1999, pp. 177–178
  39. ^ a b c d Beckett, Andy (2 March 1997). "Missing street preacher". The Independent on Sunday.
  40. ^ Price 1999, p. 178
  41. ^ a b Price 1999, p. 179
  42. ^ Price 1999, p. 183
  43. ^ Price 1999, p. 180
  44. ^ Bellos, Alex (26 January 1996). "Music: Desperately seeking Richey". The Guardian. pp. T.010.
  45. ^ "Ten-year tragedy of missing Manic". BBC. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
  46. ^ Pidd, Helen. "Richey Edwards case closed: how 14 years of hope ended", The Guardian. 29 November 2008.
  47. ^ "Amy Winehouse joins iconic stars who died aged 27". BBC. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  48. ^ "The Last of Richey Edwards?". Richeyedwards.net. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  49. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (28 January 2000). "The lost boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
  50. ^ Wills, Colin (2 June 1996). "Is Richey the wild rebel of rock alive or dead?". The Sunday Mirror. p. 62.
  51. ^ Helan, Stephen P. (30 January 2005). "Living With Ghosts". Sunday Herald. p. 10.
  52. ^ Price 1999, pp. 183–185
  53. ^ "Missing guitarist 'presumed dead'". BBC. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
  54. ^ Cartwright, Garth (26 November 2008), "Obituary: Richey Edwards", The Guardian, retrieved 30 October 2012
  55. ^ . UniEel.com. 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  56. ^ a b c d e Price, Simon (2 June 2016). "And If You Need An Explanation: Manic Street Preachers interviewed". Thequietus.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  57. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the : "How Writing 'A Design For Life' Saved Manic Street Preachers – Interview". YouTube. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  58. ^ "Manic Street Preachers: The Complete Guide". Clashmusic.com. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  59. ^ "NME classic albums and singles". Rocklistmusic.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  60. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rocklistmusic.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  61. ^ . entertainmentghana.mobi. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  62. ^ "Hall of Fame". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  63. ^ "All About ... Black Rock Sands". Daily Post. 7 March 2003. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  64. ^ "Madrid. The 'Military' Practice of the Rebels. If you tolerate this your children will be next. (Art.IWM PST 8661)". Iwm.org.uk. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  65. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 624. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  66. ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  67. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington – Morphine. MUZE. pp. 475–. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
  68. ^ "Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers)". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  69. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.
  70. ^ "Official album charts archive for 9th November 2002". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  71. ^ Watson, Ian (October 2004). "Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers)". The Scotsman.
  72. ^ . Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  73. ^ a b . manicstreetpreachers.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  74. ^ "All This Futile Beauty: Richey Edwards' Last Words". Articles.richeyedwards.net. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  75. ^ . Manics.nl. 12 July 2007. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  76. ^ a b . Manic Street Preachers. Archived from the original on 4 March 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  77. ^ Murray, Robin (31 March 2009). "Manic Street Preachers News: Manics Talk New Album". Idiomag. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  78. ^ a b Rogers, Georgie; O'Doherty, Lucy (14 May 2009). "BBC News Supermarkets Cover Up Manics CD". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  79. ^ "She Bathed Herself in a Bath of Bleach by Manic Street Preachers Songfacts". songfacts.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  80. ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (8 May 2009). "Interview: Manic Street Preachers". guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  81. ^ a b Mackay, Emily (18 May 2009). . nme.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2012. Alt URL
  82. ^ Murray, Robin (31 March 2009). "Manic Street Preachers News: Manics Talk New Album". Idiomag. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  83. ^ "British Sea Power Remixing Manic Street Preachers". NME. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  84. ^ Doran, John (30 April 2009). "The Quietus New Testament: Manic Street Preachers on Journal for Plague Lovers". The Quietus. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  85. ^ "Music Blog:'If You Tolerate This ...': Nicky Wire on Library Closures". The Guardian. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  86. ^ "Manic Street Preachers Announce UK Tour and New Album details". NME. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  87. ^ "BBC Radio 2 Playlist: Week Commencing: 28 Aug 2010", BBC, retrieved 31 August 2010 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  88. ^ "XFM Playlist", retrieved 31 August 2010 7 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  89. ^ Nissim, Mayer (7 June 2010). "Ex-GN'R bassist features on new Manics LP". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  90. ^ . Lancashire Telegraph. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  91. ^ . Play.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  92. ^ (in Italian). Indie-Rock. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  93. ^ . manicstreetpreachers.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  94. ^ "Manic Street Preachers Reveal Working Title of Next Album". NME. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  95. ^ "Manic Street Preachers on the UK Riots – NMETV Latest Music Videos and Clips". NME. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  96. ^ "Manic Street Preachers to Celebrate 21st Anniversary with Singles Collection". NME. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  97. ^ . Archived from the original on 3 April 2012.
  98. ^ "Manic Street Preachers / Official News (Global) / Send Away the Lions Part 2". Manic Street Preachers. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  99. ^ "NME Albums of 2011". Rocklistmusic.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  100. ^ Price 1999, p. 29
  101. ^ "Manic Street Preachers / Official News (Global) / Manic Street Preachers Film to Be Screened at Sŵn Festival 2012". Manic Street Preachers. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  102. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  103. ^ "Manics announce Auckland show". 3 News NZ. 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  104. ^ "Manic Street Preachers set to release two new albums". Guardian.co.uk. 4 June 2013.
  105. ^ Martin, Dan (20 May 2013). "Manic Street Preachers Set to Release Two New Albums". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  106. ^ "Manic Street Preachers reveal details of new album Rewind The Film and a UK tour". WalesOnline.
  107. ^ "Manic Street Preachers record new song with Cate Le Bon". NME.
  108. ^ . Wow247.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  109. ^ Nissim, Mayer (28 April 2014). "Manic Street Preachers reveal Futurology, 'Walk Me to the Bridge' video". Digital Spy. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  110. ^ "Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire: Futurology is one of our most optimistic records'". NME.
  111. ^ . myplaydirect.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  112. ^ "The full winners list at NME Awards 2015 with Austin, Texas revealed". NME. 18 February 2015.
  113. ^ Jamieson, Natalie (23 September 2014). "Manic Street Preachers to tour classic 1994 album". BBC News. BBC News. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  114. ^ "Tickets for Manic Street Preachers North American Tour on sale". Manic Street Preachers. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  115. ^ "Manic Street Preachers storm Cardiff Castle". Gigwise. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  116. ^ Beaumont, Mark (13 August 2015). "The 25 Greatest Ever NME Covers – As Voted For By You". NME.
  117. ^ "Manic Street Preachers members to hike through Patagonia for charity". NME. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  118. ^ "Manic Street Preachers announce 'Everything Must Go' 20th anniversary stadium gig in Swansea". NME. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  119. ^ "Manic Street Preachers add extra 'Everything Must Go' 20th anniversary tour dates". NME. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  120. ^ "Tour". Manic Street Preachers. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  121. ^ "Manics Announce Deluxe 'Everything Must Go' Reissue – News". Manic Street Preachers. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  122. ^ "Manic Street Preachers record Euro 2016 theme song for Wales football team". NME. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  123. ^ "Euro 2016: Welcome home – Wales' Manic day". BBC News. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  124. ^ "Manic Street Preachers to headline a night at Eden Sessions". eFestivals.co.uk. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  125. ^ "Manic Street Preachers building new studio". Nme.com. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  126. ^ "Wasa Open Air 13.8.2016 Vaasa, Kaarlen kenttä – Manic Street Preachers, The Cardigans, Weeping Willows". Wasaopenair.fi. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  127. ^ Caroline Ranson (16 April 2016). "Portsmouth's Victorious Festival 2016 announces vibrant line-up – Never Enough Notes". Neverenoughnotes.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  128. ^ "Nominations announced for 25th British Academy Cymru Awards". BAFTA. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  129. ^ "Manic Street Preachers: Escape From History – Sony Legacy We Are Sony Legacy". Wearesonylegacy.com. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  130. ^ "See teaser trailer for new Manic Street Preachers film 'Escape from History'". NME. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  131. ^ "The Quietus | News | Manics To Reissue Send Away The Tigers". The Quietus.
  132. ^ "ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  133. ^ "Manic Street Preachers announce new album 'Resistance Is Futile'". DIY. 17 November 2017.
  134. ^ "Hot wire: Warner/Chappell sign Manic Street Preachers – Publishing – Music Week". Musicweek.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  135. ^ "ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  136. ^ "Manic Street Preachers share new 'Distant Colours' single". Nme.com. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  137. ^ "Manics: 'New single 'International Blue' is the new 'Motorcycle Emptiness". Nme.com. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  138. ^ "LISTEN: New Manic Street Preachers". Thequietus.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  139. ^ "Manic Street Preachers release emotional new single 'Dylan & Caitlin". Nme.com. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  140. ^ . Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  141. ^ "Manic Street Preachers to support Guns N' Roses on European tour". Nme.com. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  142. ^ "Manic Street Preachers have debuted a video for 'Hold Me Like A Heaven'". 6 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  143. ^ "Manic Street Preachers share striking video for new single Hold Me Like A Heaven". 4 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  144. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  145. ^ "Could Manic Street Preachers Grab Number One?". 19 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  146. ^ "Official Record Store Chart Top 40". Official Charts. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  147. ^ "Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  148. ^ "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 20 Year Collector's Editions". Manic Street Preachers. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  149. ^ "Gold Against the Soul Deluxe Re-Issue". Manic Street Preachers. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  150. ^ a b Trendell, Andrew (12 March 2020). "Manic Street Preachers on their "expansive" new album and James Dean Bradfield's "electric" new solo record". NME. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  151. ^ "ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  152. ^ Trendell, Andrew (14 May 2021). "Manic Street Preachers share 'Orwellian' from 'The Ultra Vivid Lament' and announce UK tour". NME.com. from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  153. ^ The Ultra Vivid Lament reviews - Metacritic, retrieved 10 September 2021
  154. ^ "Manic Street Preachers win battle against Steps to claim Number 1 album". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  155. ^ "Suede and Manic Street Preachers Announce 2022 North American Tour". Pitchfork. 13 September 2022.
  156. ^ . nickyssecretsociety.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  157. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Great Western – James Dean Bradfield : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  158. ^ "Ask us about: Music details". BBC Sport. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  159. ^ Trendell, Andrew (26 June 2020). "Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield tells us about his two new solo songs: "One shows joy, the other shows fear"". NME. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  160. ^ "James Dean Bradfield Announces New Solo Album 'Even in Exile'". Manic Street Preachers. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  161. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  162. ^ . Manic Street Preachers. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  163. ^ Ferguson, Tom (July 2006). "Solo on Manic Street". Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 28. p. 33. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  164. ^ Pareles, Jon (8 October 2009). "A Mass of Angry Ideas, Set to Martial Melodies". The New York Times.
  165. ^ "Perfect Sound Forever – Manic Street Preachers". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  166. ^ Hughes, Josiah (12 November 2013). "Manic Street Preachers Prepping New 'Futurology' LP". Exclaim!. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  167. ^ Johnson, Andy (3 August 2010). "Manic Street Preachers and "Mass Communication"". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  168. ^ Rowley, Scott (February 2013). "Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll". Classic Rock Magazine. Classic Rock Magazine. Manic Street Preachers were a punk-metal explosion of great lyrics and killer riffs - Morrissey meets Michael Schenker - who threatened to split after one album.
  169. ^ Tuxen, Henry (November 1998). Manic Street Preachers [interview]. Total Guitar.
  170. ^ Cope, Chris (26 May 2010). . spinnermusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  171. ^ a b Trendell, Andrew (11 March 2020). "Nicky Wire tells us about the Manics' 'Gold Against The Soul' reissue: "It's a strange and curious record"". NME. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  172. ^ "Rory Gallagher Biography". Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  173. ^ Power, Martin (1 June 2012). Nailed to History: The Story of the Manic Street Preachers. Music Sales Group. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-0-85712-776-1.
  174. ^ Mackay, Emily (13 May 2009). "Manic Street Preachers Interview Part One – 'In A Movie About Us, Christian Bale Would Play Richey'". NME. from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  175. ^ "We Salute you Must Hear Guitar Heroes - This Issue: James Dean Bradfield on John McGeoch". Guitarist. November 2010.
  176. ^ Lindsay, Cam (24 May 2016). "An Essential Guide to Manic Street Preachers". Exclaim!. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  177. ^ "Manic Street Preachers star Nicky Wire pulls out of Biggest Weekend gig". Bbc.co.uk. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  178. ^ . Art Vinyl. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  179. ^ "Rocklist.net...NME Lists readers Pop Poll Results..." Rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  180. ^ "Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 1998..." Rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  181. ^ "Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 2000..." Rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  182. ^ "The Q Awards – everyhit.com". everyhit.com. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  183. ^ "2003-1997 – Anketa Žebřík".
  184. ^ a b c "Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 1999". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. 9 May 1992. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  185. ^ . mojo4music.com. 26 March 2008. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

Sources

  • Price, Simon (1999). Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers). London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0139-2.
  • Clarke, Martin (1997). Manic Street Preachers: Sweet Venom. London: Plexus. ISBN 0-85965-259-9.

External links

  • Official website
  • Manic Street Preachers discography at Discogs
  • Manic Street Preachers at IMDb

manic, street, preachers, also, known, simply, manics, welsh, rock, band, formed, blackwood, caerphilly, 1986, band, consists, cousins, james, dean, bradfield, lead, vocals, lead, guitar, sean, moore, drums, percussion, soundscapes, plus, nicky, wire, bass, gu. Manic Street Preachers also known simply as the Manics are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood Caerphilly in 1986 The band consists of cousins James Dean Bradfield lead vocals lead guitar and Sean Moore drums percussion soundscapes plus Nicky Wire bass guitar lyrics They form a key part of the 1990s Welsh Cool Cymru cultural movement Manic Street PreachersManic Street Preachers in 2010 From left to right James Dean Bradfield touring member Wayne Murray Nicky Wire and Sean Moore the open microphone on the far right is a traditional memorial to former member Richey Edwards who disappeared in 1995 Background informationAlso known asThe ManicsOriginBlackwood Caerphilly WalesGenresAlternative rock hard rock punk rock glam rock glam metal early Years active1986 presentLabelsColumbia Epic Heavenly Damaged GoodsMembersJames Dean Bradfield Nicky Wire Sean MoorePast membersMiles Woodward Richey EdwardsWebsitewww wbr manicstreetpreachers wbr comFollowing the release of their debut single Suicide Alley Manic Street Preachers were joined by Richey Edwards as co lyricist and rhythm guitarist the band became a quartet The band s early albums were in a punk vein eventually broadening to a greater alternative rock sound whilst retaining a leftist political outlook 1 Their early combination of androgynous glam imagery and lyrics about culture alienation boredom and despair gained them a loyal following 2 Manic Street Preachers released their debut album Generation Terrorists in February 1992 followed by Gold Against The Soul in 1993 and The Holy Bible in 1994 3 Edwards disappeared in February 1995 and was legally presumed dead in 2008 4 The band continued as a trio and achieved commercial success with the albums Everything Must Go 1996 and This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1998 The Manics have headlined festivals including Glastonbury T in the Park V Festival and Reading They have won eleven NME Awards eight Q Awards and four BRIT Awards 5 They were nominated for the Mercury Prize in 1996 and 1999 and have had one nomination for the MTV Europe Music Awards They have reached number 1 in the UK charts four times in 1998 with This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours and the single If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next in 2000 with the single The Masses Against the Classes and in 2021 with The Ultra Vivid Lament 6 They have sold more than ten million albums worldwide 7 Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation and early years 1986 1991 1 2 Richey Edwards era Generation Terrorists to The Holy Bible 1992 1995 1 3 Everything Must Go to Lifeblood 1996 2006 1 4 Send Away the Tigers to National Treasures 2007 2012 1 5 Rewind the Film to The Ultra Vivid Lament 2013 present 2 Solo work 3 Collaborations and covers 4 Musical style and influences 5 Band members 5 1 Timeline 6 Discography 7 Awards and nominations 8 References 8 1 Sources 9 External linksHistory EditFormation and early years 1986 1991 Edit Manic Street Preachers formed in 1986 at Oakdale Comprehensive School Blackwood South Wales which all the band members attended 8 Bradfield and the slightly older Moore are cousins and shared bunk beds in the Bradfield family home after Moore s parents divorced 9 During the band s early years Bradfield alongside the classically trained Moore primarily wrote the music while Wire focused on the lyrics The origin of the band s name remains unclear but the most often told story relates that Bradfield while busking one day in Cardiff got into an altercation with someone sometimes said to be a homeless man 8 who asked him What are you boyo some kind of manic street preacher 2 Original bassist Flicker Miles Woodward left the band in early 1988 reportedly because he believed that the band were moving away from their punk roots 2 The band continued as a three piece with Wire switching from guitar to bass 2 and in 1988 they released their first single Suicide Alley Despite its recording quality this punk ode to youthful escape provides an early insight into both Bradfield s guitar work and Moore s live drumming the latter of which would be absent from the band s first LP 10 The Manics intended to restore revolution to rock and roll at a time when Britain was dominated by shoegaze and acid house The NME gave Suicide Alley an enthusiastic review citing a press release by Richey Edwards We are as far away from anything in the 80s as possible 3 After the release of Suicide Alley Edwards joined the band on rhythm guitar and contributed to lyrics alongside Wire Edwards also designed record sleeves and artwork and drove the band to and from gigs 2 In 1990 the Manic Street Preachers signed a deal with label Damaged Goods Records for one EP The four track New Art Riot E P attracted as much media interest for its attacks on fellow musicians as for the actual music 2 With the help of Hall or Nothing management the Manics signed to indie label Heavenly Records The band recorded their first single for the label entitled Motown Junk Their next single You Love Us sampled Krzysztof Penderecki s Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima as well as Iggy Pop The video featured Nicky Wire in drag as Marilyn Monroe and contained visual references to the film Betty Blue and to Aleister Crowley In an interview with then NME journalist Steve Lamacq Edwards carved the phrase 4REAL into his arm with a razor blade to prove their sincerity 11 He was taken to hospital and received seventeen stitches 2 NME subsequently ran a full page story on the incident including a phone interview with Richey on his motivations for doing it A recording of the editorial meeting discussing whether or not they could publish the image was included as a b side on the band s 1992 charity single Theme from M A S H Suicide Is Painless featuring Lamacq the then editor of NME Danny Kelly and James Brown who went on to edit Loaded and the British version of GQ 2 As a result of their controversial behaviour the Manics quickly became favourites of the British music press which helped them build a rabidly dedicated following 12 Columbia Records of Sony Music UK signed the band shortly afterwards and they began work on their debut album 2 Richey Edwards era Generation Terrorists to The Holy Bible 1992 1995 Edit Manic s James Dean Bradfield in Chicago circa 1992 The band s debut album Generation Terrorists was released in 1992 on the Columbia Records imprint The liner notes contained a literary quote for each of the album s eighteen songs and the album lasted just over seventy minutes The album s lyrics are politicised like those of the Clash and Public Enemy 13 with the album s songs regularly switching from a critical focus on global capitalism to more personal tales of despair and the struggles of youth About the musical style of the album Pitchfork writer Joe Tangari wrote that Generation Terrorists walked a weird line between agit punk cock rock romantic melodicism and glam and was so obviously patterned after the Clash s London Calling that it was actually kind of cute 14 Other tracks combine personal and political themes implicating a connection between global capitalism and personal struggle Nat West Barclays Midlands Lloyds was written as a critique of overseas banking credit policies but also concerned Richey Edwards issues involving overdrafts and refused loans 15 Marc Burrows of Drowned in Sound considered the song to be an accurate prediction of global financial meltdown and its effects on everyday life 16 The single Motorcycle Emptiness meanwhile criticises consumerism as a shallow dream 15 that makes human life overtly commercialised 16 Little Baby Nothing a duet between Traci Lords and Bradfield was described by Priya Elan of the NME as a perfect snapshot of female innocence bodysnatched and twisted 17 The record contained six singles and sold 250 000 copies 2 The success of 1996 s Everything Must Go at the 1997 Brit Awards ensured that sales of Generation Terrorists and subsequent albums Gold Against the Soul and The Holy Bible enjoyed a late surge the band s debut sold an extra 110 000 copies 2 The band also made a cover version of the song Suicide Is Painless which peaked at number 7 in the UK charts spending 3 weeks in the Top 10 and giving the band their first ever Top 10 hit single 18 The group s second album Gold Against the Soul displayed a more commercial grungy sound which served to alienate both fans and the band itself It was released to mixed reviews but still performed well reaching number eight in the UK album chart The album presents a different sound from their debut album not only in terms of lyrics but in sound the band privileged long guitar riffs and the drums themselves feel more present and loud in the final mix of the album This sound would be abandoned in their next album and as for the nature of the lyrics they also changed with Edwards and Wire eschewing their political fire for introspective melancholy 19 According to AllMusic the album takes the hard rock inclinations of Generation Terrorists to an extreme 20 The band also stated that the choice to work with Dave Eringa again was important for this album We finished work in November and then just went straight into a demo studio and we came out about four weeks later with the album all finished We were all happy with all the songs we knew what they wanted to sound like so we didn t want to use a mainstream producer because they ve got their own sound and vision of what a record should be like So we just phoned Dave up and said Look come down let s see how this works out and everyone loved what we were doing so we decided to stay with him 19 The band have described Gold Against the Soul as their least favourite album and the period surrounding the album as being the most unfocused of their career The band s vocalist and guitarist James Dean Bradfield has said All we wanted to do was go under the corporate wing We thought we could ignore it but you do get affected 21 It s all about self discipline Like self obsession is connected completely with self loathing and it s the same with if you ve got a weight problem It s all about finding some worth in yourself knowing that you ve got the discipline to do it and knowing that other people maybe can t do it And it s also I think really connected to the fact that you almost feel like silent you have no voice you re mute there s just no you ve got no option Even if you could express yourself nobody would listen anyway Things that go on inside you there s no other way to get rid of them Edwards about his condition By early 1994 Edwards difficulties became worse and began to affect the other band members as well as himself He was admitted into The Priory in 1994 to overcome his problems and the band played a few festivals as a three piece to pay for his treatment 2 The group s next album The Holy Bible was released in August to critical acclaim but sold poorly The album displayed yet another musical and aesthetic change for the band largely featuring army navy uniforms Musically The Holy Bible marks a shift from the modern rock sound of their first two albums Generation Terrorists and Gold Against the Soul 22 In addition to the album s alternative rock sound the album incorporates various elements from other musical genres such as hard rock 20 British punk post punk 23 new wave industrial art rock and gothic rock 2 24 Lyrically the album deals with subjects including prostitution American consumerism British imperialism freedom of speech the Holocaust self starvation serial killers the death penalty political revolution childhood fascism and suicide 25 According to Q the tone of the album is by turns bleak angry and resigned 26 There was also an element of autobiographic subjects like in the song 4st 7lb where the lyrics clearly tackle Richey s own experience and life The song was named after 4 stones 7 pounds or 63 pounds 29 kg because it is the weight below which death is said by whom to be medically unavoidable for an anorexic sufferer 27 The title The Holy Bible was chosen by Edwards to reflect an idea according to Bradfield that everything on there has to be perfection 28 Interviewed at the end of 1994 Edwards said The way religions choose to speak their truth to the public has always been to beat them down I think that if a Holy Bible is true it should be about the way the world is and that s what I think my lyrics are about The album doesn t pretend things don t exist 29 Ben Patashnik of Drowned in Sound later said that the album in the time of its release didn t sell very well but its impact was felt keenly by anyone who d ever come into contact with the Manics and that it is now a masterpiece the sound of one man in a close knit group of friends slowly disintegrating and using his own anguish to create some of the most brilliant art to be released on a large scale as music in years It s not a suicide note it s a warning 30 In support of the album the band appeared on Top of the Pops performing its first single Faster which reached No 16 The performance was extremely controversial at the time as the band were all dressed in army regalia Bradfield wore a terrorist style balaclava At the time the band was told by the BBC that they had received the most complaints ever 31 The album eventually has sold over 600 000 copies worldwide and is frequently listed among the greatest records ever recorded 32 In April and May 1994 the band first performed songs from The Holy Bible at concerts in Thailand and Portugal and at a benefit concert for the Anti Nazi League at Brockwell Park London 33 In June they played the Glastonbury Festival 34 In July and August without Richey Edwards they played T in the Park in Scotland the Alte Wartesaal in Cologne the Parkpop Festival in The Hague and the Reading Festival 35 During September October and December there was a headline tour of the UK and Ireland and two tours in mainland Europe with Suede and Therapy 36 In December three nights at the London Astoria ended with the band smashing up their equipment and the venue s lighting rig causing 26 000 worth of damage 37 Edwards disappeared on 1 February 1995 on the day when he and James Dean Bradfield were due to fly to the US on a promotional tour 38 In the two weeks before his disappearance Edwards withdrew 200 a day from his bank account which totalled 2 800 by the day of the scheduled flight 39 40 He checked out of the Embassy Hotel in Bayswater Road London at seven in the morning and then drove to his apartment in Cardiff Wales 39 41 In the two weeks that followed he was apparently spotted in the Newport passport office 42 and the Newport bus station 39 43 On 7 February a taxi driver from Newport supposedly picked up Edwards from the King s Hotel in Newport and drove him around the valleys including Blackwood Edwards home as a child The passenger got off at the Severn View service station near Aust and paid the 68 fare in cash 41 44 On 14 February Edwards Vauxhall Cavalier received a parking ticket at the Severn View service station and on 17 February the vehicle was reported as abandoned Police discovered the battery to be flat with evidence that the car had been lived in 38 39 45 Due to the service station s proximity to the Severn Bridge which has been a renowned suicide location in the past 46 it was widely believed that he took his own life by jumping from the bridge 47 Many people who knew him however have said that he was never the type to contemplate suicide and he was quoted in 1994 as saying In terms of the S word that does not enter my mind And it never has done in terms of an attempt Because I am stronger than that I might be a weak person but I can take pain 48 Since then he has reportedly been spotted in a market in Goa India and on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote There have been other alleged sightings of Edwards especially in the years immediately following his disappearance 49 However none of these has proved conclusive 50 and none has been confirmed by investigators He has not been seen since 51 52 Manic Street Preachers was put on hold for six months and disbanding the group was seriously considered but with the blessing of Edwards family the other members continued 2 Edwards was legally presumed dead in 2008 to enable his parents to administer his estate 53 54 The band continue to set up a microphone for Edwards at every live performance 55 Everything Must Go to Lifeblood 1996 2006 Edit The first album without Edwards Everything Must Go was released on 20 May 1996 The band had chosen to work with new producer Mike Hedges mainly for his work on Siouxsie and the Banshees single Swimming Horses that Bradfield rated highly 56 Hedges had already been approached before to produce The Holy Bible but he wasn t available at the time 56 Everything Must Go debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 2 so far the album has gone Triple Platinum in the UK and is their most successful album to date spending 103 weeks in the Top 100 with the album still in the Top 5 a year after its release 18 Containing five songs either written or co written by Edwards the album was released to overwhelmingly positive reviews Lyrically the themes were different from their previous effort instead of introspective and autobiographical tracks such as 4st 7lb Wire s predilection for historical and political themes dominates like the No 2 hit single A Design for Life The song was the first to be written and released by the band following the mysterious disappearance of figurehead Richey Edwards the previous year and was used as the opening track on Forever Delayed the band s greatest hits album released in November 2002 James Dean Bradfield later recalled that the lyric had been a fusion of two sets of lyrics Design for Life and Pure Motive sent to him from Wales by bassist Nicky Wire while he was living in Shepherd s Bush The music was written in about ten minutes and Bradfield felt a sense of euphoria with the result The song was credited with having rescued the band from the despair felt after the disappearance of Edwards with Wire describing the song as a bolt of light from a severely dark place 57 The album was shortlisted for the 1996 Mercury Prize award for best album and won the band two Brit Awards for Best British Band and Best British Album 5 as well as yielding the hit singles Australia Everything Must Go and Kevin Carter Subjects tackled on the album include the tragic life of the photographer Kevin Carter on the track of the same name Willem de Kooning and the maltreatment of animals in captivity on Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky which is a quote from the film The Best Years of Our Lives The latter track with lyrics by Edwards can also be interpreted as an exploration of his mental state before his disappearance the line Here chewing your tail is joy for instance may be as much about Richey s self harm as it is the tormented self injury of zoo animals It was their most direct and mature record to date and it established the Manics as superstars throughout the world 12 The album has sold over two million copies around the world and it is still considered one of the finest releases of the decade 58 a classic album from the 1990s 59 and frequently voted in polls in the category of best albums of all time by many publications 60 In 1997 the band performed a special gig at the Manchester Arena for more than 20 000 people Bassist Nicky Wire said that was the moment he knew that the band had made it 2 The recording was released as a VHS video on 29 September 1997 and has only been reissued on DVD in Japan This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1998 was the first number 1 of the band in the UK remaining at the top of the albums chart for 3 weeks 61 selling 136 000 copies in the first week and spending a total of 74 weeks in the Album Chart 18 The title is a quotation taken from a speech given by Aneurin Bevan a Labour Party politician from Wales 62 Its working title was simply Manic Street Preachers The cover photograph was taken on Black Rock Sands near Porthmadog Wales 63 Around the world the album also peaked at number 1 in countries like Sweden and Ireland and it sold over five million copies worldwide The If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next poster With their fifth album the group also had a No 1 single If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next The song s theme is taken from the Spanish Civil War and the idealism of Welsh volunteers who joined the left wing International Brigades fighting for the Spanish Republic against Francisco Franco s military rebels The song takes its name from a Republican poster of the time displaying a photograph of a young child killed by the Nationalists under a sky of bombers with the stark warning If you tolerate this your children will be next written at the bottom 64 The song is in the Guinness World Records as the number one single with the longest title without brackets 65 The album also included the hit singles You Stole the Sun from My Heart Tsunami and The Everlasting The Manics won Best British Band and Album awards at the BRIT Awards in 1999 5 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours was also shortlisted for the 1999 Mercury Prize and the band received a further nomination in the category of Best UK amp Ireland Act in the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards where the band performed live the single If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next In the NME Awards in 1999 the band won every single big prize Best Band Best Album Best Live Act Best Single and Best Video nailing also the prize for Best Band in the World Today in the Q Awards 1998 66 After headlining Glastonbury Festival T in the Park and V Festival the band played the Leaving the 20th Century concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 31 December 1999 the first concert to be held there with 57 000 people attending and the final song being broadcast around the world by satellite as part of 2000 Today The concert is available on VHS and DVD Subtitled English lyrics available as an extra contain errors when compared to the official lyrics in the band s album booklets and in between some of the tracks there are interview clips where the band discusses their history and the songs 67 In 2000 they released the limited edition single The Masses Against the Classes Despite receiving little promotion the single sold 76 000 copies in its first week and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 16 January 2000 beating U Know What s Up by Donell Jones to the top The catalogue entry for the single was deleted removed from wholesale supply on the day of release but the song nevertheless spent 9 weeks in the UK chart 18 In 2001 they became the first popular Western rock band to play in Cuba at the Karl Marx Theatre and met with President Fidel Castro Their concert and trip to Cuba was documented and then released as a DVD entitled Louder Than War At this concert they revealed many tracks from their upcoming sixth album Know Your Enemy which was released on 19 March The left wing political convictions of the Manic Street Preachers are apparent in many of the album s songs such as Baby Elian as they comment on the strained relations between the United States and Cuba as seen in the Elian Gonzalez affair a hot topic around the album s release 68 The band also pays tribute to singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson in the song Let Robeson Sing but the song Ocean Spray which was a single was written entirely by James about his mother s battle with cancer The first singles from the album So Why So Sad and Found That Soul were both released on the same day The final single Let Robeson Sing was released later The Manics also headlined Reading and Leeds Festival If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next source source Contrary to popular belief there are no live strings on the record The strings are instead produced by a synthesizer non sequitur Problems playing this file See media help The greatest hits plus remixes album Forever Delayed was released in 2002 containing two new songs Door to the River and the single There by the Grace of God Several songs were edited for length Motorcycle Emptiness You Love Us Australia Everything Must Go Little Baby Nothing and The Everlasting so that more tracks could fit onto the CD though not listed as edits in the liner notes 69 The Forever Delayed DVD was released in 2002 together with the greatest hits CD and photo book that bear the same name and features all the promo music videos from the start of the band s career released before the DVD Along with the promo videos there is a selection of 14 remix videos where the visual material is taken from clips of the other promo videos as well as backdrop visuals from the band s live concerts The album peaked and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at 4 70 An album of B sides rarities and cover versions was released in 2003 entitled Lipstick Traces A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers which contains the last song the band worked on with Edwards The album received a far more positive reception from fans than the Forever Delayed greatest hits album which was heavily criticised for favouring the band s more commercially successful singles The only recurring criticism of Lipstick Traces was the exclusion of the fan favourite Patrick Bateman from the La Tristesse Durera Scream to a Sigh single The band explained that it was excluded mainly because it was almost seven minutes long and simply would not fit on the album 69 The band s seventh studio album Lifeblood was released on 1 November 2004 and reached No 13 on the UK album chart Critical response to the album was mixed The album was more introspective and more focused on the past Wire talked about the ghosts that haunted this record and stated that the record was a retrospective The main themes are death and solitude and ghosts Being haunted by history and being haunted by your own past Sleep is beautiful for me I hate dreaming because it ruins ten hours of bliss I had a lot of bad dreams when Richey first disappeared Not ugly dreams but nagging things Until we wrote Design for Life it was six months of misery Lifeblood doesn t seek to exorcise Edwards ghost though just admits that there are no answers 71 Tony Visconti helped the band produce three songs on the album which was followed by a UK arena tour in December 2004 Empty Souls and The Love of Richard Nixon were the two singles released from the album both reaching No 2 in the UK 72 A tenth anniversary edition of The Holy Bible was released on 6 December 2004 which included a digitally remastered version of the original album a rare U S mix which the band themselves have admitted to preferring to the original UK mix 35 and a DVD of live performances and extras including a band interview In April 2005 the band played several shows as the Past Present Future tour announced as their last for at least two years The band released an EP entitled God Save the Manics with only a limited number of copies available and given out to fans as they arrived at the venue After all the copies were gone the band made the EP available as a free download on their website 73 In September the band contributed the new track Leviathan to the War Child charity album Help A Day in the Life In 2006 the band received the prize for the Q Merit Award in the Q Awards 2006 and also the 10th anniversary edition of Everything Must Go was released on 6 November It included the original album demos B sides remixes rehearsals and alternate takes of the album s songs spread out over two CDs An additional DVD featuring music videos live performances TV appearances a 45 minute documentary on the making of the album and two films by Patrick Jones completed the three disc set 69 In the 10th anniversary edition the band itself claims that they re still fond of the record and Wire goes further saying I think it s our best record I am not afraid to say that 69 Send Away the Tigers to National Treasures 2007 2012 Edit Manic Street Preachers live in Brighton in 2004 The band s eighth studio album Send Away the Tigers was released on 7 May 2007 on Columbia Records It entered the official UK album charts at No 2 Critical response to the album was largely positive with some critics hailing the album as the band s best in a decade A free download of a song entitled Underdogs from the album was made available through the group s website on 19 March 2007 69 The first official single released from Send Away the Tigers was Your Love Alone Is Not Enough which features Cardigans vocalist Nina Persson and according to the band they always had a duet in mind seeing that the lyrics have a question reply style to it According to singer Bradfield the title was the last line of a suicide note left by the friend of someone close to the group 74 The second single Autumnsong and a third Indian Summer were released in August Indian Summer peaked at number 22 making it the first Manics single not to chart in the Top 20 since 1994 s She Is Suffering The album sleeve features a quotation from Wyndham Lewis When a man is young he is usually a revolutionary of some kind So here I am speaking of my revolution 75 The band ended up promoting the album with appearances in the summer festivals like Reading and Leeds Festivals and Glastonbury Festival The band released a Christmas single The Ghosts of Christmas in December The track was available as a free download on their official website throughout December 2007 and January 2008 In February 2008 the band were presented with the God Like Geniuses Award at the NME Awards ceremony 76 The ninth Manics album Journal for Plague Lovers was released on 18 May 2009 and features lyrics left behind by Edwards Wire commented in an interview that there was a sense of responsibility to do his words justice 77 The album was released to positive critical reviews and reached No 3 on the UK Album Chart However the cover of the album generated some controversy with the top four UK supermarkets stocking the CD in a plain slipcase as the cover was deemed inappropriate 78 Bradfield regarded the decision as utterly bizarre and has commented You can have lovely shiny buttocks and guns everywhere in the supermarket on covers of magazines and CDs but you show a piece of art and people just freak out 78 Several tracks refer to Edwards time in a couple of hospitals in 1994 Among them is She Bathed Herself in a Bath of Bleach of which James Dean Bradfield said to the NME There re some people he met when he was in one of the two places having treatment and I think he just digested other people s stories and experiences 79 The final track William s Last Words has been compared to a suicide note and although Nicky Wire rejects this suggestion 80 Bradfield observes you can draw some pretty obvious conclusions from the lyrics 81 Wire who admitted finding the task of editing this song pretty choking 80 eventually composed the music and sang lead vocals after Bradfield found himself unsuited to the task 81 Bradfield commented that Journal for Plague Lovers was an attempt to finally secure the legacy of their former member Richey Edwards and the result was that during the recording process it was as close to feeling his presence since his disappearance There was a sense of responsibility to do his words justice That was part of the whole thing of letting enough time lapse Once we actually got into the studio it almost felt as if we were a full band it was as close to him being in the room again as possible 82 Tracks from Journal for Plague Lovers have been remixed by a number of artists and the Journal for Plague Lovers Remixes EP was released on 15 June 2009 Martin Noble of the band British Sea Power remixed the song Me and Stephen Hawking 83 Andrew Weatherall remixed Peeled Apples which he has described as sounding like Charlie Watts playing with PiL The Horrors remixed Doors Closing Slowly 84 NYPC remixed the song Marlon J D and the EP also features remixes by Patrick Wolf Underworld Four Tet Errors Adem Optimo and Fuck Buttons On 18 June 2009 the Manics officially opened the new Cardiff Central Library Wire later said in an interview with The Guardian that the occasion had been a great honour for the band 85 For us it seemed like a chance to give something back to Wales Seeing one of our lyrics Libraries gave us power from A Design for Life inscribed on the opening plaque was in its own way as affecting as playing the Millennium Stadium On 1 June 2010 the band announced on their homepage that a new album called Postcards from a Young Man would be released on 20 September James Dean Bradfield said that the album would be an unashamedly pop orientated affair following 2009 s Journal for Plague Lovers We re going for big radio hits on this one he told NME It isn t a follow up to Journal for Plague Lovers It s one last shot at mass communication 86 On 26 July the first single from the new album It s Not War Just the End of Love was played on the breakfast shows of BBC Radio 2 87 BBC 6Music XFm and Absolute Radio 88 It was released on 13 September The title had previously been suggested as a working title for the album by Nicky Wire Three collaborations were also confirmed on the band s website later that day Duff McKagan would appear on A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun Ian McCulloch will add guest vocals to Some Kind of Nothingness and John Cale will feature on Auto Intoxication Of the album s lead single It s Not War Just the End of Love Nicky Wire claimed I believe in the tactile nature of rock n roll There s a generation missing out on what music meant to us You can only elaborate on the stuff that compels you to But It s Not War is kind of saying Alright we re not 18 but even at 40 the rage is still there 89 Postcards from a Young Man was recorded with producer and longtime Manics collaborator Dave Eringa and was mixed in America by Chris Lord Alge 90 It was released in a standard version 2 CD deluxe version and limited edition box set 91 The album cover art uses a black and white photograph of British actor Tim Roth 92 The album was supported by the Manics most extensive tour of the UK to date 93 starting in Glasgow on 29 September 2010 British Sea Power were the support act for the band on the tour Two further singles were released from the album the McCulloch featuring Some Kind of Nothingness and the title track Postcards from a Young Man Some Kind of Nothingness peaked at No 44 in the UK making it the first ever Manics single to not make the Top 40 since they signed to Sony in 1991 The band initially announced that their next album had the working title 70 Songs of Hatred and Failure and would sound very different from Postcards From A Young Man The next album will be pure indulgence There s only so much melody stored in your body that you can physically get onto one record It was just so utterly commercial and melodic 94 However Nicky Wire contradicted this in 2011 while doing promotion for their greatest hits compilation National Treasures When asked why the band was releasing the compilation Wire stated It s just the end of an era Not the end of a band We re gonna disappear for quite a long time 95 Manic Street Preachers playing live in 2010 National Treasures The Complete Singles was released on 31 October 2011 preceded by the release of the single This Is the Day a cover of the song by The The 96 On 17 December 2011 the group performed A Night of National Treasures at O2 Arena in London to celebrate the band s 25 years to date and enter into a period of hiatus where the eleventh album was written The band performed all 38 singles with around 20 000 people in attendance as well as guest performers including Nina Persson from the Cardigans who sings with the band on the single Your Love Alone Is Not Enough and Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals who sang with the band that night on the track Let Robeson Sing 97 In April and May 2012 the band embarked on a European greatest hits tour 98 The compilation was voted by NME magazine as the best re issue of 2011 beating Nirvana s deluxe and super deluxe edition of Nevermind to the top spot 99 Despite the complete singles title National Treasures does not contain every Manic Street Preachers single Notable omissions are the band s very first single Suicide Alley 1989 Strip It Down from the New Art Riot EP 1990 for which the band s first promotional video was made 100 and You Love Us Heavenly Version 1991 For singles originally released as double A sides only one song is included therefore from Love s Sweet Exile Repeat 1992 and Faster P C P 1994 only the first of each pair are included 69 On 10 October the band announced via Facebook that a film interview documentary about their album Generation Terrorists would be screened at 2012 s Sŵn Festival as a Welsh exclusive The film was shown at Chapter Arts Centre on Saturday 20 October with all profits being donated to Young Promoters Network 101 The film was made available in the 20th anniversary re issue of Generation Terrorists of which there were five editions Single Disc edition Original Album 2 Disc Deluxe edition Includes Original Album Demos with DVD of Culture Alienation Boredom Despair A making of the album 4 Disc Limited edition 3 000 copies worldwide Includes Original Album Demos B Sides Rarities CABD DVD Replica of Generation Terrorist Tour VIP Pass 10 Collage by Richey Edwards 10 Vinyl LP of a rare Manics Radio Performance and a 28 page book from Nicky Wire s archive 102 Also if the Deluxe edition was purchased from the London record store Rough Trade then alongside the 20 purchase came a free ticket to see a showing of the CABD film followed by an acoustic gig with James Dean Bradfield on 6 November 102 Rewind the Film to The Ultra Vivid Lament 2013 present Edit In May 2013 the band announced an Australasian tour for June and July that would see them play their first ever show in New Zealand 103 This tour coincided with the British and Irish Lions rugby tour to Australia and the Melbourne concert on the eve of the 2nd Test featured Lions centre Jamie Roberts as a guest guitarist on You Love Us In May 2013 the Manics released information about their most recent recording sessions saying that they had enough material for two albums the first would be almost exclusively without electric guitars 104 The name of the first album and title track was revealed to be Rewind the Film on 8 July 105 In a statement the band announced If this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue it s probably the sedate coming of age that was This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 106 The band also stated via Twitter MSP were in the great Hansa Studios in January with Alex Silva who recorded The Holy Bible with us Berlin was inspirational Sean been playing a french horn in the studio today sounding wonderful 107 The lead single of the album Show Me the Wonder was referred to on their Twitter account the Manics posted I think show me the wonder is the 1st ever manics single without JDBs electric guitar on xx 108 The single was released on 9 September 2013 to a positive critical reception The album itself was released on 16 September 2013 and reached No 4 on the UK Album Chart The second single of the album Anthem for a Lost Cause was released on 25 November 2013 The other album Futurology the band s twelfth studio album was released on 7 July 2014 and it received immediate critical acclaim The lead single from the album Walk Me to the Bridge was released as a digital download on the day of the announcement on 28 April 109 Futurology according to the band is an album full of ideas and one of their most optimistic yet as Wire said to the NME magazine in an interview There s an overriding concept behind Futurology which is to express all the inspiration we get from travel music and art all those ideas do that in a positive way Rewind The Film was a harrowing 45 year old looking in the mirror lyrically Futurology was very much an album of ideas It s one of our most optimistic records the idea that any kind of art can transport you to a different universe 110 The album sold about 20 000 copies in its first week and reached No 2 on the UK Albums Chart The title track Futurology was the second and final single released from the album on 22 September the video debuted on YouTube on 10 August The video was directed by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts winner Kieran Evans who worked with the band on videos from their previous effort Rewind The Film The band promoted the album with a tour around the UK and Europe from March to May 2014 they also made appearances in festivals like T in the Park in Scotland and Glastonbury Festival in the summer Late in 2014 the band celebrated the release of their seminal album The Holy Bible with a special edition in December commemorating the 20th anniversary of the album This edition includes the vinyl edition of the full album plus a three CD set the first CD with the full album remastered for the special release the second with the US mix remastered and the third including a performance at the Astoria in 1994 and an acoustic session for Radio 4 Mastertapes in 2014 The special edition also contains a 40 page book full of rare photos and handwritten lyrics and notes by Richey and by the band 111 In the NME Awards 2015 the album won Reissue of the Year 112 They also toured the album playing it in full for the very first time 113 After the tour in the UK the Manics took The Holy Bible tour to North America in April 2015 they played in Washington DC Toronto New York Boston San Francisco Los Angeles and Chicago 114 They also played in the Cardiff Castle on 5 June 2015 with 10 000 fans attending the gig it was broadcast nationwide by BBC Two Wales 115 In August 2015 the Manic Street Preachers nailed the 2 top spots on the best NME covers of all time as voted by the general public 116 James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore in November 2015 did a charity hike in Patagonia Nicky Wire did not participate in the event the band said In November 2015 we will be walking in the footsteps of our Welsh ancestors when we will be part of the Velindre group of 50 people celebrating the 150th anniversary of Welsh settlers arriving in Patagonia with a challenging six day trek 117 Also in November 2015 the Manic Street Preachers announced that they were going to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1996 album Everything Must Go with their biggest headline show since 1999 in the Liberty Stadium in Swansea on 28 May 2016 featuring special guests like Super Furry Animals The album was performed in full with Nicky Wire teasing b sides rarities and curios greatest hits and a few brand new songs 118 Before the final show in Swansea the band played Liverpool Echo Arena 13 May Birmingham Genting Arena 14 May London Royal Albert Hall 16 17 May Leeds First Direct Arena 20 May and Glasgow the SSE Hydro 21 May 119 In early 2016 the band announced the European tour of Everything Must Go they played across Europe in Finland Denmark the Netherlands and Germany 120 Similar to what happened with The Holy Bible the Manics released on 20 May a special anniversary edition for the album which includes the full album remastered plus the B sides a heavyweight vinyl the 1997 Nynex concert fully restored on DVD a film about the making of the album the official videos for the all singles and a 40 page booklet It was also made available a standard edition with a double CD featuring only the remastered album and the concert at the Nynex Arena 121 The band announced in March 2016 that they would be releasing a theme song for the Wales national team ahead of the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament in the summer entitled Together Stronger C mon Wales it was released on 20 May featuring also a video with the band and the Welsh team the Manics tweeted It s with great pride we can announce the Manics are providing the official Wales Euro 2016 song Together Stronger C mon Wales All profits from the song went to the Princes Gate Trust and Tenovus Cancer Care 122 On 8 July the band was at the Cardiff City Stadium to give a home welcome to the Wales football national team after they were knocked out of the UEFA Euro 2016 by Portugal in the semi finals the band played a few songs in the stadium including the official theme song Together Stronger C mon Wales 123 On the next night 9 July the Manics headlined a night at the Cornwall s Eden Project 124 and later the band managed to secure a new recording studio near Newport Wales The city s council ensured that only the band can use the studio there would be an increase on site parking and a series of soundproofing measures to ensure nearby properties aren t disturbed by noise 125 To end the summer the Manics went on to headline another two festivals Wasa Open Air in Finland in mid August 126 and in late August the Victorious Festival in Portsmouth 127 The band also received a nomination in the 25th British Academy Cymru Awards for the best live outside broadcast after their 2015 gig in the Cardiff Castle celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Holy Bible 128 Manic Street Preachers at the First Direct Arena Leeds in May 2018 In February 2017 the band revealed a teaser trailer for a documentary entitled Escape from History charting the band s journey from The Holy Bible through to the disappearance of lyricist and guitarist Richey Edwards to the huge success of Everything Must Go The documentary aired on Sky Arts on 15 April 129 The band also stated that they would release an album later in that year 130 The band released a special edition of their album Send Away the Tigers on 12 May 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of the record and the Manics said that this is a very important album in their career The special edition featured a remastered album as well as B sides and rarities spread over two discs plus a DVD which features the band s 2007 Glastonbury performance rehearsal footage an album track by track and promo videos 131 On 17 November 2017 the band announced that their thirteenth album Resistance Is Futile would be released on 13 April 2018 132 After much delay the band wrote The main themes of Resistance is Futile are memory and loss forgotten history confused reality and art as a hiding place and inspiration the band say in a statement It s obsessively melodic in many ways referencing both the naive energy of Generation Terrorists and the orchestral sweep of Everything Must Go After delay and difficulties getting started the record has come together really quickly over the last few months through a surge of creativity and some old school hard work It is the first album to be recorded at the Door to the River studio 133 In January 2018 Manic Street Preachers signed a publishing contract with Warner Chappell Music leaving their longtime home Sony ATV Music Publishing 134 On the album the Manics launched their first single International Blue as a download on 8 December 2017 135 The second single Distant Colours was released also as a download on 16 February 2018 136 About the first single the band said that there s was certain naive energy and widescreen melancholia on the song that is reflected through the whole album comparing it to Motorcycle Emptiness Furthermore the album focused on things that make your life feel a little bit better Rather than my internalised misery I tried to put a sense of optimism into the lyrics by writing about things that we find really inspiring Said Wire taking inspiration from David Bowie and seen as almost an escape and a wave of optimism just like the previous album was described 137 On the other hand Distant Colours was written by James Dean Bradfield rather than Nicky Wire and inspired by disenchantment and Nye Bevan s old Labour He said Musically the verse is downcast and melancholic and the chorus is an explosion of disillusionment and tears 138 The third single Dylan amp Caitlin was released as a download on 9 March 2018 139 The fourth single Liverpool Revisited is about a magical day in the city Nicky added that It was on the Everything Must Go anniversary tour and I got up really early at sunrise to walk around Liverpool polaroid camera in hand on a balmy day It sounds cliched I know but Liverpool in the sun does take on a hypnotic quality with the Mersey and the stone 140 The band also revealed that they were to support Guns N Roses during their summer tour 141 The fifth and final single Hold Me Like a Heaven was released as a download on 4 May 2018 142 Wire said that the song was inspired musically by David Bowie s Ashes to Ashes something that the band wanted to write about and Nicky thinks that this the closest that the band is going to get sharing also that lyrics were informed by the work of Philip Larkin 143 The album sold around 24 000 copies in the first week entering the UK Albums Chart at number 2 144 despite being number 1 during the week 145 It was the highest new entry on the chart and on physical sales the album peaked at number 1 both on CD 146 and vinyl 147 In October 2018 the band announced a twentieth anniversary collector s edition re release of This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours It was made available on digital CD and vinyl with the CD edition featuring bonus demos live rehearsal recordings remixes and B sides The album was launched on 7 December 2018 and to promote it the band went on tour in Spring and Summer 2019 performing the album in full alongside other content 148 In March 2020 the Manics announced a deluxe reissue of their Gold Against the Soul album for release on 12 June 2020 Bonus content included previously unreleased demos B sides from the era remixes and a live recording while the CD was released alongside a book of unseen photographs from the era with handwritten annotations and lyrics from the band 149 The next day the unnamed follow up album to Resistance is Futile their fourteenth overall was confirmed to NME alongside Bradfield s second solo album The group s album including a track called Orwellian was described as expansive and is due for release in Summer 2021 150 On 14 May 2021 the Manics announced the title of their fourteenth studio album The Ultra Vivid Lament 151 The first single from the album Orwellian was released on the same day 152 The Secret He Had Missed the second single from the album was released on 16 July 2021 The Ultra Vivid Lament was released on 10 September 2021 and received generally positive reviews from critics on Metacritic the album has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 12 reviews indicating generally favorable reviews 153 The album sold 27 000 copies in the first week granting the band their second UK Number 1 album as they narrowly beat Steps to the number 1 spot 154 In May and June 2022 Manic Street Preachers opened for The Killers in some of their UK tour dates In September 2022 the Manics announced a co headlining tour of United States and Canada with Suede for November 2022 which would be the first time the two bands would share the stage since they toured Europe together in 1994 155 Solo work EditIn late 2005 both Bradfield and Wire announced that they intended to release solo material before a new album by the band 69 A free download of Nicky Wire s debut solo offering I Killed the Zeitgeist was posted on the band s website for just one day Christmas Day 2005 73 while The Shining Path was released exclusively on iTunes for download Also a promotional album sampler had been sent out to the press and certain other people which included I Killed the Zeitgeist Goodbye Suicide Sehnsucht and Everything Fades The album was officially released in September 2006 It charted at No 130 in the UK The sound of the album which Nicky referred to as his nihilistic anti everything album was inspired by among others Neu the Plastic Ono Band Einsturzende Neubauten the Modern Lovers Richard Thompson and Lou Reed 156 Only one official single was released Break My Heart Slowly which charted at No 74 Nicky toured small intimate venues across the UK with his band the Secret Society 69 Bradfield s solo album The Great Western was released in July 2006 to positive reviews from critics 157 It reached No 22 in the UK The sound of the album was inspired by among others Jeff Beck Badfinger Simple Minds and McCarthy Two singles were released That s No Way to Tell a Lie No 18 in July which was also the background music to the BBC s Match of the Day s Goal of the Month competition 158 and then An English Gentleman No 31 in September The latter is in remembrance of the first Manics manager Philip Hall who died from cancer in 1993 56 and to whom The Holy Bible had been dedicated The initial pressings of the red 7 single were made with black vinyl some of which were sent out to distributors by mistake James toured the album with a band that included Wayne Murray who would subsequently play the second guitar for Manics live performances James s solo gigs featured covers of the Clash songs Clampdown and The Card Cheat both from the album London Calling In a later interview when the band were collectively asked what they had learned from making a solo album Sean Moore dryly quipped Not to do one 69 In March 2020 Bradfield was confirmed to be working on a second album while the band took a short break while Wire was also considering more solo content 150 That June two tracks by Bradfield There ll Come a War and Seeking the Room With the Three Windows were released digitally 159 The album title was announced as Even in Exile the next week alongside the launch of its first single The Boy From the Plantation and the album was released on 14 August 2020 160 The album was generally well received and peaked at no 6 in the UK Albums Chart 161 Collaborations and covers Edit Manic Street Preachers performing live in Brixton O2 Academy 2014 The band released a split single in 1992 with the Fatima Mansions a rock cover of Suicide Is Painless which became their first UK Top 10 hit 2 They have recorded many cover versions of songs by other artists primarily as B sides for their own singles Bands and artists to whom the group have paid tribute in this way include the Clash Guns N Roses Alice Cooper Happy Mondays McCarthy Chuck Berry Faces and Nirvana 2 The band s first musical appearance since Edwards departure was recording a cover of Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head for The Help Album a charity effort in 1995 in support of aid efforts in war torn Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 The Lightning Seeds song Waiting for Today to Happen from their fifth album Dizzy Heights 1996 was written by Nicky Wire and Ian Broudie That same year James Dean Bradfield and Dave Eringa produced Northern Uproar s first single Rollercoaster Rough Boys The 808 State song Lopez 1997 features lyrics by Wire and vocals by Bradfield 2 It is featured on their greatest hits album 808 88 98 Kylie Minogue s sixth album Impossible Princess 1997 features two songs co written and produced by the Manics Some Kind of Bliss Bradfield Minogue and Sean Moore and I Don t Need Anyone Bradfield Jones and Minogue were produced by Bradfield and Dave Eringa 2 Bradfield provided backing vocals bass guitar and production for the Massive Attack song Inertia Creeps 1998 which features on their successful third album Mezzanine 2 Patrick Jones s album of poetry set to music Commemoration and Amnesia 1999 features two songs with music written by Bradfield the title track and The Guerilla Tapestry Bradfield plays the guitar on both songs Furthermore the track Hiraeth features a section called Spoken Word in which Nicky Wire talks about Welsh identity 69 In February 2006 the band contributed a cover version of The Instrumental to the album Still Unravished A Tribute to the June Brides 69 In February 2008 the Manics covered Rihanna s hit pop song Umbrella Their version appeared on a CD titled NME Awards 2008 given away free with a special souvenir box set issue of NME magazine which went on sale 27 February Additionally the Manics version of the song was made available on iTunes from 5 March 2008 76 Despite being chart eligible it reached number 47 in the UK 18 the release was not intended as an official single 162 Two further versions the Acoustic and Grand Slam mixes were later made available on iTunes and now comprise a three track Umbrella EP James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire contributed an original song The Girl from Tiger Bay to Shirley Bassey s 2009 studio album The Performance 69 Musical style and influences EditManic Street Preachers music has been variously described as alternative rock 163 Britpop 164 hard rock 3 glam rock 165 pop rock 166 167 punk metal 168 and punk rock 2 The band have stated that the Clash were probably our biggest influence of all When they saw them on television we thought it was fantastic and got really excited They were the catalyst for us 169 In addition they have cited artists including Aerosmith 170 Alice in Chains 171 Electric Light Orchestra 56 Rory Gallagher 172 Gang of Four 35 Guns N Roses 173 Joy Division 35 Magazine 35 PiL 35 the Red Hot Chili Peppers 171 Siouxsie and the Banshees 174 Skids 35 Bruce Springsteen 56 and Wire 35 as influential or inspirational to their music Bradfield s guitar hero is guitarist John McGeoch He taught me you can have that rock n roll swagger but still build something into it that s really unsettling and can cut like a razor blade 175 Alluding to the band s early relationship with Britpop Cam Lindsay of Canadian music publication Exclaim opined that Britpop was rising the Manics were offering the polar opposite a bleak uncompromising work that wanted nothing to do with the party 176 Band members EditCurrent members James Dean Bradfield lead and backing vocals lead guitar piano keyboards 1986 present rhythm guitar 1988 1989 1995 present Nicky Wire bass piano backing and lead vocals 1988 present rhythm guitar 1986 1988 Sean Moore drums percussion trumpet backing vocals 1986 present Former members Miles Flicker Woodward bass 1986 1988 Richey Edwards rhythm guitar backing vocals 1989 1995 disappeared in 1995 declared dead in 2008 Current touring musicians Wayne Murray Thirteen 13 rhythm guitar backing vocals 2006 present Nick Nasmyth keyboards 1995 2005 2013 present Gavin Fitzjohn rhythm guitar backing vocals 2018 present Former touring musicians Dave Eringa keyboards 1993 1995 Greg Haver rhythm guitar percussion 2002 2003 Anna Celmore piano 2002 2003 Guy Massey rhythm guitar 2004 2005 Sean Read piano keyboards percussion saxophone 2006 2012 Richard Beak bass 2018 177 Timeline EditDiscography EditMain article Manic Street Preachers discography Generation Terrorists 1992 Gold Against the Soul 1993 The Holy Bible 1994 Everything Must Go 1996 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1998 Know Your Enemy 2001 Lifeblood 2004 Send Away the Tigers 2007 Journal for Plague Lovers 2009 Postcards from a Young Man 2010 Rewind the Film 2013 Futurology 2014 Resistance Is Futile 2018 The Ultra Vivid Lament 2021 Awards and nominations EditBest Art Vinyl AwardsThe Best Art Vinyl Awards are yearly awards established in 2005 by Art Vinyl Ltd to celebrate the best album artwork of the past year 178 Year Nominee work Award Result2007 Send Away the Tigers Best Vinyl Art NominatedBrit AwardsThe Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry s annual popular music awards Manic Street Preachers has received four awards from eight nominations Year Nominee work Award Result1997 Manic Street Preachers British Group WonEverything Must Go British Album of the Year Won A Design for Life British Single of the Year NominatedBritish Video of the Year Nominated1999 Manic Street Preachers British Group WonThis Is My Truth Tell Me Yours British Album of the Year Won If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next British Single of the Year Nominated2000 You Stole the Sun from My Heart British Single of the Year NominatedGAFFA Awards Year Nominee work Award Result1998 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Arets Udenlandske Hit WonHungarian Music AwardsThe Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992 Year Nominee work Award Result2010 Journal for Plague Lovers Alternative Music Album of the Year Nominated2014 Rewind the Film Nominated2015 Futurology NominatedMercury PrizeThe Mercury Prize is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released in the United Kingdom by a British or Irish act Year Nominee work Award Result1996 Everything Must Go Album of the Year Nominated1999 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours NominatedNME AwardsThe NME Awards is an annual music award show in the United Kingdom Year Nominee work Award Result1996 179 Manic Street Preachers Best Band Nominated1997 Best Live Act WonEverything Must Go Best LP Won A Design for Life Best Track Won1998 180 Manic Street Preachers Best Band Nominated1999 WonThis Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Best Album Won If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Best Track WonBest Music Video Won2000 181 A Design for Life Best Ever Single NominatedThe Holy Bible Best Album Ever NominatedManic Street Preachers Best Band Ever NominatedBest Band Nominated2001 Best Rock Act Nominated2008 Godlike Genius Award Won2010 Journal for Plague Lovers Best Album Artwork Nominated2012 National Treasures The Complete Singles Reissue of the Year Nominated2013 Generation Terrorists NominatedManic Street Preachers Best Fan Community Nominated2015 The Holy Bible Reissue of the Year WonQ AwardsThe Q Awards are the UK s annual music awards run by the music magazine Q Year Nominee work Award Result1996 Everything Must Go Best Album Won1998 Manic Street Preachers Best Act in the World Today Won1999 Nominated2000 Nominated2001 NominatedBest Live Act 182 Won2006 Merit Award Won2007 Your Love Alone Is Not Enough Best Track WonSend Away the Tigers Best Album Nominated2011 Manic Street Preachers Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years Nominated2012 Generation Terrorists Classic Album Won2013 Show Me the Wonder Best Video Won2014 Futurology Best Album Nominated2017 Manic Street Preachers Inspiration Award WonZebrik Music Awards Year Nominee work Award Result Ref 1998 Manic Street Preachers Best International Group Nominated 183 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Best International Album Nominated If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Best International Song NominatedViewers Favourite Album of All Time The Holy Bible Newsnight 15th Best Album of All Time The Holy Bible Melody Maker 10th Best Album Since Creation of Magazine The Holy Bible Q 18th Best Album of All Time The Holy Bible Q 10th Greatest Album of All Time The Holy Bible Kerrang 11th Greatest Album of All Time Everything Must Go Q 16th Best Album Since Creation of Magazine Everything Must Go Q 22nd Best British Rock Album of All Time Everything Must Go Kerrang One of the Best Albums of All Time Everything Must Go Absolute Radio One of The Writers Best Albums Everything Must Go of 1996 The Daily Telegraph Writers Best Album Everything Must Go of 1996 Melody Maker Readers Band of 1996 Runner up and Writers Album of 1996 Everything Must Go NME Writers Best Live Band of 1996 NME Brat Award Writers Best Album of 1996 Everything Must Go Vox Writers Best Album of 1996 Everything Must Go The Sunday Times Writers Best Album of 1996 Everything Must Go Sky Writers Best Album of 1996 Everything Must Go and Readers Best Album of 1996 Everything Must Go Select Writers Best Album of 1996 Everything Must Go Music Week One of Writers Top Ten Albums Everything Must Go of 1996 Metal Hammer Writers Album Everything Must Go of 1996 Runner up Kerrang One of Writers Top Five Albums Everything Must Go of 1996 The Independent on Sunday Readers Best Album Everything Must Go of 1996 Hot Press Writers Best Album Everything Must Go of 1996 The Guardian Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song A Design For Life 1996 7th Best Band of All Time 1999 NME Best Ever Category 184 7th Best Album of All Time The Holy Bible 1999 NME Best Ever Category 184 8th Best Single of All Time A Design For Life 1999 NME Best Ever Category 184 Best Internacional Rock Group Eska Music Awards Poland 2008 The MOJO Maverick Award 2009 185 Songwriting Prize at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards 2011 Ambassadors of Rock Silver Clef Award 2012 Musician s Union Maestro for James Dean Bradfield at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards 2013 The Ivors Inspiration Award at the Ivor Novello Awards 2015References Edit Final Farewell for a Cult Hero The Independent Archived from the original on 25 August 2011 Retrieved 9 July 2012 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Price 1999 p page needed a b c Erlewine Stephen Thomas Manic Street Preachers AllMusic Retrieved 25 December 2014 BBC Wales Music Manic Street Preachers Richey Edwards BBC Wales Retrieved 9 July 2012 a b c Manic Street Preachers BRITs Profile brits co uk Archived from the original on 15 September 2012 Retrieved 6 December 2012 From Despair to Success BBC News 12 February 1999 Retrieved 9 July 2012 Manic Street Preachers These are the last burning flames of rock n roll Gigwise com a b What s in a Band Name Here Are the Stories Behind the Monikers Features Music The Independent The Independent 11 April 2008 Retrieved 25 December 2014 BBC Wales Music Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield Bbc co uk 3 December 2008 Retrieved 29 February 2012 Johnson Andy 10 January 2013 A1 Suicide Alley Manic Street Preachers A Critical Discography Manicsdiscog wordpress com Retrieved 29 April 2017 Pictures of Richey Edwards Remembered Photos nme com NME Retrieved 14 April 2013 a b Erlewine Stephen Thomas Manic Street Preachers Biography AllMusic Retrieved 25 December 2014 McLaren James 9 February 2012 BBC Blogs John Robb on Manic Street Preachers BBC Online Retrieved 24 September 2012 Tangari Joe 23 February 2004 Manic Street Preachers Lipstick Traces A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers Pitchfork Retrieved 30 December 2014 a b Price 1999 p 76 a b Burrows Marc 5 November 2012 Manics Monday Rain Down Alienation Generation Terrorists Key Tracks Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on 6 January 2015 Retrieved 30 December 2014 Elan Priya 7 October 2011 Manic Street Preachers Their 10 Best Tracks NME Archived from the original on 8 October 2011 Retrieved 30 December 2014 a b c d e Manic Street Preachers Official Charts Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 Retrieved 21 August 2012 a b Price 1999 a b Erlewine Stephen Thomas The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers Songs Reviews Credits Awards AllMusic Retrieved 30 December 2014 James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers on a Year of Hospital Horror Select Retrieved 1 October 2012 O Neil Tim 19 May 2005 Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible 10th Anniversary Edition PopMatters Retrieved 30 December 2014 Threndall Andrew 23 September 2014 Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible The Tracks Ranked Retrieved 30 December 2014 Martin Dan 12 September 2005 NME Reviews Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible Tenth Anniversary Edition NME Retrieved 30 December 2014 Manics New Testament Melody Maker IPC Media 4 27 August 1994 Manic Street Preachers article Q Bauer Media Group 139 May 1997 Clarke 1997 p 116 Clarke 1997 p 117 Interview with Richey Edwards Artistspecial Stockholm December 1994 ZTV Patashnik Ben 25 February 2008 Discography reassessed the Manics in perspective Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 10 January 2013 Simpson Dave Lynskey Dorian 29 July 2006 You Woke Up on a Thursday and It Smelled Like a Top of the Pops Day The Guardian London Retrieved 2 March 2013 Quintessential Newsnight bbc co uk BBC 5 August 2005 Interview with Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire Naked City Season 2 Episode 6 London 27 June 1994 Rapido TV Channel 4 Glastonbury Festivals History 1994 glastonburyfestivals co uk Retrieved 21 August 2012 a b c d e f g h Manic Street Preachers 2004 The Holy Bible Tenth Anniversary Edition Epic Records BBC Wales Music Manic Street Preachers Biography BBC Wales 17 November 2008 Retrieved 30 December 2014 Petredis Alexis 8 May 2009 This Album Could Seriously Damage Us The Guardian Retrieved 21 August 2012 a b Price 1999 pp 177 178 a b c d Beckett Andy 2 March 1997 Missing street preacher The Independent on Sunday Price 1999 p 178 a b Price 1999 p 179 Price 1999 p 183 Price 1999 p 180 Bellos Alex 26 January 1996 Music Desperately seeking Richey The Guardian pp T 010 Ten year tragedy of missing Manic BBC 1 February 2005 Retrieved 30 January 2008 Pidd Helen Richey Edwards case closed how 14 years of hope ended The Guardian 29 November 2008 Amy Winehouse joins iconic stars who died aged 27 BBC 25 July 2011 Retrieved 25 July 2011 The Last of Richey Edwards Richeyedwards net Retrieved 3 April 2010 Sullivan Caroline 28 January 2000 The lost boys The Guardian Retrieved 2 February 2007 Wills Colin 2 June 1996 Is Richey the wild rebel of rock alive or dead The Sunday Mirror p 62 Helan Stephen P 30 January 2005 Living With Ghosts Sunday Herald p 10 Price 1999 pp 183 185 Missing guitarist presumed dead BBC 24 November 2008 Retrieved 24 November 2008 Cartwright Garth 26 November 2008 Obituary Richey Edwards The Guardian retrieved 30 October 2012 The Disappearance of Richey Edwards What Happened UniEel com 7 January 2018 Archived from the original on 1 May 2019 Retrieved 29 June 2018 a b c d e Price Simon 2 June 2016 And If You Need An Explanation Manic Street Preachers interviewed Thequietus com Retrieved 29 June 2018 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine How Writing A Design For Life Saved Manic Street Preachers Interview YouTube Retrieved 26 April 2015 Manic Street Preachers The Complete Guide Clashmusic com 18 June 2014 Retrieved 29 April 2017 NME classic albums and singles Rocklistmusic com Retrieved 29 April 2017 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rocklistmusic com Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours entertainmentghana mobi Archived from the original on 28 September 2013 Retrieved 6 January 2013 Hall of Fame bbc co uk Archived from the original on 19 April 2013 Retrieved 12 June 2012 All About Black Rock Sands Daily Post 7 March 2003 Retrieved 30 September 2012 Madrid The Military Practice of the Rebels If you tolerate this your children will be next Art IWM PST 8661 Iwm org uk 22 February 1999 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 624 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Albums and Tracks of the Year NME Retrieved 4 January 2013 Colin Larkin 2006 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Kollington Morphine MUZE pp 475 ISBN 978 0 19 531373 4 Nicky Wire Manic Street Preachers Retrieved 29 December 2014 a b c d e f g h i j k l Power Martin 17 October 2010 Manic Street Preachers Omnibus Press Official album charts archive for 9th November 2002 Official Charts Retrieved 7 December 2010 Watson Ian October 2004 Nicky Wire Manic Street Preachers The Scotsman Manic Street Preachers Official Single Charts Official Charts Company Archived from the original on 28 September 2013 Retrieved 1 September 2013 a b Manic Street Preachers website manicstreetpreachers com Archived from the original on 6 March 2012 Retrieved 16 July 2012 All This Futile Beauty Richey Edwards Last Words Articles richeyedwards net Retrieved 29 April 2017 When a man is young he is usually a Manics nl 12 July 2007 Archived from the original on 29 December 2010 Retrieved 14 September 2010 a b God Like Genius Award Manic Street Preachers Archived from the original on 4 March 2008 Retrieved 2 March 2013 Murray Robin 31 March 2009 Manic Street Preachers News Manics Talk New Album Idiomag Retrieved 2 March 2013 a b Rogers Georgie O Doherty Lucy 14 May 2009 BBC News Supermarkets Cover Up Manics CD BBC News Retrieved 26 September 2012 She Bathed Herself in a Bath of Bleach by Manic Street Preachers Songfacts songfacts com Retrieved 26 September 2012 a b Petridis Alexis 8 May 2009 Interview Manic Street Preachers guardian co uk London Retrieved 26 September 2012 a b Mackay Emily 18 May 2009 Manic Street Preachers Interview Part Four This Record Is More Personal Than The Holy Bible nme com Archived from the original on 12 October 2012 Retrieved 26 September 2012 Alt URL Murray Robin 31 March 2009 Manic Street Preachers News Manics Talk New Album Idiomag Retrieved 14 April 2013 British Sea Power Remixing Manic Street Preachers NME 17 April 2009 Retrieved 26 September 2012 Doran John 30 April 2009 The Quietus New Testament Manic Street Preachers on Journal for Plague Lovers The Quietus Retrieved 26 September 2012 Music Blog If You Tolerate This Nicky Wire on Library Closures The Guardian 7 February 2011 Retrieved 11 October 2014 Manic Street Preachers Announce UK Tour and New Album details NME 1 June 2010 Retrieved 2 March 2013 BBC Radio 2 Playlist Week Commencing 28 Aug 2010 BBC retrieved 31 August 2010 Archived 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine XFM Playlist retrieved 31 August 2010 Archived 7 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Nissim Mayer 7 June 2010 Ex GN R bassist features on new Manics LP Digital Spy Retrieved 16 July 2012 Preview Manic Street Preachers in Blackburn Lancashire Telegraph 4 June 2010 Archived from the original on 3 October 2012 Retrieved 14 June 2010 Postcards From A Young Man Deluxe Edition Play com Archived from the original on 22 October 2010 Retrieved 14 June 2010 Nuovo dei Manics a settembre in Italian Indie Rock 6 June 2010 Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 Retrieved 14 June 2010 Postcards From A Young Man manicstreetpreachers com Archived from the original on 6 March 2012 Retrieved 16 July 2012 Manic Street Preachers Reveal Working Title of Next Album NME 19 November 2010 Retrieved 2 March 2013 Manic Street Preachers on the UK Riots NMETV Latest Music Videos and Clips NME 23 August 2011 Retrieved 3 March 2013 Manic Street Preachers to Celebrate 21st Anniversary with Singles Collection NME 26 July 2011 Retrieved 2 March 2013 Once in a Lifetime Christmas Party at O2 Arena London 17 December Archived from the original on 3 April 2012 Manic Street Preachers Official News Global Send Away the Lions Part 2 Manic Street Preachers Archived from the original on 21 July 2013 Retrieved 21 July 2013 NME Albums of 2011 Rocklistmusic com Retrieved 29 April 2017 Price 1999 p 29 Manic Street Preachers Official News Global Manic Street Preachers Film to Be Screened at Sŵn Festival 2012 Manic Street Preachers 10 October 2012 Archived from the original on 21 July 2013 Retrieved 21 July 2013 a b Manic Street Preachers Generation Terrorists 20th Anniversary Edition the Line of Best Fit Archived from the original on 6 January 2016 Retrieved 8 February 2016 Manics announce Auckland show 3 News NZ 2 May 2013 Archived from the original on 15 June 2013 Retrieved 2 May 2013 Manic Street Preachers set to release two new albums Guardian co uk 4 June 2013 Martin Dan 20 May 2013 Manic Street Preachers Set to Release Two New Albums The Guardian Retrieved 25 December 2014 Manic Street Preachers reveal details of new album Rewind The Film and a UK tour WalesOnline Manic Street Preachers record new song with Cate Le Bon NME Manic Street Preachers unveil new single Show Me the Wonder listen Wow247 co uk Archived from the original on 24 July 2013 Retrieved 10 January 2015 Nissim Mayer 28 April 2014 Manic Street Preachers reveal Futurology Walk Me to the Bridge video Digital Spy Retrieved 28 April 2014 Manic Street Preachers Nicky Wire Futurology is one of our most optimistic records NME Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible 20 Limited Edition 20th Anniversary Box Set Manic Street Preachers Store AU myplaydirect com Archived from the original on 21 December 2014 Retrieved 30 December 2014 The full winners list at NME Awards 2015 with Austin Texas revealed NME 18 February 2015 Jamieson Natalie 23 September 2014 Manic Street Preachers to tour classic 1994 album BBC News BBC News Retrieved 23 September 2014 Tickets for Manic Street Preachers North American Tour on sale Manic Street Preachers 23 January 2015 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers storm Cardiff Castle Gigwise 5 June 2015 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Beaumont Mark 13 August 2015 The 25 Greatest Ever NME Covers As Voted For By You NME Manic Street Preachers members to hike through Patagonia for charity NME 19 November 2014 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers announce Everything Must Go 20th anniversary stadium gig in Swansea NME 9 November 2015 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers add extra Everything Must Go 20th anniversary tour dates NME 7 December 2015 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Tour Manic Street Preachers Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manics Announce Deluxe Everything Must Go Reissue News Manic Street Preachers 10 March 2016 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers record Euro 2016 theme song for Wales football team NME 22 March 2016 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Euro 2016 Welcome home Wales Manic day BBC News Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers to headline a night at Eden Sessions eFestivals co uk 10 June 2016 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers building new studio Nme com 11 July 2016 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Wasa Open Air 13 8 2016 Vaasa Kaarlen kenttA Manic Street Preachers The Cardigans Weeping Willows Wasaopenair fi Retrieved 29 April 2017 Caroline Ranson 16 April 2016 Portsmouth s Victorious Festival 2016 announces vibrant line up Never Enough Notes Neverenoughnotes co uk Retrieved 29 April 2017 Nominations announced for 25th British Academy Cymru Awards BAFTA 30 August 2016 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Manic Street Preachers Escape From History Sony Legacy We Are Sony Legacy Wearesonylegacy com 10 April 2017 Retrieved 29 April 2017 See teaser trailer for new Manic Street Preachers film Escape from History NME 13 February 2017 Retrieved 29 April 2017 The Quietus News Manics To Reissue Send Away The Tigers The Quietus ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter Twitter Retrieved 16 April 2018 Manic Street Preachers announce new album Resistance Is Futile DIY 17 November 2017 Hot wire Warner Chappell sign Manic Street Preachers Publishing Music Week Musicweek com Retrieved 16 April 2018 ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter Twitter Retrieved 16 April 2018 Manic Street Preachers share new Distant Colours single Nme com 16 February 2018 Retrieved 16 April 2018 Manics New single International Blue is the new Motorcycle Emptiness Nme com 8 December 2017 Retrieved 16 April 2018 LISTEN New Manic Street Preachers Thequietus com Retrieved 16 April 2018 Manic Street Preachers release emotional new single Dylan amp Caitlin Nme com 9 March 2018 Retrieved 16 April 2018 People Can Tell It If You Don t Mean It Drownedinsound com Archived from the original on 8 April 2018 Retrieved 16 April 2018 Manic Street Preachers to support Guns N Roses on European tour Nme com 12 March 2018 Retrieved 16 April 2018 Manic Street Preachers have debuted a video for Hold Me Like A Heaven 6 May 2018 Retrieved 22 May 2018 Manic Street Preachers share striking video for new single Hold Me Like A Heaven 4 May 2018 Retrieved 22 May 2018 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Retrieved 21 April 2018 Could Manic Street Preachers Grab Number One 19 April 2018 Retrieved 21 April 2018 Official Record Store Chart Top 40 Official Charts Retrieved 21 April 2018 Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40 Official Charts Retrieved 21 April 2018 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 20 Year Collector s Editions Manic Street Preachers 22 October 2018 Retrieved 27 June 2020 Gold Against the Soul Deluxe Re Issue Manic Street Preachers 11 March 2020 Retrieved 27 June 2020 a b Trendell Andrew 12 March 2020 Manic Street Preachers on their expansive new album and James Dean Bradfield s electric new solo record NME Retrieved 26 June 2020 ManicStreetPreachers on Twitter Twitter Retrieved 13 May 2021 Trendell Andrew 14 May 2021 Manic Street Preachers share Orwellian from The Ultra Vivid Lament and announce UK tour NME com Archived from the original on 15 May 2021 Retrieved 19 May 2021 The Ultra Vivid Lament reviews Metacritic retrieved 10 September 2021 Manic Street Preachers win battle against Steps to claim Number 1 album Officialcharts com Retrieved 23 March 2022 Suede and Manic Street Preachers Announce 2022 North American Tour Pitchfork 13 September 2022 Nicky Wire Official Site nickyssecretsociety com Archived from the original on 14 January 2009 Erlewine Stephen Thomas The Great Western James Dean Bradfield Songs Reviews Credits Awards AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 8 February 2013 Ask us about Music details BBC Sport 12 June 2007 Retrieved 14 June 2007 Trendell Andrew 26 June 2020 Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield tells us about his two new solo songs One shows joy the other shows fear NME Retrieved 26 June 2020 James Dean Bradfield Announces New Solo Album Even in Exile Manic Street Preachers 2 July 2020 Retrieved 2 July 2020 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Officialcharts com Retrieved 23 March 2022 Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers Archived from the original on 1 April 2008 Retrieved 21 July 2013 Ferguson Tom July 2006 Solo on Manic Street Billboard Vol 118 no 28 p 33 Retrieved 25 December 2014 Pareles Jon 8 October 2009 A Mass of Angry Ideas Set to Martial Melodies The New York Times Perfect Sound Forever Manic Street Preachers Perfect Sound Forever Retrieved 2 December 2015 Hughes Josiah 12 November 2013 Manic Street Preachers Prepping New Futurology LP Exclaim Retrieved 13 March 2016 Johnson Andy 3 August 2010 Manic Street Preachers and Mass Communication PopMatters Retrieved 13 March 2016 Rowley Scott February 2013 Condemned To Rock N Roll Classic Rock Magazine Classic Rock Magazine Manic Street Preachers were a punk metal explosion of great lyrics and killer riffs Morrissey meets Michael Schenker who threatened to split after one album Tuxen Henry November 1998 Manic Street Preachers interview Total Guitar Cope Chris 26 May 2010 Manic Street Preachers Look to Aerosmith on New Album spinnermusic co uk Archived from the original on 2 June 2010 Retrieved 16 July 2012 a b Trendell Andrew 11 March 2020 Nicky Wire tells us about the Manics Gold Against The Soul reissue It s a strange and curious record NME Retrieved 1 November 2020 Rory Gallagher Biography Retrieved 12 July 2014 Power Martin 1 June 2012 Nailed to History The Story of the Manic Street Preachers Music Sales Group pp 50 ISBN 978 0 85712 776 1 Mackay Emily 13 May 2009 Manic Street Preachers Interview Part One In A Movie About Us Christian Bale Would Play Richey NME Archived from the original on 25 December 2016 Retrieved 21 August 2017 We Salute you Must Hear Guitar Heroes This Issue James Dean Bradfield on John McGeoch Guitarist November 2010 Lindsay Cam 24 May 2016 An Essential Guide to Manic Street Preachers Exclaim Retrieved 9 April 2020 Manic Street Preachers star Nicky Wire pulls out of Biggest Weekend gig Bbc co uk 25 May 2018 Retrieved 3 January 2021 Best Art Vinyl Art Vinyl Archived from the original on 13 November 2017 Retrieved 12 December 2017 Rocklist net NME Lists readers Pop Poll Results Rocklistmusic co uk Rocklist net NME End Of Year Lists 1998 Rocklistmusic co uk Rocklist net NME End Of Year Lists 2000 Rocklistmusic co uk The Q Awards everyhit com everyhit com Retrieved 2 March 2013 2003 1997 Anketa Zebrik a b c Rocklist net NME End Of Year Lists 1999 Rocklistmusic co uk 9 May 1992 Retrieved 29 April 2017 Mojo Honours List 09 The Winners Mojo Honours 2009 mojo4music com 26 March 2008 Archived from the original on 6 May 2012 Retrieved 2 March 2013 Sources Edit Price Simon 1999 Everything A Book About Manic Street Preachers London Virgin Books ISBN 0 7535 0139 2 Clarke Martin 1997 Manic Street Preachers Sweet Venom London Plexus ISBN 0 85965 259 9 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manic Street Preachers Official website Manic Street Preachers discography at Discogs Manic Street Preachers at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Manic Street Preachers amp oldid 1151683873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.