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Manic Street Preachers Is An Alternative Rock Band From Blackwood Wales Formed In 1986. Often Referred To As "the Manics" They Are James Dean Bradfield Vocals Guitars Nicky Wire Bass Occasional Vocals And Sean Moore Drums Backing Vocals Occasional Trumpet . The Band Were Originally A Quartet Lyricist And Rhythm Guitarist Richey Edwards Mysteriously Vanished On 1 February 1995. He Was Declared Presumed Deceased In November 2008. The Manics Released Their Debut Album Generation Terrorists In 1992. Their Combination Of Androgynous Glam Punk Imagery Outspoken Invective And Songs About "culture Alienation Boredom And Despair" Soon Gained Them A Loyal Following And Cult Status. The Band's Later Albums Retained A Politicized And Intellectual Lyrical Style While Adopting A Broader Alternative Rock Sound. Enigmatic Lyricist Richey Edwards Gained Early Notoriety By Carving The Words "4 REAL" Into His Arm With A Razor Blade Narrowly Missing An Artery And Requiring Seventeen Stitches In Response To The Suggestion That The Band Were Less Than Authentic. The Dark Nature Of 1994's The Holy Bible Reflected The Culmination Of Edwards' Instability. Following Edwards' Disappearance Bradfield Moore And Wire Persisted With The Manic Street Preachers And Went On To Gain Critical And Commercial Success Becoming One Of Britain's Premier Rock Bands. They Have Had Eight Top Ten Albums And Fifteen Top Ten Singles. They Have Reached Number One Three Times With Their 1998 Album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours And The Singles "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" 1998 And "The Masses Against The Classes" 2000 . The Masses Against The Classes Songfacts Reports That The Latter Was The First UK #1 Of 2000. They Have Also Won The Best British Album And Best British Group Accolades At The BRIT Awards In 1997 And 1999 And Were Lauded By The NME For Their Lifetime Achievements In 2008. Their Ninth Studio Album Journal For Plague Lovers Was Released On 18th May 2009 And Features Lyrics Edwards Had Left Behind To The Band Weeks Before His Disappearance. They Came Together In 1986 When James Dean Bradfield Nicky Wire Sean Moore And Rhythm Guitarist Flicker Formed Betty Blue In The Small South Wales Town Of Blackwood. Two Years Later Flicker Had Left And Nicky's Friend Richey Edwards Previously The Group's Driver Joined In His Place. Richey Would Later Say In Vox Magazine "If You Built A Museum To Represent Blackwood All You Could Put In It Would Be Shit. We Used To Meet By This Opening Called Pen-Y-Fan. It Was Built When The Mines Closed Down But Now The Water Has Turned Green And Slimy. They Put 2 000 Fish In It But They Died. There's A Whirlpool In The Middle Where About Two People Die Every Year". A Bleak Image Then But It Provided The Necessary Fuel To Drive The Band. Inspired By The Passion Of The Clash And Moved By Thatcher's Suppression Of The Miners The Band's Lyrics Exploded With Politicised Anger. Their First Single The Self-Financed Suicide Alley Didn't Make Great Waves And The Band Moved To London. There They Found A Sympathetic Character In The Form Of Bob Stanley Later A Member Of St Etienne But Then A Freelancer For The Melody Maker. Stanley Released A Collection Of Their Demos As The New Art Riot EP In June 1990. It Caught The Attention Of Philip Hall Who Became Their Publicist And Co-Manager. In Early 1991 Heavenly Released Motown Junk An Inspired Three-Minute Punk Blast. Later That Year It Was Followed By You Love Us A Swaggering Arrogant Self-Regarding Slice Of Brilliance. The Manics Paved The Way For A Resurgence Of Guitar Bands In Wales. In The Press They Were Forced To Live With Punning Headlines Referring To Sheep Boyos And Leeks - They Got All The Clichés Out Of The Way So The Bands Of The So-Called Cool Cymru Would Be Taken More Seriously. Yet Their Image Often Overshadowed The Music. On 15 May 1991 Came A Turning Point For The Manics. Following A Gig At Norwich Arts Centre Steve Lamacq Then Writing For The NME Argued With The Band That They Were A Cartoon Band - Not Real Punks. The Band Refuted This But Still Lamacq Persisted. Frustrated Richey Edwards Took A Razor And Calmly Carved The Words 4 REAL Into His Forearm. Lamacq Was Horrified Richey Needed 17 Stitches. Six Days Later The Manics Signed To Sony. Richey Had Suffered From Depression For Many Years And Self-Mutilation Had Become Increasingly Common For Him. But The Norwich Incident Was The First Time The Guitarist Had Aired His Emotional Problems In Public. In February 1992 The Debut Album Generation Terrorists Was Released. Heavily Influenced By Appetite For Destruction Richey Said Of It "We Wanted To Sign To The Biggest Record Label In The World Put Out A Debut Album That Would Sell 20 Million And Then Break Up. Get Massive And Then Just Throw It All Away". The Album Sold 250 000 Copies Worldwide. Predictably They Didn't Split Up But The Album Polarised Opinion Between Those That Saw Them As The New Saviours Of Rock And Roll And Detractors Who Considered Them Contrived And Insincere. Not That The Manics Cared They Were Off On Their First American Tour Shortly After The LA Riots And Singles Such As Slash 'N' Burn And Motorcycle Emptiness Were Climbing Up The Charts. The Second Manics Album Was Released In June 1993. Gold Against The Soul Was Overproduced And Less Passionate But Did Contain The Classic Songs La Tristesse Durera Scream To A Sigh And From Despair To Where. However They Also Chose To Support Bon Jovi For A String Of Unwise Live Dates. The Troubles Continued With The Death On 7 December 1993 Of Their Mentor Philip Hall Who Had Been Battling Cancer For Two Years. Meanwhile Richey's Problems Were Worsening. Weighing Less Than Six Stone And Subjecting His Body To Drinking And Cutting Binges He Was Eventually Admitted To The Priory In Roehampton. Richey's Despair Was Documented In What Is Now Considered The Manics' Masterpiece 1994's 'The Holy Bible'. Unremittingly Bleak The Opening Song Yes Contained The Lines "I Eat And I Dress And I Wash And I Still Can Say Thank You / Puking Shaking Sinking / Can't Shout Can't Scream I Hurt Myself To Get Pain Out". The Song Was About Prostitution But Every Line Emanated From Richey's Fragile State Of Mind. He Rejoined The Band For Tours With Therapy? And Suede And An Early Incarnation Of Vitriol I.D. In Europe And A Series Of Frantic Shows At The London Astoria In December. The Final Night Saw Them Destroying 10 000 Worth Of Their Equipment. "We'll Never Be That Good Again " Said Nicky After The Event. It Was Also Their Last Live Appearance As A Four-Piece. Although They Had Never Found Transatlantic Success At The Beginning Of 1995 They Were Preparing To Give America One Last Try. However On 1 February Richey Walked Out Of The Embassy Hotel In London And Never Returned. His Passport And Money Were Found In His Cardiff Bay Flat And Two Weeks Later His Car Was Discovered Beside The Severn Bridge - A Notorious Local Suicide Spot. The File On His Disappearance Remains Open. "We Decided To Carry On In April " Said Nicky Wire In The Guardian "after Two Months Of Waiting By The Phone And Feeling Ill And Exhausted. We Thought We'd Been So Close And In The End We Couldn't Do Anything For Him." September Saw The Band Record A Cover Of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head For The War Child "Help" Album And By January 1996 The Manics Were Recording Their Comeback Album 'Everything Must Go'. It Was Released On 20 May To Critical Acclaim Went Double Platinum And Yielded Four Top Ten Singles 'A Design For Life' The Title Track 'Kevin Carter' And 'Australia'. The Sound Represents A Cross Between The Heavy Rock Of 'Gold Against The Soul' And A New Less Agressive Almost Britpop Like Sound. Two Brit Awards Later They Released The LP This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Which Gave The Band Their First Number One Single In If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Perhaps The Only Song That References The Spanish Civil War To Ever Appear On Top Of The Pops. On December 31st 1999 The Band Said Goodbye To The 20th Century With A Gig At Cardiff Millennium Stadium Attended By Upwards Of 50 000 People. This Was Followed By Their Second Number One Single The Masses Against The Classes Which Hit The Top Spot Despite Not Having A Video Or Marketing Support From Their Record Company. Shortly Afterwards Nicky Stated That "the Fourth Era Of The Manics Is Beginning".
The Fourth Era So Far Has Involved An Audience With Fidel Castro In Cuba The 2001 Album Know Your Enemy And Continuing Success. Their Long Awaited Greatest Hits Collection Forever Delayed Appeared In October 2002 Followed In 2003 By Lipstick Traces A Two-Disc Collection Of Covers B-Sides And Outtakes Including The Last Song Recorded With Richey 'Judge Yr'self'. The Manics Returned In November 2004 With The More Reflective Lifeblood Which Featured The Singles The Love Of Richard Nixon And Empty Souls Both Of Which Went Straight In At Number Two In The Charts. Not To Rest On Their Laurels The Band Released A 10th Anniversary Edition Of The Holy Bible In December 2004 Which Included A Digitally Remastered Version Of The Original Album A Never Before Heard U.S Mix And A DVD Of Live Performances And Extras. In April 2005 The Manics Released A Limited 3 Track E.P. Titled God Save The Manics As A Free Download But With Hard Copies Distributed Also Without Cost At The Final Date Of Their Small Intimate 'Past Present And Future' Tour At Hammersmith Apollo London - Their Last Show Before A Two Year Hiatus. Later That Year The Band Contributed The New Track Leviathan To September's War Child Charity Album Help A Day In The Life Becoming One Of The Few Bands To Contribute Tracks To Both Albums. 2006 Saw Both James Dean Bradfield And Nicky Wire Releasing Solo Albums The Great Western And I Killed The Zeitgeist Respectively. But Both Insisted That This In No Way Meant An End To The Manics And In December The Band Headlined XFM's Winter Wonderland Gig In Manchester. 2007 Sees The Band Enter Yet Another Era With Their 8th Studio Album Send Away The Tigers Which Was Released On May 7th. The Album Journal For Plague Lovers Was Released In May 2009 And Features Lyrics Left To The Band By Richey Before He Disappeared. They Released Several Different Versions Of The Album Including A Special Edition Which Has A Book Featuring Copies Of The Original Typed Lyrics And Pictures That Went With Them And A Bonus Disc With All The Original Demos Recorded At Rockfield Studios In Monmouth Which They Say Is One Of Their Favourite Studios. Their 10th Studio Album Postcards From A Young Man Was Released In September 2010. The Album Features Several Guest Artists Duff McKagan On A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun John Cale On Auto-Intoxication And Ian McCulloch On Some Kind Of Nothingness. A Deluxe Edition Was Also Released Containing A Bonus Disc With The Original Demos On It. In 2011 The Band Released Their Second Compilation National Treasures- The Complete Singles Collection A Release Preceded By New Single This Is The Day A Cover Of A ´¨The The Song. The Collection Featured Every Single Released Since And Including Motown Junk. Http //www.Manicstreetpreachers.Com
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Manic Street Preachers Is An Alternative Rock Band From Blackwood Wales Formed In 1986. Often Referred To As "the Manics" They Are James Dean Bradfield Vocals Guitars Nicky Wire Bass Occasional Vocals And Sean Moore Drums Backing Vocals Occasional Trumpet . The Band Were Originally A Quartet Lyricist And Rhythm Guitarist Richey Edwards Mysteriously Vanished On 1 February 1995. He Was Declared Presumed Deceased In November 2008. The Manics Released Their Debut Album Generation Terrorists In 1992. Their Combination Of Androgynous Glam Punk Imagery Outspoken Invective And Songs About "culture Alienation Boredom And Despair" Soon Gained Them A Loyal Following And Cult Status. The Band's Later Albums Retained A Politicized And Intellectual Lyrical Style While Adopting A Broader Alternative Rock Sound. Enigmatic Lyricist Richey Edwards Gained Early Notoriety By Carving The Words "4 REAL" Into His Arm With A Razor Blade Narrowly Missing An Artery And Requiring Seventeen Stitches In Response To The Suggestion That The Band Were Less Than Authentic. The Dark Nature Of 1994's The Holy Bible Reflected The Culmination Of Edwards' Instability. Following Edwards' Disappearance Bradfield Moore And Wire Persisted With The Manic Street Preachers And Went On To Gain Critical And Commercial Success Becoming One Of Britain's Premier Rock Bands. They Have Had Eight Top Ten Albums And Fifteen Top Ten Singles. They Have Reached Number One Three Times With Their 1998 Album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours And The Singles "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" 1998 And "The Masses Against The Classes" 2000 . The Masses Against The Classes Songfacts Reports That The Latter Was The First UK #1 Of 2000. They Have Also Won The Best British Album And Best British Group Accolades At The BRIT Awards In 1997 And 1999 And Were Lauded By The NME For Their Lifetime Achievements In 2008. Their Ninth Studio Album Journal For Plague Lovers Was Released On 18th May 2009 And Features Lyrics Edwards Had Left Behind To The Band Weeks Before His Disappearance. They Came Together In 1986 When James Dean Bradfield Nicky Wire Sean Moore And Rhythm Guitarist Flicker Formed Betty Blue In The Small South Wales Town Of Blackwood. Two Years Later Flicker Had Left And Nicky's Friend Richey Edwards Previously The Group's Driver Joined In His Place. Richey Would Later Say In Vox Magazine "If You Built A Museum To Represent Blackwood All You Could Put In It Would Be Shit. We Used To Meet By This Opening Called Pen-Y-Fan. It Was Built When The Mines Closed Down But Now The Water Has Turned Green And Slimy. They Put 2 000 Fish In It But They Died. There's A Whirlpool In The Middle Where About Two People Die Every Year". A Bleak Image Then But It Provided The Necessary Fuel To Drive The Band. Inspired By The Passion Of The Clash And Moved By Thatcher's Suppression Of The Miners The Band's Lyrics Exploded With Politicised Anger. Their First Single The Self-Financed Suicide Alley Didn't Make Great Waves And The Band Moved To London. There They Found A Sympathetic Character In The Form Of Bob Stanley Later A Member Of St Etienne But Then A Freelancer For The Melody Maker. Stanley Released A Collection Of Their Demos As The New Art Riot EP In June 1990. It Caught The Attention Of Philip Hall Who Became Their Publicist And Co-Manager. In Early 1991 Heavenly Released Motown Junk An Inspired Three-Minute Punk Blast. Later That Year It Was Followed By You Love Us A Swaggering Arrogant Self-Regarding Slice Of Brilliance. The Manics Paved The Way For A Resurgence Of Guitar Bands In Wales. In The Press They Were Forced To Live With Punning Headlines Referring To Sheep Boyos And Leeks - They Got All The Clichés Out Of The Way So The Bands Of The So-Called Cool Cymru Would Be Taken More Seriously. Yet Their Image Often Overshadowed The Music. On 15 May 1991 Came A Turning Point For The Manics. Following A Gig At Norwich Arts Centre Steve Lamacq Then Writing For The NME Argued With The Band That They Were A Cartoon Band - Not Real Punks. The Band Refuted This But Still Lamacq Persisted. Frustrated Richey Edwards Took A Razor And Calmly Carved The Words 4 REAL Into His Forearm. Lamacq Was Horrified Richey Needed 17 Stitches. Six Days Later The Manics Signed To Sony. Richey Had Suffered From Depression For Many Years And Self-Mutilation Had Become Increasingly Common For Him. But The Norwich Incident Was The First Time The Guitarist Had Aired His Emotional Problems In Public. In February 1992 The Debut Album Generation Terrorists Was Released. Heavily Influenced By Appetite For Destruction Richey Said Of It "We Wanted To Sign To The Biggest Record Label In The World Put Out A Debut Album That Would Sell 20 Million And Then Break Up. Get Massive And Then Just Throw It All Away". The Album Sold 250 000 Copies Worldwide. Predictably They Didn't Split Up But The Album Polarised Opinion Between Those That Saw Them As The New Saviours Of Rock And Roll And Detractors Who Considered Them Contrived And Insincere. Not That The Manics Cared They Were Off On Their First American Tour Shortly After The LA Riots And Singles Such As Slash 'N' Burn And Motorcycle Emptiness Were Climbing Up The Charts. The Second Manics Album Was Released In June 1993. Gold Against The Soul Was Overproduced And Less Passionate But Did Contain The Classic Songs La Tristesse Durera Scream To A Sigh And From Despair To Where. However They Also Chose To Support Bon Jovi For A String Of Unwise Live Dates. The Troubles Continued With The Death On 7 December 1993 Of Their Mentor Philip Hall Who Had Been Battling Cancer For Two Years. Meanwhile Richey's Problems Were Worsening. Weighing Less Than Six Stone And Subjecting His Body To Drinking And Cutting Binges He Was Eventually Admitted To The Priory In Roehampton. Richey's Despair Was Documented In What Is Now Considered The Manics' Masterpiece 1994's 'The Holy Bible'. Unremittingly Bleak The Opening Song Yes Contained The Lines "I Eat And I Dress And I Wash And I Still Can Say Thank You / Puking Shaking Sinking / Can't Shout Can't Scream I Hurt Myself To Get Pain Out". The Song Was About Prostitution But Every Line Emanated From Richey's Fragile State Of Mind. He Rejoined The Band For Tours With Therapy? And Suede And An Early Incarnation Of Vitriol I.D. In Europe And A Series Of Frantic Shows At The London Astoria In December. The Final Night Saw Them Destroying 10 000 Worth Of Their Equipment. "We'll Never Be That Good Again " Said Nicky After The Event. It Was Also Their Last Live Appearance As A Four-Piece. Although They Had Never Found Transatlantic Success At The Beginning Of 1995 They Were Preparing To Give America One Last Try. However On 1 February Richey Walked Out Of The Embassy Hotel In London And Never Returned. His Passport And Money Were Found In His Cardiff Bay Flat And Two Weeks Later His Car Was Discovered Beside The Severn Bridge - A Notorious Local Suicide Spot. The File On His Disappearance Remains Open. "We Decided To Carry On In April " Said Nicky Wire In The Guardian "after Two Months Of Waiting By The Phone And Feeling Ill And Exhausted. We Thought We'd Been So Close And In The End We Couldn't Do Anything For Him." September Saw The Band Record A Cover Of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head For The War Child "Help" Album And By January 1996 The Manics Were Recording Their Comeback Album 'Everything Must Go'. It Was Released On 20 May To Critical Acclaim Went Double Platinum And Yielded Four Top Ten Singles 'A Design For Life' The Title Track 'Kevin Carter' And 'Australia'. The Sound Represents A Cross Between The Heavy Rock Of 'Gold Against The Soul' And A New Less Agressive Almost Britpop Like Sound. Two Brit Awards Later They Released The LP This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Which Gave The Band Their First Number One Single In If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Perhaps The Only Song That References The Spanish Civil War To Ever Appear On Top Of The Pops. On December 31st 1999 The Band Said Goodbye To The 20th Century With A Gig At Cardiff Millennium Stadium Attended By Upwards Of 50 000 People. This Was Followed By Their Second Number One Single The Masses Against The Classes Which Hit The Top Spot Despite Not Having A Video Or Marketing Support From Their Record Company. Shortly Afterwards Nicky Stated That "the Fourth Era Of The Manics Is Beginning".
The Fourth Era So Far Has Involved An Audience With Fidel Castro In Cuba The 2001 Album Know Your Enemy And Continuing Success. Their Long Awaited Greatest Hits Collection Forever Delayed Appeared In October 2002 Followed In 2003 By Lipstick Traces A Two-Disc Collection Of Covers B-Sides And Outtakes Including The Last Song Recorded With Richey 'Judge Yr'self'. The Manics Returned In November 2004 With The More Reflective Lifeblood Which Featured The Singles The Love Of Richard Nixon And Empty Souls Both Of Which Went Straight In At Number Two In The Charts. Not To Rest On Their Laurels The Band Released A 10th Anniversary Edition Of The Holy Bible In December 2004 Which Included A Digitally Remastered Version Of The Original Album A Never Before Heard U.S Mix And A DVD Of Live Performances And Extras. In April 2005 The Manics Released A Limited 3 Track E.P. Titled God Save The Manics As A Free Download But With Hard Copies Distributed Also Without Cost At The Final Date Of Their Small Intimate 'Past Present And Future' Tour At Hammersmith Apollo London - Their Last Show Before A Two Year Hiatus. Later That Year The Band Contributed The New Track Leviathan To September's War Child Charity Album Help A Day In The Life Becoming One Of The Few Bands To Contribute Tracks To Both Albums. 2006 Saw Both James Dean Bradfield And Nicky Wire Releasing Solo Albums The Great Western And I Killed The Zeitgeist Respectively. But Both Insisted That This In No Way Meant An End To The Manics And In December The Band Headlined XFM's Winter Wonderland Gig In Manchester. 2007 Sees The Band Enter Yet Another Era With Their 8th Studio Album Send Away The Tigers Which Was Released On May 7th. The Album Journal For Plague Lovers Was Released In May 2009 And Features Lyrics Left To The Band By Richey Before He Disappeared. They Released Several Different Versions Of The Album Including A Special Edition Which Has A Book Featuring Copies Of The Original Typed Lyrics And Pictures That Went With Them And A Bonus Disc With All The Original Demos Recorded At Rockfield Studios In Monmouth Which They Say Is One Of Their Favourite Studios. Their 10th Studio Album Postcards From A Young Man Was Released In September 2010. The Album Features Several Guest Artists Duff McKagan On A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun John Cale On Auto-Intoxication And Ian McCulloch On Some Kind Of Nothingness. A Deluxe Edition Was Also Released Containing A Bonus Disc With The Original Demos On It. In 2011 The Band Released Their Second Compilation National Treasures- The Complete Singles Collection A Release Preceded By New Single This Is The Day A Cover Of A ´¨The The Song. The Collection Featured Every Single Released Since And Including Motown Junk. Http //www.Manicstreetpreachers.Com read less
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The Fourth Era So Far Has Involved An Audience With Fidel Castro In Cuba The 2001 Album Know Your Enemy And Continuing Success. Their Long Awaited Greatest Hits Collection Forever Delayed Appeared In October 2002 Followed In 2003 By Lipstick Traces A Two-Disc Collection Of Covers B-Sides And Outtakes Including The Last Song Recorded With Richey 'Judge Yr'self'. The Manics Returned In November 2004 With The More Reflective Lifeblood Which Featured The Singles The Love Of Richard Nixon And Empty Souls Both Of Which Went Straight In At Number Two In The Charts. Not To Rest On Their Laurels The Band Released A 10th Anniversary Edition Of The Holy Bible In December 2004 Which Included A Digitally Remastered Version Of The Original Album A Never Before Heard U.S Mix And A DVD Of Live Performances And Extras. In April 2005 The Manics Released A Limited 3 Track E.P. Titled God Save The Manics As A Free Download But With Hard Copies Distributed Also Without Cost At The Final Date Of Their Small Intimate 'Past Present And Future' Tour At Hammersmith Apollo London - Their Last Show Before A Two Year Hiatus. Later That Year The Band Contributed The New Track Leviathan To September's War Child Charity Album Help A Day In The Life Becoming One Of The Few Bands To Contribute Tracks To Both Albums. 2006 Saw Both James Dean Bradfield And Nicky Wire Releasing Solo Albums The Great Western And I Killed The Zeitgeist Respectively. But Both Insisted That This In No Way Meant An End To The Manics And In December The Band Headlined XFM's Winter Wonderland Gig In Manchester. 2007 Sees The Band Enter Yet Another Era With Their 8th Studio Album Send Away The Tigers Which Was Released On May 7th. The Album Journal For Plague Lovers Was Released In May 2009 And Features Lyrics Left To The Band By Richey Before He Disappeared. They Released Several Different Versions Of The Album Including A Special Edition Which Has A Book Featuring Copies Of The Original Typed Lyrics And Pictures That Went With Them And A Bonus Disc With All The Original Demos Recorded At Rockfield Studios In Monmouth Which They Say Is One Of Their Favourite Studios. Their 10th Studio Album Postcards From A Young Man Was Released In September 2010. The Album Features Several Guest Artists Duff McKagan On A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun John Cale On Auto-Intoxication And Ian McCulloch On Some Kind Of Nothingness. A Deluxe Edition Was Also Released Containing A Bonus Disc With The Original Demos On It. In 2011 The Band Released Their Second Compilation National Treasures- The Complete Singles Collection A Release Preceded By New Single This Is The Day A Cover Of A ´¨The The Song. The Collection Featured Every Single Released Since And Including Motown Junk. Http //www.Manicstreetpreachers.Com read less
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Generation Terrorists Is The Debut Album By Welsh Rock Band Manic Street Preachers Released On 10 February 1992. It Was Recorded By Tracking The Band Recorded Each Instrument Separately Rather Than Playing It As A Live Band And Then Adding The Overdubs Later Over A Period Of 23 Weeks At Blackbarn Studios Near Guildford England. Despite The Whole Band Being Credited In The Album Notes Vocalist James Dean Bradfield Played All Guitars And Bass On The Album. Per The Producer Steve Brown's Decision Most Of The Drum Tracks On The Album Were Recorded On A Drum Machine Which Was Programmed By Brown And The Band's Drummer Sean Moore. All Lyrics Were Written By Nicky Wire Real Name Nicholas Jones And Richey James Edwards. All Music Was Written By James Dean Bradfield And Sean Moore Except "Damn Dog" Which Is A Cover Version Of A Song By The Sleez Sisters From The 1980 Movie Times Square . Describing The Album's Musical Style The Quietus Opined "It Had To Sound Passé It Had To Be Overdone If You're Trying To Bulldoze The Shiny Edifice Of Western Pop Culture You Can't Do It Tastefully Or With Subtlety Can You? Generation Terrorists Intentionally Overplays Its Hand Overeggs Its Pudding And Spunks Its Load At Every Turn". 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." Rolling Stone AllMusic PopMatters And Vanyaland Labeled The Album As "glam Rock Hard Rock Punk Rock Glam Punk And Glam Metal" Respectively. Other Influences On The Album's Sound Include Guns N' Roses And New York Dolls. The Album's Lyrics Are Politicised Like That Of The Clash And Public Enemy. Wire And Edwards' Love Of Poetry Is Also Evident In Their Lyrics. The Album's Songs Regularly Switch From A Critical Focus On Global Capitalism To More Personal Tales Of Despair And The Struggles Of Youth. Examples Of The More Politically Inspired Side Of Generation Terrorists Include The Opening Track "Slash 'n' Burn" Which Concerns "third World Exploitation" The Track "Repeat Stars And Stripes " A Remix Of The Band's Own Anti-Monarchy Tirade By Public Enemy Production Team The Bomb Squad And "Another Invented Disease" A Song Whose Title Was Deliberate Word Play On AIDS And Referred To A Conspiracy Theory Insinuating That The Virus Was Manufactured By American Biological Warfare Scientists. 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. Marc Burrows Of Drowned In Sound Considered The Song To Be An Accurate Prediction Of "global Financial Meltdown" And Its Effects On Everyday Life. The Single "Motorcycle Emptiness" Meanwhile Criticises Consumerism As A "shallow Dream" That Makes Human Life Overtly Commercialised. "Little Baby Nothing" A Duet Between Traci Lords And Bradfield Was Described By Priya Elan Of The NME As A "perfect Snapshot Of Innocence Bodysnatched And Twisted". In The US The Track Listing Was Changed And Some Of The More Political Tracks Were Dropped. "Democracy Coma" Was Added To Make Up For This It Was Later Released As The B-Side To "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat" And Also Appeared On Lipstick Traces A Secret History Of Manic Street Preachers . In Addition Four Tracks On The US Release "Slash 'n' Burn" "Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds" "Little Baby Nothing" And "You Love Us" Were Remixed By Michael Brauer. These Same Four Tracks Also Featured Live Drumming From American Drummer Zachary Alford And Were Later Included On The Stars And Stripes EP In Japan. The Cover Was Originally Intended To Be Andres Serrano's Pisschrist A Jesus Figure Inside A Tank Of Blood And Urine But Sony Wanted To Avoid Any Religious Controversy Also The Royalty Demanded For The Piece Was Deemed Excessive. Other Ideas Were The Bert Stern Marilyn Monroe Photographs A Sandpaper Sleeve That Would Scratch The Album Itself As Well As Anything Else That It Was Shelved By An Old Situationist Prank This Idea Was Used By Guy Debord For His First Book Memoires And By The Durutti Column For Their First Album The Return Of The Durutti Column As Well As Several Other Famous Religious Paintings. The Final Front Cover Of The Album Was A Picture Of Edwards' Left Arm And Chest. The Arm Had A Tattoo Of A Rose With The Words "USELESS GENERATION" Underneath Which Was Changed To "GENERATION TERRORISTS". This Was Not Without Problems As The Original Pressing Had Made Edwards' Flesh To Be Bright Pink As Opposed To The Intended Mustard. The Back Featured A Design Similar To Their Earlier New Art Riot EP Cover A European Commission Flag Though This Time It Was Crumpled And In Flames. The Working Title Of The Album Was Culture Alienation Boredom & Despair A Lyric From The Song "Little Baby Nothing" . On 5 November 2012 Generation Terrorists Was Re-Released For Its 20th Anniversary. There Are Five Editions Of The Re-Release The Original Album A Two-Disc Deluxe Edition With A Bonus Disc Of Demos And A DVD Of The Documentary Film Culture Alienation Boredom Despair About The Making Of The Album