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Manic Street Preachers - Biography
| 07-07-2006 20:12 | 0 reaction(s) | add reply |
From http://www.manics.co.uk/
Manic Street Preachers returned as a three piece in 1996. The single, 'A Design For Life' hailed the (ever-decreasing) capabilities of the British welfare system, with its opening line, "libraries gave us power". A tremendous ballad awarded an Ivor Novello songwriting award, it reached No.2 in the UK charts in April 1996. Their fourth album, 'Everything Must Go' captured and revealed the turmoil of the band's recent history and won them increasingly wider appeal (and their first two Brit Awards for Best Album and Best Band).
The fifth Manics album, 'This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours', took its title from the Welsh social revolutionary Aneurin Bevan, the architect of the welfare state. Its references included the Spanish civil war ('If you Tolerate This...'), the Hillsborough football disaster of 1989 (S.Y.M.M.) and the crash-and-burn nature of Welsh artists such as Richard Burton and Dylan Thomas ('Ready For Drowning'). Again, no ordinary record.
Leaving the 20th century, the most rock'n'roll place to be on the entire planet was Cardiff's Millennium Stadium... Manic Street Preachers then kicked off the 21st century by storming past the boy/girl-bands to the top of the charts with the single Masses Against The Classes - fuelled by no promotion, no video. Having set the tone of the current rock-friendly times, they promptly slipped out of the public eye, until now, that is. And it has been truly worth the wait...
Self-belief has always been a key element in the band's style: at the start of the 90s Manic Street Preachers had rattled the media by revealing their elaborate plans. They wanted to sound and to look more spectacular than any of their peers. They predicted huge sales and dramatic scenes. They aimed to engage both the heart and the intellect. The Manics aspired to equal the very best elements of their passionately maintained record collections. Many scoffed and predicted a sorry end, but Manic Street Preachers have since realised most of their grand ideas. While other acts have proceeded to sleepwalk through their careers, the Manics are ever-alert, consistently fierce, always thinking.
Manic Street Preachers burst onto a baggy-obsessed scene in 1989 with their debut single 'Suicide Alley'. They nourished themselves on the polemic of Public Enemy and the rock'n'roll excess of Guns 'N Roses, laced with the darker tones of Brit acts such as the Smiths and Joy Division. After a series of low key releases including 'Motown Junk' and 'You Love Us' they signed to Columbia and released a double album, 'Generation Terrorists'. The subsequent LPs, 'Gold Against The Soul' and 'The Holy Bible' were increasingly bleak and unflinching, especially the latter. In February 1995, the band's guitarist, Richey James went missing on the eve of an American tour. |
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