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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Richey edwards | History Defined

Manic Street Preachers cover The Cure at London gig

The Welsh rockers were playing the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Evening Standard

Christian Bale reveals the two musicians who inspired his portrayal of Frankenstein in The Bride!

Opening up about how music was key to the movie, actor Christian Bale has said his portrayal of Frankenstein in The Bride! was shaped by punk icon Sid Vicious and musician Richey Edwards.

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“We go and look in the garage – it was there. It hadn’t been looked at for 20 years and was sad and falling apart. It was like, ‘Help me!’” James Dean Bradfield on unearthing his rare “birthright” guitar, gear epiphanies and why Robert Smith is underrated

Manic Street Preachers' new album, Critical Thinking, had Bradfield reconnecting with guitars new and old, Nicky Wire unleashing on the title track, and it is a typically unique work from the Welsh rock institution

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“We’ve done a lot of our growing up in public, made our mistakes too. We’ve suffered at times with that. Our extremes are extreme”: How the Manic Street Preachers shook things up to make new album Critical Thinking

Even after all this time, the Manic Street Preachers still bow to no one

Louder

Why we all need sisu – the Finnish concept of action and creativity in hard times

This is something more profound than resilience. It is the part of us that comes alive when we feel we have nothing left

The Guardian - UK

Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire says he’s still ‘emotionally floored’ by Richey Edwards disappearance

Welsh guitarist disappeared almost 30 years ago on 1 February 1995

The Independent UK

"Bleak and hopeless, beautiful and poignant, desperately uncomfortable to listen to, yet impossible to ignore." Revisiting Manic Street Preachers' dark masterpiece The Holy Bible at 30

Released on August 30, 1994, the Manic Street Preachers' third album The Holy Bible remains one of the most unique, singular albums in history.

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Suede and Manic Street Preachers at Alexandra Palace review: every song was an encore-worthy blow-out

Alt-rock’s hottest double-header ticket of the year delivered all the hits – and more

Evening Standard

"I'm just racked with self-loathing and criticism": Manic Street Preachers' bassist Nicky Wire once wanted to lacerate the world - now he's doing it to himself

Nicky Wire talks about the upcoming Manics tour, Richey Edwards, Rush and the band’s next album

Louder

Manic Street Preachers’ 30 greatest songs – ranked!

Marking 30 years of their debut album, Generation Terrorists, a look back at the Welsh rockers’ best bits: from the song about the Spanish civil war that kept Steps off No 1 to their glorious duets

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