The Manic Street Preachers

Useful Idiot · Post by **Useful Idiot** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:31 pm

Any fans of this british rock band? I've just recently discovered them, and their only album I've heard so far is The Holy Bible. However, I have to say that it's an incredible album with some of the darkest lyrics I've ever witnessed. Any comments on what album I should check out next? Any comments on the band in general? Discuss...

decampos · Post by **decampos** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 12:14 pm

I used to really like them. They used to have a huge following amongst the 'having issues and feeling suicidal is cool' brigade which is not necessarily their fault. I'm not so keen on Holy Bible. I think 'Yes' and 'This is yesterday' are good but the rest of it is obvious, too dark and not very musical. I think they were really good around the 'everything must go era' - better tunes - better lyrics. The album after that is even better in my opinion but it wasn't very well received by the critics (but what do they know?). I don't like them so much these days because James Dean Bradfield has become very fat.

If you like the early guff you should try Generation Terrorists but maybe give Gold against the Soul a miss unless you're a big fan of Guns'n'Roses.

Prkl · Post by **Prkl** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 11:37 am

The Holy Bible is easily their best album, but Everything Must Go isn't far behind (it still has some songs with Richey's lyrics).

Anna-Roza · Post by **Anna-Roza** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 2:05 pm

Next Friday on Onyx TV there would be broadcasted their concert from 1997... I'm going to watch it; I've never been a fan of them, but I think they're far better than e.g. Oasis....

mister_knobbs · Post by **mister_knobbs** » Mon May 24, 2004 6:03 pm

I am keen on the Manics since I have seen 'Motorcycle Emptiness' in 1992. My goodness what a great band I thought. I listened to all their albums since then and found each one different but each one as good as it should be. My favourite is 'The Holy Bible' though. It is dark, but maybe the one of the deepest albums ever recorded - as well with 'Closer' from Joy Division.

After Richey's...department they are still a powerful band, it's a shame that I never seen them performing live...

simpledumbpilot · Post by **simpledumbpilot** » Tue May 25, 2004 2:50 am

mister_knobbs wrote:it's a shame that I never seen them performing live...

Trust me, youre not missing much, I find them incredibly dull live, it just becomes a bit tedious after awhile and the drummer seems to only play 2 maybe 3 different patterns at the most, its all very by numbers. My fave Manics tracks are ''Nobody Loved You'' from This Is My Truth So Up Yours and the Deadly Avenger remix of ''Everlasting'' which is miles better than the album version.