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The indie vs rock battle at the heart of the Manic Street Preachers' Generation Terrorists
By Scott Rowley last updated
They said they’d make one album, sell 16 million copies and split up. What really happened was far more dramatic. Inside the unique cultural, musical and political forces that made the Manics the smartest band of the 90s

The Manic Street Preachers: Their best songs in their own words
By Philip Wilding last updated
From glammed-up Valley punks to mature and thoughtful tunesmiths, the Manic Street Preachers have always understood the power of a good song. Here they talk us through their finest moments

The Blackheart Orchestra cover The Manic's If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
By Jerry Ewing last updated
Prog duo The Blackheart Orchestra release striking video for moving cover of Manic Street Preachers' 1998 hit

How Manic Street Preachers mined their youth and made The Ultra Vivid Lament
By Rob Hughes published
With Manic Street Preachers having have undergone their fair share of emotional upheaval recently, it’s little wonder new album The Ultra Vivid Lament has its melancholic side

Manic Street Preachers spin musical wheels again on The Ultra Vivid Lament
By Mark Beaumont published
Anthemic legends the Manic Street Preachers turn super-ambient rock troupers on The Ultra Vivid Lament

Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire "deeply regrets" offensive Michael Stipe AIDS comment
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Manic Street preachers bassist Nicky Wire says he "deeply regrets" his 1993 comment where he wished R.E.M's Michael Stipe would die of AIDS

‘I’d rather f**king stab my eyes out with a pencil than accept an OBE’ says Manic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire
By Louder published
Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire calls out hypocritical, bootlicking musicians, praises Ronnie James Dio

Manic Street Preachers release summery new single The Secret He Had Missed
By Elizabeth Scarlett published
Manic Street Preachers share the latest single from their upcoming album The Ultra Vivid Lament
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