Tag Archives: Riffs & Meaning
This Will be a New Beginning
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This will be a new beginning This will be a time for changing This will be never ending This will be a happy ending The Manic Street Preachers have never shied away from the inevitable demise of the band. As early as their 1991 debut record Generation Terrorists they were …
A Few Questions On The Manic Street Preachers
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HEADPRESS: Why a book on this album, Know Your Enemy? STEPHEN LEE NAISH: The Manic Street Preachers were a subject I’d wanted to broach for a while. But I didn’t want to write a traditional biography of them as there are already plenty of very good bios that have been …
Re-jigging Know Your Enemy
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Complaints about Manic Street Preachers’ sixth record Know Your Enemy are rife among fans of the band. Most point to the fact that the record is far too long, far too erratic in its structure. Complaints also take aim at the lyrical minefields, the desolate dirges, the odd genre twists …
Tsunami on VHS Cassette
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In the summer of 1999, Manic Street Preachers headlined the prestigious Glastonbury music festival. More or less the whole performance was broadcast on television. The performance was good, a full bodied hit packed selection, but an energy was lacking in the performance somewhere. This headline slot came off the back …
