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Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band that was formed in 1986 in Blackwood, South Wales and consists of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals and lead guitar), Nicky Wire (bass guitar and lyrics) and Sean Moore (drums and percussion). The band is part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s. They are colloquially known as "The Manics", or simply, "Manics". Originally a quartet, the band became ... a trio when primary lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards disappeared on 1 February 1995. In 1992, the Manics released their debut studio album, Generation Terrorists. Their combination of androgynous glam punk imagery and critical social lyrics about "culture, alienation, boredom and despair" soon gained them a loyal following and cult status. The band's later albums retained a leftist politicisation and intellectual lyrical style while adopting a broader alternative rock sound. Following Edwards' disappearance, Bradfield, Moore and Wire persisted with Manic Street Preachers, and went on to gain critical and commercial success, becoming one of Britain's premier rock bands. Altogether, they have garnered eight Top 10 albums, fifteen Top 10 singles and have reached Number One three times—with their 1998 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours album, the 1998 "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" single and the 2000 "The Masses Against the Classes" single. See more [+]

If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next |||||

The future teaches you to be alone The present to be afraid ...

4st 7lb |||||

I eat to much to die and not enough to stay alive, I'm sitti...

1985 |||||

VERSE 1: In 1985, I placed a bet and lied, losing all that I...

If You Tolerate This |||||

The future teaches you to be alone The present to be afraid ...

30 Year War |||||

It's the longest running joke In history To kill the working...

I Think I Found It |||||

I think I've found it And I think I love it Buried in the di...

Hazelton Avenue |||||

The modern world sits so easily A different kind of honesty ...

The Everlasting |||||

The gap that grows between our lives The gap our parents nev...

Your Love Alone Is Not Enough |||||

Your love alone Is not enough, not enough, not enough When t...

It's Not War Just The End Of Love |||||

To feel forgiveness, you gotta forgive Do you see the stars ...

Postcards From A Young Man |||||

Verse I don't believe the absolutes anymore I'm quite prepar...

This Is The Day |||||

You didn't wake up this morning cause you didn't go to bed. ...

This Sullen Welsh Heart Feat Lucy Rose |||||

I don't want my children to grow up like me It's just so des...

1404 |||||

This country, it could've changed A little bit of the world,...

3 Ways To See Despair |||||

Can you save someone from the hidden depths Of a darkened so...

4 Lonely Roads |||||

Four lonely roads The terror it had flown Never led you home...

Send Away The Tigers |||||

There's no hope in the colonies so catch yourself a lifeline...

As Holy As The Soil That Buries Your Skin |||||

As holy as the soil that buries your skin As holy as the lov...

Be Natural |||||

Been natural for once in my life Now I'll have to swallow so...

Can't Take My Eyes Off You |||||

Your just too good to be true I can't take my eyes off you Y...

Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel |||||

Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel...

Europa Geht Durch Mich |||||

verse 1 Europe had a language problem, German roads they gav...

Futurology |||||

Defenders of the faith with cruel hearts they make you scarr...

Glasnost |||||

When did life get so, get so complicated When did life start...

In Eternity |||||

I fell in love, in love with you a million times Your clothe...

International Blue |||||

verse 1 You wrote your autograph on the far side of the sky...

Me And Stephen Hawking |||||

Herman the Bull and Tracey the sheep Transgenic milk contain...

Next Jet To Leave Moscow |||||

An old jaded commie walking through red square with rediffus...

Suicide Alley |||||

I'm going down to suicide alley 'Cause the air that I breath...

Ready For Drowning |||||

verse 1 Here's a true story Said someone to me yesterday Sai...

Rendition |||||

"Rendition" Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition ...

Rewind The Film |||||

Rewind the film again, I'd love to see my joy, my friends R...

Show Me The Wonder |||||

This is no threat Just an invitation A sense of belonging A ...

Too Cold Here |||||

Born in burial gowns, recessing slowly You soon wish you cou...

We Her Majestys Prisoners |||||

Jewels drip red and I don't sound proud Treason is ambition ...

Walk Me To The Bridge |||||

Driving slowly to the bridge With nothing left that we can g...

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