In a career that’s spanned thirty-five years and generated fourteen albums, fifty-three singles (two of them UK number ones), four Brit Awards, two Ivor Novellas and inspired literally hundreds of university dissertations, quite a few PhD’s and the odd specialist subject on Mastermind, Manic Street Preachers have become, in the words of their 2011 singles collection, national treasures. The Welsh trio (who, to many, will always be a quartet) have a uniquely intense impact on their fans; educating them as much as they entertain and inspire. This book collects fourteen brand new essays, one for each Manics album, from fourteen different writers from diverse backgrounds, tracing the band’s impact on fans and culture and setting each of their works, from 1992’s Generation Terrorists to 2018’s Resistance Is Futile and beyond, into context. The essays are linked by a detailed month-by-month biography by music critic and Manics fan Marc Burrows (The Guardian, The Quietus, Drowned In Sound), who compiled and edited the book, tracing the band’s development from glamourpuss upstart intellectuals to the elder statesmen of British indie rock, via an era-defining run of hits, an historic trip to Cuba and one vanished genius. Manic Street Preachers: Album by Album includes a complete discography and is sourced from in-depth archival research, making it one of the most comprehensive and detailed works devoted to the band yet compiled.
Described as'Rock Book of the decade' by the Guardian in London, this is the fascinating story of this number one- selling, award-winning UK band.
This Omnibus Enhanced edition now includes a multimedia discography, charting every album and single release the band has made through a timeline of music videos and album art.
This book explores the ways in which popular music can criticise political, social and economic structures, through the lens of alternate rock band Manic Street Preachers.
In this text, Jennifer Watkins-Isnardi, who was close friends with the band during their formative days, reveals the truth behind the name.
Though not an official single, the video that accompanied the song was a short film by Welsh filmmaker Kieran Evans that centred on a rundown working men's club in the Welsh valleys, and followed the old geezer who tends to the club's ...
In his absence The Holy Bible entered the rock canon alongside Joy Division's Closer and Nirvana's In Utero, the valedictory works of troubled young men. This book tells the dramatic story of Manic Street Preachers' masterpiece.
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- 1: When We Were Happy -- 2: The Bands Of Boredom -- 3: Convergences -- 4: Education Is Never A Waste -- 5: Escape Velocity -- 6: Advancing Into Battle -- 7: Signs And Wonders -- 8: The Fabulous Disaster -- ...
Withdrawn Traces is the first book written with the co-operation of the Edwards family, testimony from Richey’s closest friends and unprecedented and exclusive access to Richey’s personal archive.
As an archive, Journal remains a Derridean injunction for an unrealized future, or a belated future, ... turned strange and the unfamiliar familiar, often giving the person the sense of déjà vu and jamais vu, either in quick succession ...
This book takes the reader on a chronological journey of the band's major successes, their necessary failures, and their highs and lows as a great Welsh rock band.