Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as "The Manics") are a Welsh rock band often associated with the resurgence of British rock in the early 90s, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK at the time. They are known for their intelligent and often political lyrics and have a dedicated cult following. Although during the early part of their career they were regarded as a punk rock band, their music is now often generally regarded as alternative rock, due to changes in their sound. Co-lyricist and guitarist Richey James Edwards (Richey James, as he preferred to be known) mysteriously disappeared in 1995; his whereabouts are unknown. Politically, the Manics appear as a socialist group ??? a stance inflected by their working class upbringing in Blackwood, South Wales (they grew up during the miners' strike of the 1980s) as evidenced by their often highly politicised lyrics and actions (they once dedicated an award to Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and later the Socialist Labour Party). The band also played a highly publicized gig in Cuba. They came together in 1986, when James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore and rhythm guitarist Flicker formed Betty Blue in the small South Wales town of Blackwood. Two years later, Flicker had left and Nicky's friend Richey Edwards (previously the group's driver) joined in his place. Richey would later say in Vox magazine, "If you built a museum to represent Blackwood, all you could put in it would be shit. We used to meet by this opening called Pen-y-Fan. It was built when the mines closed down but now the water has turned green and slimy. They put 2,000 fish in it, but they died. There's a whirlpool in the middle where about two p
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| 2 | Anthem For a Lost Cause | Rewind The Film |
| 3 | Faster (chemical Brothers Remix) | Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits |
| 4 | Let Robeson Sing | Know Your Enemy |
| 5 | Tsunami | Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits |
| 6 | A Design For Life (stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix) | Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits |
| 7 | She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach | Journal For Plague Lovers |
| 8 | Miss Europa Disco Dancer | Know Your Enemy |
| 9 | No Jubilees | Empty Souls (Single Disc 2) |
| 10 | Little baby nothing | Generation Terrorists |
| 11 | Nostalgic pushhead | Gold Against The Soul |
| 12 | Yourself | Gold Against The Soul |
| 13 | Stay beautiful | Generation Terrorists |
| 14 | So Why So Sad (avalanches Remix) | Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits |
| 15 | La Tristesse Durere (Scream To A Sigh) | Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits |
| 16 | Marlon J.D. | Journal For Plague Lovers |
| 17 | The Girl Who Wanted To Be God | Everything Must Go |
| 18 | Sex, Power, Love And Money | Futurology (Deluxe Edition) |
| 19 | Black Square | Futurology (Deluxe Edition) |
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