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Back before he took off to parts unknown, there was no bigger attention grabber than Manic Street Preacher’s razor blade wielding anorexic lyricist Richey Edwards. Thus, when left as a trio w... Read more

Rock fans, above all other cultural cultists, can often be witnessed pining for his or her object(s) of obsession to perform certain tasks that they know deep down will offer nothing less than tota... Read more

It's become nearly impossible to talk about the Manics without prefacing the discussion with the story of former lyricist, designer and hopeless rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards. Ever since Edwards'... Read more

Generation Terrorists, the following year. The fact that this man who didn’t sing, (allegedly) didn’t even play guitar and only wrote around half the band’s lyrics could be the focal point for such... Read more

Op 1 februari 1995 verdween tekstschrijver en slaggitarist Richey Edwards van The Manic Street Preachers voorgoed, nadat hij - enkele weken daarvoor - een bundeltje met teksten, haikus, tekeningen ... Read more

Kann das gehen? 14 Jahre, nachdem Richey Edwards spurlos verschwand, kramen die Manic Street Preachers noch einmal ein paar Texte des Verschollenen hervor. Bassist Nicky Wire hatte die Notizbücher,... Read more

For those of us inclined to sentimentality, the Richey Edwards saga has been an ongoing source of enchantment, never allowing us to stray too far from Manic album releases, on the admittedly slight... Read more

Dertien jaar na de nog steeds met mysterie omgeven verdwijning van gitarist Richey Edwards, grijpen Manic Street Preachers terug naar de map met teksten die hij hen vlak voordien overhandigde. Om d... Read more

If my Google search is to be believed, the Virginia State Epileptic Colony, aka Lynchburg Hospital, was an early 20th Century dumping site for the state’s poorest residents and those deemed socia... Read more

Eindelijk. De schaduw die al jaren over alle successen van de Manic Street Preachers ligt is tastbaar geworden. Journal For Plague Lovers is zowel ‘de erfenis van’ als ‘het eerbetoon aan’ een der l... Read more