Manic Street Preachers
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GhostofCain
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I am afraid I was too late!
"If I can't sing it with conviction then it doesn't matter, I can’t do it": What happened when Rush met the Manic Street Preachers
At the end of 2007, there was a clash of cultures as Welsh rockers the Manic Street Preachers went head to head with Rush and probed their inner secrets
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
James Dean Bradfield usually jokes about only having one stage move, turning around on one leg. Someone has made a gif of it and it looks hilarious. 
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
Someone please show this to Janick for the next leg (no pun intended) of the tour.James Dean Bradfield usually jokes about only having one stage move, turning around on one leg. Someone has made a gif of it and it looks hilarious.
GhostofCain
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Following the release of 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure, they have created a Spotify playlist featuring nearly all of them:
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Manic Street Preachers - 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure
Go to Manic Street Preachers - 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure.
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Cat Milk Supreme
Ancient Mariner
As per The Concert Thread, I listened to some Manics this mornin. Went with Generation Terrorists.
So the Manics aren't entirely new to me, I'm aware of many of their big singles and my brother had a couple of albums when we was growin up, pretty much everything up until This Is My Truth. So I heard plenty of em in the background.
Anyway, GT is a decent album, some good rock n roll on show and some tasty dark riffs here and there. Another Invented Disease stood out, as did possibly Born To End. I imagine this band bein quite fun live back in the early days.
@GhostofCain as someone who doesn't really pay much attention to lyrics, the though provoking stuff didn't really make an impact on me but I did hear mention of the economy and what not so I feel more high brow by assimilation yee haw!
Oh, you want a quantified review? Hmmmm, 6 outta 10? Seems harsh, I'll go 7.
So the Manics aren't entirely new to me, I'm aware of many of their big singles and my brother had a couple of albums when we was growin up, pretty much everything up until This Is My Truth. So I heard plenty of em in the background.
Anyway, GT is a decent album, some good rock n roll on show and some tasty dark riffs here and there. Another Invented Disease stood out, as did possibly Born To End. I imagine this band bein quite fun live back in the early days.
@GhostofCain as someone who doesn't really pay much attention to lyrics, the though provoking stuff didn't really make an impact on me but I did hear mention of the economy and what not so I feel more high brow by assimilation yee haw!
Oh, you want a quantified review? Hmmmm, 6 outta 10? Seems harsh, I'll go 7.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Motorcycle Emptiness is THE song, as @MindRuler can corroborate. 
Generation Terrorists is good, but it contains a fair amount of filler material. My favourite albums are Everything Must Go and The Holy Bible.
You can find my thoughts on their whole discography up to The Ultra Vivid Lament here:
Generation Terrorists is good, but it contains a fair amount of filler material. My favourite albums are Everything Must Go and The Holy Bible.
You can find my thoughts on their whole discography up to The Ultra Vivid Lament here:
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Cat Milk Supreme
Ancient Mariner
Motorcycle Emptiness always kinda annoyed me. Its catchy, it hooks me, I bop along but it annoys me. There's a few songs like that in my life
GhostofCain
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Cat Milk Supreme
Ancient Mariner
Shots fired!