Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986. Since 1995, the band has been a three-piece of Nicky Wire and cousins James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore. They f
Manic Street Preachers in 2024. From left to right: touring member Nick Nasmyth, James Dean Bradfield, touring member Wayne Murray, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire.
Bradfield performing in Chicago, April 1992
Edwards performing in Japan in May 1992
The "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" poster
The Holy Bible (album)
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The Holy Bible is the third studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 30 August 1994 by Epic Records. While the album was being written and recorded, lyricist and
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…charting single was "Motown Junk" in 1991, followed by their first two albums, Generation Terrorists in 1992 and Gold Against the Soul in 1993. 1994's The Holy Bible was the last album with Edwards, who disappeared in February 1995 and was legally presumed deceased in 2008. After a six-month hiatus, and with the…
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible album cover
One of the inspirations for the lyrics on the album was a band visit to Dachau concentration camp. A photograph of this gate features in the album's artwork.
French avant-garde writer Octave Mirbeau, quoted on the sleeve of The Holy Bible
Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff