Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers, often known colloquially as "The Manics" (not "The Preachers") are a Welsh pop band, one of the biggest in Britain for a period in the late 1990s, known for their early wild exploits; the mysterious disappearance and possible suicide of Richey James Edwards (Richey James, as he preferred to be known); and for a progression of strong iconoclastic albums and energetic gigs. Politically they are staunch socialists, a stance inflected by their working class upbringing (they grew up during the Miners' strike of the '80s) and evidenced by their often highly politicised lyrics and their 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 publicised gig in Cuba.

Discography

Chart positions listed are for the UK, they never had an album or a single in the US charts.

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Studio Albums

• 1992 Generation Terrorists #13
• 1993 Gold Against the Soul #8
• 1994 The Holy Bible #6
• 1996 Everything Must Go #2
• 1998 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours #1
• 2001 Know Your Enemy #2
• 2004 Lifeblood #13

Compilations

• 2002 Forever Delayed (greatest hits and remixes album) #4
• 2003 Lipstick Traces (B-sides, cover versions and rarities) #11

Singles

• "Suicide Alley" (1989)
• "New Art Riot" (1990)
• "Motown Junk" (1991) #94
• "You Love Us" (1991) #62
• "Stay Beautiful" (1991) #40
• "Love's Sweet Exile / Repeat (UK)" (1991) #26
• "You Love Us" (1992) #16
• "Slash 'N' Burn" (1992) #20
• "Motorcycle Emptiness" (1992) #17
• "Suicide Is Painless" (Theme from M.A.S.H) (1992) #7
• "Little Baby Nothing" (1992) #29
• "From Despair To Where" (1993) #25
• "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" (1993) #22
• "Roses In The Hospital" (1993) #15
• "Life Becoming A Landslide" (1994) #36
• "Faster/P.C.P." (1994) #16
• "Revol" (1994) #22
• "She Is Suffering" (1994) #25
• "A Design for Life" (1996) #2
• "Everything Must Go (1996 single)" (1996) #5
• "Kevin Carter" (1996) #9
• "Australia (1996)" #7
• "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (1998) #1
• "The Everlasting" (1998) #11
• "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (1999) #5
• "Tsunami" (1999) #11
• "The Masses Against The Classes" (2000) #1
• "Found That Soul" (2001) #9
• "So Why So Sad" (2001) #8
• "Ocean Spray" (2001) #13
• "Let Robeson Sing" (2001) #19
• "There By The Grace Of God" (2002) #6
• "The Love of Richard Nixon" (2004) #2
• "Empty Souls" (2005) #2

Videos

• 1997 Everything Live
• 2000 Leaving The 20th Century - Cardiff Millennium Stadium Concert
• 2001 Louder Than War
• 2002 Forever Delayed

Publications

• 2002 Forever Delayed (Official photo book, photos taken by Japanese photographer Mitch Ikeda. With an introduction by John Savage.)