DiS meets the Manic Street Preachers / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
A recent review of the new Manic Street Preachers single speculated that the band’s consistently good press coverage is due to a disproportionate amount of 30-something music journalists who over-romanticise the firebrand, iconic acts of their youth. Even bass player and propagandist-in-chief Nicky Wire thinks there’s something in this. “We’ve never inspired anyone really, band-wise,” he says, “but we’ve inspired lots of journalists and academia and people doing PhDs on RS Thomas.” Even with that caveat in mind, their latest album, Futurology, has received notices it’s im...
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