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5 unusual facts about Manic Street Preachers


Caraline Neville-Lister

The Manic Street Preachers song '4st 7lbs' samples this documentary and begins with a quote from the documentary where Neville-Lister states "I eat too much to die, And not enough to stay alive, I'm sitting in the middle waiting".

Manorbier

"Manorbier" is the title of an instrumental track on the album Rewind the Film by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, whose bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire often holidays in nearby Tenby.

Matthew Maynard

Maynard was mentioned in the Manic Street Preachers' "Mr. Carbohydrate", the B-side of A Design For Life, with the lyric, "Have you heard of Matthew Maynard/He's my favourite cricketer/I would rather watch him play than pick up my guitar".

Sandfields, Port Talbot

The Lido also has a spa, gym, and concert hall where famous bands have played, including in recent years McFly, All Saints, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers and Lostprophets.

Spillers Records

A local campaign to save the shop was initiated, including a petition initiated by Owen John Thomas (then the Assembly Member for South Wales Central), and supported by members of the Welsh Assembly, the Manic Street Preachers and Columbia Records.


It's So Easy

The Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers released a live cover of the song as a b-side for their 1991 single "You Love Us" and 2003 compilation album Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers).

Let Robeson Sing

"Let Robeson Sing" is a song by the Manic Street Preachers in 2001 (see 2001 in music), the fourth single to be released from the Know Your Enemy album.

Pillgwenlly

The opening line 'Libraries gave us power' of the 1996 song A Design for Life, by Blackwood band Manic Street Preachers, was inspired by the legend above the entrance to the former Carnegie Library.

Richard: A Novel

Richard: A Novel is a book by English author and journalist Ben Myers about Richey Edwards, the former rhythm guitarist and co-lyricist of the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers.

So Why So Sad

"So Why So Sad" was released by Manic Street Preachers in 2001 and was jointly the first single to be released from the Know Your Enemy album.

Summer Wind

In 2006, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers covered "Summer Wind" and released it as a B-side to his UK single release of "An English Gentleman".

The Drowners

The song was covered in concert by the Manic Street Preachers with Bernard Butler guesting - a recording was released as a b-side to the their single "She Is Suffering" in late 1994.

Thirteen:13

Wayne is currently working under the name 'Boy Cried Wolf', but has recently been taking time out from the band to play guitar on tour with James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers and has appeared live as a second guitarist with the Manics themselves.

UK Channel Boredom

"UK Channel Boredom" is a song by the rock band Manic Street Preachers that appeared as the second song on a 7" flexi-disc given away free with the March 1990 editions of two fanzines, Hopelessly Devoted and Goldmining. The first song on the disc was "I Wonder What the Trouble Is" by Burnley indie band The Laurens (Craig Latham, Tim Nixon, Jon Clarkson, Dan Connolly and Paul Deakin).


see also

Faster

"Faster"/"P.C.P.", a double A-side single by Manic Street Preachers

Nicholas Jones

Nicky Wire (Nicholas Jones, born 1969), member of the Manic Street Preachers

Suicide Alley

Most tellingly, the words 'Manic Street Preachers' are underlined on the front, and noticeably inferior / pixellated text is in evidence at the rear.

Your Love Alone Is Not Enough

The lyrics "You stole the Sun straight from my heart" is a quote from an earlier Manic Street Preachers hit of the same name on the album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours.