For reasons unfathomable the band's official YouTube VEVO channel has just uploaded a random interview with Nicky from 2012 - and labelled it 2004.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm4_lHe9psI

Er, stay tuned for part 2 next week, apparently...

WEK is back!!!!

Or y'know, just watch the whole thing right now... http://youtu.be/twuTG3fArwI

There should be a WEK Greatest Hits thread

Oops, it was from 2011 not 2012. WEK wrote my post...

I'd like to see New Art Riot re enter setlists. They played it at the Japanese National Treasures gigs and sounds pretty good!

Little Baby Nothing is possibly the worst-produced Manics song ever.

I've never liked the production on Generation Terrorists. Weak and tinny and makes all the songs sound almost indistinguishable.

I realise that was the fashion when it was recorded but production-wise it really hasn't stood the test of time.

pls someone buy me a THB20 US picture disc. i think i deserve it after all the non-working regular copies

There is some vocal feedback in that track that's always bothered me. One thing I secretly hoped for was some sort of new remix with the problem rectified.

I met Caitlin Moran last night and asked her about the Manics! She was talking about how Richey was a big inspiration. She mentioned seeing them live around that time and saying they were unbelievably good, we also talked about the Top of the Pops/balaclava thing. I asked what her favourite song was and (perhaps obviously) it's Faster! :)

Will somebody please buy this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Manic-Stre...item3395cd62f8

It's been coming up on my eBay searches for years and it's just silly.

Nicky tweeted me! (not really but almost)

Wow, what happened?

Sony are putting up full albums on youtube now? They've just put up EMG in its entirety:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vNFOEvFxcQw

That's excellent.

I mean it can't hurt can it? In my experience, if I stream something and I really like it I end up buying it.