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I think the name suits them really well, glad they haven't changed it. I remember before I'd even heard anything by them, hearing the name mentioned on the radio or the news or whatever when I was probably about 10 and thinking fucking hell that's a cool name.
Admittedly, when I was first getting into them I kinda had the black and white view of Manic Street Preachers being two bands, with and without Richey but with half a lifetime's obsession it all blends in together. Course we're never gonna know but it's fun to speculate about but I wonder if Sounds In The Grass would've sounded like Everything Must Go anyway. You can guarantee it'd have been a departure from The Holy Bible anyway. I know quite often with their writing process they put the music around the lyrics, but for them to be able to do that they must've had it in themselves anyway cos reading lyrics doesn't make you write great music. Even thinking about the pre-post Richey stuff, there's plenty of material that could fit in either era. In my opinion, Spectators Of Suicide wouldn't be out of place in the This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours era and Dead Martyrs wouldn't be too out of place in The Holy Bible era, whether as album tracks or b-sides. Oh yeah, I'm glad they kept their name cos if they'd changed it they'd be essentially admitting they're a different band when they're not. And I'm sure Nicky would've come up with a crap name anyway.
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I suppose it could've quite well been some kinda therapy for them. I can't even begin to attempt to understand how they were feeling when it all happened, but I'm guessing if they just disbanded or changed their name and direction completely it'd just be the equivalent of repressing stuff and potentially make things worse for them. From the outside looking in, I think they're dealing with Richey fucking admirably. I mean, in the late 90s they barely touched The Holy Bible, but since then they've played everything off it except The Intense Humming Of Evil and Mausoleum, including Die In The Summertime and Archives Of Pain which were never played on the original tour. It's perfectly understandable why they'd feel uncomfortable playing certain songs live, but the way they talk about Richey in interviews and the anecdotes they come out with about him at gigs (particularly the Revol one at the O2) kinda gives the impression that they're at peace in a way, that they're not afraid to take the piss out of Richey. They show us a side of Richey that the media doesn't. I'll never stop wondering how things would've turned out for the band if he'd stuck around though.
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They'd be better off changing their name now because they've run the current one into the ground. Once you come out with SATT and PFAYM, you can't expect to be taken seriously ever again - even by yourself.
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but if you would prefer a different bit of speculation, a fair bit of JFPL combined with parts of EMG, i reckon. the scary part of that would be that Nicky would quite probably have not written either Australia or A Design For Life, though.
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If I ever met the man this would be my question to the Wire - if he considers the writing of the lyrics of DFL to be in any way contingent to the disappearance of Richey. In fact I'd say this is the biggest question regarding the history of the band. Personally, from reading and watching interviews there seems to be no link between these two events. The Pure Motive and DFL lyrics came from the Cracker programme and I guess the Wire's views on the perception of the working class at that time. Looking past that fact that obviously Richey's disappearance affected them deeply, there is no material connection between the two things. Likewise Jimbo's writing of the music has no obvious link to Richey. So, all things considered, you'd have to say they would have still written the song and Richey would have went out with Kate Moss, as the Wire always wistfully fantasises about.
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haha im loving this one
i might have heard this name somewhere before, i think its brilliant. but i like Manic Street Preachers and the way calling them The Manics. because it shows how much passion and focus is given on certain issues, holding Maniacally to something, never letting go. MSP sounds like a sort of contagious disease though.
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Are Members of Scottish Parliament that bad?
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Delighted they didn't change their name.
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