What if the Manics broke up after The Holy Bible?

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I've been thinking recently, if the Manics broke up after THB would the public perception of the band be different to how it is now? Would they be shrouded in some kind of mythology much like The Stone Roses and The Libertines have been? Would this mythology render them a much bigger name now than if they hadn't carried on and released career stunting albums such as Know Your Enemy and Lifeblood, due to inevitable eulogies from the music press, such as the NME, and fans who saw them telling people who didn't how "you had to be there"?

Just an interesting idea that I've pondered, much like how I've wondered what The Stone Roses and The Libertines would have been like if they hadn't split before they had a chance to become huge. Would they have released that album that would have catapulted them to superstardom, and would they have remained huge, or suffered a dip in popularity like the Manics did in the 00s?