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musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited November 2006 in Other Music
Anyone a fan? A highly political band, and one of the members of the band disappeared off the face of the earth a decade ago
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    The Holy Bible is a classic album, it has echoes of grunge and is really dark and menacing, unfortunately once Ritchie dissapeared so did their talent as far as I was concerned, Everything Must Go was ok but everything became very repetitive and bland after that.
    The first 2 albums Generation Terrorist and Gold Against the Soul had some classic songs on but were a bit disjointed.
    So to summarise I'm a fan of The Holy Bible.:)
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,838
    Saw them once, with Ritchie (feels old :o) not a huge fan but own everything up to and including Everything Must Go.
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Yep they were incredible before Everything must go, and after that album it all went downhill at pace. I must also say James Dean Bradfield has one of the best voices in rock, at times he sounds a lot like Freddie Mercury. From Despair To Where was always a classic tune.
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    HolyBible is a dark record, similar in some respects to JoyDivisions Closer album, though obviously more poitical what with their ultra-socialist leanings. Not a major fan of them, saw them on the everything must go tour and they were ok. Prob was that ritchie wrote the lyrics before(inc Kevin Carter)
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,481
    saw them on the generation terrorists tour in swansea a million years ago and they were pretty good live, really raw. unfortunately some of the less accepting minds in the crowd decided to bottle them cos richie was in a dress so that sucked a bit. they haven't been the same since richie left, he made no difference at all to the music cos he was a very limited guitarist, but his lyrics were fantastic. nicky's lyrics are really good too (check out his solo cd) it's just that richie's were so poetic. james has one of the best voices in rock and also is a very underrated guitarist imo. his solo cd is better than nicky's (just an opinion, i'm not trying to start anything!) and, despite the quality of some of their recent stuff, i am still looking forward to the new manics cd. i'm welsh so i'm contractually obliged to support them for a certain amount of time every time they release anything!
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  • sirjamstonsirjamston Posts: 38
    yeah, big fan here too. i have everything they've done. although i don't think post-ritchie is quite as good, i still love it all. looking forward to the new one too.

    so JDB's solo album is good? i haven't got it because i heard it was pants...
  • Sonja_SSonja_S Posts: 444
    Saw them some years ago, really good and REALLY loud :D Is there something new coming out?
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  • darkcrowdarkcrow Posts: 1,102
    a fantastic band. check out james dean bradfield's (singer) solo album. quite different from the manics but still very good.
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  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    The Holy Bible is in my Top 10 favorite albums of all time. I don't agree with everything they have to say, but the energy on that album is awesome. The singing is really strong and passionate as well. '4st 7lb' might be the best song ever about anorexia.

    FYI - On November 21 they're releasing a 10th Anniversary super-deluxe edition of Everything Must Go with bonus tracks, like they did with The Holy Bible. I'll probably have to get it from Amazon, since you can't hardly find any releases from MSP here in states (I did find the greatest hits album, tho).
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    The Holy Bible is one of the truly great albums. Richie Edwards was a hell of a lyricist. 4st 7lb is amazing -

    "Yeh 4st 7, an epilogue of youth,
    such beautiful dignity in self-abuse.
    I've finally come to understand life
    through staring blankly at my navel"
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    The Holy Bible is one of the truly great albums. Richie Edwards was a hell of a lyricist. 4st 7lb is amazing -

    "Yeh 4st 7, an epilogue of youth,
    such beautiful dignity in self-abuse.
    I've finally come to understand life
    through staring blankly at my navel"

    For all I have had that album for about 10 years now that song still gives me chills, I hold the album in a similar esteem to Dirt.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    reeferchief wrote:
    For all I have had that album for about 10 years now that song still gives me chills, I hold the album in a similar esteem to Dirt.
    same here. there are many similarities, one being that they both have lyrics like that, that can make you actually shiver. I also think the vocals on "die in the summertime" are kind of like Alice. you know the creepy high pitched bit?
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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