Welcome to The Manics, a fansite dedicated to Welsh rockers, the Manic Street Preachers.
Here follows a short biography of the Manics! The Manics are arguably the most important Welsh rock band of the last 20 years. Formed in 1986, they found success in the early 90s with their debut album, a double entitled Generation Terrorists. With their punk ethos and intelligent, notably political lyrics, they soon built up a dedicated fanbase. Reviews of follow-up album Gold Against The Soul were mixed yet the album sold well. Into that difficult third-album territory, The Holy Bible was critically acclaimed but this time round sales were rather poor. These days however, it is looked upon as a bit of a classic and features in many "Top album" lists, a definite fan favourite.
Following The Holy Bible in 1995, the Manics suffered a major blow when guitarist and main lyricist Richey James Edwards went missing. The band decided to carry on and released Everything Must Go which met with great commercial success.
Check out their recent live performance at the BBC Maida Vale for Dermot Leary's Radio 2 show.
MSPpedia has a wealth of tour info on the Manics.
You can find the offical Manics record company sites here: http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/ and http://www.manics.co.uk/04/. Other Manics sites include their Myspace page.
For those of you who can't get enough Manics news, there's a great Manics site over at Forever Delayed.
Get some great Manics DVDs at great prices over at DVD Price Blaster, they have Forever Delayed, Louder Than War and Leaving The 20th Century.