A particularly heavy listen, its themes of human suffering and misery found comparisons to NirvanaвЂ™s swan song, вЂIn UteroвЂ™. Their next album, 1994вЂ™s вЂThe Holy BibleвЂ™, found Manic Street Preachers eschewing American rock influences and turned to post-punk bands such as Joy Division, PiL and Siouxsie And The Banshees for inspiration. Indeed, singles such as вЂMotorcycle EmptinessвЂ™ and вЂFrom Despair To WhereвЂ™ have become staples of the classic rock genre as much as the records that influenced them. Since then, Manic Street Preachers have released a further 10 albums including вЂSend Away The TigerвЂ™ (2007), вЂPostcards From A Young ManвЂ™ (2010) and вЂResistance Is FutileвЂ™ (2018) while evolving into one of BritainвЂ™s most intelligent rock bands.ДЄs evidenced by their first two albums, вЂGeneration TerroristsвЂ™ and вЂGold Against The SoulвЂ™, Manic Street Preachers played heavy rock that was influenced in equal parts by punk bands such as The Clash and heavy metal titans Guns NвЂ™Roses. Re-emerging as trio, Manic Street Preachers released вЂEverything Must GoвЂ™ (1996), the album that saw them go overground. Instead, they released two further albums вЂ“ вЂGold Against The SoulвЂ™ (1993) and the harrowing вЂThe Holy BibleвЂ™ вЂ“ before fate dealt them a bitter hand with the disappearance of Richey Edwards. Here was a band divided into two internal factions вЂ“ singer/guitarist James Dean Bradfield and drummer Sean Moore wrote the music, while bassist Nicky Wire and guitarist Rickey Edwards wrote the lyrics and sold the band вЂ“ and one that promised to sell 16m copies of their 1992 debut album, вЂGeneration TerroristsвЂ™ and then promptly split up. Or were they? Their driving hard rock, left-wing political rhetoric and media savvy posturing soon found a hardcore and dedicated audience. As much a glorious contradiction as much as a band, it would be something of understatement to say that they were out of step with the times. Thirty years on since unleashing their вЂNew Art Riot EPвЂ™, Manic Street Preachers remain one of the most idiosyncratic bands to have emerged from these shores.ДЇusing the punk rock sensibilities of The Clash with the ramalama of Guns NвЂ™Roses, Manic Street Preachers arrived in glam clothing, eye-liner and feather boas and yelling political slogans right at the point when the musical sensibilities of the nation were driven by baggy, loved-up vibes and shoegazing introspection.

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