Manic Street Preachers

They were Guns N' Roses with brains, a Welsh Public Enemy with guitars. And the Manic
Street Preachers had just unleashed the mighty fight of their third album, The Holy Bible,
when, in February 1995, on the eve of the record's U.S. release, emotionally troubled
guitarist-lyricist Richey James disappeared without a trace -- leaving retrospective hints of
his suffering in Bible broadsides such as "Archives of Pain" and "4st 7lb." The Mani... More >