Manic Street Preachers '98

Bassist Nicky Wire formed a band called Betty Blue after graduating from University in 1988. His band mates were to become James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and, by that time, a guitarist called Flicker. But they renamed the band into Manic Street Preachers and released a single called Suicide Alley in 1989. However Flicker got replaced by Richey James Edwards who also managed to take the band to London. In 1992 the band released their debut album Generation Terrorists featuring the singles Motorcycle Emptiness and Little Baby Nothing, which sees James Dean sharing vocals with Traci Lords. The following year they released their 2nd album called Gold Against The Soul with the hit single From Despair To Where. Early 1994 saw the band teaming up live on stage with Bernard Butler who joined the band for a performance of the Manics classic Motorcycle Emptiness. Later this year the band released The Holy Bible, their 3rd album, but Richey was admitted to a psychiatric clinic suffering from 'nervous exhaustion'. On Febuary 1 the following year Richey disappeared on the way for an American publicity tour and hasn't been seen since. More than one year later the remaining 3 members released their smash hit A Design For Life and an album called Everything Must Go, which became their biggest selling album. It was voted Best Album at the 1997 Brit Awards and they also won in the Best Band category. In 1998 they released their latest album This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours with an international hit single called If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next. Richey still hasn't been found, but as long as there's still people claiming to have seen him, there's hope for the Manic Street Preachers that their 4th band member is still alive.

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