Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 36 minutes ago

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‘EVERYTHING MUST GO’:
💿 pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-E

‘FOREVER DELAYED’:
💿 pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-F

''GENERATION TERRORISTS':
💿 pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-G

‘THE HOLY BIBLE’:
💿 pastandpresent.page.link/MSP-H

VIDEO INFO: From the bolt on DVD of the 10th Anniversary edition of 1996 ‘Everything Must Go’ Album, which consists mostly of interviews with the band and the record's delightful producer, Mike Hedges; recorded especially in 2006, peppered with archive footage of TV appearances and live clips.

Although any description of an album's evolution would be interesting, the intriguing dimension of this one was the development of a group that had lost its creative luminary and a close childhood friend, in ghoulish, mysterious circumstances that indicated either an elaborate escape from a breakdown, or a tragic suicide but remained unresolved during this recording process and beyond, becoming the subject of many squalid rumors and speculative hyperbole by the outside world, as the band essentially tried to grieve and move on.

They never even considered a replacement of Richey, because the dynamic had been so unconventional in the first place. He had been no more of a musician than James was a poet, so instead, they focused on the strengths of the remaining members.

The Manics were financially insolvent and not even certain they would continue. Nevertheless, just 12 months later, they had achieved a stunning transmutation and realised their commercial peak (to date) that had harnessed rather than expose their demeanour as three shy, moody Welshmen, with a greater emphasis on melody and musical depth in place of the frenetic poetry that Richey embodied. So, strings instead of slogans, sound rather than vision. Artistically no better or worse, just different. Few predicted the band would last, let alone triumph. This is the story of that journey!


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