Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For those that adored the Manic Street Preachers in the early 90s, no other band will ever compare. At first mixing political rhetoric and literary wit with populist glam punk, they kicked back against the impartial shoegaze, baggy and acid House scenes, and, for the first time since the Smiths, they felt like a British band that actually had something to say.

Their masterwork 1994’s The Holy Bible, formed of dark metallic post-punk, tangled head on with the worst impulses of human-kind, masterminded by their driving force “guitarist,” Richey Edwards. But if one gazes too deeply into the abyss, there is a chance that person might get lost. This is New British Canon and this is the story of The Holy Bible. “4 stone 7 pounds”

#ManicStreetPreachers #TheHolyBible #MusicDocumentary

Fact-checking by Serenity Autumn.

Soundtrack
Luar - Clouds (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

00:00 Prologue
01:11 Manic Street Preachers: An Introduction
08:42 "I Want Everyone Corrupt": Faster
13:29 "The Sky is Swollen Black": Creating The Holy Bible
17:35 "Such Beautiful Dignity in Self Abuse": 4st 7lb
24:58 The Aftermath of The Holy Bible
27:27 "Libraries Gave Us Power": A Design For Life

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