Center Stage: An Abandoned Albums Podcast Episode 307 - Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
WARNING: This episode mentions alcohol abuse, depression, and self-harm.
This album is a long-time favorite around the offices. The Holy Bible (The Manic Street Preacher's third album, not necessarily the book) is caustic, relentless, and at times, verbally claustrophobic... and as it approaches 30 years of age, it's still one of music's most potent.
In the early nineties, rising above the noise of the scene from Manchester and the budding dominance of Brit-Pop, was no easy task. These four childhood friends from Wales found a way.
Ripping pages from The Clash, Guns-n-Roses, and even Public Enemy, the band blazed new territory with their unique sound and lyrics that sometimes begged you to have a dictionary handy - (this was pre-internet).
You either know the story of Manics rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards, or you don't.
On this episode, we tell the story of the band's seminal third album, The Holy Bible. Well, we don't; we let the band tell it in their own words.
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