Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers emerged in Blackwood, Wales, in 1986, with political lyrics and an identity tied to punk. After Generation Terrorists and Gold Against the Soul, the band released The Holy Bible in 1994.

Guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards disappeared in 1995; the band carried on as a trio and returned to the charts with Everything Must Go, from 1996, and This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, which reached number one in the UK in 1998.