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Know Your Enemy (Manic Street Preachers Album)
''Know Your Enemy'' is the sixth studio album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 19 March 2001 by record label Epic. It was supported by four singles; two of them, "So Why So Sad" and "Found That Soul", were released on the same day for promotional purposes. The band originally envisioned ''Know Your Enemy'' as two separate albums: ''Door to the River'', which consisted of reflective, personal material, and the heavier, more politically-leaning ''Solidarity'', with the intent of releasing both on the same day. However, their record label was not inclined to follow through on the idea (as they would later do in 2013–2014 with ''Rewind the Film'' and ''Futurology''), so the material ended up released as one album, a move that drummer Sean Moore described as "strange" and "confusing". Whilst ''Know Your Enemy'' sold well commercially, it did not match the same success as its predecessor, ''This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours''. Critics were somewhat divided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers, also known simply as the Manics, are a Welsh Rock music, rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Blackwood in 1986. The band consists of cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Sean Moore (musician), Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes), plus Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics). They form a key part of the 1990s Welsh Cool Cymru cultural movement. Following the release of their debut single "Suicide Alley", Manic Street Preachers were joined by Richey Edwards as co-lyricist and rhythm guitarist, the band became as a quartet. The band's early albums were in a Punk rock, punk vein, eventually broadening to a greater alternative rock sound, whilst retaining a left-wing politics, leftist political outlook. Their early combination of androgynous glam rock, glam imagery and lyrics about "culture, alienation, boredom and despair" gained them a loyal following. Manic Street Preachers released their debut album, ''Generation Terrorists' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holmes (musician)
David Holmes (born 25 February 1969) is a Northern Irish musician and composer. He worked as a DJ before releasing several solo albums that have incorporated elements of trip hop, big beat, electronic and rock. In the late 1990s, he also began composing film scores, establishing a long-standing collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh that includes ''Out of Sight'' (1998) and the ''Ocean's'' trilogy. Holmes is currently a member of the band Unloved, whose music has been used extensively in the television series ''Killing Eve'', for which Holmes is also a composer. He has remixed songs for numerous artists and produced albums for Primal Scream. Career Holmes began DJing in Belfast from the age of 15. His first hit was the 1992 track "De Niro" as the Disco Evangelists, with Ashley Beedle and Lindsay Edwards (who later joined Tin Tin Out). In the early to mid-1990s, he ran two club nights in the Belfast Art College known as Sugar Sweet and Shake Yer Brain. Orbital wrote th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield (born 21 February 1969) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He is known for being the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. Biography Early life Born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Bradfield attended the local Oakdale Comprehensive School where he suffered years of cruelty and bullying (he claims he was "a Woody Allen-esque little nerd") for his name (nicknamed Crossfire), lazy eye, musical bend and small size. James formed a close relationship with three friends: his cousin Sean Moore, who lived with James and his family throughout their childhood after his own parents' divorce, and future bandmates Nicky Wire and Richey Edwards. Bradfield loved to run and was a steeplechaser, and soon grew fond of punk rock band The Clash, although his earliest musical love was ELO. He gave up his dream of "being like Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Wire
Nicholas Allen Jones (born 20 January 1969), known as Nicky Wire, is a Welsh musician and songwriter, best known as lyricist, bassist and secondary vocalist of the Welsh alternative rock band, Manic Street Preachers. Prior to the group, Wire studied politics at university; this would later influence his lyrical work. He was co-writer of the band's lyrics (alongside Richey Edwards) from 1989 to 1995, and has been the band's primary lyricist since 1995, following Edwards' disappearance. In addition to his work with Manic Street Preachers, Wire released a solo album, '' I Killed the Zeitgeist'', in 2006. Biography Early life Born Nicholas Allen Jones in Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire, Wales, Wire is the younger brother of poet and author Pat Jones. He attended Oakdale Comprehensive School with James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Richey Edwards. Wire played competitive schools football and, aged 14, was captain of the Welsh national schoolboys' team. Although he was offered a trial at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Moore (musician)
Sean Anthony Moore (born 30 July 1968) is a Welsh musician, who is the drummer and percussionist and occasional trumpet player of the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. He is cousin to bandmate James Dean Bradfield. Early years Born on 30 July 1968 in Pontypool, Torfaen, Moore attended Oakdale Comprehensive in Oakdale, Caerphilly, with his cousin James Dean Bradfield, and other future band members Nicky Wire and Richey Edwards. Roles in the band Simon Price wrote in ''Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers)'' that "Sean Moore is quite possibly the only person in rock who doesn't take the Manics seriously". According to his bandmates, he is the band's "musical driving force". In their early days, he was often mistaken for a woman due to his long hair, naturally effeminate features and small stature. He is the only current member of the Manic Street Preachers who has not released a solo album. Driving and football Moore also has a strong interest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futurology (album)
''Futurology'' is the twelfth studio album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 7 July 2014, through record label Columbia. The album features collaborations with Green Gartside, Nina Hoss, Georgia Ruth, Cian Ciaran and Cate Le Bon. Supported by two singles, " Walk Me to the Bridge" and the title track "Futurology", ''Futurology'' received acclaim from music critics, and was their highest-charting album since ''Send Away the Tigers'', peaking and debuting at No. 2 on the UK Album Chart. Writing and recording ''Futurology'' was the Manics' second new album to be released in the space of a year, having been recorded alongside 2013's ''Rewind the Film'', an album described by the group as being "gentle and delicate" in contrast to the icy, multi-layered and angular ''Futurology''. The album was recorded in Germany with Alex Silva, with whom the band worked on ''The Holy Bible'' in 1994, and at Faster Studios, Wales. The album was described to be inspir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rewind The Film
''Rewind the Film'' is the eleventh studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was recorded in 2013 and released on 16 September 2013 by record label Columbia. The sound is very different from previous records and is more acoustic-driven. It features guests Lucy Rose, Cate Le Bon and Richard Hawley. The album debuted and peaked at number 4 in the UK Albums Chart. Production ''Rewind the Film'' was recorded in the Manics' Faster studio in Cardiff, Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, and Hansa Studios in Berlin. In a statement, the band announced, "(If) this record has a relation in the Manics back catalogue, it's probably the sedate coming of age that was ''This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours.''" ''Rewind the Film'' is the first of two new albums the Manics recorded in 2013. In February 2013, the band announced via Twitter, "MSP were in the great Hansa Studios in January with Alex Silva (who recorded ''The Holy Bible'' with us). Berlin was inspirationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let Robeson Sing
"Let Robeson Sing" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in September 2001 by record label Epic as the fourth and final single from their sixth studio album, '' Know Your Enemy''. It reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart. Content The song is a tribute to the black American actor, singer and civil rights campaigner Paul Robeson. It shares its title with a book by Phil Cope and others, published jointly by the Paul Robeson Cymru Committee and the Bevan Foundation in 2001, with a reprint being published by the National Library of Wales in 2003. All three members of the band – James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire – share the writing credits. "Let Robeson Sing" was the commercial billing used for one of the first remote concerts when Paul Robeson sang live from New York to an audience at the St. Pancras Town Hall in London, held on May 26, 1957 over a newly installed high quality transatlantic telephone cable despite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Spray (song)
Ocean Spray may refer to: * Sea spray, aerosol particles formed from the ocean * Ocean Spray (cooperative), a group of fruit growers * "Ocean Spray" (Manic Street Preachers song) * "Ocean Spray" (Moneybagg Yo song) * Ocean Spray Hotel, Miami Beach, Miami-Dade, Florida, USA; a historic hotel * ''Holodiscus discolor'', a type of flowering shrub See also * Ocean (other) An ocean is a major body of salt water. Ocean may also refer to: Bodies of water *The sea *World Ocean, also known as Global Ocean or World Sea Places * Ocean (Muni), a station on the San Francisco Municipal Railway light rail network * Océa ... * Spray (other) * * * * Seaspray (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Found That Soul
"Found That Soul" is a single by the Manic Street Preachers, released on 26 February 2001 from the '' Know Your Enemy'' album. Writing credit was shared by all three members of the band, James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Found That Soul; or at 'Performer:' Manic Street Preachers The song reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart. Launch Launched on the same day as "So Why So Sad", this was the first release by the ''Manics'' since the number-one hit " The Masses Against the Classes" thirteen months earlier. It reached a UK chart position of number 9 on 10 March 2001, in the same week that "So Why So Sad" reached number 8. Less than 200 copies separated "Found That Soul" from "So Why So Sad" placing it 1 place lower at number 9. Despite making the top ten it wasn't included on the band's greatest hits album, ''Forever Delayed'', making it the band's only top ten single at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Why So Sad
"So Why So Sad" is a song by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, jointly released in February 2001 as the first single from their sixth studio album, '' Know Your Enemy'' (2001), alongside "Found That Soul". All three members of the band—James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire—share the writing credits. The song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart, one place above "Found That Soul". Background The song includes the line "burns an expressway to your skull", a reference to the final track on Sonic Youth's ''EVOL'' album and a Buddy Miles song. The song deals mainly with the paradoxical high rates of depression and anxiety experienced by those living in affluence and comfort. It has also been suggested that a reference to the Dead Sea scrolls and the line "dependent on above" imply that there is a religious connection, but there's no further support for this outside the chorus. The single version is shorter, with the phrase "So Why, So Why So Sad?" sung only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Delayed
''Forever Delayed'' is a greatest hits album and DVD by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released in 2002 by record label Epic. The album included three singles which had never appeared on earlier albums ("Motown Junk", "Suicide Is Painless" and the No. 1 hit " The Masses Against the Classes"), as well as two new songs, the single " There by the Grace of God" and "Door to the River". The album peaked and debuted on the UK Album Chart at number 4. Content The album featured two new songs: the single " There by the Grace of God" and "Door to the River". "Door to the River" was originally recorded in the sessions for the '' Know Your Enemy'' album, but the band deemed the song too unfitting to the album's general style. "There by the Grace of God" could be seen as a foreshadowing of what followed the hits compilation, as it features a more electronic/keyboard-heavy style that would eventually be the main style of the band's next studio album, '' Lifeblood''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
