Well.....
What happened to making a great punk record and then splitting up?
They made a 2nd, rather good, album follwed by lots of 'same old, same old' stuff. A bit like Snow Patrol

What happened when they became that which they said they'd formed to overturn?
Shhhh. Don't ask question.

What happened to the "This portaloo is for the exclusive use of the Manic Street Preachers" at Glastonbury?
I believe Billy Bragg dared to defile it but I may be mistaken. Apparently they were also paid close to £1,000,000 for performing that year.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:12, 2 replies)

I'm not a huge fan of the later Manics stuff
but even a vague comparison with Snow Patrol is far too far. No decent band deserves that.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:21, closed)

What I mean by that is
Snow Patrol hit big time with whatever single it was, and every album since then sounds exactly then same athough with different words.

Manics hit big with 'Design for life' and every album since then sounds exactly the same although with different words.

The first two albums by each band are rather good.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:23, closed)

Fairy muff
My biggest issue is, ahem, I kinda like the Design For Life / TIMTTMY kind of stuff for a bit of easy listening. Admittedly everything after has been pretty much the same, but consistently downhill.

Snow Patrol, I didn't even LIKE their first album, and every album since has been getting cheesier, more clichéd, more stadiumish, more Radio1 friendly, more T4 friendly with every release. It's like candy floss being funnelled into my ear.

"Light up, light up / as if you had a choice" FFS!!!!

Perhaps a more worthy comparison would be Oasis?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:32, closed)

Ah, but
I like Oasis
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:49, closed)

Jesus bloody Christ.
I can see our work is cut out here.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 17:07, closed)

I wouldn't say that The Holy Bible sounds anything like any of their other albums
The Holy Bible is a hate-filled, blood streaked album. They peaked with that one, it's been a steady downward trajectory since then. They really did lose their soul when Richey killed himself, it's been safe indie rock ever since.

If you thought Gold Against The Soul was their high point, then I do suggest revisiting The Holy Bible. Yes, PCP and She is Suffering piss all over their other songs from a very great height indeed. Cunt is uttered four words in to the first song, not the kind of behaviour you'd expect from Snow Patrol or the latter day MSP.

As a wise man once described it, it's a triumph of art over logic.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:34, closed)

The Holy Bible
Superb record.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:39, closed)

Indeed it is
A cultural high water mark in literate rock n' roll. The Stooges, Sylvia Plath, JG Ballard, Joy Division, Stalin, Mao and Kit Kats. Very troubling to listen to, no wonder Richey went mental and suicided. They should have just left This Is Yesterday off it though, it nearly ruins it.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 16:50, closed)