Manic Street Preachers

 

Artist:  Manic Street Preachers

Origin:  Blackwood, Wales

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop

Original line-up:

James Dean Bradfield:  Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Keyboards
Nicky Wire:  Bass, Piano, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Sean Moore:  Drums, Percussion, Trumpet, Backing Vocals
Miles "Flicker" Woodward:  Bass.

Manic Street Preachers are a Wales Alternative Rock Band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood by James Dean Bradfield (Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar), Nicky Wire (Bass) and Seann Moore (Drums) as a trio band, and together with the original Bassist Miles "Flicker" Woodward, and he left the band in early 1988 and replaced by Richey Edwards on Rhythm Guitar and Nicky Wire took position on Bass.  Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995.  The band became trio band again.

Title:  Generation Terrorists (2026)

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop

Label:  Sony Music

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  Slash 'N' Burn (4:00)

 2.  Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds (4:32)

 3.  Born To Us (3:55)

 4.  Motorcycle Emptiness (6:08)

 5.  You Love Us (4:18)

Side B:

 1.  Love's Sweet Exile (3:29)

 2.  Little Baby Nothing (5:00)

 3.  Repeat (Stars And Stripes) (4:09)

 4.  Tennessee (3:06)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Another Invented Disease (3:24)

 2.  Stay Beautiful (3:10)

 3.  So Dead (4:28)

 4.  Repeat (UK) (3:08)

 5.  Spectators Of Suicide (4:40)

Side D:

 1.  Damn Dog (1:52)

 2.  Crucifix Kiss (3:39)

 3.  Methadone Pretty (3:56)

 4.  Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll (6:06)

Personnel:

James Dean Bradifield:  Lead Vocals, Lead, Rhythm Acoustic, Bass

Richey Edwards:  Rhythm Guitar

Nick Wire:  Bass, Spoken Word on Tracks: B1, D2

Sean Moore:  Drum Programmig, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals

Additional Musicians:

Dave Erings:  Piano, Organ on Tracks:  2/2, 5, C5, D2

Traci Lords:  Co-Lead Vocals on Track B2

Spike Edney:  Keyboards on Track B2

May McKeanna:  Backing Vocals on Track C1

Jackie Challenor:  Backing Vocals on Track C1

Lorenza Johnson:  Backing Vocals Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop C1

Zachary Alford:  Drums on Tracks:  A1, 2, 5, B2

Generation Terrorists is the debut studio album by Manic Street Preachers, originally released on February 10, 1992 by  Columbia, remastered and reissued on January 30, 2026 by Sony Music.