James Dean Bradfield: ‘One minute we were backstage with Arthur Scargill. The next we were on stage with Kylie’In early 1995,we went to a dwelling called House in the Woods to record demos. Richey [Edwards], our lyricist and guitarist, and wanted to continue with the darkness of our preceding album,The Holy Bible, but the rest of us felt that would be falling into caricature. We wanted to breathe a bit more. But there was no tension, and no arguments. Related: Manic Street Preachers' Everything Must Go turns 20 – in pictures We were the awkward squad – we were never invited to a reception at No 10Continue reading...
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