Manic Street Preachers

Formed: 1986, Blackwood, Wales

Current members: James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore.

First Single: Suicide Alley (June 1988)

Album Discography: Generation Terrorists (February 1992), Gold Against The Soul (June 1993), The Holy Bible (August 1994), Everything Must Go (May 1996), This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (September 1998), Know Your Enemy (March 2001), Lifeblood (November 2004), Send Away The Tigers (May 2007), Journal For Plague Lovers (May 2009), Postcards From A Young Man (September 2010), Rewind The Film (September 2013), Futurology (July 2014), Resistance Is Futile (April 2018), The Ultra Vivid Lament (September 2021).

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