Manic Street Preachers Trivia

1. Which Young British Artist created the painting on the album artwork?

From Quiz 'The Holy Bible' by the Manic Street Preachers

Answer: Jenny Saville

The painting is called 'Strategy (South Face/Front Face/North Face)'. Like many of Saville's works, it features a naked female body. Saville also provided the artwork for 'Journal for Plague Lovers', a piece called 'Stare', which was censored by supermarkets, much to the band's disgust.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers' 'The Holy Bible'

Answer: 'Nineteen Eighty Four' by George Orwell

The Manics were inspired by all four of these authors: A quote from Camus - 'The slave begins by demanding justice, and ends by wanting to wear a crown' can be heard at the end of 'The Masses Against The Classes', and Sylvia Plath is referenced in 'Faster' itself ('I am stronger than MENSA, Miller or Mailer, I spat out Plath and Pinter') - some boast!

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers: B-Sides and Rarities

Answer: Everything Will Be

This song was released with 'The Love Of Richard Nixon'. The Manics performed it at Glastonbury in 2003, it was a hit with the crowd. Its repetitive lyrics makes it a fantastic festival song.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers: Opening Lines

Answer: Removables

This was one of the last songs Richey Edwards wrote, before he disappeared in 1995. This song appears on the highly successful 'Everything Must Go'.

From Quiz Forever Delayed - All about the manics

Answer: Generation Terrorists

'Generation Terrorists' was released in 1992 and features both 'Little Baby Nothing' and 'Motorcycle Emptiness'

From Quiz Obscure Questions on the Manics

Answer: 15th February, 1995

Richey went missing on 1st February, 1995, but the public only found out the news two weeks later on the 15th February.

From Quiz Manic Street Preacher Lyrics

Answer: "From Despair To Where"

This song can be found on the album "Gold Against The Soul" which was the Manics' second U.K album release.

From Quiz Manic Mania

Answer: 94

This was a very early single, circa 1992. It is, however, a very good tune and contains some excellent guitar work and full-throated vocals from James Dean Bradfield.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers' 'The Holy Bible'

Answer: R

The letter 'R' is reversed in the words 'Street' and 'Preachers' on the cover of the album, in the style of the Cyrillic alphabet. This also occurs with the letters on Simple Minds' 'Empires And Dance'; Manics were fans of Simple Minds, back when, as Keith Cameron put it, 'they were more Eno than Reno'. MSP have recently revived this typeface for the sleeves of 'Send Away The Tigers' and 'Journal For Plague Lovers'.

From Quiz Forever Delayed - All about the manics

Answer: James Dean Bradfield

James is the lead singer however Nicky provides the backing vocals

From Quiz Obscure Questions on the Manics

Answer: Snoopy

Snoopy was Richey's dog who he had since he was a child. In the month leading up to his disappearance, Snoopy died.

From Quiz Manic Street Preacher Lyrics

Answer: "Little Baby Nothing"

This song is on the "Generation Terrorists" album. Which was the Manics debut. It features a guest appearance by former porn star Traci Lourdes.

From Quiz Manic Mania

Answer: "If You Tolerare This Your Children Will Be Next"

"A Design For Life" reached number two. The other two songs listed just about made the top ten. If you are a guitarist, you should try and learn the opening riff of "A Design For Life"; it is not that difficult and sounds great.

From Quiz 'The Holy Bible' by the Manic Street Preachers

Answer: 'Mausoleum' and 'The Intense Humming of Evil'

Both 'Mausoleum' and 'The Intense Humming of Evil' are about the Holocaust, and were written after the band visited the former concentration camps of Belsen and Dachau. 'The Intense Humming of Evil' features a sample of a report on the Nuremberg trials, in which many Nazis were tried and found guilty, and the second verse begins with 'Arbeit macht frei'. This means 'work makes you free', and is the motto found on top of the gates at Auschwitz and Dachau; a photo of the latter is used in the album's artwork.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers' 'The Holy Bible'

Answer: Brezhnev

'Revol' is a fan favourite, often requested at shows but very rarely played (like much of the 'Holy Bible' material) since Richey's disappearance.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers: B-Sides and Rarities

Answer: Stay With Me

'Stay With Me' was a live recording featuring Bernard Butler on guitar. This song was released with 'She Is Suffering' in 1994.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers: Opening Lines

Answer: Sleepflower

This song appeared on the Manics' second album 'Gold Against The Soul'.

From Quiz Forever Delayed - All about the manics

Answer: Wales

That's an easy one!

From Quiz Obscure Questions on the Manics

Answer: James' Mother

The song was in reference to his mother's death from cancer and the emotions he felt in relation to this.

From Quiz Manic Street Preacher Lyrics

Answer: "Motown Junk"

"Motown Junk" barely made the top hundred but does feature on the Manics' greatest hits album.

From Quiz Manic Mania

Answer: Nicky Wire

Nicky Wire is a lyrical genius. His lyrics, combined with James Dean Bradfield's voice and guitar skills, are what make the Manics so magical.

From Quiz 'The Holy Bible' by the Manic Street Preachers

Answer: The mother of one of Peter Sutcliffe's victims

The sample is as follows: "I wonder who you think you are. You damn well think you're G-d or something? G-d giveth life, G-d taketh it away, not you. I think you are the Devil itself." 'Archives of Pain' is about serial killers, and Peter Sutcliffe, aka the Yorkshire Ripper, is one of the many killers mentioned in the song. Caraline Neville-Lister is the woman speaking at the beginning of '4st 7lb', while the Kidron documentary, 'Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and their Johns' is sampled at the beginning of 'Yes' (though the person talking is a man).

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers' 'The Holy Bible'

Answer: 'all things I like looking at'

Kate and Kristin were the first names of two of the most famous models at the time, Kate Moss and Kristin McMenamy - presumably role models for the song's anorexic first-person narrator.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers: B-Sides and Rarities

Answer: Boxes and Lists

'Boxes and Lists' was released with 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough'. 'Your Love Is Not Enough' was the first song that was released off 'Send Away The Tigers and it was an immediate hit.

From Quiz Forever Delayed - All about the manics

Answer: 11

'The Everlasting' is the first track off of 'This is My Truth Tell Me Yours'

From Quiz Obscure Questions on the Manics

Answer: 'Jackboot Johnny'

In the very early days James wrote 'Jackboot Johnny' about the rise of neo nazis and his hatred towards them. Just a shame we never got to hear it really!

From Quiz Manic Street Preacher Lyrics

Answer: "The Masses Against The Classes"

This was not included on an album until it made an appearance on their greatest hits. Many viewed the song as a return to their rocky roots.

From Quiz Manic Mania

Answer: "Everything Must Go"

This album was the first to be released after Richy's disappearance. It contains some of his last lyrics. "Kevin Carter" is particularly brilliant.

From Quiz 'The Holy Bible' by the Manic Street Preachers

Answer: ...and not leave a footprint

'4st 7lb' is a very graphic and disturbing description of the horrors of anorexia, from the viewpoint of a teenage girl suffering from it. The sample of a woman saying, "I eat too much to die, and not enough to stay alive. I'm sitting in the middle, waiting" is from a documentary entitled 'Caraline's Story' about an anorexic woman, Caraline Neville-Lister, who later died of the disease. Medically speaking, the title is a reference to the weight which is considered the cut-off point before anorexia becomes inevitably fatal.

From Quiz Manic Street Preachers' 'The Holy Bible'

Answer: Faster

The sleeve for the 7" single featured 'Fliegender Tanga' by artist Martin Kippenberger, an image of a young Chinese 'Socialist Youth', who is, ironically, drinking from a can of Coca-Cola, playing on the idea of globalisation, a running theme in many of Manic Street Preachers' works - for instance 'Madonna drinks Coke and so, you can too, tastes real good not like a sweet poison should' ('Slash And Burn', 1992).

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