Richey Edwards officially presumed dead.
 

thank christ for that. why cant the other members go missing as well.

Richey Edwards was a very intelligent person, sad to see his case being dropped.

the man -is- a genious

That's sad - although hardly unexpected. He was for a while one of the only truly brilliant pop stars Britain had produced, probably since Morrissey.

if he was so intelligent then why was he in the manic street preachers?

probably some sort of sociology research, who knows?

I dunno, he wasn't even a musician haha.

I think the better question is why aren't you in the Manic Street Preachers, eh? Why aren't we all in the Manic Street Preachers? There is a place in each of our hearts - and I mean this quite sincerely - where we are all capable, nay, compelled to make really really shit music.

Come on everyone, say it with me - I AM IN THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS.

I feel much better.

i can't believe this is considered news worthy

spot on. I was thinking about that too, considering that he left only a few quid for his parents in the bank, plus the entire world doesn't give a flying fig about Manic Street Preachers these days, let alone the UK.

Yep.
I remember reading they were the new Clash.
I remember their faces in the NME.
I remember one of them disappeared.
I remember buying one of their first EPs and thinking my understanding of English was probably poorer than I thought.
I remember people in France (was it a magazine) saying they were big in the UK, as a cheap way to create an audience in France.
And I remember seeing one of their videos 5 to 10 years after Richey vanished, and I thought they had a slightly better taste in clothing than Chris Rea.
That was all.

there's not many bands i hate more than the manic cunt fuckwits. And i dont think 'hate' is too strong a word.

still, 'the holy bible' and 'gold against the soul' are two pretty fuckin' good albums in my opinion.

I think Gold Against the Soul is kinda poor... but The Holy Bible is among my favourite albums.

I am absolutely delighted that everyone on this board despises The Manics.
Thats right, i called them by their shortened name because i consider myself one of their mates.

The death of Richie Edwards = good riddance to bad rubbish

I actually love them for the first years, after Richey left, I don't like the music as much.

the canary island.
not the worst place to start from scratch