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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
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Created:Thu May 05 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1238
Total number of notes:65616

729.0. "Manic Street Preachers" by PEKING::PERKINSP (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 830-2333) Mon Feb 03 1992 12:49

    
    Anyone heard of the Manic Street Preachers?  Used to be a punk style
    band, but now they could be compared to the likes of Hanoi Rocks. 
    Their debut (I think) is released in the UK on Feb 10th, 17 tracks,
    followed by a UK tour.  They currently have a single in the charts
    called You Love Us.
    
    Flip
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729.1MASALA::IGOLDIEgot my mojo workin'Mon Feb 03 1992 12:554
    I saw them on the telly the other night and kind of like them,still 
    quite punk oreintated  but ok.
    
                                                       Staynz
729.2Huh?OLTRIX::ZAPPIAdistraught ponyMon Feb 03 1992 13:387
    
    	I vaguely recall a song of theirs called "You Love Us" that sounds
    	like something straight out of the 60's beat era and may have even
    	been a pseduo-cover thing.  It sounded more than a little similar.
    	They must have changed considerably to be discussed here.
    
    	- Jim
729.3The Late Great Rock n Roll Swindle!ARRODS::OHAGANBDavid Hunter. What a chap!Mon Feb 03 1992 16:0411
    They've gained notoriety in certain sections of the English music
    press due to their "bad-boy" antics. Although they look as though 
    they've stepped off a time-machine from 1977 they're sound is more
    Hard Rock than Punk, though they'd have you believe otherwise. 
    Going back to their "antics", the NME published a photo of one of the
    band members who'd cut the words "Real" into his forearm, a sort of
    "dying for my art" statement, reminiscent of that other d*ckhead Sid
    Vicious. Rock n Roll or just plain stupid? The latter without a doubt. 
       
    Barry.
    
729.4BHUNA::IGOLDIEgot my mojo workin'Mon Feb 03 1992 16:096
    cutting yourself up seems to be quite popular.I remember Tyler from
    Dogs D'Amour rammed a broken bottle into his chest on stage somewhere.
    One the pretty stupid thing to do scale,that must be in the top 3.
    
    
                                                 Staynz
729.5VCSESU::MOSHER::COOKComing soon to LTN2-2/F15Mon Feb 03 1992 16:133
    
    One of the guys in Nine Inch Nails has a habit of throwing a bottle
    up in the air after the show and let it drop and break over his head.
729.6NEWOA::DALLISONFull-on robot chubbyMon Feb 03 1992 16:162
    
    Sounds like a pratt to me.
729.7KURMA::IGOLDIEgot my mojo workin'Mon Feb 03 1992 16:234
    yup,a certified knobend!
    
    
                                                  Staynz
729.8MADBAS::DREESthe black & white machineMon Feb 03 1992 21:557
    
    The album is called "Generation Terrorists" (I think) and is set
    for release in the next fortnight.
    
    "You love us" is excellent. Real trashy.
    
    Derzo.
729.9The GodFather of PunkWMOIS::MAZURKASon of the DawnTue Feb 04 1992 02:144
    When Iggy Pop was with the Stooges,he used to cut his chest up quite
    often.
    
             Crazy_guess_he_didn't_like_chest_hair_Al
729.10Two MoreDELNI::B_KELLEYFri Feb 07 1992 09:298
    Just had to mention these guys.
    Let us not forget Stiv Bator when he was with the Deadboys. He used
    to cut and beat the heck out of himself.. Used to stick his head in
    the Base drum while being played. Then the drummer would hit him off
    the head with it. 
    Then there was always Darby Crash of the GERMS.
    Good times and bad times you know there all the same..
    
729.11Two more tooARRODS::OHAGANBm o t o r h e a dFri Feb 07 1992 11:009
    Was'nt Stiv Bators also in Lords of the New Church with ex-Damned
    guitarist Brian James? Come to think of it is'nt Bators now deceased?
    Or I am confusing him with some other old Punk who bit the dust last
    year?
    
    Add Julian Cope's name to the list of on-stage self abusers. Angry
    Anderson of Rose Tattoo also had his moments. 
    
    Barry. 
729.12.SOURCE::ZAPPIApunk rock pollyFri Feb 07 1992 12:085
    
    	Yes - Yes - No (you're probably thinking of Johnny Thunders {New
    	York Dolls} or Rob Tyner {MC5})
    
    	- Jim
729.13MADBAS::DREESthe black & white machineFri Feb 07 1992 15:497
    
    Stiv Bators is dead.
    
    Can't remember how it happened but I'm sure we can rule out
    natural causes !
    
    Derzo.
729.14hungSOURCE::ZAPPIApunk rock pollyFri Feb 07 1992 17:473
    
    	Hanging wasn't it?
    
729.15PAKORA::IGOLDIEgot my mojo workin'Mon Feb 10 1992 18:405
    nah!he was hit by a car in Paris and refused to go to hospital and died
    from internal bleeding!
    
    
                                              Staynz
729.16How much did you say the tea is?OLTRIX::ZAPPIAdive dive diveTue Apr 07 1992 15:5511
	'Confusion say:  I was really thinking of the Pooh Sticks single,
	"Who Loves You" when I rambled on a few back...which I'm quite sure
	is cover but don't recall who did it.
    
RE:.2	I vaguely recall a song of theirs called "You Love Us" that sounds
    	like something straight out of the 60's beat era and may have even
    	been a pseudo-cover thing.  It sounded more than a little similar.
    	They must have changed considerably to be discussed here.
    
    	- Jim
729.17Slash + BurnFILTON::WHEELER_DThe RoosterFri Jun 11 1993 09:3311
    
    After telling everybody they were going to split up once they'd made
    one album the Manic Street Preachers are now set to release their
    second.
    
    Dont know what they're playing at but from the sounds of the new single
    'From despair to where' the new album promises to be as good if not
    better than the first.
    
    Dean
    
729.18SUBURB::COOKSI`m so bored with the U.S.AFri Jun 11 1993 11:534
    I`ve got the 1st album,and i`m not too keen.
    
    All a bit too much "teenage angst" for me,i`m afraid.
    
729.19SUBURB::WAITEGANGER IS A GIFTFri Jun 11 1993 12:278
    They reckon the second album will be heavier.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Gary
729.20KURMA::IGOLDIESecond heat..!Sat Jun 12 1993 10:239
    they are a very bad cliche,they try to promote themselves as bad boys
    and come across as total fannies!I have the 1st album too and for me
    its a bit too self righteous.I programme my cd player for about 6 songs
    out of the 17 that are on it and call it a halt there!
    
    
    
                                                 ian
    
729.21Another Invented DiseaseFILTON::WHEELER_DGet a grip!Thu Jun 24 1993 11:039
    
    The new album is called 'Gold Against The Soul' and I have now heard
    two tracks from it on the radio, sounds like a definate MUST BUY to me.
    
    They are also scheduled to play at the new Phoenix Festival at Long
    Marston  Nr Stratford.
    
    Dean.
    
729.22PEKING::PERKINSPLittle pig, little pig, let me inMon Jun 28 1993 12:365
    
    Picked up 'Gold against the soul' at the weekend and it hasn't stopped
    playing yet.  Vast improvement.
    
    Flip
729.23KURMA::IGOLDIESecond heat..!Mon Jun 28 1993 12:372
    I didn't like the newest single they had out.Heard it on the radio a
    couple of times and it did nothing for me!
729.24SUBURB::COOKSI`m so bored with the U.S.AMon Jun 28 1993 16:315
    ...or for me. 
    
    If i was a 17 year old who felt suicidal,i`d probably get off on
    it,mind.
    
729.25KURMA::IGOLDIESecond heat..!Mon Jun 28 1993 16:357
    they're a damn sight better than the Sultans of Ping Fc,did you see
    them on the telly the other night,what a bunch of fannies.The lead
    singer is a total tosser.The guy thinks its 1976 all over again.One of
    their songs was called  "thanks,armitage shanks",mildly humerous.
    
    
                                                 ian
729.26SUBURB::COOKSI`m so bored with the U.S.ATue Jun 29 1993 12:179
    Yes. I don`t particularly like the Sultans of Ping F.C,but i do approve
    of their love of football. I remember reading an interview with them,
    and their favourite chant is "You`re going home in a *******
    ambulance".
    
    er,unlike mine which is "You`re going to get you`re ******* head kicked
    in".