Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
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Free Music Notes for Generation Terrorists
Free Music Review: A true Rocker and Socks Knocker Offer
Hit: 5 Stars
I read that some reviews say this is too long. And of course when you get right down to it, you'll pick favorites, I can't get enough of "Loves Sweet Exile" and the piano duet wonderous quality of "Little Baby Nothing" Not to mention the sheer power of "Motorcycle Emptiness" Everyone should own this album who loves rock and roll. It's that simple. Many good albums have some near misses, close calls and forgetful tunes. This, though. You can hear their enthusiasm pouring through every track. They're bleeding on these songs with that true spirit, that's so gone nowadays. Sure, it comes and goes in pockets of brilliance. But this kind of elegance with a wild thrash punky hair metal ballad fine line is a tricky one to walk and still look dignified. I really like the later stuff but in a different way. This is youthful it's fun, full of life and energy and power rockin' to the very last second. I think it's a good place to start with them.Free Music Review: Under Neon Lonliness
Hit: 5 Stars
One of the best debut albums I have ever heard. Its a thrilling slice of pure punk rock, including Motorcycle Emptiness one of my all time favourite songs, and Little Baby Nothing which features Traci Lords. Well worth your hard earned money.Free Music Review: Don't argue, just buy it!
Hit: 5 Stars
Guitar based Glam/Punk from Wales. Imaging Guns 'n Roses meets The Clash with a few extra elements such as : inteligence, brilliant & pristine vocals. A must have for ANYONEFree Music Review: Generation Masters!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
ARTFree Music Review: Where were you in '92?
Hit: 4 Stars
I remember this album like it came out yesterday. At its point of release, the Manic's had already gone over (at least according to the golden boys of fleet street), and world domination (or at least the U.S.) was not going to happen, even if it offered some of the greatest riffs ("You Love Us", "Stay Beautiful", "Love's Sweet Exile") known to man.Lyrically, it's a pastiche of Karl Marx, Public Enemy, and musically, Guns 'N' Roses, The Clash, The MC5, Queen, the Who, and the Sex Pistols. It isn't always comfortable, it's reasonably overproduced, but all through the material you get the impression that this is still a band that matters.
Besides, I had an ongoing bet that this band was going somewhere, while some of my friends favoured Teenage Fanclub, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, and Mega City Four. Who'd have thought they'd have made it as far as they did?
"Motorcycle Emptiness" gets my vote as the song of the decade (and of that year, particularly). Had they released it around the time of EMG, it would have been a huge number #1 hit, and it's easy to see why. The soaring Les Paul chorus, the Jimmy Page-ish flourishes in the last two minutes, the ludicrous lyrics that represented our generation better than the Kurt Cobains of the world ever could, and certainly the heroic vocals of Mr. James Dean Bradfield, the most underrated musician on the planet.
It isn't perfect (many tunes could have been left off), and they would eventually perfect their chops on later albums, but at a time in the music industry when guitars were most definitely not 'in', this was a breath of fresh air.
That they may not return to the guitars of yore doesn't matter. Because this album will always be there.
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