{"product_id":"signed-record-store-edition-slipcase-168-songs-of-hatred-and-failure-a-history-of-the-manic-street-preachers-pre-order-for-11-9-25","title":"SIGNED RECORD STORE EDITION (SLIPCASE) 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of the Manic Street Preachers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eThis is the SIGNED record store edition which is signed by all members of the band and comes in an exclusive red slipcase and an exclusive colourway. These are INCREDIBLY limited stock and we will not be restocking once sold out. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in pop. Raging out of the stricken mining communities of south Wales in the late 80s, they were bonded by friendships, family ties and a self-styled 'geometry of contempt', whereby James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore would orchestrate the daring intellectual broadsides written by Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire. Seemingly condemned to mere cult status by a cruel juncture of artistic triumph, commercial failure and personal despair, the story took an agonising twist when the tragedy of Edwards' 1995 disappearance was followed by a remarkable rebirth built upon 'A Design For Life's hymn to the band's working-class roots, and then the award-winning, multi-million-selling album Everything Must Go, a majestic soundtrack to history and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLess than five years later, Manic Street Preachers played to 60,000 at the national stadium of Wales and had their second UK Number 1 single. Subsequent output has confirmed the band as both a wellspring of restless creativity and a barometer of the cultural conversation. Because it was music that saved them, it's through the prism of their music that Keith Cameron tells the definitive history of Manic Street Preachers, drawing on many hours of new interviews to dive deep into 168 songs, from 1988's debut single 'Suicide Alley' to the late day peaks of 2025's album Critical Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriting with the band's full co-operation, his book charts the dynamic evolution of a universe in which Karl Marx and Kylie Minogue happily co-exist, that accords Rush and The Clash equal favour, and where Morrissey \u0026amp; Marr meet Torvill \u0026amp; Dean via Nietzsche and New Order in a single four-minute pop song - all in the name of what Nicky Wire himself calls 'the fabulous disaster' of Manic Street Preachers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399630009\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55479586783605,"sku":"9781399630009","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/168announcement1080x1350.png?v=1749563115","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/signed-record-store-edition-slipcase-168-songs-of-hatred-and-failure-a-history-of-the-manic-street-preachers-pre-order-for-11-9-25","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}