Dv5
01-17-2011, 07:13 PM
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Believe it or not, but I discovered the Manics before I had even ventured to the UK. I used to listen to "Generation Terrorists" and "The Holy Bible" all of the time. The albums belonged to an ex girlfriend's lesbian sister. This was around 1999 - 2000. I instantly thought of them as a more musically diverse, and "deeper" version of Nirvana. There was something about the songs that gave the vibe of not being able to even fathom life, total discord, and meloncholy that I've always enjoyed as I am typically a very pensive person. As I got more into them, I started learning more about Richey and his role in the band, if just not facts about him, and of course the mysterious case of his dissapearance. Since then I've gradually become more and more enamoured by the Richey days in the Manics, even if I am behind on the times.
The Manics were always a closet favorite of mine for the longest time until I randomly and coincidentally sent a beautiful girl a drunken PM at 2:33 AM on Jan.11th 2005 that included a picture of Richey with his arm carved up, and a Patrick Bateman business card. Details witheld, I got to know a lot more about him from someone who was really involved in those days with the band, particularly Richey.
He was a truly tormented person. There was such creative fission within him that was interfered with constant fears, anxieties, and a general discomfort of being in his own body. The atmosphere from that "perfect storm" made the music just this "melodic cacophony" of haunted genius.
I'll start off by posting previously unobtainable footage from the BBC documentary ...
"The Vanishing of Richey Manic"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFu6lpixMiE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5kCL1p1W9I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUPU811jbb0
"This is Yesterday."
Shangri-Lie
Believe it or not, but I discovered the Manics before I had even ventured to the UK. I used to listen to "Generation Terrorists" and "The Holy Bible" all of the time. The albums belonged to an ex girlfriend's lesbian sister. This was around 1999 - 2000. I instantly thought of them as a more musically diverse, and "deeper" version of Nirvana. There was something about the songs that gave the vibe of not being able to even fathom life, total discord, and meloncholy that I've always enjoyed as I am typically a very pensive person. As I got more into them, I started learning more about Richey and his role in the band, if just not facts about him, and of course the mysterious case of his dissapearance. Since then I've gradually become more and more enamoured by the Richey days in the Manics, even if I am behind on the times.
The Manics were always a closet favorite of mine for the longest time until I randomly and coincidentally sent a beautiful girl a drunken PM at 2:33 AM on Jan.11th 2005 that included a picture of Richey with his arm carved up, and a Patrick Bateman business card. Details witheld, I got to know a lot more about him from someone who was really involved in those days with the band, particularly Richey.
He was a truly tormented person. There was such creative fission within him that was interfered with constant fears, anxieties, and a general discomfort of being in his own body. The atmosphere from that "perfect storm" made the music just this "melodic cacophony" of haunted genius.
I'll start off by posting previously unobtainable footage from the BBC documentary ...
"The Vanishing of Richey Manic"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFu6lpixMiE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5kCL1p1W9I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUPU811jbb0
"This is Yesterday."
Shangri-Lie