WARNING: This episode mentions alcohol abuse, depression, and self-harm.

This album is a long-time favorite around the offices. The Holy Bible (The Manic Street Preacher's third album, not necessarily the book) is caustic, relentless, and at times, verbally claustrophobic... and as it approaches 30 years of age, it's still one of music's most potent.

In the early nineties, rising above the noise of the scene from Manchester and the budding dominance of Brit-Pop, was no easy task. These four childhood friends from Wales found a way.

Ripping pages from The Clash, Guns-n-Roses, and even Public Enemy, the band blazed new territory with their unique sound and lyrics that sometimes begged you to have a dictionary handy - (this was pre-internet).

You either know the story of Manics rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards, or you don't.

On this episode, we tell the story of the band's seminal third album, The Holy Bible. Well, we don't; we let the band tell it in their own words.

Interview Links, etc.:

Planet Rock

Richey Edwards Last Interview

Trash Theory Documentary

PMRC

The Filthy 15

Evidence Locker Podcast

20/20 Sound

The Making of Radio Interview 2012

BBC1 News Report Feb 1, 1996

Itv Report on Missing Persons

NYTimes Retro Review on PMRC

Rock and Roll True Stories

BBC From There to Here

Face off - Im Körper des Patienten! &quot;Marketing, Mindset &amp; More&quot; - EPISODE 118

Face off - Im Körper des Patienten! "Marketing, Mindset & More" - EPISODE 118