Episode 32 (with Richard Morgan): Manic Street Preachers (Part 2: The Holy Bible track-by-track)

This is the first time we’ve ever done this; this entire part is dedicated to one album, but what an album it is. We go track-by-track on 1994 masterpiece The Holy Bible, it’s a long chat but one we feel is well worth hearing, one of the absolute highlights of doing this podcast so far. Rich Morgan’s still here, and provides us with some incredible context of the time and insights into the wonderful but warped mind of Richey Edwards. Several trigger warnings for this episode, mainly for discussion on suicide but also anorexia, The Holocaust, genital mutilation, abortion, depression, murder and self-harm. We’re going to release parts 3 & 4 next week covering the rest of their career, our The Nicher The Better top 5 songs about saints and our shoutouts at the end. Thanks for joining us for these first 3 albums, subscribe to keep your ears peeled for the small matter of 11 more albums of the Manics’ storied career. See you then!