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RapscalionJones

Just seeing who's down with these folks? Lately I've been lighting up to the sounds of Sunny Day's LP2 and The Manic's The Holy Bible. Heavy stuff, I tell you. Had Richey James not been such a bad-ass weirdo he'd probably still be around today and the band would probably have remained as they did when he was still in the group. Same with Sunny Day. These were groups that were big enough and important enough to change the scape of the current underground and indie scenes.

 

NZ Green

I'm a fan of the manics, both their heavy stuff and their more recent mellower material. I've only listened to the Holy Bible once, but it sounded pretty intense - the anger and pain is real, not put on for trendiness like so many US bands of the 90s. Must get it soon. As for their other albums:

Generation Terrorists - A lot of pounding anthems - lacks the finesse of later albums, but certainly has attitude.

Gold against the Soul - haven't heard it yet.

Everything must go - soaring power. Worth it for the hit 'A Design for Life' and the majestic final track " No surface all feeling'.

This is my truth tell me yours - A lot of oldtime Manics fans don't like this, but the band is as powerful when they're melodic as when they're bombastic.

Know your enemy - a bit of everything here. A few of the anthemic rockers sound too forced and cliched, but most of the album is great. They do REM style tunes as good as REM a Beach Boys style song (So why so sad), and they even successfully pull off a funky soul/disco number! (with cynical lyrics of course)