Nicky Wire interview featured in X-Ray

[Radiomanic]

XFM spin off magazine X-Ray has an exclusive interview with Nicky Wire this month.

There is also news about the Manics album...



1) It's gonna be ten tracks long and very direct and melodic.

2) They're not fucking splitting up!

3) They go to record in America after the festivals so don't expect a tour!

4) Album won't be out till 2004 but you knew that anyway.


X-Ray is a great magazine, go buy!

[Takk]

Wahoo. *must go and buy* did i just think that? :D

[eric]

It'll be interesting if it is ten tracks long, and a good idea, too, considering the length of KYE was its main flaw.

But I also heard quite some time ago (rumour, of course) that no track would be longer than three minutes, which would make it one of the shortest albums of all time :eek:

[billy]

if it drops below 20 it becomes a mini-album, doesnt it?

[Ammo]

Originally posted by Radiomanic
XFM spin off magazine X-Ray has an exclusive interview with Nicky Wire this month.

is that the one that's already out (I think it has the White Stripes on the cover?)

[knives out]

Nope. I have that and it's not in it. Who's on the cover?

[Joe]

Welcome back Radiomanic, I was just wondering when you'd be back! :)

[Radiomanic]

The fantastic Super Furry Animals are on the cover :D

[Radiomanic]

Originally posted by eric

But I also heard quite some time ago (rumour, of course) that no track would be longer than three minutes, which would make it one of the shortest albums of all time :eek:

No, that was Radiohead.

[Terminal Young Thing]

Can I buy it in Reading, or is it just a london thing?

[Rachey]

well they sell it in Nottingham so i'd have thought Reading was OK

[Manicben]

yeah i can get it in Milton Keynes i bought one a few months back you get a free CD each month which is pretty cool

[littlebabynothing79]

Is it available on the website per chance? :D

[Melancholy_Flower]

I'll buy it as soon as WH Smith in Paris will have receive it (still have the white stripes one - been there today)

[MSPKYE]

X-RAY INTERVIEW

WELSH SIDE STORY

A new Manic Street Preachers album is underway, to be released in spring next year, X-Ray can exclusivrly reveal.

Speaking from hismanagement offices, bassist Nicky Wire revealed the band had already demoed six tracks and were heading over to the US to begin recording shortly.

The news finally quells persistent rumours the band were on the verge of splitting following the release of Forever Delayed, and imminent releases of Lipstick Traces (A Secret History Of Manic Street Preachers.)

Nicky explained: "We just really want to make an elagiac pop album, with 10 tracks, really short, really direct and really melodic. Just to make every track a killer! That's the theory anyway. I think we're just trying to push ourselves, to reinvent oursleves sonically. Every band goes through it if you've been around as long as we have, and we've been around almost 15 years. You've got to really It's exciting at the moment though, I'm writing loads of words and James is writing loads of tunes and everything's ok!"

He also revealed that releasing Lipstick Traces, due on July 14 and containing unreleaed tracks, including the last ever recorded with Richey Edwards, covers, b-sides and rarities, was his idea, and defended the band against accusations from fans that Forever Delayed hadn't been a well-thought out collection.

Nicky explained the latest release was because they wanted to keep busy and not disappear totally between studio albums.

He continued: "We've come to the realisation that we just don't want to disappear for years at a time and come back with a big album. We want to keep ourselves busy. It's quite a low-key thing, it's just something I've been wanting to do for a while. I just like trawling the vaults, I'm the archiver of the band. To be honest, it's harder to get Shaun and James to do anything than it is Sony," he laughed.

As for Forever Delayed, he said: "We just wanted to do it within the parametres of a greatest hits record. We didn't want to dilute it in terms of picking our favourite album tracks and various things. The greatest hits was meant to be the big corporate greatest hits, we're quite honest about that. Lipstick Traces is meant to be another way of looking at it. It's a 'secret history'. You could do a greatest hits like Bjork did where the fans choose their greatest hits, but then again that only sold 10 copies so what's the point?"

[Ammo]

Thanks for posting that MSPKYE!:) I'll still buy it anyway 'though, saddo that I am :o

[Radiomanic]

There's another page after that!


There's a full interview with Nicky Wire where he talks about Hoovers again and betting on sky digital.


Poor man!

[Lover of Outrage]

There you are m'dear. Did you get lost coming here?:D

[Tim]

Thanks for that MSPKYE, I like the idea that they won't disappear until the next album.

[music-is-redundant]

Many thanks for posting that, MSPKYE. I have put it on the newspage. Any chance of someone transcribing the second part of the interview (which Radiomanic mentioned), or to send me a scan so that I can do it?

[Joe]

Looking forward to the album, the new change in direction will be interesting.

[gofes]

Originally posted by music-is-redundant
Many thanks for posting that, MSPKYE. I have put it on the newspage. Any chance of someone transcribing the second part of the interview (which Radiomanic mentioned), or to send me a scan so that I can do it?

I finally found X Ray today, and was going to transcribe the second part for you to read, but I was surfing the net (to excited to revise) and I found this.
http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/ilovenichola2/nickyxraymagjuly2003.JPG

Taken from http://www.nickywire.co.uk/

[Tim]

Thanks for that gofes, very interesting interview, he still has plenty of bile inside him.

[Terminal Young Thing]

Ah that was good!
Reminds me once again why I love him.

"Thou shall not talk to me if you're on drugs and bore me shitless":D

[Afraid and Cold]

No-one else noticed the atrocious spelling of Seans name in the first interview, then? :lol:
Em xx

[Terminal Young Thing]

I did.:p