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James and Nicky sober
Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire thinks it's "really f***ing boring" not drinking.
The bassist with the '(It's Not War) Just the End of Love' rockers gave up drinking around six months ago, after experiencing gastro-intestinal problems and said he's not exactly enjoying his new sobriety. Nicky, 41, told Q Magazine: "I miss my bottle of wine in front of the TV. It's just, really f***ing boring not drinking. Shopping. That's about all we've got left now." Nicky - who was speaking shortly after a successful show - added his bandmate, singer and guitarist James Dean Bradfield, has been sober since 2004 when he found his voice couldn't cope with smoking and drinking alongside singing for two hours every night. He added: "You could see James tonight with this massive sadness in his heart. You could see him thinking, 'I'd have been in absolute heaven if this had been 10 years ago. Drinking myself to oblivion! Everything was adding up to a cocktail of joy, and then - off to bed." The Manic Street Preachers' latest album, 'Postcards From A Young Man', is out now. This is news to me! Sorry if it has been mentioned |
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i would never have guessed Nicky was a drinker ...never...it's just such a surprise....omg.
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They've had their drinking days and as James says he couldn't have a drink to mask his pre-stage nerves anyway so better for them health-wise I feel!
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there does get a point where the length of the hangover no longer justifies the enjoyment, a point i reached a few years ago. i think i've had the equivalent of a couple of pints and a couple of glasses of wine in the last 24 months, i'd like to think i remain as interesting/boring as ever.
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Didn't he write I Think I've Found It when he was hungover? Someone's telling porkies, somewhere.
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thanks for sharing. Nicky mentioned he doesn't drink anymore in a couple of interviews but I didn't know he doesn't enjoy it. it's all probably because of his Gilbert's syndrome.
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Thing is right, you don't need to not drink because of Gilbert's, just as long as you eat beforehand, the worst thing it does is turn you yellow which can be useful as an early warning system for when to eat or stop drinking for the night.
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True! It wrote it during a massive hangover, during the USA-tour, no?
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James hasn't been "sober since 2004" if you define "sober" as "abstaining from alcohol completely at all times." According to what he told me during the Past Present Future tour, he abstains from alcohol during tours as part of an effort to save his voice, but still drinks, though less than he used to, at other times.
I can't speak for the current day, but I've definitely seen him drinking more recently than 2004. |
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Sounds like pish to me, they make out as if James has recovered from a chronic addiction.
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Exactly! that's what any average reader who doesn't know that much about the band would think.
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I may have dreamt it or the writer got him confused with Richey or something. |
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Yeah I thought around THB - EMG he was drinking a lot? I think its mentioned in Everything..
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