HOME.jpg ALBUMS.jpg LYRICS.jpg ARTICLES.jpg TV.jpg BOOKS.jpg
FORUM1.jpg SINGLES.jpg VIDEOS.jpg FANZINES.jpg RADIO.jpg MERCHANDISE.jpg


GIGOGRAPHY.jpg
198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

Twitter-icon.jpgFacebook-icon.jpgInstagram-icon.jpgThreads-icon.jpg

Manic Bid To Rescue Old School - Sunday Mirror, 18th September 2005

From MSPpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
ARTICLES:2005



Title: Manic Bid To Rescue Old School
Publication: Sunday Mirror
Date: Sunday 18th September 2005
Writer: James Harper


Rock band the Manic Street Preachers yesterday launched a battle to save the school where they first met.

Singer James Dean Bradfield, bassist Nicky Wire, drummer Sean Moore and guitarist Richey Edwards - who mysteriously went missing in 1995 - formed the group when teenagers.

They would "talk constantly about music" in between lessons at Oakdale Comprehensive School near their home in Blackwood, Gwent.

With teachers' encouragement, they formed the Manic Street Preachers, eventually selling millions of records globally.

But the 680-strong school, with 183 surplus places, is at risk because of falling pupil numbers.

Wire has joined his poet brother Patrick in trying to save it. He said: "We're very sad that this school is earmarked for closure."

A final decision will be made by Caerphilly County Council by March. If it goes ahead, the school will be closed in 2007.