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− | + | There are, perhaps, better ways to prove a point, but few that make quite so much impact as taking a razor blade and slowly, deliberately, carving the words '4 Real' into your arm. It seems preposterous now, looking at their sports casual beards and establishment-sanctioned rock, but back in 1991 the Manic Street preachers' career looked like being a gloriously stupid blur of mascara, Clash riffs and big girls' leopard-skin blouses. A few devoted fans had been hooked by the glamour, sure, and the press adored them, but only as gladiatorial opponents. At this stage, however, nobody was quite sure who were the Christians and who were the lions, and labelling them 'punk rock fakers' seemed the strongest line of defence. | |
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 23 May 2018
Title: | Richey Manic And The '4 Real' Incident |
Publication: | NME |
Date: | Saturday 9th October 1999 |
Photos: | Ed Sirrs |
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There are, perhaps, better ways to prove a point, but few that make quite so much impact as taking a razor blade and slowly, deliberately, carving the words '4 Real' into your arm. It seems preposterous now, looking at their sports casual beards and establishment-sanctioned rock, but back in 1991 the Manic Street preachers' career looked like being a gloriously stupid blur of mascara, Clash riffs and big girls' leopard-skin blouses. A few devoted fans had been hooked by the glamour, sure, and the press adored them, but only as gladiatorial opponents. At this stage, however, nobody was quite sure who were the Christians and who were the lions, and labelling them 'punk rock fakers' seemed the strongest line of defence.
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