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Following Richey Edwards’ disappearance and the “commercial disaster” of The Holy Bible , the MANIC STREET PREACHERS were told that this is the end. Instead, they roared back with an unassailable anthem heralding one of the biggest British albums of the ’90s. Sam Richards celebrates 30 years of Everything Must Go : “It was the most spectacular feeling,” says Nicky Wire. “That period when you go over the top...”

Big Big Train cofounder Gregory Spawton on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.

JOHN SNELLING ● WHAT IS THE BEST SOUND ...

The magic of Ritchie and Ronnie, spread across nine CDs.

A choir on one of Germany’s Big Four thrash bands’ new album? “We always did our own thing.”

Wiry monochrome intensity from indie veterans fully focused on the present