Morrissey make-up is a lie

Marcus Mumford hasn’t had running water at his West Country home for a couple of days when we meet. He’s considering checking into a budget hotel just to get a proper wash. “We’ve had storms. There’s

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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...”

If a mod revival gets in full swing, this band hope to be on one of the front scooters.

Mathew Cartlidge quit school before his GCSEs to commit to the band he formed with his sister. “It wasn’t really a big decision to me,” 17-year-old Cartlidge says. “I was always pretty serious about i