‘against our will , we were sucked into this carnival’

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

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

ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL COX Going full Celt VOICING ...

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...”

…For Randy’s friends to ask him whatever they hell they want. We sat the Lamb Of God frontman down for an all-star grilling

Simon Neil leads a back on top Biffy ...