January 2011
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Book Review: 'Nailed to History', by Martin Power
Note: Posted as part of the Nicky Wire birthday weekend celebrations. Authored by Martin Power, who has also put out books on Japan’s David Sylvian and Aerosmith, Nailed to History: The Story of Manic Street Preachers is the latest biography on the band - as of 2011 - and, as the back cover details: “traces the slow yet inexorable climb of the South Wales band from their late 1980s...
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Starter Guide: Manic Street Preachers
Note: Posted as part of the Nicky Wire birthday weekend celebrations, revised and updated from an unpublished post originally slated to appear on 80 Minutes For Life before updates ceased over there in 2010. —- How I began… My odyssey with the Manic Street Preachers began around 2005 or 2006, because of spotting the band, which I’d never heard of before at that time, in Robert...
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Happy Birthday, Nicky Wire!
Nicky Wire, bassist of Manic Street Preachers, turned 42 today. A card was prepared for Wire including art, picture, and textual submissions from members of the Forever Delayed forums, viewable over at FY Nicky Wire! To celebrate, there will be a few Manics-themed posts coming up here on A Future in Noise over the weekend; be on the look-out. Anyone who’s been following AFIN for awhile, and...
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Interview with Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd - known primarily for his solo work, as a member of Rocket from the Tombs and former member of Television, and collaboration with Matthew Sweet - kindly participated in an A Future in Noise Q&A session, following up on last year’s Artist Feature on his music. —- A Future in Noise: Are you working on any upcoming musical projects / future tours? Richard Lloyd: I have...
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Interviewing the Readers - 2011 Releases...?
I was recently re-visiting my Rate Your Music profile and noticed my sidebar indicating what artists that I’ve cataloged had upcoming releases for 2011, which got me to thinking: what are AFIN readers’ most-looked-forward-to albums of 2011? I’ll be posting mine in the comments, share away!—-Note: The observant reader may have noticed that this segment is appearing on a...
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Japan Bassist Mick Karn Dies After Battle with...
Mick Karn (b. July 24th, 1958), bassist of New Wave / New Romantic group Japan from 1974-1982 and of a number of solo and session endeavors (notably Dalis Car with Peter Murphy of Bauhaus) has died today, after fighting cancer since his diagnosis last year. As reported on mickkarn.net: It’s with profound sadness that we have to inform you that Mick finally lost his battle with cancer and...