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Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of the Manic Street Preachers

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Assassinated Beauty: Photographs of the Manic Street Preachers

Contributors:

By (Author) Kevin Cummins

ISBN:

9780571312139

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publication Date:

1st December 2014

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Musicians, singers, bands and groups
Composers and songwriters

Dewey:

782.421660922

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

192

Dimensions:

Width 214mm, Height 263mm, Spine 19mm

Weight:

875g

Description

An iconic selection of photographs of the most iconoclastic British band of the late twentieth century, Manic Street Preachers.In the early nineties, a group of disaffected and fiercely political young men from the Welsh valleys exploded onto a British music scene still in thrall to rave and acid house. With their early singles Motown Junk, You Love Us and Stay Beautiful the Manics reminded us at a moment of great hedonistic indulgence that pop is an instrument to provoke and destabilise. It was the legendary photographer Kevin Cummins who captured James, Sean, Richie and Nicky in their most uncompromising, glam-fixated early years.

Assassinated Beauty is a unique record of a band on a mission to reclaim rock n roll through literature, image and thrilling guitar pop. Working at the NME and already famous for his association with the classic images of Joy Division, The Smiths and Stone Roses, Cummins was the ideal photographer to capture the essence of a band who understood and manipulated androgynous and decadent imagery.

These photographs document the period just before the release of Generation Terrorists (1992) up to Holy Bible (1995) and the subsequent disappearance of guitarist and lyricist, Richie Edwards. A revealing mix of studio shots and never-seen-before behind the scenes photographs of a band at arguably their creative zenith, Assassinated Beauty is the ultimate portrait of one of the last great British rock n roll bands.

Author Bio

Nicky is the bass player and lyricist with the Manic Street Preachers. The group have released ten critically acclaimed albums over two decades, during which time they have won - amongst others - four Brits, an Ivor Novello, five Q awards, the Mojo Maverick award and the NME's coveted Godlike Genius Award.

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