John Robb, Siren, April 1992
THE BEAUTY of contradiction. Incendiary intellectuals tarted up on oxfam glam rags, sensitive made up boyos from the beer swilling valleys, the Manic Street Preachers are living a rock 'n' roll dream that is fast becoming eye-blinking reality.
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