Manic Street Preachers

I really appreciate all the albums up to "The Holy Bible." After Richie's incident, the band, like it or not, has taken a new direction. The degrading and dramatic psychological and physical decline of Bradfield is just one of many testimonies to this (seeing him young, lively, and today fat, sweaty, out of shape, pitiful, is a punch in the stomach, an immensely great voice).