Manic Street Preachers: Generation Terrorists (20th anniversary edition) – review

(2CD + DVD, Sony)"We just wanted to crush the opposition," says Nicky Wire in a 76-minute film called Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair, part of a repackaging (plus demos, videos and bonus tracks) of the Manics' debut fusillade. Even now, Generation Terrorists vibrates with punky wrath, as generated by four people with nothing to lose. It's a sprawling mess, but vitally alive, and oddly prescient: Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds anticipates the banking crisis, and Slash'n'Burn ref...

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