That line's the opposite to Girls And Boys, pompous middle-class people taking on working-class culture and mocking it.' 'I don't think there's anything wrong with getting drunk.

Wire later elaborated on the themes in the lyric to The Face. The lyric ponders the incongruity of seeing the image of the Stateside icon Elvis Presley in the traditionally British atmosphere of a seaside town: 'American trilogy in Lancashire pottery'. I suppose it's about kids wearing American basketball tops and stuff.' I never spoke to Richey about what the original idea was. 'There weren't many lyrics anyway,' Wire told Vox in July 1996. The opening track of the album features lyrics by Nicky Wire, which were added to a first draft by Richey Edwards. Like all the best Manics material, the songs on Everything Must Go have multiple layers of meaning, from the personal to the political. While Richey's shadow looms over the record, it still manages to remain an uplifting experience - despite the occasionally dark subject matter. It's easier to live with now because we're getting busy again, but you still wake up every morning and think about it.' We talk about him all the time between ourselves. We could never say goodbye.' He told The Guardian the week the album came out: 'He was my best friend. Nicky Wire said that 'The album isn't a goodbye to him.

The band's guitarist was last seen on 1 February 1995, as he and his bandmates - James Dean Bradfield (vocals and guitar), Nicky Wire (bass) and Sean Moore (drums) - were beginning to work on the follow-up to the harrowing, but critically acclaimed album The Holy Bible.īut Everything Must Go was not an album that mourned for their lost member - the record includes many contributions from Edwards, mainly lyrical.

Released on, Everything Must Go marked the first new material recorded since Richey Edwards went missing the previous year.

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