Libraries Gave Them Power

Libraries gave them power. Four young men from the mining district of Wales, who wrote essays to record companies, which drafted the manifesto under the influence of Sylvia Plath, Philip Larkin and Axl Rose […] On February last year, he [Richey Edwards] left a hotel room in London and disappeared. Since then, the Manic Street Preachers made their best album and Nicky, Sean and James asks us for forgiveness. Everything must go on.”
Manic Street Preachers - Scanned by Betheriel (on tumblr)