Great Guitar Albums: Everything Must Go by the Manic Street Preachers with James Dean Bradfield
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- James Dean Bradfield, guitarist and frontman with the Manic Street Preachers takes us inside their landmark 1996 album Everything Must Go, describing the difficult, poignant but powerful songs that made this record one of the Great Guitar Albums of our time. From coping with the loss of bandmate Richey Edwards to writing the riffs, to the guitars and amps that were used and the sessions that defined the album, James explains in full depth how the band had to dig deep to create this masterpiece of 90s alternative rock, which wove into its fabric Richey Edwards' lyrics but also created a newly dramatic, sweeping sound for the band in hits such as A Design For Life and Kevin Carter.
This man and that record are a big part of why I picked up a guitar and am still obsessed with the bloody thing 30 years later! Luv ya JDB 🤟👍
Same. I’m 43 and have been playing guitar since I was 16. I own 7.
Exactly the same..
One of the finest guitarists, songwriters and bands of the last 30 years.
I've always loved that at the end of "No Surface All Feeling", the last track on the album, they use the recording of the demo of that song which Richie plays rhythm guitar on. And Richie's guitar is the very last thing you hear on the album, almost like they're letting him have the last word.
Such a criminally underrated and under appreciated lead guitarist. Looks like the average fella down the pub and plays like Slash.
James is so eloquent - always a pleasure listening to him speak. Very interesting interview - thanks for sharing!
The Manics are, IMHO, one of the best bands to come out of The British Isles. How the hell JDB plays and sings their songs is beyond me. Another great interview Guitarist.
Long, long, long time manics fan here……
Considering in the early days, James shied away from interviews and left them to richey and nick, he always comes across so eloquently and with that almost dry sense of humour throughout. Always enjoy hearing him talk about the band, esp the songwriting and recording process.
Because of my age this was the 1st manics album i owned. Saved my pocket money 😂 lovely tunes
Great interview, I love this guy. I first picked up a guitar at 9 years old and chucked it pretty quickly, JDB is the reason I picked one up again at 16 and continued playing now at 43. I even went full fan boy for my 40th and finally got an Alpine White Les Paul Custom 😂. One thing that always wound me up was the EMG official guitar tab book had Kevin Carter in standard tuning not open G took me years to find the open G tuning online.
This band are brilliant love them!!!
Always an easy listen to,top bloke
Saw the manics for the first time in 94 & absolutely blew me away,love JDB 👌👌🎸🎸 what a brilliant guitarist,i would love a few pints with him & the band,could listen to him forever.
Can listen to James talking about studio/recording techniques for hours. It's an education.
And what an album this is...
Great guitarist and fantastic singer too. He has always done brilliant interviews, and you have to love his honesty. Thank-you 🙏
Wicked singer. Wicked guitarist. Wicked songs. Wicked band! 🕶🎶
Amazing interview. Could have listened for another hour. JDB is such a legend.
The first ever Guitarist interview with James always sticks in my head as one of the most honest, unfiltered and illuminating interviews the magazine has ever carried. Glad to note things ain’t changed too much with James 😁
A great record to learn to play the guitar to. I had the songbook which made me appreciate how good a musician him and Sean are.
What a good interview.as articulate and touching as his music.
Great guitarist, songwriter and eloquent speaker. Phenomenal band and still creative after all these years.💙
Couldn’t get enough of this album when I were a lad. Saw them live in Belfast 1997, feather boas and vodka. Marvellous.
I consider a great album to be one where you do not want to skip any of the tracks. This is definitely an all-time great for me, got me properly into the Manics, and I'm still with them today. See you in April boys.
What a profoundly interesting perspective. Fantastic interview!
Thank you for this. One of the great songwriters of his era. Really appreciated the deep dive on both the song-craft and the recording techniques.
One of the best - if not the best albums of the 90's for me, every track a stand out
Outstanding interview and thanks for taking time to shine a light on an outstanding singer, songwriter and guitarist
Great interview. Really enjoyed this!
This album was musical awakening and it’s now my job thank you ❤️🙏
Great group.If music is meant to move you then they're at the helm.Yeah.. *Those* chords !! THAT voice. So accurate when saying the Jukebox effect of The Jam !
Nice to hear deserved appreciation for Kevin Carter which initially got me into the band
What a great interview, JDB talking so relaxed, this wouldn’t have worked with Zane
Fantastic interview. Thanks very much. I'd love to have a cupa tea with these guys and talk music/guitars all night.
What an articulate guy.
Love the songwriter stories - really cool to hear about the different ways huge songs come to life
Great interview.
What a fantastic interview! Thanks.
This is such a wonderful insight, thank you for sharing this.
💕 beautiful voice. 😊
I’m not good at theory says one of the greatest guitarist/songwriters ever 😂 love you JDB
Bloody brilliant album. One they had to do and it was a landmark.
A band that actually mean something
Love this interview ❤
That time was so bittersweet. Everybody could see it. I'm sorry to say that I abandoned them after it.
Thankyou.
I could have watched 7 hours of this 😢
My favourite band. My favourite singer. Simple
JBD is a modern genius. And there aren't many.
❤❤❤ JDB.
First! And very important album
What?
After really disliking this band because of "Motrorcycle Emptiness" this album gave a 360 degree turnaround. I've played this record on and on, never get's bored untill this day. And I love James as a guiatrist and singer. What a great man!
You really dislike them because of Motorcycle Emptiness? Well you've just told us your taste in music is not to be trusted 😂
@@MarcoNegrisEye Haha LOL. Very true ... I almost like all MSP songs, but I still can't get used to that song 😅
@@superzultWhat do you think of 'International Blue'? I always thought that was it's latter-era counterpart (albeit more 'polished', obviously). It surprised a lot of people at the time.
@@jamesthecat well I have to say I like that one. Indeed very polished, but it has this nice beat and sound. The Guitar solo sound has the vibe of Motorcycle Emptiness I would say
Last saw Manics at the Astoria - the last time Ritchie played with them - The Holy Bible is the greatest protest album of all time - they should have changed their name after this
Is this the blue strat he is referencing that he played on the Holy Bible tour for The Intense Humming of Evil?
The Holy Bible is their best album by far.
Yep, depressing as it is......
Greatness in every record but Holy Bible by far their magnum opus
The songwriting on both albums is absolutely stellar, though the THB is a bolder artistic statement. EMG is easily a top 20 rock album of the 90s, THB arguably a top 20 all time rock album.
James looks like Rick Moranis. :)
DON'T go chasing blue cars now!
Why all the ads? Ruined it and made me turn it off, which is surely the last thing you wanted. 0/10 learn by your mistakes.
Without richey😮😮😮😮
Due to the era, the thing is so bloody badly mastered, though.