John, David (great uncle) 12, 13
John, John Richard (great uncle) 12, 13
John, Kezia (grandmother) 7–8, 10–12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 37, 56–7, 58, 63, 205, 210
John, Rachel (great-grandmother) 10–11
John’s Not Mad (documentary) 78
Johnson, Robert 116
John, Thomas (great-grandfather) 10–11
John, William Charles (great uncle) 12, 13
Jones, Allen 68
Jones, Brian 112, 141, 171, 202, 266
Jones, Irene 68, 247
Jones, Mick 52
Jones, Patrick 69, 84
Jones, Reverend Jim 246
Jones, Tracy 229
Jonestown mass suicide 246
Joplin, Janis 202
Joy Division 18, 21, 53, 105, 122, 140, 165, 200; Closer 122, 185
Justice Select Committee, Parliament 270
Kennedy, J. F. 53
Kerouac, Jack 46, 62, 71, 84, 251
Kerrang! 109, 127
Kesey, Ken 39, 71
Khmer Rouge 172
King Edward’s Road, Swansea 74
King, Rodney 105
King’s Hotel, Newport 226, 228
Kinnock, Neil 34, 51
Kluge, P.F. 114
Labour Party 27, 33–4
Lamacq, Steve 82, 97–8
Lanzarote 230–1
Lee, Alvin 111
Lenin, V. I. 31, 53
Lennon, John 94, 103, 104, 265
‘The London Tape’ 181, 182
Love, Courtney 111
Lowry, Malcolm: Under the Volcano 247–8
Lydon, John/Rotten, Johnny 86, 183; Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs 81
Lyons, Rory 106–7
Madchester 82
Manchester Academy 190, 191–2
Manic Street Preachers 1, 2–3
‘A Design for Life’ 271
ambition 89–90, 94–5, 112
‘Another Invented Disease’ 101
‘Anti-Love’ 75–6, 92, 129
anti-love credo 64–6, 75–6, 92, 129, 168
appeal of early 5
‘Archives of Pain’ 138
Bangkok, shows in (1994) 12, 125–8, 130, 175, 237, 239
CBS/Sony Records deal 99–100, 102, 105, 112, 165, 167–8, 169, 170, 201, 213, 215,
216, 273–4
class consciousness 9–10, 50, 169
‘Die in the Summertime’ 57, 186
‘Drug Drug Druggy’ 111, 125
drug taking 123, 125
early gigs 45
‘Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier’ 212, 275
Escape from the History (documentary) 201
European tours 106–7, 119, 160, 176, 186–92, 195–8, 210–11
Everything Must Go 271
fan, first proper 88–9
‘Faster’ 166–71, 175, 215
formation of 69–70
‘Further Away’ 198, 212
Generation Terrorists 100–5, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 115, 166
Gold Against the Soul 108–16, 119, 120, 121, 125, 163–4, 185, 212, 213
Hall or Nothing and 96, 97, 131, 169, 189, 222
Heavenly Records deal 96–7, 99
heroic narratives, awareness of 89–90
inspiration from novels, poetry and films 85–90
Journal for Plague Lovers 26, 247, 273
‘Judge Yourself’ 240
‘Kevin Carter’ 212
‘La Tristesse Durera’ 120–1, 134
live review, first 92
London, move to 97
London shows, first 92
‘Love’s Sweet Exile’ 147
manifesto, initial 5
‘Mausoleum’ 176
members first meet 24–5
meta-rock, as 98–9
military uniform phase 121
‘Motown Junk’ 103
‘Natwest-Barclays-Midland-Lloyds’ 100–1
No Manifesto (documentary) 153
‘No Surface All Feeling’ 212
‘Nostalgic Pushead’ 112
‘Of Walking Abortion’ 165
‘P.C.P.’ 175, 176
‘Peeled Apples’ 247
‘Picturesque’ 273
‘Prostitution of The Self’ 180
RE joins 67–81
RE re-joins after Priory stay 160, 161, 186, 188
RE’s crisis of confidence in 165
RE’s diminished role in 110
RE’s disappearance and 193, 199, 204, 210–11, 218–19, 220–3, 233, 234, 242, 271–5
RE’s final gigs with 201–2
RE’s first gigs with 91–2
RE’s input into aesthetic of 39, 80–1, 84, 92, 112, 121
RE’s role in breaking out of Blackwood 81–3, 98
RE’s thoughts on before joining 71–2
‘Revol’ 149–50, 171–5
rock myth, ambition to forge a new and unprecedented 90
sales 108, 109, 110, 271
‘She is Suffering’ 188
‘Slash ‘n’ Burn’ 106
‘Sleepflower’ 110
‘Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky’ 158, 212, 220
‘Spectators of Suicide’ 150
‘Stay Beautiful’ 102
‘Suicide Alley’ 10, 72–3, 83, 92, 150
‘Suicide is Painless’ 150
‘Symphony of Tourette’ 78
tensions within 167–8, 191–2, 195–9, 213
‘The Girl who Wanted to be God’ 273
The Holy Bible 125, 136, 138, 149–50, 157, 161–85, 188, 198, 199, 201, 212, 213,
243, 247–8
The Holy Bible tour 186–201
‘The Intense Humming of Evil’ 122, 175, 176–8
US tours 105–6, 109, 139, 193, 204, 210, 211, 217, 218, 220
‘William’s Last Words’ 273
‘Yes’ 175, 180–3
‘You Love Us’ 215
Marcus, Greil: Lipstick Traces 102, 163
Marquee Club, London 41
Marriott Hotel, Swansea 124, 255
Marx, Karl 9, 31, 38, 53, 101, 169
Maslennikov, Vadim 237, 239
Matheson, Inspector Andy 264–5
McCray, Ian 262
McCulloch, Ian 30, 40
McLaren, Malcolm 47, 83
Medcraft, Jonathan 30
Melody Maker 30, 92, 97, 124, 136–7, 161, 167, 178, 179, 180, 187, 188, 190, 194–5, 197, 200, 236
Metal Hammer 108
Metropolitan Police 223, 224, 229, 259, 260
Michel Foucault, Beyond Good and Evil (documentary) 183–4, 275
Miller, James 275
Milligan, Spike: Depression and How to Survive It 136
miners, South Wales 9–11, 12, 13, 14, 33–5, 38, 39, 46, 47, 50, 69, 123–4, 126
miners’ strike (1984–5) 34–5, 38, 46, 47, 69
Mirbeau, Octave 162; The Torture Gardens 176
Mishima, Yukio 137
Missing People 258, 268, 272
Missing Rights campaign 268–9, 270
MOJO 207
Molière: Le Misanthrope 270
Monbiot, George 169
Moore, Sean 51, 77, 208, 219
birth 68
Crosskeys College 70, 94–5
formation of Manic Street Preachers 69
House in the Woods, time spent with RE before disappearance at 212, 218
London, move to 97
love life 117
military phase of Manic Street Preachers and 121
RE as Manic Street Preachers ‘minister of propaganda’, on 94
RE first encounters 24, 25
RE’s disappearance and 5
RE’s final tour with Manic Street Preachers and 197, 201
RE’s hospitalisation and 150
schooldays 24, 25, 68, 69
‘Suicide Alley’ and 72
The Holy Bible and 165, 168, 170
Moran, Caitlin 187
Morey, Detective Sergean
t Stephen 255–6
Morgan, Prys 53
Morris, Vyvian 228–9
Morrisey 37, 39, 45, 49, 52, 111
Morrison, Jim 114–15, 202, 265
MTV 86, 109, 120, 128, 164
Music Life 166, 216–17
Musicians’ Union 83
Mussolini, Benito 53
National Missing Persons Helpline (NMPH) 257, 258
Nation of Islam 101, 173
Newton, Isaac 76
New World Order 103, 104
Nietzsche, Friedrich 76, 101, 237, 240–1, 242, 243, 246
The Antichrist 240–1
Thus Spake Zarathusa 240
Nirvana 122, 157
Nevermind 109, 122
‘Pennyroyal Tea’ 26
NME 46, 48, 77, 81, 82, 97, 98, 102, 105, 106, 121, 123, 125, 126, 127, 140, 146, 161, 166, 174, 186, 190, 205, 208, 274, 275
Noble, Greg 58, 59
Northern Ireland, the Troubles in 41, 53
Northup, Solomon 174
Norwich Arts Centre 97
Oakdale Colliery, Wales 11
Oakdale Comprehensive, Wales 11, 13, 19, 21, 22, 25–33, 42
Oakdale Miners’ Institute, Wales 45
Oakes, Richard 195–6
O’Callaghan, Sian 252
O’Connor, Wendy 202
O’Hara, Charles E.: The Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation 263
Operation Yewtree 181
Ormsby-Gore, Alice 151
Orwell, George: 1984 166, 170
Papa’s New Faith 65
Paradiso, Amsterdam 197
Parker, Alan G. 93–4, 98, 102, 104, 114–15, 191–2
Patterson, Sylvia 22
Patton, Phil 260
Pearce, Kevin 78, 92
Pearl Jam 122
Peel, John 82
Penmaen Villas, Oakdale, Wales 7–8, 11, 13
Phillips, D.Z. 53
Pink Floyd 111, 133, 207, 216
Pink Floyd –The Wall (film) 133
Plath, Sylvia 242, 244
Pol Pot 172–3
Pontllanfraith Primary School 19, 24, 68
Pop Group, The 165
Porter, Gillian 169
postmodernity 38, 99, 102, 110
Presumption of Death Act (2013) 270
Primitive, Tracy 55
Primitives, The 55, 70
Priory, The 26, 131, 137, 141–60, 161, 186, 188, 189, 201, 203, 204–5, 208, 229, 239, 265
Psychedelic Furs 52
Public Enemy 72, 101, 104, 271
Public Image Limited 165
punk 47, 57, 69, 71, 76, 83, 86, 93, 98, 102, 103, 108–9, 121
Pyrrho of Elis 148
Pyrrhonism 148
Q 3–4, 163–4, 213, 220
Quietus, The 212
Quran 175
Radcliffe Square Club, Cardiff 91
Rage Against the Machine 165
Ramones, The 54
Ramus, David 265
Raw 164, 167
Reading Festival 150
Rebecca Riots 53
Red Lion pub, Blackwood High Street 40–1, 74–5, 83
Reid, Sue 225
R.E.M. 119
REPEAT 171
Rhiw Syr Dafydd, Wales 10, 11
Ridgway, Stan 86
Rimbaud, Arthur 39, 62, 78, 114, 115, 184, 247
A Season in Hell 114, 236–7
Rock Garden, London 96
Rodenbach, Georges: ‘The Enclosed Lives’ 232
Rogers, Tim 260, 261
Roland, Dan 51, 58, 59–60, 61, 74, 75, 91
Rolling Stones 80, 84
Rose, Axl 109
Rose, Phil 171
Rosicrucians 103
Rosy Cross 103
Rumble Fish (film) 39, 49, 84, 85–7
Saga of Dazai Osamu, The 149
Saint Etienne 95
Salinger, J.D. 3, 27, 166, 235, 236
Sands, Bobby 41
Savile, Jimmy 181, 183
Saville, Jenny: Strategy (South Face/Front Face/North Face) 162
sceptical theory/sceptics 148–9
Schindler’s List (film) 175, 178
Select 110, 116, 135–6, 163, 196
Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) 254
Severn Bridge 28–9, 223, 227, 234, 260, 262, 265
Severn Estuary 9, 254
Sex Pistols 47, 54, 83, 86, 182–3, 223
Shaffer, Sir Peter: Equus 132, 155, 158, 237, 238–9
Shakespeare, William 25, 62
Sharia law 175
Sirrs, Ed 98
Situationist International 102, 105–6
Situationists 46, 81, 83, 102, 105–6, 169–70
Smash Hits 22, 182
Smith, Pennie 201
Smiths, The 2, 18, 34, 37, 39, 41, 45, 49, 51–2
Snelling, Detective Inspector David 260
Snoopy (RE’s dog) 21, 60, 202, 204, 205, 206
socialism 9, 38, 237, 240
Socrates 148–9
Sony Records 92, 99–100, 101, 102, 105, 112, 165, 167–8, 169, 170, 201, 213, 215, 216, 273–4
South Wales Police 223, 262
Spillers Records, Cardiff 31
Spiral Scratch 93
Stalin, Joseph 53
Stanley, Bob 92, 94–5
St Luce, Caffy 97
Stiff Little Fingers 53
Stipe, Michael 119
Strange, Steve 44–5
Stringer, Rob 99, 100, 126–7, 165, 167–8, 215, 216, 217, 218, 274
Strummer, Joe 86
St Tudor’s View, Blackwood, Wales 22, 34–5
Suede 195–6
Suez crisis (1956) 14
Sun 81, 142–3
Sunday Mirror 229–30
Sunday Times 225
Swansea University 4, 18, 22, 37, 45, 46, 48–80, 82, 83, 84, 91, 99, 109, 118, 128, 153, 170, 177–8, 201, 266
Taxi Driver (film) 49
Ten Years After 111
Thatcher, Margaret 9, 33, 34, 38, 69, 100–1, 207
Therapy? 186, 188, 191
Thorogood, Frank 266
T in the Park festival 150
Tourette’s syndrome 78
Tredegar Iron & Coal Company 11
Tsukagoshi, Midori 216–17
Turabi, Dr Hassan El 178–9
Underground Bar, Fuerteventura 229
U2 102
Van Den Ende, Tony 215–16
Vaneigem, Raoul 46
Vicious, Sid 98, 104
Vivian (RE’s companion at Embassy Hotel) 221, 239, 253
Vivid TV 235
Wallace, Max: Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain 263–4
Wall of Voodoo 86
Watkins-Isnardi, Jenny 70; In the Beginning: My Life with the Manic Street Preachers 76
Webbe, Benji 189–90
Wedding Present, The 44, 45
West, Fred and Rose 258–9
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film) 195
Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff 134–41, 142, 152
Wilde, Lee 230–1
Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Gray 115–16, 122
Williams Farm, Woodfieldside, Wales 20
Williams, Kit: Masquerade 163
Williams, Tennessee:
Camino Real 237, 238
‘Lament For Moths’ 167
Wilson, Anthony 71, 191
Wire 45
Wire, Nicky (Nicholas Allen Jones) 52, 68–9, 124, 208, 247, 273
anti-love credo of Manic Street Preachers and 75–6, 129, 168
ambition of Manic Street Preachers, on 90, 94
Bethune suicide, on RE’s reaction to 128–9
Cobain suicide and 122
Crosskeys College 45
drugs, on 123
formation of Manic Street Preachers and 69, 70
Gatehouse and 76–7
Generation Terrorists and 100, 103, 104
Gold Against the Soul and 108, 109–10, 111
Hall death and 119, 120
House
in the Woods Studios, time spent with RE before disappearance at 212, 213,
214, 218–19
London, move to 97
love life and marriage 75–6, 116, 117, 128, 129, 168
lyric writing with RE 75
military uniform phase of Manic Street Preachers and 121
RE and religion, on 23
RE, drift apart from after marriage 128
RE first encounters 24–5
RE joining Manic Street Preachers, on 73
RE love for 117
RE’s disappearance and 5, 154, 163, 222, 223, 235, 239, 240, 249, 253, 264, 271
RE’s final tour with Manic Street Preachers and 186, 196, 197, 198, 201
RE’s girlfriends and 62–3, 117, 206–7
RE’s hospitalisation and 150, 151
RE’s input into Manic Street Preachers aesthetic, on 80–1, 84
RE’s self-harm and 77
schooldays 29–30, 68, 69
Stipe, verbal attack on 119
‘Suicide Alley’ and 72
Swansea University and 61, 70, 74, 75, 83, 99
Thailand visit with Manic Street Preachers 125
The Holy Bible and 164, 165, 167, 168, 170, 171, 180, 188, 199
Witts, Chris: Disasters on the Severn 254
Wohlin, Anna 266
Woodward, Miles ‘Flicker’ 70
Word, The 152
Wyatt, Adrian 40–1, 42, 45, 46, 56, 57, 61, 73, 77, 80, 91, 170, 179, 203, 272–3
Wyman, Bill: Stone Alone 171
Yeats, W.B. 237, 242, 243, 244; ‘The Second Coming’ 242–3
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