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Origin Birmingham, England, UK
Genre(s) Dub
Reggae
Years active 1978—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
A&M Records
DEP International
Associated acts Chrissie Hynde
Afrika Bambaataa
Robert Palmer
Lady Saw
Hunterz
Website Website
Members
James Brown
Duncan Campbell
Robin Campbell
Earl Falconer
Norman Hassan
Brian Travers
Astro
Tony Mullings
Laurence Parry
Martin Meredith
Former members
Ali Campbell
Michael Virtue
Patrick Tenyue
Henry Tenyue
Maxi Priest



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Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire Praises Lady Gaga And Kylie Minogue

September 14, 2010
Manic Street Preachers' Nicky Wire Praises Lady Gaga And Kylie MinogueManic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire has praised the “Warholian” qualities of pop stars like Lady Gaga and Kylie Minogue.

Wire, who wrote two tracks for Minogue's 1997 album 'Impossible Princess', said he admired natural pop singers.

"Me and Richey [Edwards, the band's late guitarist] used to wear Kylie t-shirts and it was deeply unfashionable when we first started coming to London but she just represented something, a kind of naturalness in pop, a gigantic personality, which is what we cared about when we started,” Wire told XFM.

“It was our mission to be as popular as we could. Just like Lady Gaga today, sometimes you just appreciate the Warholian nature of pop music."

The bassist also revealed that he would like to write a song for Morrissey.

But Wire said revealed that his wish wasn't based on any previous discussions he had shared with the former Smith star. "None at all! I just fancy it,” the bassist said.

Manic Street Preachers release their new studio album 'Postcards From A Young Man' on September 20.

(by Jason Gregory)



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