Wales’ 50 sexiest men 2009 (via engagewithyourshadow)

Cross Beat, Aug 2000/Dec 2001

Photos by Midori Tsukagoshi

High quality dork photos

I still havent mastered the art of a full outfit selfie but I look so bad in tshirts and wish I could show you my outfit cause I can’t style them for shit either.

manics t-shirt ！

illustration autumn 1980

Nicky Wire, 1996, Manic Street Preachers: In Their Own Words. (via manicvitriol)

Nicky Wire’s various descriptions of and dedications to Richey Edwards:

[On tour Nicky tends to dedicate Revol or Die In The Summertime to Richey, so most of these are dedications made before those songs.]

“When I was writing the lyrics for this song, the boy genius, Mr. Richard Edwards was with me, in spirit.” - Birmingham 8 December 2007

“It’s always a little bit bittersweet, so this one is dedicated to the genius that is and was Mr. Richey Edwards.” - Hydro Connect 29 August 2008

“…but that’s hard to tell because dear Richard is not around to explain himself” and “…the implication there is, uh, some kind of apex of calmness has finally descended upon the beautiful boy.” - JFPL NME Track By Track May 2009

“I just think of him as the most beautiful, slightly unhinged, but yet polite, erudite, brilliant lyricist rock star of our decade.” - John Harris interview 2011

“I think me and the beautiful, and wonderfully missed, really missed Richey, I think me and him probably thought we wouldn’t…” - Q Awards 2012 (in response to a question about whether they expected to be successful for this long)

“…the curious and esoteric, intellectual, brilliant, fucked-up, amazingly beautiful mind that was and lives on in his words and in his beauty, Mr. Richard Edwards. Love you, baby, wherever you are.” - Razzmatazz May 2012

“This next one is for the hardcore. It’s also for someone that was with us for a long time in our youth and in the band, the dearly loved Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Vector Arena 2 July 2013

“Sometimes you just take a look to your right and you just think ‘I fucking wish Richey was still around’ you know? Just his fucking beauty and eloquence and intelligence, bet he would have slayed all those other bands to death with his wit and his beauteous cheekbones. And so, to one of the greatest minds ever produced in Wales, I dedicate this to you, my dear boy.” -  September 2013

“From one of Wales’ greatest ever minds and bodies, Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Newport Centre 13 September 2013

“For the beautiful, for the wondrous, for the intellectual colossus of Wales, Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Shepherd’s Bush Empire 24 September 2013

“This one is for our most lonesome, our most wanted-back, the gap over at the right hand side, the beauty, the genius, the esoteric genius that was and is and will forever be Mr. Richard Edwards.” - The Ritz Manchester 27 September 2013

“Not sure if we’ve done this one before, but wherever you are, you wonderful, beautiful thing, this one’s for you.” - Edinburgh Corn Exchange 3 April 2014

“Dark, creepy, menacing, all offered by my favorite, my most beautiful partner, the dear, the most intellectual person I’ve ever known, Mr. Richard Edwards!” - Bournemouth 02 Academy 8 April 2014

“To one of my best friends, to one of my kinda heroes, to one of my favorite lyricists.” - London 11 April 2014

“The beautiful, the pure, cheekboned intellect, the esoteric genius that he was. His spirit is with us. This one’s for you, Richey.” - Paris May 23 2014

“The five or six times we’ve played, unfortunately, the one and only, the beautiful genius Mr. Richard Edwards never came here, which, give it up for the boy– for the one and only Mr. Richard Edwards, Revol!” - T In The Park 11 July 2014

“…the only writer I will ever want to read, Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Flow Festival 9 August 2014

“This one is for my beautiful friend, for my favorite ever, lyricist Mr. Richard Edwards. I wish he could be here tonight.” - Sziget Festival 15 August 2014

“This evening, this album, these words are dedicated to the one and only, the beautiful, the bold, amazing, esoteric genius that was and is Mr. Richard Edwards! We love you, everyone in this room loves you.” - Royal Albert Hall 10 December 2014

“One last blast of greatness from the from the pen, from the cheekbones, from the beautiful eyes, from the most esoteric genius, a trippy right-winger. We love you, Mr. Richard Edwards!” - Roundhouse London 15 December 2014

“So this one’s for him. The wonderful, the esoteric, the beautiful, didactic, the journalistic genius, the poet, my friend. He’s still with us, and so are his words, Mr. Richard Edwards, this one’s for you!” - Danforth Music Hall 27 April 2015

“Seeing his drunk-jawed, angelic beauty to my right. Slightly pissed, it has to be said. Looking amazing, sounding amazing, the most severe journalistic prose, the most Welsh poetic beauty.” - Metro Chicago 29 April 2015

“We had the most glistening, beautiful, poetic, journalistic, forensic, genius lyric writer with us onstage, Mr. Richard Edwards.” - Fonda 2 May 2015

“Of course, this album could never have been made without the beauty, the poetic genius, the intelligence, the ferocious journalistic skill– will you give it up, our greatest lyricist, Mr. Richard Edwards!” - Cardiff Castle June 2015

Nicky Wire about ‘Nobody Loved You’ (via slowmotionsuicide-)

a guy on facebook sent me these, i am not emotionally prepared for this yet.

I just had the most disgusting coughing fit as a reaction to seeing these pics BYE FRIENDS

An article about Walkman written by Richey for Cutting Edge July 1993