what do you think happened to Richey?

The Holy Bible is one of the greatest albums to ever grace the Earth

His band mates must really love & miss Richie. To put 25% of the income made from Manic Street Preachers into Richies' account to this day....filled my heart with warm & loving happiness to the point where I thought my heart would implode!

The manics are one of the most underrated bands on earth. All of their work, especially the first three albums are masterpieces. Thank you for shedding some light on them.

Insomnia is one of the worst shit you can experience. It triggers a downward spiral of mind and body.

He committed suicide. Clear as day. People dont disappear and restart their lives with a new identity outside of the world of fiction

Richey has strong parallels to Syd Barrett. Both were prodigies at song writing and led the bands initial artistic vision, however they quickly got overwhelmed with the lifestyle and they never reached their full potential. Furthermore, the bitter irony of the band becoming more successful after their departure with the bassist taking over the songwriting duties

The Holy Bible is an absolute masterpiece of dark lyricism.

theyre whack without him . The Holy Bible is a masterpiece......Lyrics are next level intelligent 4 real...Very very well read individual..Every other album is crap thats based on how good i think The Holy Bible is..

Richey Edwards is hands down one of the greatest lyricists ever. If he's alive I sincerely hope he found the peace he so desperately craved.

In 1990 my then girlfriend decided to start a venue for young bands who found it hard to get a gig in London and put an ad in Melody Maker asking for any interested bands to send a demo. We got all sorts but one piece of white label vinyl with an interesting sleeve hit the doormat. It sounded fresh and raw and had an element of punk brashness to it. Upon listening I thought they sounded pretty good and suggested she give them a gig, but because they were based in Wales and she could not afford to pay them enough to cover their expenses (she also disagreed with my view that they were a decent band) she refused to offer them a gig. I argued that they knew they would not make any money because of the distance but were prepared to come and play anyway, but all to no avail. The name of the band? Manic Street Preachers. I thought it was a great name as well and imagine if she had given them a gig in South East London back then. We split up a few months later very acrimoniously. She kept the demo disc. I often wonder what happened to that disc and how much would that be worth now?

I was obsessed with the Manics as a teen. I was 16 when he went missing and was devastated. It's the only mystery in this world I want the answer to.

"I have never known an intelligent man to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin

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I first discovered Manic Street Preachers in ‘07 when I started to get sick.

Thank you for covering this story. The band and Richey deserve more recognition. They’re one of my most inspirational bands for being so informative.

Fun fact, his stage name was Richey James. All the press used his real name since he’d gone missing.

I choose to believe that he’s still out there, living his life in the recluse and peace that he’s clearly always wanted.

Richey Edwards will never be forgotten.❤

I think it makes more sense that he tried to disappear and had a new identity, but since he has mental health issues he could have easily been hospitalized again but under his new identity, and either died there or is still there living in captivity