Wales' most successful pop export since Tom Jones started draping panties over his microphone stand, Manic Street Preachers have drastically altered their sound over the course of their lengthy career. Without sacrificing one iota of their grandiose musical ideal, the trio of childhood friends has achieved extraordinary commercial and critical success, particularly in light of the mysterious and well-chronicled 1995 disappearance of guitarist/band figurehead Richey James. Where once...  [+]