Keith Cameron: A History of Manic Street Preachers

Keith Cameron is an author, music journalist, and contributing editor on MOJO Magazine. He has written for Sounds, the NME, Kerrang!, and The Guardian and authored a critically acclaimed biography of influential grunge band Mudhoney. 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure is his new history of Manic Street Preachers as told by the band themselves, song-by-song.

The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in rock music. Raging out of the stricken mining communities of South Wales in the late 80s, they were bonded by friendships and family ties and became one of the biggest bands in the country. Their story took a tragic twist with the disappearance of lyricist Richey Edwards in 1995 and was followed by a remarkable rebirth with the award-winning, multi-million-selling album Everything Must Go. Hit songs such as 'A Design For Life', 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next', and 'The Masses Against The Classes' have cemented the Manics as one of the most influential, idiosyncratic, and important bands of all time.

Keith Cameron tells the definitive history of Manic Street Preachers drawing on many hours of new interviews with the band to dive deep into 168 songs from their legendary back catalogue. He is visiting Redditch Library to celebrate the launch of the book in an event perfect for music fans, aspiring writers, and young people to pursue journalism as a career.

There will be a Q & A and books will be on sale on the day via cash or card.

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