When did Manic Street Preachers lost it?

[borneoman]

They were one of the most popular bands in the late 90s, all their albums selling well, especially Everything Must Go and This is my Truth...

Suddenly, they're back with a gooooood single who makes it at 2, but then the album BOMBS, one week in the top 20, big drop, out of the charts...

I got this theory that it's all because of their last studio album Know Your Enemy, which was completely crap. I've been a big fan sine day 1, bought all their albums the first day they were out, but Know Your Enemy was a HUGE disappointment, really bad,... so I didn't buy this one because of that, maybe they lost a lot of fans there...

[Sofie]

I think you're right. I never really got into their last album, prefered the first one myself...

[Admin]

This album is very bleurgh, blandy really, see indie forum for comments on it...

[Panda]

They're just getting old. They've got wives, babies and stuff. They've got no reason to be angry anymore, and that's reflected in their recent music. Whilst some of their die-hard fans are still there, they're not particularly relevant to 14 and 15-year olds who are just getting into music and are into newer bands like the Libertines.

[greendemon]

i don't like their new single much at all i'm not too familiar with their stuff, but their older material is MUCH better from what i've heard... although i do love "there by the grace of god"