New Art Riot
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| EP by Manic Street Preachers | ||||
| Released | June 22, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | Early 1990 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, glam punk, indie rock | |||
| Label | Damaged Goods Records YUBB 4 | |||
| Producer | Robin Wynn Evans | |||
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New Art Riot is an EP released in 1990 by Manic Street Preachers, and it was the first release from the band to feature the four-piece line-up (of James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey James Edwards and Sean Moore).
"New Art Riot" features short, fast-paced hard rock songs. It was influenced by favourites of the group such as The Clash. The EP provides a musical template for what was to come afterwards.
It is produced by Robin Wynn Evans of the View, Sam Brown and Dodgy fame. When Edwards asked for the sound of a guitar smashing to be added to one of the tracks, Evans replied "smash your guitar then!" The dismembered neck of said guitar was then signed by the band and Evans, and is currently used as a doorstop at his Perthshire T Pot studio.[citation needed]
A live version of "New Art Riot" (titled "New Art Riot in E Minor") featured as a B-side on The Holy Bible single "Faster/P.C.P.".
The EP was originally issued as a limited edition 12" with only 1,000 copies but it has been repressed and reissued many times on CD and vinyl, as well as being made available digitally.
A promotional video for the song "Strip It Down" was made. It featured the band wearing spray-stencil slogans on their shirts, with Bradfield sporting bleached blonde hair, and performing in front of a psychedelic fractal backdrop.[1]
[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD / 12"
- "New Art Riot" – 3:10
- "Strip It Down" – 2:26
- "Last Exit on Yesterday" – 2:41
- "Teenage 20/20" – 3:01
[edit] References
- ^ S. Price, Everything (A Book about Manic Street Preachers), Virgin Books, 1999, p.29
