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== Political views ==

== Political views ==

The band has taken a [[leftist]] political outlook since its inception in 1986, and has released songs such as "Motorcycle Emptiness" (1992) with lyrics criticising capitalism. On the other hand, the band's song "PCP" (1994) took aim at [[political correctness]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/nov/27/manic-street-preachers</ref>

The band has taken a [[leftist]] political outlook since its inception in 1986, and has released songs such as ''Motorcycle Emptiness'' (1992) with lyrics criticising capitalism. On the other hand, the band's song ''PCP'' (1994) took aim at [[political correctness]]<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/nov/27/manic-street-preachers</ref>, and the band's hugely successful first UK chart-topper, ''If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next'' (which still holds the record for the longest unpunctuated title of any UK #1 single) is also not easy to situate politically: the lyrics are strongly influenced by [[George Orwell]]'s accounts (in ''Homage to Catalonia'' and his essay ''Looking back on the Spanish War'') of fighting the Nationalists in the [[Spanish Civil War]] only to be betrayed by the [[Communists]].

== Discography ==

== Discography ==