New Art Riot

1990 EP by Manic Street Preachers

New Art Riot E.P.

EP by

Manic Street Preachers

Released| 25 June 1990
Recorded| March 1990
Studio| Workshop Studios, Redditch, Worcestershire, England
Genre| Punk rock
Label| Damaged Goods
Producer| Robin Wynn Evans
Manic Street Preachers chronology
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(1990)  | Generation Terrorists
(1992)

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New Art Riot E.P. is an EP by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 25 June 1990 by Damaged Goods. It was the band's first release to feature the four-piece line-up of James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore.

Featuring short, fast-paced hard rock songs and influenced by favourites of the group such as The Clash,[1] the EP provided the musical template for the band of what was to come.

## Background

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On the synthesis behind the record's creation, lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards stated: "We've just got pissed off with seeing so much ugliness about. Everybody knows life is ugly, but it seems to me all bands around today want to do is reflect it".[2]

## Recording

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New Art Riot was recorded in March 1990 at Workshop Studios in Redditch, Worcestershire, England.[1] It was 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 the guitar was then signed by the band and Evans, and was used as a doorstop at his Perthshire T Pot studio.[3]

## Release and reception

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New Art Riot was released on 25 June 1990 as a limited edition 12" vinyl of 3,000 copies by record label Damaged Goods.[1] The release led to a reasonable amount of media coverage on the band.[4] Melody Maker qualified the EP as Single of the Week.[1]

The promotional video for the song "Strip It Down" features the band wearing spray-stencil slogans on their shirts, Bradfield sporting bleached blonde hair, performing in front of a psychedelic fractal backdrop.[3]

New Art Riot has since been repressed and reissued on CD and vinyl, as well as being made available digitally.

A live version of "New Art Riot" (titled "New Art Riot in E Minor") featured as a B-side on the band's later single "Faster".

## Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Nicky Wire and Richey Edwards; all music is composed by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore.

Side A: HereNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "New Art Riot"| 3:10
2.| "Strip It Down"| 2:26

Side B: ThereNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Last Exit on Yesterday"| 2:41
2.| "Teenage 20/20"| 3:01

## Personnel

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Manic Street Preachers

* James Dean Bradfield – vocals, guitar
* Richey Edwards – guitar
* Sean Moore – drums
* Nicky Wire (as Nickey Wire) – bass guitar

Technical personnel

* Mark Tempest – production, engineering

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Power, Martin (17 September 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857124623.
2. ^ Britton, Amy (17 November 2011). Revolution Rock: The Albums Which Defined Two Ages. AuthorHouse. p. 157\. ISBN 9781467887113.
3. ^ a b Price, S. (1999). Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers). Virgin Books. p. 29.
4. ^ McCaghy, Maxine (2003). "Manic Street Preachers". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. p. 635\. ISBN 9781843531050.

## External links

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* New Art Riot at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
* New Art Riot E.P. at Discogs (list of releases)

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Manic Street Preachers

* James Dean Bradfield
* Sean Moore
* Nicky Wire

* Richey Edwards

Studio albums|

* Generation Terrorists
* Gold Against the Soul
* The Holy Bible
* Everything Must Go
* This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
* Know Your Enemy
* Lifeblood
* Send Away the Tigers
* Journal for Plague Lovers
* Postcards from a Young Man
* Rewind the Film
* Futurology
* Resistance Is Futile
* The Ultra Vivid Lament
* Critical Thinking

Compilation albums|

* Forever Delayed
* Lipstick Traces
* National Treasures – The Complete Singles
* Sleep Next to Plastic

EPs|

* New Art Riot
* Life Becoming a Landslide

Singles|

* "Suicide Alley"
* "Motown Junk"
* "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)"
* "Stay Beautiful"
* "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat"
* "You Love Us"
* "Slash 'n' Burn"
* "Motorcycle Emptiness"
* "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)"
* "Little Baby Nothing"
* "From Despair to Where"
* "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)"
* "Roses in the Hospital"
* "Faster"
* "Revol"
* "She Is Suffering"
* "A Design for Life"
* "Everything Must Go"
* "Kevin Carter"
* "Australia"
* "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next"
* "The Everlasting"
* "You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
* "Tsunami"
* "The Masses Against the Classes"
* "So Why So Sad"
* "Found That Soul"
* "Ocean Spray"
* "Let Robeson Sing"
* "There by the Grace of God"
* "The Love of Richard Nixon"
* "Empty Souls"
* "Underdogs"
* "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough"
* "Autumnsong"
* "Indian Summer"
* "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love"
* "Some Kind of Nothingness"
* "Postcards from a Young Man"
* "This Is the Day"
* "Show Me the Wonder"
* "Anthem for a Lost Cause"
* "Walk Me to the Bridge"
* "Futurology"
* "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)"
* "International Blue"
* "Distant Colours"
* "Dylan & Caitlin"
* "Liverpool Revisited"
* "Hold Me Like a Heaven"
* "People Give In"
* "Orwellian"
* "The Secret He Had Missed"
* "Rosebud"
* "Decline and Fall"

Other songs|

* "4st 7lb"
* "Peeled Apples"

Video albums|

* Everything Live
* Leaving the 20th Century
* Louder Than War
* Forever Delayed

Solo Albums|

* The Great Western
* I Killed the Zeitgeist
* Even in Exile
* Intimism

Related articles|

* Discography
* Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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