Nicky Wire
Nicky Wire on the Manics' "Past, Present and Future" tour
Background information
Birth name	Nicholas Allen Jones
Also known as	Nicky Wire
Born	January 20, 1969 (1969-01-20) (age 39)
Origin	Tredegar, Wales, United Kingdom
Genre(s)	Alternative rock
Instrument(s)	Bass, guitar
Years active	1989–present (Manic Street Preachers) 2005–present (solo)
Label(s)	Columbia Records
Website	nickyssecretsociety.com/
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Jazz Bass, Rickenbacker bass, Italia Maranello

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Biography

Born Nicholas Allen Jones on January 20, 1969^[1] in Tredegar, Wales, he attended Oakdale Comprehensive School with James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Richey James Edwards. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tredegar is a Town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, lying on the River Sirhowy in the Sirhowy Valley in south east Wales. Oakdale Comprehensive School is a Comprehensive school located in the village of Oakdale in south Wales. James Dean Bradfield is the lead Guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. Sean Anthony Moore is the Writer, Drummer / Percussionist and sometime Trumpet player of the Welsh Richard "Richey" James Edwards (born 22 December 1967 in Blackwood, Wales, UK) (also known as Richey James He excelled at football, was captain of the Welsh national schoolboys' team aged 14 and was offered a trial at Arsenal Football Club. Nothing became of this because of his back and knee problems. He took A-levels in politics and law. The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society He later attended the University of Wales Swansea, starting his course a year after Richey. Swansea University (Prifysgol Abertawe is a University located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. He graduated with a Lower Second-Class Honours degree. The British undergraduate degree classification system is a grading scheme for Undergraduate degrees ( Bachelor's degrees and some Master's degrees A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and

He was originally the band's rhythm guitarist, but changed to playing bass guitar after original bassist Flicker left the band. He co-wrote the band's lyrics with Richey Edwards between 1989 and 1995, taking over sole responsibility following Edwards' disappearance. Richard "Richey" James Edwards (born 22 December 1967 in Blackwood, Wales, UK) (also known as Richey James Some of Edwards's lyrics were used on 1996's Everything Must Go album, making 1998's This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours the first album with lyrics by Wire alone. Everything Must Go is the fourth album by Manic Street Preachers, released in 1996 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours is an Album by the Manic Street Preachers.

Nicky usually plays Gibson Thunderbird, Rickenbacker, Fender Jazz and most recently Italia Maranello basses, one of which is a custom made acoustic model made by request for the bands 2007 acoustic sessions. The Gibson Thunderbird is an electric Bass guitar made by Gibson. For the American WWI fighter pilot see Eddie Rickenbacker. For the airport see Rickenbacker International Airport. The Jazz Bass (or J Bass) was the second model of electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. He often dons a dress for the Manics' gigs^[2] although he has curtailed his flamboyance somewhat since Richey Edwards's disappearance. A dress (also frock, gown) is a garment consisting of a Skirt with an attached Bodice or with a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece His cross-dressing dates back to his teens, when he would go to local pubs in Blackwood wearing a dress; he has however been keen to emphasize that he is not a transvestite. Blackwood ( Coed Duon) is a small Town in the South Wales Valleys on the River Sirhowy in what is now part of Caerphilly (county borough He puts his attraction to glam and women's clothes at least in part down to his very close relationship to his mother.

He is famous for his outspoken attitude and has been known to cause controversy in the press. He once stated during a gig, "In this season of goodwill, let’s pray that Michael Stipe goes the same way as Freddie Mercury pretty soon. John Michael Stipe (born January 4 1960 in Decatur Georgia) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist for the Alternative rock band R Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 was a Zanzibar -born British Musician, best known as the lead "^[3]

The other band members call him the boring one and he is extremely fond of hoovering. A vacuum cleaner (in colloquial British English also hoover) is a device that uses an air Pump to create a partial Vacuum to Suck He has even name-checked Dyson vacuum cleaners in the song "Prologue To History". Dyson is a British appliances manufacturer Its main products are Vacuum cleaners that use Cyclonic separation.

Wire follows the Welsh rugby team and its regions. The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international ^[2] He is also a fan of Warrington Wolves rugby league team, who are nicknamed Wire.

Wire is the younger brother of poet and author Patrick Jones. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Patrick Jones (born 1965 is an Welsh Poet, Playwright and filmmaker. ^[1]

In November 2007, he was recruited as Chair of the Advisory Board for the new commercial Xfm South Wales Radio Station. XFM South Wales was a UK Regional Radio Station owned by GCap Media broadcasting alternative music to an 18-25 audience in South Wales ^[4]

Solo career

On Christmas Day 2005, the Manics posted a solo track by Wire called "I Killed the Zeitgeist", however the song was only available to download for one day. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zeitgeist ( pronounced) is a German language expression literally translated Zeit time; Geist spirit, meaning "the A Nicky Wire solo album was released on 25 September, 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In early May, the rumoured first single entitled "Break My Heart Slowly" from his début solo album premièred on 6music with Phill Jupitus. Phill Jupitus (born 25 June 1962 is an English broadcaster. He is a regular on television and radio panel shows including BBC Radio 4 's

Wire played an intimate solo gig at the Hay Festival on June 5, 2006. The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Wales for ten days from May to June Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[5] The set list consisted of material from his forthcoming album. Also included was a short acoustic rendition of "Condemned to Rock 'N' Roll" from the Manic Street Preachers' début album Generation Terrorists. Generation Terrorists is the debut album by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers released on 10 February 1992, produced It was mentioned after the gig that a solo tour was being considered. On the following day, Wire released the free track "Daydreamer Eyes" on his new web site. His début solo album, entitled I Killed the Zeitgeist was released on September 25, with a single - "Break My Heart Slowly" — released on September 18. I Killed the Zeitgeist is the debut solo album by Manic Street Preachers bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire, released on September 25, 2006 Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France " Break My Heart Slowly " is the debut single by Manic Street Preachers bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire, released on September 18, 2006 He released his first single "The Shining Path" as an exclusive iTunes only download on July 17. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc

Personal life

Nicky Wire performing at the 2007 V Festival. The V Festival is an annual music festival in England, the first to be held simultaneously at two sites - currently Hylands Park in Chelmsford and

He married his childhood sweetheart, Rachel,^[1] in September 1993. He missed the band's appearance on Top Of The Pops because of the honeymoon and was replaced on the day by a suitably tall Manics roadie wearing a Mickey Mouse mask. Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast He lives in the Newport suburb of Allt-yr-yn with Rachel, their daughter, Clara, their son Stanley (born July 2007) and their dog, Molly. Newport (Casnewydd is a city and principal area in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Allt-yr-yn (Allt-yr-ynn is a suburb of the city of Newport, South Wales. He doesn't live up to the typical rock and roll image and until recently still lived in an end of terrace house in the village of Wattsville, near Blackwood. An image (from Latin imago) or picture is an artifact usually two-dimensional that has a similar appearance to some subject &mdashusually In Architecture and City planning, a terrace(d or row house or townhouse (though the latter term can also refer to Patio houses Wattsville is a small typical South Wales Valleys Village in the Sirhowy valley, 8 miles north west of Newport, the county capital in south-east Although he was annoyed when a British tabloid revealed that he lived there, printing a picture of his house with the number clearly visible, he later paid public tribute to his home in the title of the track "Wattsville Blues," on the Manics' Know Your Enemy album. A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest Know Your Enemy is an Album by the Manic Street Preachers. It was released in March 2001 on Virgin Records.

Solo discography

Albums

• I Killed the Zeitgeist (September 25, 2006) - #130 UK

Singles

• "I Killed the Zeitgeist" (Free download from the official Manics website, December 25, 2005)
• "Daydreamer Eyes" (Limited free download from official solo site, June 2006)
• "The Shining Path" (Exclusive iTunes only download, July 17, 2006)
• "Break My Heart Slowly" (September 18, 2006) - #74

References

External links

• Official site
• Video - Nicky Wire talks to the BBC about the early days of the manics, and receiving the NME Godlike Genius award