Richey Edwards

About Richey Edwards

Remembered for his acclaimed lyrics and his rhythm guitar work for the Welsh alternative band Manic Street Preachers, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances in February of 1995, and in 2008 was officially presumed to be dead.

Richey Edwards before fame

He became a driver for Manic Street Preachers after earning a political history degree from the University of Wales, Swansea, and was shortly requested to join the band.

Achievement of Richey Edwards

His very poetic lyrics were influenced by poets and philosophers such as Arthur Rimbaud and Albert Camus, respectively.

Richey Edwards family life

He grew raised with a younger sister named Rachel in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales.

Associations of Richey Edwards

Edwards vanished less than a year after Kurt Cobain (of Nirvana fame), an American rock vocalist and guitarist, committed suicide. Melody Maker magazine published an article comparing and discussing the musicians' tragedies on April 8, 1995.

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