Nicky Wire
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nicholas Allen Jones, Nicholas Jones, Nicky Jones
Welsh musician and songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The Library Book
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1976-10
alternative rockart punkbritishelectronicexperimental rockindie rock
Discography
- Pink Flag1977
- Chairs Missing1978
- 1541979
- The Ideal Copy1987
- A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck1988
- It’s Beginning to and Back Again1989
- Manscape1990
- The Drill1991
- The First Letter1991
- Send2003
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singer-songwriterindiewelshalternativeManics
Nicky Wire (born Nicholas Allen Jones, Blackwood, January 20 1969) is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist to the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. On Christmas Day 2005, the Manics' official site posted a solo track by Nicky called I Killed the Zeitgeist, however the song was only available to download for one day. Wire has since released an iTunes-only download single named The Shining Path in mid-July 2006, and his first album was released on 25 September 2006, entitled I Kil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nicky
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Blackwood
- Sibling
- Patrick Jones
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- alternative rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.nickyssecretsociety.com/ss
- Image
- Nicky Wire in Budapest in 2011.jpg
- Residence
- Newport
- Voice type
- baritone
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- date of birth
- 1969-01-20
- member of
- Manic Street Preachers
- Commons category
- Nicky Wire
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- P12749
- 4276 Clifford
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