GlimmerMan
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Confirms what everyone thought but didn't like to admit...
RIP Richey.
RIP Richey.
Richey Manic's body found...
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Amos Stevens
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Richey Manic discovered in tar pit
Tony Strachey
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IT’S A MYSTERY that has puzzled scientists for over seven years - what exactly happened to Richey Edwards, the bassist and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers? Now that mystery has been solved, as palaeontologists excavating a tar pit in Chepstow uncovered the Welsh musician, who went missing near the Severn Bridge in February 1995.
“This is a tremendous find,” said Jerry Moroder, a senior excavator from the Natural History Museum. “In a tar pit, we’d usually find a sabre-toothed tiger, or a boring old mammoth, but a rock star - not even the Smithsonian’s got one of those!”
The bassist has been preserved in near-perfect condition, owing to the tar’s pickle-like qualities. The scientists have even found Edwards’ last meal - some nuts, berries, and half a Star Bar. But how did the musician, a regular on Top of the Pops, end up in a tar pit? “A tar pit isn’t always easy to notice,” explains Moroder. “It’s sticky, and gets covered in dirt, leaves and sticks. So Richey could have just wandered in, especially if he was thinking up some new lyrics at the time. Or, he may have come across a buffalo or a giant ground sloth caught in the tar, and, taking advantage of what he thought was an easy meal, become stuck fast before he knew what was happening.”
While the scientific world was rejoicing in the unique find, there was sadness from the music community. “Although it’s good to know what happened, it’s a bit of a shame that the mystery ends here,” said Steve Lamacq. “He was kind of a Lord Lucan for the Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush generation.”
Manic Street Preachers fans can watch as Richey is carefully towed out of the tar by a scientist with a Land Rover in a special edition of Newsround this Wednesday at 5.10 pm.
Tony Strachey
Entertainment Editor
IT’S A MYSTERY that has puzzled scientists for over seven years - what exactly happened to Richey Edwards, the bassist and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers? Now that mystery has been solved, as palaeontologists excavating a tar pit in Chepstow uncovered the Welsh musician, who went missing near the Severn Bridge in February 1995.
“This is a tremendous find,” said Jerry Moroder, a senior excavator from the Natural History Museum. “In a tar pit, we’d usually find a sabre-toothed tiger, or a boring old mammoth, but a rock star - not even the Smithsonian’s got one of those!”
The bassist has been preserved in near-perfect condition, owing to the tar’s pickle-like qualities. The scientists have even found Edwards’ last meal - some nuts, berries, and half a Star Bar. But how did the musician, a regular on Top of the Pops, end up in a tar pit? “A tar pit isn’t always easy to notice,” explains Moroder. “It’s sticky, and gets covered in dirt, leaves and sticks. So Richey could have just wandered in, especially if he was thinking up some new lyrics at the time. Or, he may have come across a buffalo or a giant ground sloth caught in the tar, and, taking advantage of what he thought was an easy meal, become stuck fast before he knew what was happening.”
While the scientific world was rejoicing in the unique find, there was sadness from the music community. “Although it’s good to know what happened, it’s a bit of a shame that the mystery ends here,” said Steve Lamacq. “He was kind of a Lord Lucan for the Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush generation.”
Manic Street Preachers fans can watch as Richey is carefully towed out of the tar by a scientist with a Land Rover in a special edition of Newsround this Wednesday at 5.10 pm.
GlimmerMan
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Hahaha... a Star Bar is a chocolate covered bar with caramel and a fudge centre with peanuts.
Richey Edwards was the bass guitarist and main songwriter with the Welsh rock group The Manic Street Preachers. He was talented, but also a bit mentally unbalanced and there were a few well-publicised self-harming episodes before he disappeared without a trace from his London hotel room in 1995, leaving his car parked at a motorway service station near a notorious local suicide spot. The band were just breaking into the mainstream at the time and were about to embark on a US tour. There have been rumours aplenty since his death - the main one being that he was now living in India and there have been several apparent sightings of him over the years.
However, I was reading today that the body found is in fact not the body of Richey... apparently the Diadora trainers that the corpse was wearing were not available until 2001.
Glimmer
Richey Edwards was the bass guitarist and main songwriter with the Welsh rock group The Manic Street Preachers. He was talented, but also a bit mentally unbalanced and there were a few well-publicised self-harming episodes before he disappeared without a trace from his London hotel room in 1995, leaving his car parked at a motorway service station near a notorious local suicide spot. The band were just breaking into the mainstream at the time and were about to embark on a US tour. There have been rumours aplenty since his death - the main one being that he was now living in India and there have been several apparent sightings of him over the years.
However, I was reading today that the body found is in fact not the body of Richey... apparently the Diadora trainers that the corpse was wearing were not available until 2001.
Glimmer
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Lmao, don'tyou love tabloids?