Bassist and lyricist for Welsh band Manic Street Preachers. Also releases solo material under this alias.
Born January 20, 1969 in Llanbadoc, Monmouthshire, Wales. Brother of poet Patrick Jones.
APPEARANCES +
Nicky Wire
Intimism
2023, 12xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Nicky Wire Self-released)
Manic Street Preachers
Critical Thinking
2025, 
,
, Alternative Rock
Lightning Seeds
Tomorrow's Here Today 35 Years Of
2024, ,
, Alternative Rock/Alt-Pop
The Charles Michael Narcissistic Delusion
CM2
2023, 27xFile, WAV, Album, Not On Label (Charles Michael Self-released), 
,
, Alternative Rock
Steven Wilson
The Harmony Codex
2023
Manic Street Preachers
Sleep Next To Plastic (Exclusives)
2022, 17x File 320 kbps, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Britpop
Manic Street Preachers
The Ultra Vivid Lament
2021, ,
, Alternative Rock
James Dean Bradfield
Even In Exile
2020
Adam Buxton
The Adam Buxton Podcast Ep.111 - Nicky Wire
2019, File, MP3, 128, Not On Label (Adam Buxton Self-Released)
Manic Street Preachers
Liverpool Revisited
2018, File, FLAC, Single, Columbia
Various
Power To The People: British Music Videos 1966 - 2016 (200 Landmark Music Videos)
2018, 6xDVD, Mono, Copy Prot., PAL, Thunderbird Releasing, Thunderbird Releasing, 
,
, Electro/House
Manic Street Preachers
Resistance Is Futile
2018
Manic Street Preachers
Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)
2016, ,
, Pop Rock/Alternative Rock
John Doran
Hubris
2015, 12", Album, The Quietus Phonographic Corporation, ,
, Spoken Word
Sarah Cracknell
Red Kite
2015, Vinyl, ,
, Indie Pop
Sarah Cracknell
Nothing Left To Talk About
2015
Various
Q Presents Absolute Radio Sessions Volume 1
2014, CD, Q Magazine, Absolute Radio, ,
, Acoustic
Various
Alternative Sampler Vol.27
2014, CD, Promo, Smplr, Sony Music, 
,
, Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Synth-pop
Manic Street Preachers
Futurology
2014, ,
, Alternative Rock
El Supernaut
Plays Half Dead
2013, CD, Album, LunaTone, 
,
, Surf
Manic Street Preachers
Rewind The Film
2013, ,
, Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Acoustic
Manic Street Preachers
Show Me The Wonder
2013, ,
, Alternative Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Everything Must Go / This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
2011, Box, Comp + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE, Sony Music, ,
, Alternative Rock
The Fanclub
A Real Horror (Part II) / Let's Measure Next Year Better
2011
808 State
Blueprint
2011, ,
, Leftfield/Techno
Manic Street Preachers
National Treasures - The Complete Singles
2011, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop
Boy Cried Wolf
The Firebrand EP
2010, CD, EP, School Records (4)
Various
Top Gear Full Throttle
2010, 2xCD, Comp, BBC, Universal Music TV, ,
, Rock & Roll
Manic Street Preachers
Postcards From A Young Man
2010, CD, Promo, Smplr, Columbia, Sony Music, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Postcards From A Young Man
2010
Patrick Jones
Tongues For A Stammering Time
2009, CD, Album, Recordiau Anhrefn,
Various
Wales In Union
2009, CDr, Comp, GrownUp Records, Music Wales,
Manic Street Preachers
Journal For Plague Lovers
2009, ,
, Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Autumnsong
2007, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Indian Summer
2007, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Send Away The Tigers
2007
Manic Street Preachers
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
2007
Various
Top Gear: Seriously Cool Driving Music
2007
James Dean Bradfield
The Great Western
2006
Various
Later... With Jools Holland Presents Cool Britannia 2
2005, DVD-V, Copy Prot., NTSC, Warner Music Vision, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/New Wave/Post-Punk/Britpop
Various
Later... With Jools Holland Presents Cool Britannia 2
2005, DVD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/New Wave/Post-Punk/Britpop
Various
Essential Glastonbury
2004, CD, Comp, Q Magazine, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*
Garden Party Classics
2003, CD, MiniAlbum, Comp, Promo, Peoplesound, Daily Express
Manic Street Preachers
Lipstick Traces (A Secret History Of Manic Street Preachers)
2003, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
808state*
Opti Buk
2002, DVD-V, Comp, PAL + CD, ZTT, ,
, Acid House/Breaks/Techno/House/Drum n Bass/Leftfield
Various
Cold Feet (The Official Soundtrack To The Series)
2001, CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh, Universal Music TV, Granada, ,
, Soundtrack/Indie Rock/Pop Rock/Reggae-Pop/Downtempo/House/Europop/Progressive House/UK Garage/Synth-pop/Classic Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Bossa Nova/Soul/Disco/Soul-Jazz/Britpop
Manic Street Preachers
Know Your Enemy
2001
Manic Street Preachers
Know Our B-Sides
2001
Various
Q Anthems
2001, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
Various
Jamie Oliver's Cookin' (Music To Cook By)
2000, CD, ,
, Indie Pop/Indie Rock
Jo Whiley
Incredible Sound Of Jo Whiley
1999, 2x CD, ,
, Pop Rock
Manic Street Preachers
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
1999, ,
, Alternative Rock
Various
Music Of The Millennium
1999,
Various
Electronic Battle Weapons
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Columbia, ,
, Breakbeat/House/Big Beat/Acid House
Various
Buzz Mix 3 Go!
1998, CD, Comp, Epic, 
,
, Industrial
Various
TG CD Volume 40 (Essential Listening For All Guitarists)
1998, CD, Comp, Total Guitar, ,
, Audiobook/Spoken Word/Classic Rock/Education
Various
TG CD Volume 49 (Essential Listening For All Guitarists)
1998, CD, Comp, Total Guitar
Various
Best Of Love
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music, 
,
, Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Ballad
808state*
Thermo Kings
1998, ,
, Techno/Drum n Bass/Big Beat
Various
The Best of Shine
1998, CD, CD, ,
, Indie Rock/Britpop
The Bikini Beach Band
Secret Agent Man
1998
Manic Street Preachers
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
1998
Manic Street Preachers
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
1998, ,
, Alternative Rock
808state*
808:88:98
1998, CD, ,
, House/Techno/Future Jazz/Hip Hop/Breakbeat
The Chemical Brothers
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
1998, ,
, House/Breaks/Techno/Big Beat/Acid
Various
Chemical Beats Vol. 1
1997, CD, Comp, Urban Essentials, 
,
, Breakbeat/Big Beat
Various
Zoo Magazine CD Sampler 05
1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Zoo Magazine, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Acid House/Trip Hop/Emo/Big Beat/Hard Rock/Synth-pop/Britpop
Various
TG CD Volume 31 (Essential Listening For All Guitarists)
1997, CD, Comp, Total Guitar,
Various
Sound Check 4
1997, CD, Comp, Sony Music Special Marketing, 
,
, Trance/Euro House/Synth-pop/Rhythm & Blues/Alternative Rock/Breakbeat/Big Beat/Pop Rock/Soul/Britpop
Various
The Best...Anthems...Ever!
1997, 2xCass, Comp, Virgin EMI, Virgin EMI, Box Music (3), ,
, Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Pop Rock/Big Beat/Britpop/Indie Rock
Various
Brit Awards '97 - The Album Of The Year
1997, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Pop Rap/Techno/Acid Jazz/Synth-pop/Ballad
Manic Street Preachers
Everything Live
1997, ,
, Alternative Rock
Manic Street Preachers
You Love Us
1997
Various
Future Funk-2
1997, 2x CD, ,
, Breakbeat/Techno/Tech House
Various
Wired (New Directions In Dance)
1997, 2x CD, ,
, Progressive House/Drum n Bass/Techno/Trip Hop/Big Beat
Various
New Hits 1997
1997
Various
Shine 8
1997, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Britpop
Manic Street Preachers
Slash 'N' Burn
1997, ,
, Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Love's Sweet Exile / Repeat
1997
Various
The Best...Anthems...Ever!
1997, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Pop Rock/Big Beat/Britpop
Various
Definitivt Beat Nr 4•96
1996, CD, Comp, Beat, Beat, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Indie Rock/House/Techno/Hip Hop
Various
Wild CD/CD-ROM 06
1996, CD-ROM, Comp, Wild Magazine, ,
, Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Indie Rock/Pop Rock
Various
Untitled 3
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Global Television, ,
, Indie Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Pop
Various
The Chart Show Rock Album
1996, CD, Comp, PolyGram TV, ,
, Hard Rock/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Britpop
Various
Radio-Active - Sony Music Sampler (July 1996)
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sony Music, 
,
, Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Conscious/RnB/Swing/Hip-House/Eurodance/House/Soft Rock/Ballad/Folk Rock/Punk/Folk/Alternative Rock/Euro House/Britpop
Various
Max3 Best Hits In The World '96
1996, CD, Comp, Sony
Various
Max Deluxe '96
1996, 2xMD, Comp, Sony
Various
Hits 97
1996, 2x CD, ,
, RnB/Swing/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Various
Shine 7
1996, 2x CD, ,
, Indie Rock/Britpop
Various
Shine 6
1996, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Pop Rock/Glam/Disco/Britpop
Various
Untitled 2
1996, 2x CD, ,
, Techno/Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Indie Rock/Britpop
Manic Street Preachers
A Design For Life
1996
Manic Street Preachers
Australia
1996
Manic Street Preachers
Everything Must Go
1996
Manic Street Preachers
Everything Must Go
1996
Manic Street Preachers
Kevin Carter
1996, ,
, Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Synth-pop
808state*
Lopez (Metaphorically)
1996, ,
, Leftfield/Techno/Big Beat
Various
Buy British
1995, 2xCD, Comp, Dragnet Records, Dragnet Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Trip Hop/Indie Rock/Acid Jazz/Goth Rock/Britpop
Various
Portugal Radical
1995, CD, Comp, EMI, Globo Records, Megadiscos, 
,
, Alternative Rock
Various
Most Wanted No. 1 Hits Rock
1995, CD, Comp, MCA Records
Various
Wake Up And Listen
1995, CD, ,
, Indie Rock
Various
The Best...Album In The World...Ever!
1995, 2x CD, ,
, Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Big Beat/Ambient/Britpop
Various
Rocks Off
1995, CD, ,
, Hard Rock/Indie Rock/Classic Rock
Various
Wipe‘out“ - The Music
1995, CD, ,
, Breakbeat/House/Techno/Big Beat/Soundtrack
Dust Brothers*
Xmas Dust Up
1994, Cass, Mixed, New Musical Express, ,
, Breakbeat/Techno/Big Beat
Manic Street Preachers
Verses From The Holy Bible
1994, Flexi, 7", S/Sided, Smplr, New Musical Express, Epic, ,
, Alternative Rock/Spoken Word
Various
Class Of '94
1994, Cass, Comp, Vox Magazine, ,
, Indie Rock/Drum n Bass/Synth-pop/Downtempo
Various
The Big Buzz Strikes Again
1994, CD, Comp, Ltd, Columbia, Columbia, ,
, Alternative Rock/Industrial/Punk/Indie Rock
Various
Really Free
1994, CD, Comp, Q Magazine, Our Price, ,
, Alternative Rock/Acid Jazz/Ambient/Pop Rock/Britpop
Various
Absolutely Not Radio City Love Songs Vol. 4
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Sony Music Entertainment Sweden AB, 
,
, Grunge/Indie Rock
Various
Dragnet 54
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Dragnet Records, Dragnet Records, Dragnet Records, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Faster / P.C.P.
1994
Manic Street Preachers
Revol
1994, ,
, Alternative Rock
Manic Street Preachers
She Is Suffering
1994, CD CD1 of 2, ,
, Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
The Holy Bible
1994, ,
, Alternative Rock/Post-Punk/Hard Rock
Various
Volume Eleven
1994
Various
Five Alive Take Three
1993, Cass, Melody Maker
Various
The Big Buzz Vol.2
1993, CD, Comp, Columbia, Columbia
Various
RCD July Collection 13
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, RCD Magazine, ,
, Alternative Rock/Blues Rock/Classic Rock
Various
Sony Music Sampler
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sony Music, Columbia, Epic, ,
, Soft Rock/Folk/Pop Rock/Contemporary R&B/Jazzdance/Alternative Rock/Grunge/Soul/Soundtrack/Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
From Despair To Where
1993
Various
What's Up? (The Greatest Rock Hits Of The 90's)
1993, CD,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Gold Against The Soul
1993, Vinyl, ,
, Alternative Rock
Manic Street Preachers
La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)
1993
Manic Street Preachers
Life Becoming A Landslide EP
1993
Manic Street Preachers
Roses In The Hospital
1993
Manic Street Preachers
4 Tracks From Gold Against The Soul
1993
Various
Absolutely Not Radio City Love Songs
1992, CD, Comp, Promo, Epic, ,
, Alternative Rock/Grunge/Indie Rock/Britpop
Manic Street Preachers
Stars And Stripes - Generation Terrorists US Mix
1992, ,
, Indie Rock
Various
Mr Music Hits 10-92
1992
Manic Street Preachers
Motorcycle Emptiness
1992, ,
, Alternative Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Little Baby Nothing
1992
Manic Street Preachers
Generation Terrorists
1992
Various
Select Magazine Rather Generously Presents: Columbia
1991, Cass, Comp, Select Magazine, Columbia, ,
, Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Stay Beautiful
1991
Manic Street Preachers
New Art Riot E.P.
1990
John Doran
Jolly Lad
2015, CD, Album, Strange Attractor Press, ,
, Electro/Noise/Dark Ambient/Sound Art/Sound Collage/Field Recording/Abstract/Spoken Word/Audiobook
Sarah Cracknell
Red Kite
2015
Various
Hit's a Sony Music Express Vol. 43 September 2006
2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Sony Records Int'l
Various
The Playlist October 2006
2006, CD Jewel Case, ,
, Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Comedy
Various
Music From Wales
CD, Comp, Promo, Welsh Music Foundation,
Manic Street Preachers
Critical Thinking
2025
Manic Street Preachers
Resistance Is Futile
2018, 
Manic Street Preachers
The Profile
2014, 2xCD, Unofficial, Chrome Talk
Manic Street Preachers
Futurology
2014, CD, ,
, Alternative Rock
Manic Street Preachers
From Despair To Where / Live In Bilbao
2011, DVD-V, Unofficial, NTSC, The Way Of Wizards
Manic Street Preachers
Postcards From A Young Man
2010
Manic Street Preachers
Journal For Plague Lovers
2009
Manic Street Preachers
Send Away The Tigers
2007
Manic Street Preachers
Newport, Centre 22/8/97 (Reading 'Warm Up' Show)
1998, VHS, Unofficial, Not On Label (Manic Street Preachers)
Various
The Best...Anthems...Ever!
1997, ,
, Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Pop Rock/Big Beat/Britpop
Manic Street Preachers
The Return Of The Preachers
1996, CD, Unofficial, Tube (2)
Manic Street Preachers
No Sunset, Just Silence
1996, CD, Unofficial, Kiss The Stone
Manic Street Preachers
Street Preaching
1992, CD, Unofficial, Kiss The Stone, Kiss The Stone, 
,
, Alternative Rock/Hard Rock/Indie Rock
Manic Street Preachers
Know Your Enemy
, Alternative Rock
