Richard James Edwards (22 December 1967 – disappeared 1 February 1995, declared dead 24 November 2008), also known as Richey James or Richey Manic, was a Welsh musician who was the lyricist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band…
There are lots of examples of lyrics where Edwards (or Edwards and Wire) drawi inspiration (or outright borrow) from writers, philosophers, artists, musicians and the like.
The guitarist vanished on 1 February 1995 and is widely presumed to have taken his own life, but a body was never found and there is no definitive proof that he died by suicide. Thirty years later, Ed Power reflects on the rock star whose…