James Dean Bradfield
Last updated: 07 July 2009
Manic Street Preachers singer James Dean Bradfield finally took the plunge to record a solo album in 2006.
Fifteen years on from breaking his first promise as a rock star (Manic Street Preachers' bloody-minded early declaration to split up after one multi-million selling debut album), James Dean Bradfield, along with Nicky Wire and Sean Moore, decided to finally keep a promise, made at the Hammersmith Apollo when, at the end of a tour, he declared "You won't see us for two years".
Read the full James Dean Bradfield biography.
Key works
-
The Great Western (2006)
The debut album from the Manics' frontman.
See also
Elsewhere on the BBC
Elsewhere on the web
Artist search
Browse the BBC Wales Music database
Rock in Wales
Miners' benefits
Listen to Billy Bragg talking to us about the shows he played in aid of miners' families.
© MMIX~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~51~RS~){kind=small}