Nicky Wire

Bassist, lyricist, and occasional lead singer with the long-running U.K. rock band Manic Street Preachers, Nicky Wire has long been known for his willingness to provoke an audience with the turn of a phrase, and after years of displaying this talent with the Manics, he's launched a solo career to give him a more direct line to both his listeners and his muse. Wire was born Nicholas Allen Jones in the Welsh community of Blackwood on January 20, 1969. Wire was a talented soccer player as a teenager and received a degree in law and political science from the University of Wales, ...