This band were humungous in the UK in the mid-1990s and are best known for their intelligent and often political lyrics.
Politically, the Manics appear as a socialist group — a stance inflected by their working class upbringing in Blackwood, Caerphilly, South Wales (they grew up during the miners' strike of the 1980s) as evidenced by their often highly politicized lyrics and actions (they once dedicated an award to Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and later the Socialist Labour Party). The band also played a highly publicized gig in Cuba as guests of then President Fidel Castro
The Manics kindly donated their track – “Leviathan” to War Child’s Help! A day in the life album