MANIC STREET PREACHERS Sweet Venom (2009 'Revised & Updated' 224-page issue of Martin Clarke's 1997 book which sees Martin cut through swathes of rumour and hearsay, Sweet Venom is an incisive portrait of a complex, multi-layered and frequently self-contradictory band, whose compelling music makes them one of modern rock's most remarkable talents, complete with a matt outer cover which displays slightly alternate artwork)