Slash 'n' Burn

"Slash 'n' Burn" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 16 March 1992 by record label Columbia as the fourth single from the band's debut album Generation Terrorists (1992).

Content

The band has described the track as "the Stones playing metal",^[1] and features guitar riffs influenced by Michael Schenker^[2] and Slash of Guns N' Roses.^[3]

The song's title takes its inspiration from U.S. Army policy during the Vietnam War.^[4]

Release

The single was released on 16 March 1992 by record label Columbia. It reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart on 28 March 1992.^[5] B-sides "Motown Junk" and "Sorrow 16" were previously available on the "Motown Junk" single, released by the band's previous label.

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slash 'n' Burn"
2.	"Motown Junk"
3.	"Sorrow 16"
4.	"Ain't Going Down"

12"

Side A
No.	Title	Length

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motown Junk"
2.	"Ain't Going Down"

7"

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slash 'n' Burn"

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motown Junk"

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	20^[5]

UK chart performance

UK Top 40
Week	01	02	03
Position	20	24	39

References

↑ Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.
↑ "Generation Terrorists 20th Anniversary Track by Track Interview Part 1 | YouTube". YouTube. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
↑ "Manic Street Preachers: Interview – YouTube". YouTube. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
↑ Price 1999.
1 2 "Manic Street Preachers | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

External links

Slash 'n' Burn at Discogs (list of releases)

Manic Street Preachers

James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Miles Woodward Richey Edwards

Studio albums	Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul The Holy Bible Everything Must Go This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Your Enemy Lifeblood Send Away the Tigers Journal for Plague Lovers Postcards from a Young Man Rewind the Film Futurology

Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles

EPs	New Art Riot E.P. Life Becoming a Landslide E.P.

Singles	"Suicide Alley" "Motown Junk" "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" "Stay Beautiful" "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat" "You Love Us" "Slash 'n' Burn" "Motorcycle Emptiness" "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" "Little Baby Nothing" "From Despair to Where" "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" "Roses in the Hospital" "Faster" "Revol" "She Is Suffering" "A Design for Life" "Everything Must Go" "Kevin Carter" "Further Away" "Australia" "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" "The Everlasting" "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" "Tsunami" "The Masses Against the Classes" "Found That Soul" "So Why So Sad" "Ocean Spray" "Let Robeson Sing" "There by the Grace of God" "The Love of Richard Nixon" "Empty Souls" "Underdogs" "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" "Indian Summer" "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" "Some Kind of Nothingness" "Postcards from a Young Man" "This Is the Day" "Show Me the Wonder" "Anthem for a Lost Cause" "Walk Me to the Bridge" "Futurology"

Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"

Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed

Related articles	Discography Music of Cardiff Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

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