2006-06-11T17:57:03Z

Waichak:

'''Wan, Kwong'''([[Chinese]]:尹光) is a well-known [[singer]] of [[Hong Kong]],also as known as the "The Prince of Temple Street"([[Temple Street]] refered to a famous Street in [[Kowloon]]).

==About==
Originally Wan was trained as a [[cantonese]] [[opera]] [[singer]].However,between the [[1960s]] to [[1980s]],he switched to sing pop songs,but those songs were contains contents that related to the [[lower class]] life of [[Hong Kong]].Therefore,it is hard to find in [[CD]] shops except [[CD]] shops in Temple Street.Around the [[1990s]],he had collaboraions with other senior singers in Hong Kong,which is participated minor [[functions]] in [[pubs]] or being invited as a [[guest]] [[singer]] in [[TV shows]].

==Popular Songs==

*Hollywood Hotel(荷里活大酒店)

*Counting Hairs(數毛毛)

*The Fortune Teller(相士大隻西)

*Ignore The Father(少理阿爸)

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Wan Kwong

2006-06-11T17:56:09Z

Waichak:

'''Wan, Kwong'''([[Chinese]]:尹光) is a well-known [[singer]] of [[Hong Kong]],also as known as the "The Prince of Temple Street"([[Temple Street]] refered to a famous Street in [[Kowloon]]).

==About==
Originally Wan was trained as a [[cantonese]] [[opera]] [[singer]].However,between the [[1960s]] to [[1980s]],he switched to sing pop songs,but those songs were contains contents that related to the [[lower class]] life of [[Hong Kong]].Therefore,it is hard to find in [[CD]] shops except [[CD]] shops in Temple Street.Around the [[1990s]],he had collaboraions with other senior singers in Hong Kong,which is participated minor [[functions]] in [[pubs]] or being invited as a [[guest]] [[singer]] in [[TV shows]].

==Popular Songs==

*Holly Hotel(荷里活大酒店)

*Counting Hairs(數毛毛)

*The Fortune Teller(相士大隻西)

*Ignore The Father(少理阿爸)

[[Category:Hong Kong singers|Wan, Kwong]]
[[Category:Cantopop|Wan, Kwong]]

[[zh:尹光]]

Waichak:

[[Image:RicheyJamesEdwards.jpg|thumb|right|Richey James Edwards]]
'''Richey James Edwards''' (born 1967 – ''missing since 1995, but has not been declared legally dead as of 2006'') was a member of the [[Wales|Welsh]] [[rock and roll|rock]] band [[Manic Street Preachers]].

==About==
Born on [[December 22]] [[1967]] he attended Oakdale Comprehensive and later (1986-1989) [[University of Wales Swansea]] where he [[alumnus|graduate]]d with a 2:1 [[academic degree|degree]] in [[history]].

He has one [[sister]] named Rachel. Richey was highly intelligent from a young age. During his adolescence he once wrote an essay on [[William Shakespeare]] that was 859 pages long. When he was asked about it, he said "I didn't have anything else to do". By the time he was 16 he had read the complete works of Shakespeare and [[Philip Larkin]]. But although he was a prodigious pupil, he loathed the didactic nature of school, and would sometimes faint in the morning assemblies so that he would not have to face the day ahead.

In the beginning  Richey was basically the driver and roadie for the band, but after [[Flicker (musician)|Flicker]] the [[bass guitar]]ist left, he stepped in. More often than not he was [[mime|miming]] on the guitar, but he was, along with bassist Nicky Wire, the lyricist of the band, and Richey is said to have written approximately 75% of the lyrics on ''The Holy Bible'', whereas before this, Nicky and Richey wrote roughly 50% each. They are both credited for the lyrics of all the songs up until Richey's disappearance, while the songs Richey alone wrote the lyrics for on ''Everything Must Go'' are credited only to him.

[[1991]] saw him gain notoriety when, on [[May 15]], ''[[NME]]'' [[journalist]] [[Steve Lamacq]] questioned the Manics' seriousness at the [[Norwich]] Arts Centre. In response, Richey took out a [[razor]] blade and carved "4 Real" into his [[forearm]]. The [[injury]] required a trip to the [[hospital]] where he received seventeen [[Suture|stitches]].

He suffered severe bouts of [[clinical depression|depression]] and often [[self-harm]]ed mainly by stubbing out [[cigarette]]s on his body and cutting himself. His problems with eating and [[alcohol]] were well known, and he was, according to Nicky Wire, "on the verge of [[anorexia]]" when he was at his worst. After the release of the band's third album ''[[The Holy Bible (album)|The Holy Bible]]'', he checked into [[The Priory]] psychiatric hospital, missing out on some of the promotional work for the album and forcing the band to appear as a three piece at the [[Music festival|Reading Festival]].

After coming out of the hospital Richey toured [[Europe]] with the Manics, [[Suede (band)|Suede]], and [[Therapy?]] but was never the same again.

==Disappearance==
He disappeared on [[February 1]] [[1995]] on the day that the Manics were due to fly to [[United States|America]] for a promotional tour. He checked out of the [[London]] Embassy hotel at seven in the morning and has not been seen since. His silver [[Vauxhall Cavalier]] car was discovered thirteen days later in a car park near the [[Severn Bridge]] with a flat [[car battery|battery]]. This prompted speculation that he killed himself by throwing himself into the [[River Severn]]. However, this has never been proven because of lack of a body.

There have been a number of alleged sightings of Edwards, especially in the years immediately following his disappearance. However none of these have proved conclusive and all have been rejected by investigators. While his family had the option of declaring him legally dead in 2002 after being missing for seven years, they opted not to, choosing to keep it as a [[missing person]] case.

==Literature and other cultural influences==
As well as a deep interest in rock music, Richey's other love was/is literature. He chose many of the quotes that appear on Manics records and would often refer to writers and poets during interviews. This interest in literature has been taken up by many Manics fans and has become as much a part of their appeal as the band's music. [[Yukio Mishima]], [[Albert Camus]], [[Philip Larkin]] and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] were amongst his favourite authors.

Richey's lyrics have often been of a highly [[poetry|poet]]ic nature, particularly on the band's third album ''[[The Holy Bible_(album)|The Holy Bible]]'', and they have often reflected his knowledge of [[Politics|political]] history.

Richey's icons/heroes had a profound effect on him and his work. Many of them, like [[Kurt Cobain]] and [[Sylvia Plath]], committed suicide at a young age following a short but exceptionally productive life; [[J.D. Salinger]] became a recluse, living a hermit-like existence after releasing his novel, ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', now recognised as a classic. It was this interest in the unusual that helped shape Richey's own career, particularly during the early days, with the promise of releasing one classic album and then burning out.

==Quotes==
*"I have a very childlike rage, and a very childlike loneliness."

*"You get respect in society if you are aggressive. If you fight then people respect you. If you fight back, people like you for that as well. When I've been beaten up, if I've been in a pub doing nothing wrong, the fact I chose not to fight back, that I would never throw a punch back, people say I'm weak. I don't think that's a weak thing at all. I think why should I descend to their level? If I've done nothing wrong, throwing a punch back makes me as bad and corrupt as them. As evil as them, as stupid as them."

*"All rock and roll is homosexual."

*"We are the casualties of the 20th Century"

*"In terms of the S-word, that does not enter my mind. And it never has done, in terms of an attempt. Because I am stronger than that."

==External links==
* [http://microsites.nme.com/rock100/site/8.html #8 in the NME's 100 rock moments] - Richey's self-mutilation
* [http://www.missingpersons.org/ National Missing Persons official site]
* http://www.richeyedwards.net
* [http://www.drunkenhero.com/richey_edwards.html A parody of Richey's time in the Manics]

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