Manic Street Preachers about "culture, alienation, boredom and despair" has gained them a loyal following and cult status. With their debut album, "Generation Terrorists", the Manic Street Preachers proclaimed it would be the "greatest rock album ever", as well as hoping to sell "sixteen million copies" around the world, after which they would split up. Despite the album's failure to meet this level of success, the band carried on with their career. The group became a trio after Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995. The band went on to gain critical and commercial success in spite of his absence. Edwards was legally "presumed
Anthem for a Lost Cause song was made available by digital download on 25 November 2013, backed up by two songs "Death of a Digital Ghost" and "See It Like Sutherland". A live version of She Is Suffering at the O Arena in 2011 was also in the single digital download. It peaked on number 200 in the UK Singles Chart. Anthem for a Lost Cause "Anthem for a Lost Cause" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It is the second single released from the band's eleventh studio album, "Rewind the Film". Both song and lyrics were written by singer