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	== Content ==		== Content ==
			=== Musical style ===

	The band has described the track as "the ] playing ]",<ref name="Power">{{cite book \|last=Power \|first=Martin \|title=Manic Street Preachers \|date=17 October 2010 \|publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> and features guitar riffs influenced by ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08bXYzarp44&t=0m34s \|title=''Generation Terrorists'' 20th Anniversary Track by Track Interview Part 1 <nowiki>\|</nowiki> YouTube \|date=1 December 2012 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> and ] of ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DssrvgU-Vwg&t=17m14s \|title=Manic Street Preachers: Interview – YouTube \|date=4 November 2011 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>		The band has described the track as "the ] playing ]",<ref name="Power">{{cite book \|last=Power \|first=Martin \|title=Manic Street Preachers \|date=17 October 2010 \|publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> and features guitar riffs influenced by ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08bXYzarp44&t=0m34s \|title=''Generation Terrorists'' 20th Anniversary Track by Track Interview Part 1 <nowiki>\|</nowiki> YouTube \|date=1 December 2012 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> and ] of ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DssrvgU-Vwg&t=17m14s \|title=Manic Street Preachers: Interview – YouTube \|date=4 November 2011 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>

			Emily Mackay of British cultural publication '']'' proclaimed "Slash 'n' Burn" to be "cock-of-the-walk ] guitar strutting"<ref name="quietus">{{cite news \|last1=Mackay \|first1=Emily \|title=Admirably Crude: The Manics' Generation Terrorists, 20 Years On \|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/07980-manic-street-preachers-generation-terrorists \|accessdate=11 April 2020 \|work=The Quietus \|date=14th Febuary 2012}}</ref>
			=== Themes ===
	The song's title takes its inspiration from ] policy during the ].{{sfn\|Price\|1999}}		The song's title takes its inspiration from ] policy during the ].{{sfn\|Price\|1999}}

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For the agricultural technique, see slash and burn.

1992 single by Manic Street Preachers

"Slash 'n' Burn"

Single by Manic Street Preachers

from the album Generation Terrorists

Released

16 March 1992

Recorded

Mid 1991

Genre

Glam punk, glam metal, hard rock

Label

Columbia

Songwriter(s)

James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Sean Moore, Richey Edwards

Manic Street Preachers singles chronology

"You Love Us"
(1992)

"Slash 'n' Burn"
(1992)

"Motorcycle Emptiness"
(1992)

"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

Musical style

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

Emily Mackay of British cultural publication The Quietus proclaimed "Slash 'n' Burn" to be "cock-of-the-walk hair metal guitar strutting"

Themes

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

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. 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 (OCC)	20

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.
Mackay, Emily (14th Febuary 2012). "Admirably Crude: The Manics' Generation Terrorists, 20 Years On". The Quietus. Retrieved 11 April 2020. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Price 1999. sfn error: no target: CITEREFPrice1999 (help)
"Manic Street Preachers | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
"Manic Street Preachers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

External links

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

v t e Manic Street Preachers
James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire 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 Resistance Is Futile The Ultra Vivid Lament
Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles Sleep Next to Plastic
EPs	New Art Riot Life Becoming a Landslide
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" "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" "So Why So Sad" "Found That Soul" "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" "Autumnsong" "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" "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)" "International Blue" "Distant Colours" "Dylan & Caitlin" "Liverpool Revisited" "Hold Me Like a Heaven" "People Give In" "Orwellian" "The Secret He Had Missed" "Rosebud" "Decline and Fall"
Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"
Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed
Solo Albums	The Great Western I Killed the Zeitgeist Even in Exile Intimism
Related articles	Discography Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

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	== Content ==		== Content ==
			=== Musical style ===

	The band has described the track as "the ] playing ]",<ref name="Power">{{cite book \|last=Power \|first=Martin \|title=Manic Street Preachers \|date=17 October 2010 \|publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> and features guitar riffs influenced by ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08bXYzarp44&t=0m34s \|title=''Generation Terrorists'' 20th Anniversary Track by Track Interview Part 1 <nowiki>\|</nowiki> YouTube \|date=1 December 2012 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> and ] of ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DssrvgU-Vwg&t=17m14s \|title=Manic Street Preachers: Interview – YouTube \|date=4 November 2011 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>		The band has described the track as "the ] playing ]",<ref name="Power">{{cite book \|last=Power \|first=Martin \|title=Manic Street Preachers \|date=17 October 2010 \|publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> and features guitar riffs influenced by ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08bXYzarp44&t=0m34s \|title=''Generation Terrorists'' 20th Anniversary Track by Track Interview Part 1 <nowiki>\|</nowiki> YouTube \|date=1 December 2012 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref> and ] of ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DssrvgU-Vwg&t=17m14s \|title=Manic Street Preachers: Interview – YouTube \|date=4 November 2011 \|website=] \|accessdate=18 February 2015}}</ref>

			Emily Mackay of British cultural publication '']'' proclaimed "Slash 'n' Burn" to be "cock-of-the-walk ] guitar strutting"<ref name="quietus">{{cite news \|last1=Mackay \|first1=Emily \|title=Admirably Crude: The Manics' Generation Terrorists, 20 Years On \|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/07980-manic-street-preachers-generation-terrorists \|accessdate=11 April 2020 \|work=The Quietus \|date=14th Febuary 2012}}</ref>
			=== Themes ===
	The song's title takes its inspiration from ] policy during the ].{{sfn\|Price\|1999}}		The song's title takes its inspiration from ] policy during the ].{{sfn\|Price\|1999}}