I bet, if you played the first side anywhere at a loud volume, people would say “What the f– is going on?” I can guarantee that. It’s not music that makes you want to change the world, because when we were making it, the world changed! When you’re watching the world change, you don’t make records like the Manic Street Preachers. You don’t! Romania, the Berlin Wall, the Gulf War, Russia—and then we finished our album! We made it in that context! I’ve never heard any rock music that would reflect that! No speed metal, no nothing!

Andrew Collins, “World War Skreeeee!”, New Musical Express, 9 November 1991