Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox song "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).
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Musical styleEdit
The band has described the track as "the Stones playing metal",<ref name="Power">Template:Cite book</ref> and features guitar riffs influenced by Michael Schenker<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Slash of Guns N' Roses.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Emily Mackay of British cultural publication The Quietus proclaimed "Slash 'n' Burn" to be "cock-of-the-walk hair metal guitar strutting".<ref name="quietus">Template:Cite news</ref>
SputnikMusic adjudged the song "4 minutes of macho metal led by a joyously electric riff", in which "Bradfield takes perfect command of Wire and Edwards’ words".<ref name="Sputnik">Template:Cite news</ref>
ThemesEdit
The song's title takes its inspiration from U.S. Army policy during the Vietnam War.Template:Sfn
ReleaseEdit
The single was released on 16 March 1992 by record label Columbia.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart on 28 March 1992.<ref name="uk"/> B-sides "Motown Junk" and "Sorrow 16" were previously available on the "Motown Junk" single, released by the band's previous label.
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ChartsEdit
Template:Single chart| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 84 |