Here's everything I remember about that guy:

Had an overweight girlfriend.

I made fun of overweight girlfriend (who may well have been an okay person) just to get at Matt M (who I didn't like for reasons I can't remember).

He had some romantic dealings with that girl (Tamuri?) who had a picture of her with a bra on her head. Seemed like a total ####.

Matt M's fat girlfriend posted a message to this bra girl saying that Matt is her boyfriend and to leave him alone.

He enjoyed UFC and once posted a message praising recent "smack talk" on the program. I decried the "smack talk" and longed for the days of martial arts sportsmanship found in the early UFC (back when they were allowed to stomp on the back of people's heads and do groin stuff).

He was sad when "Dimebag Darrel" died and posted several messages mourning him. Then his overweight girlfriend said, "Why do you keep talking about him? I've never even heard you mention him before this."

He had long greasy hair and was chubby. I think he was going for a goth look.

I'll be damned. It looks like he really did die. Not that I was as cynical as Wymark.

It's referenced here:

https://www.facebook.com/ManicStreetMania/

And Sean Moore re-tweeted it:

https://twitter.com/seanmooremanic

Sorry I can't link to the actual messages. I don't know how that works.

He also posted prolifically on Sherdog (an MMA forum). Here's a post about the Manics that he started:

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/manic-street-preachers-the-holy-bible-how-can-a-band-decline-so-much.2891241/

Oh that's right. He lived in Bristol. That's another thing I sort of knew.

There's probably something on Forever Delayed but registration has been disabled. Can you believe that? That usually spells disaster for a forum.

At least I can still register on Sherdog. Eventually. What a hassle.

He posted regularly up until 5 March. His last post was about health issues. Apparently, he had a replacement shoulder and four operations on it.

He also posted a lot about British MMA fighter Michael Bisping. He denounces Americans who "just don't get it." "It" being "Britsh culture", I guess. He mocks these Americans who only know about American culture. This from a man who never left Bristol.

He recently finished a book about serial killer and Chicago native John Wayne Gacy. He's now reading a book called Barbarians: How Baby Boomers, Immigrants, and Islam Screwd my Generation".

He posted quite a bit of stuff about "white people". I haven't read the content. Looks boring.

Posted LOADS about that conservative Milo obnoxious Jewish faggot. He's pro-Milo. Also has a Milo avatar.

He's had six alcohol withdrawal seizures.

His occupation is "customer service."

Here's his Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/MattMaher316

It's all UFC shit.

He started a lot of threads about typical contemporary "conservative" topics. Vegans opposed to 5 pound note. Lily Allen is biased against "whites". Pro-Trump stuff. Hilary Clinton murdered a guy. That's not even a joke, he really started a thread about that.

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/suspicious-deaths-linked-to-clinton.3384007/

That Trigglypuff thing.


He also sings the praises of Charles Manson and that he wasn't a serial killer, he just wanted to create a race war. You know. Like those "Black Lives Matter" people.

Whether or not Black Lives Matter is a force for good, Charles Manson is not a praise-worthy individual.

The picture I'm getting of his final days is that he had a lot of health problems as a result of years of alcohol abuse, he had a dead end job I think in a call centre, he never left the town he was born in, and he'd taken up the typical conservative talking points (including the really out there stuff). It's basically Wymark but spewing stereotypical conservative crap rather than stereotypical liberal fascist crap.

I wonder if Sean Moore would re-tweet news of his death if he knew about any of this.

How on earth did that guy have two women fighting over him? No references to girlfriends, wives, or children so I assume he was single at least in the end. Oh wait. No. 8 January he talks about recently blocking an "ex" on Facebook.

What a kick in the teeth. THAT guy is getting more action that I am. Where's the justice?