As we wish, today, James Dean Bradfield a 'Happy Birthday,' the time has come to playlist the 'BESTS' of his band : Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers' 'The Holy Bible' is their third studio album (the last before the disappearance of Richey Edwards), co-produced with Steve Brown and released on August 30, 1994 by Epic

Manic Street Preachers' 'Everything Must Go' is their fourth studio album produced by Mike Hedges and released on May 20, 1996 by Epic Records

The View, Limp Bizkit, Queens Of The Stone Age, Avril Lavigne, The Strokes, Nelly Furtado, Tom Jones, Stereophonics, Ladyhawke, Elton John, Manic Street Preachers, Melanie C, Goldfrapp

Lenny Kravitz, Ether, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, UB40, James, Kiss, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Ash, Def Leppard, Manic Street Preachers, David Sylvian

Shania Twain, Moby, Just Jack, Aerosmith, Manic Street Preachers, McFly, Fall Out Boy, P!nk, Filter, Creed, Snow Patrol, Roni Size

Lighthouse Family, No Doubt, Hot Chip, Idlewild, The Fratellis, The Hoosiers, Duffy, P!nk, We Are Scientists, Manic Street Preachers, Ian Brown, Six by Seven

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Manic Street Preachers, Muse, Children Of Bodom, Rammstein, The Fratellis, Cradle Of Filth, The Postal Service, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Sevendust

Bush, Depeche Mode, The Smashing Pumpkins, Manic Street Preachers, theaudience, The Cult, The Auteurs, Army Of Lovers, Sting, Belouis Some , Garbage, Touch and Go

Mike + The Mechanics, The La's, Mark Owen, Pearl Jam, Ocean Colour Scene, The Godfathers, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Metallica, Genesis, Living Colour, Manic Street Preachers, Scorpions

Michael Bolton, Throwing Muses, The Lemon Trees, The Blue Aeroplanes, Weezer, Sick Of It All, Gravity Kills, The Supernaturals, Poison, Energy Orchard, Heavy Stereo, Manic Street Preachers

Levellers, UB40, Blur, Thin Lizzy, The Only Ones, Northern Uproar, Carter U.S.M., The House Of Love, Queen, Placebo, Manic Street Preachers, Libido

Key Moments

• Over the years, the track "Higher" by Creed, led by Scott "Have you seen my leather pants?" Stapp, has become an anthem in American football stadiums.
• In "What Took You So Long?", the singer from The Courteeners compares himself to Morrissey. "Times Like These" by the Foo Fighters is the song that David Grohl dedicates to the late Taylor Hawkins during a tribute concert in London.
• Other highlights include "If I Had Eyes" by Jack Johnson and "You Don't Love Me" by The Kooks.
• Not to mention : Koopa, Rooster, Little Boots, Manic Street Preachers, The Kinison, The Automatic, Ringo Starr.

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Megadeth, Airhead, Paul McCartney, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Cult, Fish, Little Angels, Manic Street Preachers, The Auteurs, The Farm, Stereolab

The Chemical Brothers, Manic Street Preachers, Space, Faithless, Nirvana, Green Day, Pulp, The Stone Roses, Michael Jackson, Stakka Bo, The Presidents of the United States of America, Dubstar

Army Of Lovers, Eric Idle, The Mike Flowers Pops, Cuban Boys, Tom Jones, Manic Street Preachers, Guano Apes, Spice Girls, Suede, Björk, Soundgarden, R.E.M.

Bizarre Quotes • Dear Chasey Lain I'm your biggest fan I just wanted to ask Could I eat your...(Bloodhound Gang) • With grace we shall recover (Manic Street Preachers) • Really got me champing on my bit (Blur) • I got my ass in check, checkin' out, I'm ready to be (All Saints) • Don't tell us to behave I'm sick of always hearin' 'act your age' (Sum 41) • You're so cool Can I be your friend (CSS) • The only thing that's real (Johnny Cash)

Music-wise : Pop, Dance Pop, Rock

Curtis Stigers, 3T, Tina Arena, Manic Street Preachers, Joe Cocker, Bekka Bramlett, The Seahorses, Alice Cooper, Ronan Keating, Go West, Simply Red, Amy Grant, Color Me Badd

The Vines, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Strummer, Hard-Fi, Duran Duran, American Hi-Fi, You Me At Six, Mansun, The Automatic, Funeral For A Friend, Manic Street Preachers, Will Young

Rancid, Genesis, Fear Factory, Manic Street Preachers, Technohead, Nirvana, Sinéad O’Connor, Live, Sepultura, The Sugarcubes, R.E.M., Oasis

Elvis Costello, Paul Weller & Andy Lewis, Just Jack, Jamie Cullum, Audioslave, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Travis, Manic Street Preachers, Sam Sparro, Pendulum, The Cooper Temple Clause, Muse

Björk, Sugar Cane, Grooverider, Eels, Happy Mondays, Intastella, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Stereophonics, The Verve, Manic Street Preachers, Radiohead

Kate Bush, 10,000 Maniacs, Duran Duran, Extreme, Inxs, Manic Street Preachers, Sophie B. Hawkins, Pet Shop Boys, Suede, Silverchair, Nine Inch Nails, Sonic Youth

Manic Street Preachers, The Grid, The Beloved, Throwing Muses, Eddi Reader, Gay Dad, Swervedriver, Rico, Mr. Big, Spiritualized, Pressure Drop, The Crystal Method

Joe Cocker, Pop Will Eat Itself, Blur, Code Red, Marc Cohn, Five Thirty, Manic Street Preachers, Shed Seven, Gary Kemp, Swervedriver, Shawn Colvin, Paul Young, Clannad

Blur, Pet Shop Boys, Stereolab, R.E.M., Semisonic, U2, Tricky, Manic Street Preachers, Candy Flip, Robbie Williams, Joan Osborne, Delirious

The Dandy Warhols, R.E.M., James Dean Bradfield, Pendulum, Bright Eyes, The Streets, New Found Glory, Manic Street Preachers, Blink-182, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Primal Scream, Creed

Amy Grant, Lucas, Madness, Lush, Blind Melon, Nine Inch Nails, Lunatic Calm, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Manic Street Preachers, Arctic Monkeys, Underworld, The Lightning Seeds

The Wallflowers, The Stone Roses, Curtis Stigers, The Saw Doctors, Paul Weller, Cast, Gun, Manic Street Preachers, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Thunder, Ian McNabb, Soul Asylum

Kylie Minogue, Pulp, Baz Luhrmann, Inspiral Carpets, Terry Hall, Sneaker Pimps, The Flaming Lips, Depeche Mode, The Black Crowes, Robert Miles, Skunk Anansie, Manic Street Preachers

Keane, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, The Music, The Feeling, The Dandy Warhols, Sia, Pixie Lott, Lordi, Groove Coverage, Evanescence, Stereophonics

Lush, Bush, Dinosaur Jr., Marillion, Dodgy, Manic Street Preachers, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Therapy?, Steve Earle, World Party, The Beloved, Freak Power

Les Négresses Vertes, Ringo Starr, Space, Ben Folds Five, World Party, Kenickie, The Darling Buds, The Almighty, Manic Street Preachers, P.M. Dawn, Morrissey, Sinéad O'Connor

Looper, Dr. Robert, Black Grape, Midge Ure, Belle And Sebastian, Machine Head, Tricky, Alice Cooper, Curve, Manic Street Preachers, Strangelove, 3 Colours Red

The Lightning Seeds, Dana Dawson, Mishka, Double You, Manic Street Preachers, Erasure, Roxette, Mötley Crüe, The Pretenders, Meat Loaf, George Michael, Mariah Carey

Bloc Party, Hard-Fi, Morrissey, Echo & The Bunnymen, Eric Clapton, The Raconteurs, Starsailor, Manic Street Preachers, McFly, HIM, Shiny Toy Guns, Katie Melua

UB40, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, That Petrol Emotion, Gin Blossoms, Elliott Smith, Faithless, EMF, AC/DC, Robbie Williams, Manic Street Preachers, Ash, The Offspring

Bizarre Quotes • You never said you were pretending (Sugar Ray) • Check out what's in the test tube baby You're my little pipette (John Otway) • I don't want anyone to see me like this right now (The Streets) • But I love to watch good dancers talk (The Sleepy Jackson) • To Africa comes Santa Claus (Rammstein) • You can call me an asshole, I'm glad (Eminem) • Hard to say what caught my attention (Slipknot)

Music-wise : Pop, Rap, Rock, Indie Rock, Hard Rock