Manic Street Preachers might have 12 studio albums under their belts – with a 13th about to drop – but the band are still open to new ideas.

The trio, who are playing the 6 Music leg of BBC Music’s Biggest Weekend in Belfast on 25 May, say they’re always happy to pick up a tip or two off a fellow artist, and so are quite open about acknowledging their influences.

In fact, when the band’s James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire stood in for Iggy Pop on 6 Music recently, they were happy to pay their dues to the musicians who have left their mark on them via a special, hand-picked playlist.

Yet, it isn’t just the Manics’ songs and albums that have benefited from their influences. Here are 6 unexpected ways the likes of Wire, Julia Holter, Iggy Pop himself and more have reshaped Manic Street Preachers' world.