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Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion).
- Childhood
- Formation of Muse
- Origin of ‘Muse’
- Muse’s First Gigs
- Showbiz
- Origin of Symmetry
- Absolution
- Black Holes and Revelations
- The Resistance
Matthew, Christopher, and Dominic are childhood friends who hailed from Teignmouth, Devon. For Matthew, Teignmouth wasn’t a good town to live in, as he explains: “The only time the town came to life was during the summer when it turned into a vacation spot for visiting Londoners. When the summer ended they left and took all the life with them. I fe...
Matt and Dom started to talk due Matt having an 'Amiga 500' with an one megabyte upgrade, Dom used to knock on Matt's door and say 'can I and my friends play on your Amiga?' and in those conversations they began to discuss about playing music. Dom played drums for a band called Carnage Mayhem, when he met Matt. By that time, Matt didn’t have a stab...
According to Matt, Dom, and Chris, they chose the name ‘Muse’ because it was short and it looked good on a poster. The first they heard of the word was when someone in Teignmouth suggested that the reason for a lot of the populace becoming members of bands was due to a muse hovering over the town.
The first muse gigs were difficult at the time, they went from playing 'cover songs' which they used to play in front of 50 people in sport clubs to writing their own songs and doing gigs to 'no one' in 'nowhere'. Muse was often asked to play covers, which they hated. They were determined to play their own music, which would cause them a great numb...
Muse's first album, Showbiz meet with mixed response from local critics. According them, Showbiz sound was similar to musicians like Queen, Jeff Buckley or Radiohead, yet this did not stop their international success – Muscle Museum and Sunburn were released as successful singles with Unintended being their first single to hit the top 20. Showbiz s...
Origin of Symmetry was released on June 18, 2001 and was met with critical acclaim. The song Plug in Baby was released as the lead single of the album, it reached the number 11 spot in the hit charts, the highest spot for any Muse single at that time. Their second single, New Born, would also reach the top 20. This contributed to the album’s respec...
After months of experimentation, recording, and mixing, Absolution, Muse’s third studio album, was released on September 29, 2003, it again meet with critical acclaim. Absolution featured Muse’s continuation of blending classical influences into their hard rock style, with songs such as Butterflies and Hurricanes and Ruled by Secrecy. Unlike their ...
After spending half a year recording and mixing, Muse released their fourth album, Black Holes and Revelations, on July 3, 2006, to an extremely positive critical reaction. Different from their previous albums, Black Holes and Revelations featured a wide variety of alternative music themes, from classical to techno. Black Holes and Revelations also...
A fifth album, The Resistance, was released on the 14th of September 2009. It's the first Muse album to have been produced by the band itself. The album was engineered by Adrian Bushby and mixed by Mark Stent. On its release, it topped the album charts in 19 countries, became the band's third number one album in the UK, and reached number 3 on the ...
Sep 19, 2023 · Muse are most certainly alive and living the dream now, one of Britain’s biggest bands, with recent sixth album The 2nd Law ruling the roost. You could argue that they’re the hottest rock band in the world, or at least competing strongly for that title. How did that happen?
Nov 9, 2018 · Over the past decade — specifically, during the eight years that Barack Obama held office as president of the United States of America — the British prog-rock heavyweights have functioned as ...
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Muse or The Muse is an English alternative rock trio. They began in Teignmouth in 1994, consisting of Matthew Bellamy (guitar, piano, vocals), Chris Wolstenholme (bass and background vocals) and Dominic Howard (drums).
Dec 3, 2018 · The band talk about 80s movies and being "the last of a dying breed" as they launch their world tour.
Aug 31, 2024 · Muse were about become synonymous with Bellamy’s histrionic falsetto, a singing style the frontman moved away from as they got deeper into their career, but the singer said he’d only recently discovered he could belt it out like that.
