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Teignmouth, England, United Kingdom (1990 – present)
Muse is a alternative rock band from Teignmouth, England, United Kingdom. The band consists of Matthew Bellamy on lead vocals, piano, keyboard and guitar, Chris Wolstenholme on backing vocals and bass guitar, and Dominic Howard on drums and percussion.
They have been friends since their formation in early 1990 and changed band names a number of times (such as Gothic Plague, Fixed Penalty, and Rocket Baby Dolls) before adopting the name Muse. Since the release of their fourth album, Morgan Nicholls has also appeared with the band at live performances to provide keyboards, samples/synth, and backing vocals.
Their sound is a blend of alternative rock, classical music, electronica, metal, spanish guitars, and progressive rock. Usually they use the bass line as the driving force, often with the guitar providing only an extra layer to the song rather than carrying the melody, the bass has distortion and other effects applied to it to achieve a greater weight, allowing the guitar to digress from the main tune and play higher notes. Another peculiarity is Muse´s piano style in many of their songs; their music has been inspired by the works of Romantic pianist-composers such as Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Liszt, and has thus resulted in a fusion of Romantic style with modern rock.
The band is known for their energetic live performances and front man Matthew Bellamy’s eccentric and avid interests in global conspiracy, extraterrestrial life, theology and the apocalypse (as much as in Space and theoretical physics). Their lyrical themes involve madcap conspiracy theory, revolutionary rabble-rousing, weird stuff about aliens (or Zetas, if you please), religions and other such classic Muse concerns.
They have been friends since their formation in early 1990 and changed band names a number of times (such as Gothic Plague, Fixed Penalty, and Rocket Baby Dolls) before adopting the name Muse. Since the release of their fourth album, Morgan Nicholls has also appeared with the band at live performances to provide keyboards, samples/synth, and backing vocals.
Their sound is a blend of alternative rock, classical music, electronica, metal, spanish guitars, and progressive rock. Usually they use the bass line as the driving force, often with the guitar providing only an extra layer to the song rather than carrying the melody, the bass has distortion and other effects applied to it to achieve a greater weight, allowing the guitar to digress from the main tune and play higher notes. Another peculiarity is Muse´s piano style in many of their songs; their music has been inspired by the works of Romantic pianist-composers such as Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Liszt, and has thus resulted in a fusion of Romantic style with modern rock.
The band is known for their energetic live performances and front man Matthew Bellamy’s eccentric and avid interests in global conspiracy, extraterrestrial life, theology and the apocalypse (as much as in Space and theoretical physics). Their lyrical themes involve madcap conspiracy theory, revolutionary rabble-rousing, weird stuff about aliens (or Zetas, if you please), religions and other such classic Muse concerns.
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SrBollo wrote:
i can't wait for the resistance!!!! muse is my fav band!!
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miicro_cuts wrote:
"Micro Cuts"`s great! one of my favs. i can listen this song over and over again for hours/// matt`s voice is so unigue, strong and beautiful///he`s awesome^^
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MBLark wrote:
16:09:00
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YouCantHide wrote:
16 hours!
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LittleMissDarko wrote:
would be really cool to see it, but i would still prefer to hear it ^^
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JuMeSyn wrote:
I have the same thoughts of DrCoelhoz0rd. Or I hope so. Would be great to see the single tomorrow!
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DrCoelhoz0rd wrote:
http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=62904 - 21 hours left! UHUH!
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schneckix wrote:
Vote for the new picture..
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snowlandia wrote:
DrCoelhoz0rd , i've noticed it at the very first.) but it will probably be a new site design. Maltag , are you kidding? Oo
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devil6one6 wrote:
I loves me some Muse!!!!!
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DrCoelhoz0rd wrote:
Can't you guys notice that the map on Muse website is the euroasian map? What do you guys think that means? It's obvious that is the launch of United States of Eurasia Single!!! CAN''T WAIT!
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TA11en42 wrote:
love muse, but matt's not the greatest lyricist.
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ArG316 wrote:
Finally seeing them September 24. Oh man I can't fucking wait!
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delitax wrote:
united states of eurasia is somehow linked with bohemian rhapsody according to that lost in translation french mini-review? that's what I wanna hear
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Maltag wrote:
shakespeare? please, the man wrote plays to appeal to the proles of the day. there is nothing intellectual or inspired in his writing, it can be compared to such modern works as michael bay's transformers series.
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DeXtate wrote:
Muse это круто!
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snowlandia wrote:
Shakespeare>>>>>>>>>>>>Meyer. lol
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Bobz16 wrote:
lol [3]
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annyz wrote:
lol [2]
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soul_synergy wrote:
lol
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MAP OF THE PROBLEMATIQUE - AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD NOW!
18 Jun 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/muse
Following two awesome performances at Wembley Stadium last weekend, Muse have released Map Of The Problematique as a digital only single, including an exclusive version recorded live at Wembley over t. …
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