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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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Absolution
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Black Holes and Revelations
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Origin Of Symmetry
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Showbiz
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johny016 wrote:
BEST CONCERT I EVER BEEN LAST NIGHT IN LISBON!! FOREVER MUSE!
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Echelon10995 wrote:
Something between Radiohead and Queen... great band, one of the best around these days.
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look_at_her wrote:
Amazing concert last night in Lisbon!
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san1011 wrote:
nice pict:)
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ElioLopes wrote:
Undisclosed Desires
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u2martyman wrote:
Map of the Problematique is good. Their other stuff is okay.
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virulentwestie wrote:
why britney is not in the similars?
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r4md4 wrote:
MUSE... é PHODÁSTICO!!!!!!!! xD~
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PsychopathicFly wrote:
Lolwut progressive rock.
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PinguinBen wrote:
Yesterday on MTV world stage, what a good performance!, but what a lame crowd! They cheered on cue, clapped on cue and I guess they did sign a contract that they couldn't move. What's the use of playing live when the crowd is being directed?
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NECR0SYS wrote:
check this out: http://www.e-album.ro/membru.php?id=11249
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milann89 wrote:
This "Blame it on the Twilight" trend is excessively annoying.
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DareDaniel wrote:
GREAT CONCERT IN LISBON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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kaplain wrote:
Hi all, my debut album is out, if you enjoy ambient piano music like Rachel Grimes, Yann Tiersen, Max Richter, Michael Nyman ... Download High MP3 or Flac+ full digital booklet at http://stephanehoreczko.bandcamp.com/ or shop at iTunes, Amazonmp3, emusic, Lala, Rhapsody .... warmest regards http://stephane.horeczko.free.fr
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Liutaoyong wrote:
Whether they have had marriage?Who can tell me?
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MilesOfDoom wrote:
Kinda sad how Supermassive Black Hole and Undisclosed Desires are up there at the top. Goddamn Twilight kids. Needs more Origin of Symmetry and Absolution stuff.
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SyKot wrote:
Does Dom say "You were the best fucking crowd on the tour" everytime or was just this time in Lisbon? :P
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moonwatcher24 wrote:
I saw them a couple of hours ago! Fuck...what a concert! They are perfect!!! <3 The concert was a piece of art in music. Totally amazing :)
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BarneyStinson66 wrote:
SO great today in Lisbon. Matt, Chris and Dom, They are the top artists of the Decade.
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tonytiler007 wrote:
Can't wait till i see muse! There amazing
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Events
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Muse - The Resistance Tour
Zénith, Limoges, France
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Muse
Zénith, Dijon, France
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| 27 attendees
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Dec
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Muse
PalaOlimpico (Isozaki), Turin, Italy
33 shouts
| 142 attendees
News
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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MAP OF THE PROBLEMATIQUE - WEMBLEY SOUVENIR DOWNLOAD
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