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Muse
On Tour1,150,086 listeners (70,593,656 plays)
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rock, alternative rock, alternative, progressive rock, indie
Teignmouth, England, United Kingdom (1990 – present)
Muse is a three-piece band from Teignmouth, Devon in England. 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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Shoutbox
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jae__moon wrote:
Muse: the "other" Radiohead
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Kajda23 wrote:
the best band in the world with the best frontman ever. Matt ftw!
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electrifried wrote:
map of the problematique ftw!
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diego9010 wrote:
New Deep Purple images, please take a look and Vote!!
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NewBornFml wrote:
wtf is sing for absolution doing in NUMBER 11? that song SUCKS.
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SonicExplosion wrote:
I invite you to an evening at the lolFactory.
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LittleMissDarko wrote:
You also have 38 plays of Panic! At the Disco in your library :-)
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brittanydavis wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/group/Bring+back+the+old+Last.fm
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brittanydavis wrote:
uh driz, exactly. both are shit. i can't believe i have 34 plays of muse in my library.
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Driz4ever wrote:
muse will take mcr fans to a higher level hahahaha
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placebo_molko wrote:
also, i second what lewski said.. where can i hear this new version of dead star?
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placebo_molko wrote:
http://www.musewiki.org/Gigs ... look at may 07 ... Supporting MCR ?? what the fuck, is like.. pink floyd, supporting avril lavigne. (?)
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NewBornFml wrote:
this is seriously the first time in a long freaking while that radiohead is not all over muse's shoutbox. yay for the sucky new last/fm layout!
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Lietvyris wrote:
"Proclaim eternal victory Come on and change the course of history" love it!
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Motovlad1 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.ru/group/I+Love+the+new+last.fm%21
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Fbastidas wrote:
The gig in Monterrey was awesome !
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LittleMissDarko wrote:
http://www.lastfm.fr/user/zelenzaek/journal/2008/07/19/22rm69_how_to_make_last.fm_not_so_fucking_shitty
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kacheung wrote:
http://www.last.fm/tag/man+beating+a+goat for the perfect way to tag these lads ^^
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Kevmaster wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/We+don%27t+whine+about+the+new+Last.FM
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kopgirl wrote:
HAARP is such the most Amazing live performance that I've ever seen!
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Events
- Jul 16 Muse Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
- Jul 18 Muse Auditorio Telmex, Zapopan, JAL, Guadalajara, Mexico
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Muse en Bogotá
Palacio de los Deportes, Bogotá, Colombia
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