Muse is a British rock band that was formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England in 1994. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar, and piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar, vocals, and keyboards) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion). Muse are accepted best for their active and visually beauteous alive performances and on 16 June and 17, 2007 became the aboriginal band to advertise out the anew congenital Wembley Amphitheater in London. Muse accepts arise four flat albums. Their best recent, Black Holes & Revelations, becoming the band a Mercury Prize choice and a third abode accomplishment in the NME Albums of the Year account for 2006. The bands are advancing their fifth flat album, The Resistance, which is appointed to be arising in September 2009.

Muse accept won abounding added music awards throughout their career, including bristles MTV Europe Music Awards, bristles Q Awards, six NME Awards, two BRIT awards and four Kerrang! Awards. They accept been complex with Teenage Cancer Trust and played at the Royal Albert Hall area they donated all money fabricated by t-shirts etc, to the charity.
BAND HISTORY

Formation and aboriginal years (1992 -1997)
The associates of Muse played in abstracted bands during their break at Teignmouth Community College and Coombeshead College in the aboriginal 1990s. The accumulation of Muse began aback Bellamy auspiciously auditioned for the allotment of guitarist in Dominic Howard’s band. They asked Chris Wolstenholme, who played drums at the time, to apprentice to comedy bass guitar for the band. Wolstenholme agreed and took up lessons.
The band began with the name Muse. [Citation needed] In 1994 they acclimate the name Rocket Baby Dolls with a goth/glam angel to attempt in a bounded activity of the bands. The band won the contest, smashing their accessories in the process. “It was declared to be a protest, a statement,” Bellamy said, “so, aback we absolutely won, it was a absolute shock. Massive shock; afterwards that, we started demography ourselves seriously.” Anon afterwards the contests, the three absitively to abandon university, abdicate their jobs, and move abroad from Teignmouth.

First EPs and Showbiz (1998 – 2000)
After a few years architecture a fan base, Muse played their aboriginal gigs in London and Manchester. The band had a cogent affair with Dennis Smith, the buyer of Sawmills Studio, anchored in adapted baptize comminute in Cornwall.

This affair led to their aboriginal able recordings and the absolution of an eponymous EP on Sawmills’ centralized Dangerous label, with advanced awning advised by Howard. Their additional EP, the Muscle Museum EP, accomplished cardinal 3 in the indie singles blueprint and admiring the absorption of British radio anchorperson Steve Lamacq as able-bodied as the account British music advertisement NME. Dennis Smith alien the band to Safta Jaffery with whom he had afresh started the almanac characterization Taste Media. Muse active with Smith and Jaffery and recorded their aboriginal three albums, Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, and Absolution, with Taste Media.

Despite the success of their additional EP, British almanac companies were afraid to assurance Muse. It was afterwards a cruise to New York’s CMJ Anniversary that an American almanac characterization flew them to Los Angeles to showcase. Nanci Walker, again Sr. Director of A&R at Columbia Records, flew Muse to the U.S. to advertise for Columbia Record’s again Senior Vice President of A&R, Tim Devine, as able-bodied as for American Recording’s Rick Rubin. It was during this trip, on 24 December 1998, which Muse active accord with Maverick Records.

Upon their acknowledgment from America, Taste Media abiding deals for Muse with assorted almanac labels in Europe and Australia, acceptance them to advance ascendancy over their career in alone countries.
John Leckie was brought in to aftermath the band’s aboriginal record, Showbiz. The anthology showcased the band’s bendable style, and the lyrics fabricated advertence to the difficulties they had encountered while aggravating to authorize themselves in Teignmouth.

The absolution of this anthology was followed by bout abutment slots for Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters in the United States. 1999 and 2000 saw Muse amphitheatre above festivals in Europe and gigs in Australia.

Origin of Symmetry and Hullabaloo (2001 – 2002)
During assembly of the band’s additional album, Origin of Symmetry, the band experimented with blueprint such as abbey organ, Mellotron, and broadcast boom kit. There were added of Bellamy’s acute articulate lines, arpeggiated guitar, and piano playing. Matthew Bellamy cites guitar affected such as Tom Morello (Audioslave and of Rage Against the Machine ) and Jimi Hendrix , the closing axiomatic in the added riff-based songs in Origin of Symmetry and in Bellamy’s all-encompassing use of pitch-shifting furnishings in his solos. The anthology additionally appearance adjustment of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse’s “Feeling Good“. Muse auspiciously sued Nestle in 2003 aback they acclimated Muse’s adaptation of “Feeling Good” in a television advert for Nescafe afterwards permission, altruistic the £ 500, 000 advantages to Oxfam.

Celine Dion was additionally threatened with acknowledged activity in 2002 aback she planned to name her Las Vegas appearance “Muse”, admitting the band owning the common assuming rights to the name. Celine Dion offered $50,000 for the rights but Muse alone this with Bellamy advertence that “We don’t appetite to about-face up there with bodies cerebration we’re Celine Dion’s abetment band”. Eventually Dion was affected to aback down.
Origin of Symmetry was well-received by critics; Dean Carlson of Allmusic commented that “…if you appetite to complete like Radiohead aback alike Thom Yorke doesn’t appetite to complete like Radiohead, you ability as able-bodied booty it to such preposterous, bombastic, over-the-top-levels”. NME gave the anthology 9/10 with Roger Morton writing, “It’s amazing for such a adolescent band to amount up with a ancestry that includes the darker visions of Cobain and Kafka, Mahler and The Tiger Lillies, Cronenberg and Schoenberg, and accomplish a sexy, autonomous album. But Muse accept agitated it off”.

Maverick had anxiety about Bellamy’s articulate appearance on this anthology (considering it not to be “radio-friendly”[citation needed]), and asked Muse to change some of their songs above-mentioned to U.S. release. The band banned and larboard Maverick, consistent in Maverick’s accommodation not to absolution Origin of Symmetry in the U.S. The anthology was assuredly arising in the U.S. on 20 September 2005, afterwards Muse active to Warner.

Muse arise a alive DVD, Hullabaloo, featuring alive footage recorded during Muse’s two gigs on afterwards nights at Le Zenith in Paris in 2001 and a documentary blur of the band on tour. A bifold album, Hullabaloo Soundtrack was arise at the aforementioned time, absolute a accumulation of B-sides and a disc of recordings of songs from the Le Zenith performances. A double-A ancillary audible was additionally arise featuring new songs “In Your World” and “Dead Star“.

In the February 2006 copy of Q Magazine, Origin of Symmetry was placed 74th in a fans’ poll of the 100 greatest albums ever.

Absolution (2003 – 2005)
Studio anthology Absolution, produced by Rich Costey, was arising in 2003. The anthology yielded the hit singles “Time Is Running Out” and “Hysteria“. Muse afterwards undertook their aboriginal all-embracing amphitheater tour. It connected for about a year and saw Muse visiting Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and France. Meanwhile, the band arise bristles singles (“Time Is Running Out“, “Hysteria“, “Sing for Absolution“, “Stockholm Syndrome“, & “Butterflies and Hurricanes“). The US leg of the 2004 bout began ominously as Bellamy afflicted himself on date during the aperture appearance in Atlanta. The bout resumed afterwards several stitches and a brace of days.

The band additionally played at the Glastonbury Anniversary in June 2004. Afterwards the festival, the band declared the concert as “the best gig of our lives”. However, bagman Dominic Howard’s father, Billy Ball Howard, who was at the anniversary to watch the band, died from a affection advance actual anon afterwards the performance. “It was the better activity of accomplishment we’ve anytime had afterwards advancing offstage”, Bellamy said. “It was about surreal that an hour afterwards his dad died. It was about not believable. We spent about a anniversary array of aloof with Dom aggravating to abutment him. I anticipate he was blessed that at atomic his dad got to see him at apparently what was the finest moment so far of the band’s life”.

Muse again connected their tour. Their aftermost dates were in the U.S. and at the Earls Court amphitheatre in London, area they played an added date due to the aerial appeal for tickets. They won two MTV Europe awards, including “Best Alternative Act” and a Q Accolade for “Best Alive Act”. At the end of 2004, Vitamin Records arise The Cord Quartet Tribute to Muse by The Tallywood Strings, an anthology of active cord versions of some of Muse’s songs. Muse additionally accustomed an accolade for “Best Alive Act” at the 2005 BRIT Awards.

The band accomplished touring in January 2005, again visited the U.S. in April and May on 2 July 2005, Muse alternate in the Alive 8 concert in Paris, area they performed their singles “Plug In Baby“, “Bliss“, “Time Is Running Out“, and “Hysteria“.

An actionable and unauthorised DVD adventures absolute no Muse music alleged Manic Depression was arise in April 2005; the band was not complex with the activity and did not endorse the release. Another DVD, this time official, was arising by the band on 12 December 2005, alleged Absolution Tour. The official absolution independent re-edited and re-mastered highlights from the Glastonbury Anniversary 2004 and advanced concealed footage from London Earls Court, Wembley Arena, and the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Two songs, “Endlessly” and “Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist“, are hidden advance on the DVD taken from Wembley Arena. The alone song from Absolution not to arise on the alive DVD is “Falling Abroad With You”, which has never been performed alive to date. Absolution eventually went Gold in the US.

Black Holes and Revelations and HAARP (2006 – 2008)
In July 2006, Muse arise their fourth album, co-produced by Muse and by Rich Costey, blue-blooded Black Holes and Revelations. The anthology was arising clearly in Japan on 28 June 2006, in Europe on 3 July 2006 and, in North America on 11 July 2006. The anthology charted at No. 1 in the UK, abundant of Europe, and Australia. It was additionally a success in the United States, extensive cardinal nine on the Billboard 200 anthology chart. Black Holes and Revelations were nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize, but absent to Arctic Monkeys. The anthology did, however, acquire a Platinum Europe Accolade afterwards affairs 1.000.000 copies in the continent, the album’s appellation and capacity are the aftereffect of the band’s allure with science fiction and political outrage. In August 2006, Muse recorded alive affair at Abbey Road Studios for Alive from Abbey Road.

The aboriginal audible from the album, “Supermassive Black Hole”, was arise as a download on 9 May 2006 and accompanied by a music video directed by Floria Sigismondi. It was afterwards followed by accepted releases as a audible the abutting month, all advanced of the capital anthology release. The additional single, “Starlight“, was arising on 4 September 2006. “Knights of Cydonia” was arising in the U.S. as a radio-only audible on 13 June 2006 and in the UK on 27 November 2006. It additionally had a six-minute promotional video filmed in Romania and was featured on the accepted video bold Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It was additionally voted cardinal 1 in the world’s better music poll Australian Radio’s Triple J Hottest 100 for 2007. The fourth audible from the album, “Invincible”, was again arise on 9 April 2007. Another single, “Map of the Problematique“, was arising for agenda download alone on 18 June 2007, afterward the band’s accomplishment at Wembley Stadium.

Prior to the absolution of the new album, the band resumed authoritative alive performances, which had apoplectic while recording, authoritative a cardinal of promotional TV appearances starting on 13 May 2006 at BBC Radio 1′s One Big Weekend. The capital alive bout started aloof afore the absolution of their anthology and initially consisted mostly of anniversary appearances, best conspicuously a banderole aperture at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2006. The band’s capital touring beat started with a bout of North America from backward July to aboriginal August 2006. Afterwards the aftermost of the summer festivals, a bout of Europe began, including ample amphitheatre bout of the UK. The band spent November and abundant of December 2006 touring Europe with British band Noisettes as the acknowledging act. The bout connected in Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia in aboriginal 2007 afore abiding to England for the summer. Possible their better performances to date were two gigs at the anew rebuilt Wembley Amphitheater on 16 June and 17 2007. Both Wembley concerts were recorded for a DVD/CD blue-blooded HAARP, which was arise on the 17 March 2008 in the UK and 1 April 2008 in the USA. The appellation refers to the Aerial Frequency Active Auroral Analysis Program, a accurate analysis affairs aimed at belief the backdrop and behaviour of the ionosphere.

The touring connected beyond Europe in July 2007 afore branch aback to the US in August area they played to awash out army at Madison Square Garden, New York. They becoming a banderole atom on the additional night of the Austin City Limits Music Anniversary on 15 September 2007, afterwards The White Stripes annulled their performance. Not connected after, they additionally performed at the October 2007 Vegoose in Las Vegas alongside bands like Rage Against the Machine, Daft Punk, and Queens of the Stone Age. Muse connected touring in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Scandinavia afore affective on to Australia and New Zealand. Muse played their final appearance of the Black Holes and Revelations bout as amateur of the KROQ About Acoustic Christmas afterwards amphitheatre to sell-out crowds throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States, and New Zealand.

A cardinal of alone alive appearances additionally occurred in 2008. In March, they played concerts in Dubai, Johannesburg, and Cape Town. On 12 April they played a one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The band additionally performs at a new gig in Marlay Park, Dublin on 13 August and were set to comedy at a gig in Belfast on 14 August. However, the Belfast date was absolved according to The Belfast Telegraph. Kasabian and Glasvegas accurate Muse on their Irish date. A few canicule later, they were the banderole act at V Anniversary 2008, amphitheatre in Chelmsford on Saturday 16 August and Staffordshire on Sunday 17 August. They additionally hinted at the achievability of approaching amphitheater bout or concerts in South America.

The Resistance (2009-present)
As of 2 February 2009 Muse had already fabricated it into the flat and amorphous recording at atomic one song for their accessible album. On microcuts.net, a account banderole declared that the anthology was slated for a September 2009 release, and a new bout of France, and apparently best of Europe, was to chase in the autumn. In an account with BBC 6 Music, Bellamy commented that the anthology is to appearance audible classical influences, and that it’s “all actual orchestral”.

In the February affair of Australian adolescence annual jMag, appear by radio base Triple J, it was said that Matt Bellamy had appear in the band’s appointment that he had accounting the “hardest song ever”. He said “There’s a new song in three parts, which I accept been alive on sporadically for abounding years. As ample allotment of the agreement is orchestral… I’ve been alignment the agreeable elements myself, which is demography a connected time.” He hopes that the advance wills affection as the afterpiece to their fifth album. In a alternation of interviews at the 2009 NME Awards on 25 February, Bellamy appear that the anthology was about bisected completed and should be released, in affiliation with a tour, at the end of summer 2009.

On 24 March 2009, the band’s website fabricated an official advertisement that they will be activity on bout in the autumn. “We are admiring to affirm that Muse will be touring in the UK, Europe and North America this autumn. Abounding capacity on the UK and European dates will be appear soon, but for now we can affirm that the band will be appropriate guests to U2 at a cardinal of their North American shows this September including New York on 24 September. Muse accepted 30 bout dates in europe via their website and BBC Radio 1 on the 1st June 2009. They additionally said: “We are advancing up with altered and agitative date set and assembly which will beset our fans,” arch to belief that the concerts will be in the round.

On 22 May 2009, the band appear through their website and Twitter that the appellation of their new anthology would be The Resistance and that one of the clue titles would be “United States of Eurasia”.

On 2 June 2009, the band appear through e-mails, and their website, that they would activate a bout of Europe, and the UK, alpha on the 22nd of October 2009, at Hartwall Arena, Finland, and catastrophe on the 4th of December, at Pala Olimpico, Turin, Italy, and including two nights at London’s O2 Arena. Abounding account of bout dates can be beginning here. This bout had absolutely awash out their 95,000 allocated tickets aural account from the accepted onsale at 9am on 5th June.

On 12 June 2009, Dom acquaints a blog on his MySpace acknowledging that the album’s bond and arrive activity had been completed and that the anthology is absolutely done. He additionally mentioned that he believes it is the best anthology that the band’s anytime made.

MUSICAL STYLE
Many Muse songs are recognisable by advance diva Matthew Bellamy’s falsetto. As a guitarist, Bellamy generally utilises arpeggio and pitch-shift furnishings to actualize a added “electric” sound, citation Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello as influences for this method.

Black Holes & Revelations was afflicted by assorted styles of European and Asian music. “I’ve been alert to absolutely a lot of music from the south of Italy on this album”, Bellamy admits. “I’ve been active in Italy for a while, and I apparent this music from Naples, which sounds like a mix of music from Africa, Croatia, Turkey, and Italy. It affectionate of gives it a mystical sound, so I anticipate that’s one affair that afflicted the album. I like actuality afflicted by things that accept a alloyed style”

BAND MEMBERS
#Matthew Bellamy as  vocals, primary lyricist, piano & keyboards, guitar

#Dominic Howard as drums and percussion, abetment vocals

#Christopher Wolstenholme as bass guitar, keyboards, abetment vocals

Source: wikipedia.org