Muse

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Formed 1994.

UK rock band

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Muse at the BRITs

Greg chats to the Muse boys backstage at the BRIT awards.

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Biography

Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, which formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, lead guitar, piano, keyboards, keytar), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar, harmonica) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion, synthesisers, sampling).

Since the release of their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations, keyboardist and percussionist Morgan Nicholls has performed live with the band. Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances and their fusion of many music genres, including space rock, progressive rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, classical music and electronica.

Muse have released six studio albums: Showbiz (1999), Origin of Symmetry (2001), Absolution (2003), Black Holes and Revelations (2006), The Resistance (2009) and The 2nd Law (2012). They have also issued three live albums, Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002), which is also a compilation of B-sides, Absolution Tour (2005), and HAARP (2008), which documents the band's performances at Wembley Stadium in 2007.

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    Tue 19 Feb 2013 07:04

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BBC Reviews

  1. The 2nd Law 2012

    Review of The 2nd Law

    Reviewed by Ian Winwood

    Intergalactic rockers return with a typically outlandish sixth album.

  2. The Resistance 2009

    Review of The Resistance

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    They know exactly how guilty a pleasure they can be.

  3. Black Holes And Revelations 2006

    Review of Black Holes And Revelations

    Reviewed by Jaime Gill

    Black Holes And Revelations is a superlative stretching album: audacious, inflamed and...

  4. Absolution 2003

    Review of Absolution

    Reviewed by Nikki Smith

    Muse are more dramatic and tortured than ever...Absolution laughs in the face of...

  5. Origin of Symmetry 2001

    Review of Origin of Symmetry

    Reviewed by Natalie Shaw

    A second album of impressive ambition that changed everything for its makers.

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