Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band
consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy, Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard,
who met at Teignmouth Community College.
To date, Muse have sold over 15 million albums worldwide.
-Wikipedia
Members:
Matthew Bellamy -
vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, keytar
(1994-present)
Christopher Wolstenholme -
bass, backing vocals, harmonica
(1994-present)
Dominic Howard -
drums, percussion, synthesizers
(1994-present)
Name Origin:
Matt Bellamy explains:
"I think we sort of just named it because, um, the town we came from there was nothing really much going on there and there was a bunch of like people who just all started getting in bands and some one said they thought there might be like a muse hanging around our town which kind of inspired us to want to make music so that was when we heard the word first and we thought well, why not eh? Why not? And we took the name"
From: Teignmouth, Devon, England
Genre(s):
Alternative rock,
new prog,
space rock,
symphonic rock,
progressive metal
Active From: 1994-present
Awards:
2016
Grammy Award for Best Rock Album - Drones
2011
Grammy Award for Best Rock Album - The Resistance
2008
Shockwaves NME Award for Best Live Band
Meteor Music Award for Best International Live Performance
2007
MTV Europe Music Award for Headliner
MTV Europe Music Award for Best UK Act
Shockwaves NME Award for Best British Band
MTVU Woodie Award for Performing Woodie - (Best Tour)
2006
MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative
Kerrang Award for Best Live Band
BT Digital Music Award for Best Rock Artist
Quotes:
I think there's always a serious change in the look of the charts at the start of a new decade going right back to the fifties and probably even before that. The last five years of the nineties was really pop orientated and I think you have to have that every now and again. It seems to have got a bit extreme right now with bands like Limp Bizkit dominating. We met them at a big LA rock gig and played with them.
-Dominic Howard
I know it seems like it's been quick but what people don't realise is that we've been playing together for seven years so it's never really blown up quickly. We were Gothic Plague and for one gig we were Rocket Baby Dolls. That was for a band competition and we just thought we'd take the piss by wearing really way out white make up and smashed our instruments at the end. We were just trying to make a point by taking the piss out of the competition and we ended up winning it! That was when we realised maybe we were onto something. But yeah it's always a shock when things like that happen.
-Dominic Howard