Early Muse Archives

Archiving early Muse (1999–2005): Japanese/UK interviews, translations, rarities, bootleg comparisons, reviews, and tributes. Transcripts and deep dives available. #MuseBandArchives Feel free to reblog/share with credit. Suggestions welcome!

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Muse Interview - Ilosaarirock Festival 2002

MTV c. July 2002 MATTHEW: How are you? Q: I'm fine thanks. That's normally my opening line. But thanks for sorting that out. Um...is he all

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MATTHEW: How are you? Q: I'm fine thanks. That's normally my opening line. But thanks for sorting that out. Um…is he all right? (CHRISTOPHER is not at the interview, so a huge blue board has been substituted for him and put in the chair) MATTHEW: Yeah, he's all right, you know. He's a bit quiet today. DOMINIC: Yeah, he's just a little bit…cold blue.

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Live on the edge

Guitarist July 2002 "Most bands do live albums when they are old and fat," says Muse's Matt Bellamy. "We wanted to be different." Guitarist

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"Dom came in one day with this funky James Brown beat and Chris just started playing along, and I applied the chord structure that I already had and it suddenly became a full-on metal track out of nowhere. Because it was so heavy for so long we decided to add another song on the end of it"

Matthew Bellamy (Guitar - July 2002)

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"I think what Muse are live is more honest than how we sound on record. I try to capture that on tape in the studio, but I don't think we've managed it yet because the songs are always so new and you don't have time to routine them properly. "

Matthew Bellamy (Guitarist - 2002)

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FACE TO FACE WITH MUSE - Matt and the lads blast their fans to pieces!

NME 3rd August 2002 The tactics are simple and in theory, deadly effective. "We're going to nail Matt Bellamy," grins Aoife Hunt, one of six

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Muse - 'Sing for Absolution'

Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette  Tuesday 11th May 2004 SINGLE OF THE WEEK Chart music release reviews by John Howelett.  Matt

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Old Devon Days...

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Kerrang! (Issue No.1587) September 26th 2015

LIVES - MUSE: Teignmouth Titans Detonate The Bomb(ast) At Tiny London Club Gig

Kerrang! (Issue No.1587) September 26th 2015 A SUPERMASSIVE black hole has incredible crushing power. Throw an item of your choosing into on

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Dominic Howard was nominated in February 2011 in "Modern Drummer Magazine" under "Alternative".

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(MUSE) TVZH OOPS Interview - 1999 (Transcription)

29th November 1999 (TV ZURICH) Interviewer is Mona Vetsch (Please note this interview is dubbed, so I have done my best to hear what is bein

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The Top 50 Rock Bands Of All Time (As Voted For By You)

Guitarist (Issue 225) July 2002

MUSE Devon may not be rock central, but in Matt Bellamy it has spawned one of the most exciting guitarists of the moment. Of course those custom aluminium super-axes are an added bonus.

ROCK RATING Attitude: 6/10 Style: 7/10 Drugs: 7/10 Riffs: 8/10

Formed: 1997 Classic guitarist line up: Matt Bellamy Favoured Axes: Manson Custom Amps: Marshall JCM 2000 Essential Listening: Origin Of Symmetry (2001)