Muse

    Muse is an alternative rock band from England. The band was formed in Devon in 1994. Members of the band consists of three persons, namely Matthew Bellamy (singer, guitarist, pianist), Dominic Howard (drums) and Chris Wolstenholme (bassist). Muse has a genre of music that blends rock, progressive rock, classical music, and electronics. Muse is also known as a riveting live concert, a game characterized by an energetic and amazing visual effects. Muse have released four recordings, beginning with showbiz in 1999, followed by Origin of Symmetry in 2001, the Absolution in 2003, and his latest album Black Holes & Revelations in 2006. Throughout his career, Muse have won numerous awards including 5 MTV Europe Music Awards, 5 Q Awards, 4 NME Awards and 2 Brit Awards.
 

Formation (1992-1997)
 

In the early 1990s, members of the band Muse have each in their schools. The formation of Muse began when Matthew Bellamy, 14 years old successfully auditioned for the group entry Dominic Howard. When their bassist decided to quit, they asked their good friend, Chris Wolstenholme, to join and learn the bass guitar. Chris had refused, but finally decided to join. This new band had changed its name many, among others, 'Gothic Plague', 'Carnage Mayhem', 'Fixed Penalty', and 'Rocket Baby Dolls', until finally the name Muse is now known. Chronological order the name change of this band is unclear, as Muse gave inconsistent information in their interviews.
 

In 1994, still with the band name "Rocket Baby Dolls', they won the Battle of the Bands competition locally. And shortly after this, they changed their name to Muse, migrate from Teignmouth and began performing at clubs like the Cavern in Exeter.
 

E.P. and Showbiz (1998-2000)
 

After several years building a fan base, Muse played their first concerts in London and Manchester. The band had a meeting with Dennis Smith, owner of Sawmills recording company, based in Cornwall, England.
 

This meeting led to the first official recording of Muse, the EP self-titled (berjudulkan band's name) that uses labels Sawmills, Dangerous. Then E.P. to-2 they are, Muscle Museum, was ranked 3rd in the indie charts and received the attention of influential British music journalist Steve Lamacq and the weekly British music magazine NME. Dennis Mills and helped build the company Taste Media music, made specifically for the Muse (Muse use this label for their first 3 albums). This is very advantageous to Muse because they can maintain the uniqueness of their music at the beginning of their careers.
 

Although E.P. to-2 they were quite successful, many British record companies remain reluctant to support Muse, and many people in the music industry thought the music was too similar to Radiohead's Muse, as well as new bands other British at that time. However, the U.S. company Maverick Records to promote Muse to appear several times in the United States until they finally signed on 24 December 1998. After coming back from America, Taste Media arranged deals for Muse at the record companies in Europe and Australia. John Leckie, who produced the album for Radiohead, Stone Roses, "Weird Al" Yankovic and The Verve, Muse made the producer's first album, Showbiz.
 

The launch of the album was followed by appearances on the tour supporting the band Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers in the United States. In 1999 and 2000, Muse played at several music festivals in Europe and Australia, accumulating a considerable fan base in Western Europe.
 

Origin of Symmetry and Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2001-2002)
 

Their second album, Origin of Symmetry, by John Leckie as producer, the music contains a heavier and darker, with a deep bass voice and distorted. Muse experimented with musical instruments that are not commonly used, such as a church organ, Mellotron, drums and additional equipment. Muse are more reliant on high sound Bellamy, with the sound of guitar and piano arpeggio that sounds obvious, which is inspired by the movement of Russian Romanticism in particular musician Sergei Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Some songs such as "Space Dementia" has elements of classical music that is more viscous by Rachmaninoff. Bellamy also suggested the influence of renowned guitarist Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello (guitarist of Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave) in the guitar melody in the last few songs in this album. There is also recycled from the song "Feeling Good", originally created by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse and popularized by Nina Simone.
 

Origin of Symmetry obtain ratings that range from various music critics. Dean Carlson of Allmusic assess Muse games too like Radiohead, and think their songs are too excessive and unacceptable. "Instead, Roger Morton of the NME gave the 9 / 10 for this album, commented on the dark side and dare of the Muse, even the judge that Bellamy is more 'crazy' from Thom Yorke, Radiohead frontman. This album has the potential to make Muse increasingly popular in the United States, but Maverick did not agree with Bellamy's vocal style is deemed unsuitable for radio broadcasting and asked Muse to change some of their songs prior to release in the United States. Muse refused this request and left the record company Maverick, which resulted in no release of this album Origin of Symmetry in the U.S. (the album was finally released in the area on 20 September 2005, after having a contract with Warner Muse).
 

Muse appearances during the promotion of the album Origin of Symmetry managed to attract a lot of Muse pengemar and built a reputation as a band with an incredible live performance. This brings a reputation for releasing Muse Hullabaloo Soundtrack, a DVD containing their appearance at Le Zenith in Paris, France in 2001. Then simultaneously, they also released a double album containing B-sides and recordings of performances at Le Zenith. Album double A-side single was also released, with two new songs called "In Your World" and "Dead Star", which is different from the style of opera the other songs on Origin of Symmetry.
 

In the February 2006 issue of Q Magazine, album Origin of Symmetry successfully ranked 74th on the list of 100 best albums of all time by fans.
Band
    * Matthew Bellamy - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer
    * Christopher Wolstenholme - bass, vocals companion, keyboards, synthesizer
    * Dominic Howard - drums, percussion