Reviews, Biographys, Interviews and some random stuff.
Here I will put interviews, biographys and reviews from the music world, film world and T.V world. If you have somthing you want to put here, send it in to me and I will see what i can do. One other thing, if it appears a paragraph isen't finised, and it is, that's because the thing I am using is a hunk of $%!^. Thankyou. Oh, and I change the things randomly.
Muse - Biography
- Muse Biography As youngsters in Teignmouth, Devon, a small town in southern England, the members of Muse used music as a refuge from their humdrum surroundings. Matthew Bellamy (guitar, vocals), Chris Wolstenholme (bass) and Dominic Howard (drums) began making music together in their early teens, playing covers in mediocre bands with names like Gothic Plague, Fixed Penalty and Rocket Baby Dolls. After deciding to pursue music more seriously, they renamed themselves Muse, and a more mature sound followed.
- Muse recently received a boost when New Musical Express, the U.K.'s foremost authority on up-and-coming bands, described them as
- Maverick Records took note, and Muse inked a deal later that year.Their major-label debut, Showbiz, was released in September of 1999.
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Apple Review.
- Yup, I decided to give a review of this apple in my hand. Its pritty good, nice and jucey, with a good shine, yum. I can now taste it, its a bit woody. Yes I would say with a oak feel to it. Oh, wait a minute. This is the fake one. Still taste good. mmmmm jucy!
Muse - interview
- Bellamy, drummer Dominic Howard and guitarist Chris Wolstenholme know a bit about blowing up. They began their rock odyssey when they were twelve, knocking around in a variety of rival bands in their sleepy seaside town of Teignmouth, 250 miles south of London. By their late teens, when the dust settled and their peers opted for university life or a future plowing the lush fields of their town, the three joined forces. Bellamy, then a pianist, learned to play guitar and began to sing; Wolstenholme, then a drummer and vocalist, switched to bass and back-up vocals and the three began cranking out material.
- Despite the collaboration, Muse's muse primarily pursues Bellamy. He's the one responsible for creating the intriguing blend of sophisticated fretwork, pointed lyrics, charged vocals and moody piano enhancements that give the band their sound.
- Indeed, their sound is unusually lavish for a trio: South American and Spanish guitar influences appear on tracks like
- In fact, this brazen marriage of tumbling piano riffs, bravely evocative vocals and well-matched bass and drums is what first caught the attention of U.S. labels. Shortly after dazzling the jaded industry folks with their performance at the 1998 CMJ Convention in New York, the band of twenty-year-olds was snatched up by Maverick and sent into the studio with Radiohead producer John Leckie, who was as much a fan of theirs as they were of him.
- In fact, though there is a distinctive likeness, Leckie's work with them was built solely around the Muse sound, encouraging them to experiment with Wurlitzers and Mellotrons when recording.
- Live, of course, is when the band truly shines. Recently playing for 10,000 people at a festival in France, Wolstenholme came to a profound realization: