Muse is an award-winning rock band from Devon, England consisting of Matt Bellamy (guitar/vocals), Chris Wolstenholme (bass), and Dominic Howard (drums). The three members met as schoolmates when they were teenagers and began seriously pursuing a musical career in lieu of higher education. The group performed under the names Gothic Plague, Fixed Penalty, and Rocket Baby Dolls before settling on the name Muse.http://www.last.fm/music/Muse/+wiki
Muse won its first American Music Award in November 2010 by being voted the Favorite Alternative Rock Group.http://idolator.com/5696122/2010-american-music-awards-the-liveblog
Career
After releasing two EPs independently,the group signed to Maverick Records and recorded their debut full-length album, Showbiz, with producer John Leckie (who had produced the Radiohead album The Bends).
They recorded their second album, Origin of Symmetry, but the label was worried that Bellamy's high, operatic vocals wouldn't go over well in the United States; after a conflict between the band and the label, Muse left Maverick and signed with Warner Bros. Records. With their third studio album, Absolution, Muse began their mainstream breakthrough behind singles like "Hysteria," "Stockholm Syndrome," and "Time Is Running Out."
Muse finally hit their stride with American fans when they released 2006's Black Holes & Revelations, yielding such hit singles as "Starlight" and "Knights of Cydonia."
In January 2008 the song “Knights of Cydonia” was voted number 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100, Australia’s biggest annual alternative music countdown.
In 2009, the band released a new album called The Resistance. The album contained the single “Uprising”, their first Top 40 pop hit in the United States and their first number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart.http://www.last.fm/music/Muse/+wiki
Muse's MTV Music Video Awards
Muse's first television appearance in the U.S. was on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. The group performed their song "Uprising".http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/435684/uprising-live.jhtml#id=1620606
In 2010, Muse returned to the Video Music Awards, this time as a nominee. The group received the 2010 VMA for Best Special Effects in a Video for the song "Uprising". Special effects are done for the group by Sam Stevens. The video effects include flames and monstrous teddy bears among other effects.http://julianstark-moviesandotherthings.blogspot.com/2010/08/2010-mtv-video-music-awards-best_17.html
Muse Background and Information
Last.fm: Muse | Muse Biography
allmusic: Muse Biography
Rolling Stone: Muse Articles
Pitchfork Record Review: Muse Black Holes and Revelations
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Yahoo! Music: Muse
Rolling Stone: Muse
NME.com: Muse
