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My plug in baby, crucifies my enemies
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MATT
NAME:Matthew James Bellamy
NICK NAME: Bells
BIRTHDATE : 9th June 1978 in Cambridge
HISTORY: Moved to Teignmouth Devon with his family at age 5. Matt taught himslef to play guitar.
A few of his favorite bands are the Smashing Pumpkins, Limp Bizkit, Rage Against The Machine, Radiohead, Nirvana, Deftones and Primus.
Before the band became Muse Matt did covers of a Nirvana and Michael Jackson song.
ROLE: vocals,songwriter, guitarist, keyboard-player, piano.
BANDS: Carnage Mayhem, Gothic plague, Rocket baby dolls, Muse
FAMILY: Parents divorced when Matt was 13. Has an older brother, Paul and a sister in law and has a girlfriend. His father played the bass in a band named Tornadeos in 1962 who had a No.1 hit.
WHAT MADE HIM BECOME A MUSICIAN: boredom and his parents divorce.
QUALITIES: Freeminded, understanding, patience
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DOM
NAME: Dominic James Howard
NICK NAME: Dom
BIRTHDATE : 12th July 1977 in Manchester
ROLE: drumer
BANDS: Carnage Mayhem, Gothic plague, Rocket baby dolls, Muse
FAMILY: one sister
What made him a musician : to see a jazz band in his school
QUALITIES: happy, honest, optimistic
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CHRIS
NAME: Christopher Tony Wolstenholme
NICH NAME: Cheers
BIRTHDATE: 9th December 1978 in Rotherham
ROLE: Bass and backing vocals
BANDS: Fixed penalty, Gothic plague, Rocket baby dolls, Muse
FAMILY: one sister, two children- Alfie and Ava Joe
WHAT MADE HIM BECOME A MUSICIAN: school music lessons
QUALITIES: calm, fair, sound
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A LITTLE ABOUT THE BAND
GENRE:ROCK
BASED:Torquay, Devon, England
HISTORY: It all started in the early nineties in Teignmouth, a seaside town in the southwest of England.
Matthew first met Chris when he was twelve or thirteen years old. The young Matt played the piano quite well and was trying to improve his technique at the guitar. At that time, Chris was playing the drums in a band called "Fixed Penalty". Dominic also played the drums in a band called "Gothic Plague". When Dominic's band needed a new guitarist, they asked Matt to join them. But after a while all the members of "Gothic Plague" except Dom and Matt left the band. Thus, they decided to ask Chris to join them as he could play the bass and do backing vocals. The trio was created.The band then turned his name into "Rocket Baby Dolls" and finally "Muse".
The first gigs Muse played took place at Teignmouth High School. The bands which were playing there used a boxing ring as a stage. Their first gigs outside of the school were given in the "Cavern" club in Exeter. Muse also played in various clubs and pubs in Devon where they were often asked to play covers. Not pleased with that situation, Muse became more and more determined to play its own music. As the number of the gigs they played decreased, Dennis Smith (owner of Sawmills Studio) started to get interest in Muse. In 1995, Dennis Smith told the band they had promise.
In 1998 Muse suddenly found themselves playing shows in New York and Los Angeles after which several record labels were interested in the band.
The success of Muse and Muscle Museum encoraged the band to write their first album Showbiz. impressed with Muse's ability to both write songs and play live John Leckie(producer of Radiohead's the Bends) decided to join Muse. A world and UK tour was completed in 1999 as well as other single releasesincluding Uno and Sunburn.
During 2000 Muse continued to play festivals and gigs as well as starting plans for a new album and in 2001 Origin of Symmetry was released, the rest is history.
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