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Left to right: Chris Wolstenholme, Matthew Bellamy, and Dominic Howard.



Through the veins of history

I'll show you a god

Who falls asleep on the job." Muse, " , " Knights of Cydonia "Come ride with meThrough the veins of historyI'll show you a godWho falls asleep on the job."

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Muse is an English alternative/neo-prog rock band formed in 1994 by vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Christopher Wolstenholme and drummer Dominic Howard.

They have released eight studio albums thus far, with Simulation Theory the most recent on November 9, 2018. With regard to singles, the band has been successful in both their home country  where they've had 17 Top 40 singles  and American alternative radio, where they have ten Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot Alternative Tracks (formerly Hot Modern Rock Tracks) chart. They also managed a #37 hit on the Hot 100 pop chart with "Uprising", something they achieved without the help of pop radio.

The band has had three major breakthrough periods in the United States: The first was with their single "Time is Running Out" in 2003, which began their aforementioned string of ten Top 40 Alternative Tracks singles. The second came with the appearance of their 2½-year-old single "Supermassive Black Hole" in the film version of Twilight, as they are Stephenie Meyer's favorite band. Chris Wolstenhome later described it as being like selling your soul to the devil. The third was their performance of "Uprising" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards  easily the most exposure they've ever gotten in the United States  which caused "Uprising" to peak at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Their music video for "Knights of Cydonia" has its own page, which should tell you something.

Fun fact: the band was originally called the Rocket Baby Dolls after a Hentai. Puts a whole new context to "Plug In Baby", doesn't it?

"Survival," a song from The 2nd Law, was adopted as the theme tune for the 2012 Olympics, and "Isolated System" was adopted as the theme for World War Z.

Discography:

Showbiz (1999)

Origin of Symmetry (2001, though not released in the United States until 2005, see the trivia page)

Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002, a combination live album and B-sides collection)

Absolution (2003)

Black Holes and Revelations (2006)

HAARP (2008, second live album)

The Resistance (2009)

The 2nd Law (2012)

Live from Rome Olympic Stadium (2013, third live album)

Drones (2015)

Simulation Theory (2018)

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