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Rocket Baby DollsBirth Date :
1994Birth Place :
Teignmouth, Devon, UKClaim to fame :
Album "Absolution" (2003)Once again made their way to strike North American music scene with their fourth studio album, “Black Holes & Revelations”, which debuted on number 9 of The Billboard 200 in its first week on the chart after being released on July 11, 2006, Muse appears to be tireless indeed to make the year a great period to pass through. Previously appeared at two big French music events of Arras Festival and Eurockeennes de Belfort on July 1 and 2 respectively, this British rock band incessantly keeps being active to exhibit their energetic performance onstage as numerous live gigs have already been lined up for them to undergo throughout the year. As for the rest of July only, they have been scheduled to go around some venues in the States and Canada which cover cities like L.A, Denver, Detroit, Toronto, plus Montreal before taking parts in a series of festivals by August, beginning with Japan's Summersonic Festival set to be held on dates 12 and 13. Entering September, there will be another show at Rock N Coke Festival in Istanbul, Turkey on date 2 to then be followed by tour around France and Germany that runs from late October up to December 18.
A trio consisting of three high school friends named Matthew Bellamy (born on June 9, 1978 in Cambridge, England), Dominic James Howard (born on December 7, 1977 in Stockport, England), and Christopher Tony Wolstenholme (born on December 2, 1978 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England), Muse actually resulted from the idea to overcome the boredom of their life in the sleepy town of Teignmouth, South Devon, England. The band's first incarnation originally was materialized in the form of a duo called Gothic Plague established by Dom and Matt in January 1994, but it was later changed to Fixed Penalty when Chris joined in then to Rocket Baby Dolls under which they enrolled in a local Battle of The Bands competition. Initially pessimistic of the chance of winning due to their different sounds with other contestants, the troupe surprisingly was named the winner that thus ignited the personnel to continue their pact in professional way as consequence.
With Dom seating on drum, Chris handling the bass, plus Matt taking the lead vocal, guitar, also keyboard, the threesome began to look for a better stage name and finally settled to call themselves Muse after an art teacher of theirs told about the muses from Greek mythology. Confidently commenced their journey through a number of performances at the local venue for some time, the band gradually was able to draw quite large following that in turn led them to come into the attention of Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills studio and Dangerous Records label. Not only offered them a chance to record their materials, the man also willingly set up a few showcases in U.S. to ultimately get them signed under Maverick Records in 1998, much to the group's delight. Other deals soon followed with Motors in Germany, Naive in France, and notably, Mushroom Records in England through which they happily saw their full-length debut album, “Showbiz”, touching the U.K. market in 1999 after the releases of their two EPs entitled “Muse EP” and “Muscle Museum EP.”
Produced by John Leckie, who previously had been involved in the making of Radiohead's “The Bends”, the LP's outcome was more than satisfying indeed as it managed to enter the top 30 of U.K. album chart while generating some modest hits like “Sunburn”, “Unintended”, “Cave”, and “Uno.” On the other hand, however, comparisons inevitably were drawn to Radiohead thereafter, leading to an accusation that Muse was only a mere copycat in conclusion. Going unaffected, the band kept moving on their path to hold tour around the world which ran successfully for one and half year before coming up with their sophomore effort, “Origin of Symmetry”, in 2001. More expanded also experimental than its predecessor, the response wonderfully was positive so that the album really did not encounter much difficulty to break worldwide sale above 1.3 million copies, thanks to its fabulous tracks of “Plug in Baby”, “New Born”, “Bliss”, plus “Hyper Music.”
Though already gained considerable popularity in Europe, Muse was still unable to make sound in the States, and realized this fact, they thus joined forces with U.S. producer Rich Costey to work on their next album, “Absolution.” The decision was delightfully proven right for the record, released by March 2004 in the country, amazingly made its way to the first rank of Billboard's Top Heatseekers besides spawned two top 10 Modern Rock Tracks hits namely “Hysteria (I Want It Now)” and “Time Is Running Out.” In the meantime, greater accomplishment was scored in U.K when it topped the number one spot on the country's album chart to then direct the band to obtain a Brit Award for Best Live Act category in the following year. Amidst the superb attainment, the trio decidedly preferred to focus more on their live performances instead and opted not to bring up new compositions until 2006 through singles “Supermassive Black Hole” also "Knights of Cydonia" which later were included in their next album launched by July 3 in U.K, “Black Holes & Revelations.” In 2007, the band was named the Best British Band in the ShockWaves NME Awards.
A trio consisting of three high school friends named Matthew Bellamy (born on June 9, 1978 in Cambridge, England), Dominic James Howard (born on December 7, 1977 in Stockport, England), and Christopher Tony Wolstenholme (born on December 2, 1978 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England), Muse actually resulted from the idea to overcome the boredom of their life in the sleepy town of Teignmouth, South Devon, England. The band's first incarnation originally was materialized in the form of a duo called Gothic Plague established by Dom and Matt in January 1994, but it was later changed to Fixed Penalty when Chris joined in then to Rocket Baby Dolls under which they enrolled in a local Battle of The Bands competition. Initially pessimistic of the chance of winning due to their different sounds with other contestants, the troupe surprisingly was named the winner that thus ignited the personnel to continue their pact in professional way as consequence.
With Dom seating on drum, Chris handling the bass, plus Matt taking the lead vocal, guitar, also keyboard, the threesome began to look for a better stage name and finally settled to call themselves Muse after an art teacher of theirs told about the muses from Greek mythology. Confidently commenced their journey through a number of performances at the local venue for some time, the band gradually was able to draw quite large following that in turn led them to come into the attention of Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills studio and Dangerous Records label. Not only offered them a chance to record their materials, the man also willingly set up a few showcases in U.S. to ultimately get them signed under Maverick Records in 1998, much to the group's delight. Other deals soon followed with Motors in Germany, Naive in France, and notably, Mushroom Records in England through which they happily saw their full-length debut album, “Showbiz”, touching the U.K. market in 1999 after the releases of their two EPs entitled “Muse EP” and “Muscle Museum EP.”
Produced by John Leckie, who previously had been involved in the making of Radiohead's “The Bends”, the LP's outcome was more than satisfying indeed as it managed to enter the top 30 of U.K. album chart while generating some modest hits like “Sunburn”, “Unintended”, “Cave”, and “Uno.” On the other hand, however, comparisons inevitably were drawn to Radiohead thereafter, leading to an accusation that Muse was only a mere copycat in conclusion. Going unaffected, the band kept moving on their path to hold tour around the world which ran successfully for one and half year before coming up with their sophomore effort, “Origin of Symmetry”, in 2001. More expanded also experimental than its predecessor, the response wonderfully was positive so that the album really did not encounter much difficulty to break worldwide sale above 1.3 million copies, thanks to its fabulous tracks of “Plug in Baby”, “New Born”, “Bliss”, plus “Hyper Music.”
Though already gained considerable popularity in Europe, Muse was still unable to make sound in the States, and realized this fact, they thus joined forces with U.S. producer Rich Costey to work on their next album, “Absolution.” The decision was delightfully proven right for the record, released by March 2004 in the country, amazingly made its way to the first rank of Billboard's Top Heatseekers besides spawned two top 10 Modern Rock Tracks hits namely “Hysteria (I Want It Now)” and “Time Is Running Out.” In the meantime, greater accomplishment was scored in U.K when it topped the number one spot on the country's album chart to then direct the band to obtain a Brit Award for Best Live Act category in the following year. Amidst the superb attainment, the trio decidedly preferred to focus more on their live performances instead and opted not to bring up new compositions until 2006 through singles “Supermassive Black Hole” also "Knights of Cydonia" which later were included in their next album launched by July 3 in U.K, “Black Holes & Revelations.” In 2007, the band was named the Best British Band in the ShockWaves NME Awards.
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