When life was loud

Diamond Previews March 2013 The comic was written by Corey Taylor; the premise was summed up as;  "Traveling through his new reality, the Human stumbles across an unlikely ally. But with the zombielike Numbers hounding their steps, they must make some unusual choices to avoid capture in an unknown world, with troubling consequences. But can the Human really trust his new friend's advice and find his way home again?"

Q Magazine November 2000 They're painfully young and painfully thin.  They're into angst, catharsis and destruction.  And if they weren't in a band, they'd be in jail.  Meet Muse - standing up for good old dysfunctional rock'n'roll values. Just don't mention Radiohead.  It is shortly after 2.30 on a blazing Saturday afternoon in the middle of a German field. The nearest town is Leipzig, 30 minutes away by speeding taxi. Muse, from Teignmouth, Devon, are onstage at the High Field Festival. It's their last song - Agitated - an old B-side - and singer Matt Bellamy is indulging in a bit of on-stage violence, as is his wont. The song finishes as he pushes an amp at speed towards bassist Chris Wolstenholme. Wolstenholme has seen this all before, Bellamy's "tantrums" being as regular as a healthy bowel movement. A second before collision, he steps to one side and watches as Bellamy ploughs through into equipment at the side of the stage. The singe...

ExploreMusic July 29th 2010 Interviewer is Mike Sullivan  MIKE: Quebec, it's a special place when it comes to metal? It really is?  JOEY: Yeah, man. Uh, every time I played here with, uh, with Slipknot or Ministry, Korn...erm, um...you know, anytime I've ever been here, I've had amazing shows, and this is...actually, I don't know why this just popped up in my mind...this is like something that uh, a lot of Slipknot fans might find interesting. The first time, you know...like it's...it's a legendary part of the Slipknot show where we crouch everyone down, and launch everyone up and it turns into the massive pit...first time we did it was in Montreal.  MIKE: Oh, really?  JOEY: Happened in 2000 MIKE: So that's where that idea...(bobbing up and down)...I've been the guy that's...I've done it JOEY: Yeah, yeah, it was started here MIKE: I think it's during 'Spit It Out' when you guys do that? JOEY: 'Spit It Out'? Yeah, yeah.  MIKE: ...

Belfast Telegraph Friday 20th February 2004 Muse announced a last-minute Belfast gig last week and it turns out their connections with this place run deep. Interview: Paul McNamee When operatic rockers Muse hit Belfast this weekend for their sold-out show at the Ulster Hall, it will be a sort of homecoming for frontman Matt Bellamy.    The diminutive singer spent holidays in the city during his youth in the 80s. His mother Marilyn is from Belfast and Matt, though brought up in the sleepy Devon town of Teignmouth, has fond memories of Northern Ireland.    "I loved it there," he said. "It was a good old place when you were a kid."   Muse first got together as teenagers at school in the early 90s. The trio of Bellamy, Dom Howard (drums) and Chris Wolstenholme (bass) worked on their peculiar sound for several years until they were picked up by Madonna's Maverick label in the US in 1998 and started their climb.   Though they have never been the darlings of rock ...

NME 6th March 2010 Still in shock after winning an Award other than Best Live Act, the Muse man is cornered by Hamish MacBain... and his guitar hero We meet the two greatest rock guitarists of their respective generations in a secret corner of the 02 Academy Brixton where... um... not sure whether we’re allowed to say this, but where one can sneak in a cheeky cigarette. They have just been acquainted, and the air is thick with smoke from a Special who shall remain nameless. Matt looks twitchy, and not because he’s huddled together with his all-time guitar hero. NME: Remember last year here, Matt? You started smoking again at the Awards last year, right here! Matt: “Yeah. There’s something about this little room that just brings it out in me. It’s weird.” Slash: “I’ve just quit. For the second time. I’m trying to do a whole European promo tour without starting again.”  Matt: “But you’re tempted to start again in here, right?” Slash: “It gives you that thing, yeah - you're right! You...

NME  c. 22nd July 2007 "Benicassim is brilliant, because uh, you get...it's got a really weird line up. You know, a lot of bands. I think Benicassim sort of offers it as bands that you think have kind of disappeared, or split up or something, you know like, always...always a surprise line up, and it's uh...seems to be like a good representation of English bands always you know, every year, and uh, the backstage is probably one of the best kind of party areas backstage, you know? The promoter hands out all these free passes to women, as you are probably very very aware, and it's uh, always a great party atmosphere backstage, you know?"  "Yeah, you know, yeah...I saw Monkey's last night. I spent the rest of the time just you know, propping up the bar basically, but it was, uh I thought they were brilliant, they were really good. I think they...they're really uh, playing really well at the moment. I think they're getting ready for their gig. They...