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Blog with transcribed articles/interviews/articles on equipment on Slipknot (original nine era), Muse and bluesmen Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Son House (yes, I am eclectic). You are welcome to use any part of this blog, all I ask is that you give me credit.

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July 08, 2026

On 1st June 2013, NME wrote in their "NME WEIRD" section that;

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(MUSE) Matt Bellamy: the ONLY guitar interview!

April 25, 2026

Total Guitar December 2003 (Issue 117) As anthemic as it is experimental, Absolution is Muse's greatest achievement yet. Matt Bellamy tells us about taking chords apart, getting the ultimate tone, and the making of a masterpiece. It starts with the sound of massed armies approaching, and ends with a single dying power chord. It's called " Apocalypse Please " and it's the opening track on Muse's extraordinary new album, Absolution . From here on in it's a non-stop lunatic ride through some of the grandest, most unashamedly epic guitar music ever created, taking in mournful death marches ( Blackout ), sound-and-fury riffing ( Stockholm Syndrome ), as well as thunderous end of the world anthems ( Time Is Running Out ). In the months leading up to the album's release, Matt Bellamy told the press that the coming Muse record would be more 'uplifting' than previous efforts. We needn't have worried. From it's portentous opening bars to its...

Corey Taylor On Why Craig Jones Doesn't Speak (Transcription)

June 30, 2026

c. 2011 COREY: One more? Okay, one more question. You... MAN: Why doesn't Craig ever talk? ( Laughter from audience ) MAN: I've been waiting years to ask that... COREY: Seriously, or... MAN: No. Seriously. COREY: For real? Or as a joke? MAN: No, no, no...really like...even in Voliminal , they ask him like "How many bodies you have in your backyard", and he doesn't even say anything COREY: Several. There are several, uh, joke answers I can give you. One of which is, he's an Android. ( Laughter ) Another of which is that secretly he's a serial killer ( Laughter ). Which we all call him. We're just like, "You're just a killer, dude." And he just goes...( does a silent nodding/sniff impression )...and he doesn't say a damn word. He's...the honest answer...is that that's just the way he us. He's never...I mean, I'm talking about a dude who I knew, before Slipknot was even a band. You know, we used to go to Rocky Horror Pict...

Muse summer single announced

May 29, 2026

NME 6th April 2002 Single and DVD set for June Release “We've got a new single coming which is really fucking heavy rock" — Matt Bellamy Muse release a brand new double A-side single this summer, and also hope to finish their third album this year, NME can reveal. Speaking exclusively to NME , singer Matt Bellamy said that the group had started recording demos for the follow-up to their 'Origins Of Symmetry' album, and will release double A-side single, 'Dead Star'/'In Your World' on June 3. Both tracks are taken from a new DVD, Hullabaloo , which follows on June 17. Hullabaloo is a double DVD release, with one disc featuring 18 live songs from their 2001 tour, recorded over two nights at the Paris Zenith, and the second containing documentary footage from a number of dates across the world. Bellamy said, "We did a concert in Paris which we recorded for a DVD. One ( disc ) is the concert and the other is loads of us getting up to weird ant...