When life was loud

These came out circa 2009/2010 and consist of the Murderdolls, usually Wednesday13 and Joey (with help from Roman Surman and Racci Shay Hart), winding up their manager.  Their manager (God help him) was Slipknot's former Tour Manager. Somehow surviving this, he went on to manage the Murderdolls, and according to Joey , he was part of the Zombie management team.  There is a certain element of truth to some of this no doubt, especially the MAD MANAGER'S way of talking about them rings true to an exasperated touring environment. Given Joey's fascination with "The Dirt" (Motley Crue book, which he said he had read twice), there does seem to be an element of that too, especially in the obnoxious egotistical out of control drunken jerks that he and Wednesday (not to mention the others) come across as.  "JAM SESSION INTERRUPTED" At some ungodly hour in the morning, Joey and Wednesday are loudly playing their instruments, as in Joey on drums and Wednesday on gui...

Q MAGAZINE November 2000 Ubiquitous German producer fires the melodramatic Devon trio down the autobahn with pitch-black, evil funky trance.  

Irish Independent  Friday, 30th June 2006  They tell Eamon Sweeny about alien invasions and why the government wants us all to watch Big Brother.  Muse are possibly the most preposterous band on the planet. Since the early 1990s they've been single-handedly patenting bizarre and bewildering blend of operatic sci-fi pomp rock that makes Queen look subtle.    Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard first met at school in the small town of Teignmouth in Devon. They wisely settled on the name Muse after various unsuccessful incarnations as Gothic Plague, Carnage Mayhem, Fixed Penalty and Rocket Baby Dolls.   Since these humble origins, they've conquered the world of album sales already in millions, making them one of the biggest British cult acts of their day. But at times, they've been rather hard to take seriously, singing about asteroids and aliens in a melodramatic falsetto and spouting all sorts of crackpot conspiracy theories to the media....

Peterborough Evening Telegraph  Saturday, 18th October 2003  Absolution Muse (Taste/East West) Out Now  I must admit that Muse are one of those bands who have passed me by. They always struck me has overwrought pomp-meisters-a sort of combination of the worst bits from Genesis and Simple Minds.    But maybe I'll have to think again because Absolution is a cracker of an album.   Maimman Matt Bellamy still revels in the musical drama, only to be expected from the offspring of a member of '60s beat group The Tornadoes and a medium with a love of Freddie Mercury and the boys from Queen.    But now there is a new focus to go with the flashy flourishes and a real power that drives this rock juggernaut.    They remain gloriously over the top with heavy metal influences colliding with pseudo-classical passages, but, amazingly, they sound like they know exactly what they are doing.    Rumbling drums and hyperactive piano form the drama ...

c.2009 MTV2 ZANE LOWE (V/O over Time Is Running Out): Muse formed in Devon in 1994. Gradually built up an incredibly loyal fan base, and a reputation as one of the best live bands in the world. Anthems like Time Is Running Out, Super Massive Black Hole and Plug In Baby, led them to headline pretty much every major festival on the planet, and then when that wasn't enough, they took in two legendary nights at Wembley Stadium. With no earthly venues big enough for them anymore, Muse are allegedly looking at other universes for their next big shows. Today I'll be asking Matt and Dom about that, about their fifth album, The Resistance, and just generally, sleeping habits. That's where we start, with sleeping habits. You must have none at the minute.  MATTHEW: Terrible, terrible habits. Yeah, no habits exactly, yeah. Yeah, just random, yeah. So we where in New York two days ago, and came back to England yesterday, and so still a little bit (motions with arms) yeah...a little bit ...

Q Magazine November 2000 Masked metal goon squad visit UK - leave trail of mayhem and irate parents in their wake. Slipknot's brief trip to Britain caused chaos last month. The controversial nine-piece band arrived on 29 August to receive three awards from rock bible Kerrang!, but instead set about demolishing the furniture.   After receiving their first trophy, for Best Single with Wait & Bleed, the group smashed all the glasses on their table, threw a monitor off the stage and began punching each other. The receipt of their next award for Best International Live Act, saw the lovely lads hurl chairs and destroy a microphone.    Slipknot also attempted to set their table on fire as the ceremony descended into a melee, with the principal casualty being actress Britt Ekland. There to present a lifetime achievement award to Marilyn Manson, she slipped on the food-strewn stage, breaking her ankle and wrist.    The next day, Slipknot were due to make their d...