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Definition
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994.

Members
The band consists of Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards),

Chris
Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals),

Dom
and Dominic Howard (drums and percussion).

Success
Muse have won numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards and eight NME Awards. In 2012 they received the Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. , they have sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

Story
The members of Muse studied in the same school, Teignmouth Community College, where they played in separate bands during the early 90s. Matt Bellamy joined Dominic Howard's band, Carnage Mayhem, as a guitarist and became its singer and songwriter. Later, they renamed the band to «Gothic Plague» and asked Chris Wolstenholme to join as bassist, at that time he was a drummer in Fixed Penalty. The band was renamed Rocket Baby Dolls and adopted a goth-glam image. In 1994, Rocket Baby Dolls won a local battle of the bands, smashing their equipment in the process. After that the band changed their name to Muse, and moved away from Teignmouth.

Showbiz
Muse signed to Maverick Records and released their debut album, Showbiz, in 1999, showcasing Bellamy's falsetto and a melancholic alternative rock style. Their second album, Origin of Symmetry (2001), incorporated wider instrumentation and romantic classical influences, and earned them a reputation for energetic live performances.

Absolution
Absolution (2003) saw further classical influence, with orchestra on tracks such as "Butterflies and Hurricanes", and was the first of five consecutive UK number-one albums.

BHAR
Black Holes and Revelations (2006) incorporated electronic and pop elements, displayed in singles such as "Supermassive Black Hole". The album brought Muse wider international success.

The Resistance
The Resistance was released in September 2009, and it was the first Muse album produced by the band. It topped album charts in 19 countries, became the band's third number one album in the UK, and reached number three on the Billboard 200. Reviews were mostly positive, with praise for its ambition, classical influences and the thirteen-minute, three-part "Exogenesis: Symphony".

T2L
and The 2nd Law (2012) explored themes of government oppression and civil uprising and cemented Muse as one of the world's major stadium acts.

Drones
Their seventh album, Drones (2015), was a concept album about drone warfare and returned to a harder rock sound.

Simulation
Their eighth album, Simulation Theory (2018), prominently featured synthesisers and was influenced by science fiction and the simulation hypothesis.