The Muse Story - Stairway To Devon

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20101230Muse have always operated on a larger scale than most rock bands. And the Devon trio's combination of shamlessly overblown rock theatrics and extravagant conspiracy theories have left many scratching their heads. Onstage they've been compared to 'Eddie Van Halen trying to play Beethoven with his left foot on a sitar'. Offstage singer Matt BellamyY believes we've been cloned from aliens, and that we receive subliminal instructions from the government via mobile phones and Muse's album 'Absolution' deals not with the end of relationships, but the end of the world.

Steve Lamacq looks at the band Muse.

20160624Glastonbury headliners Muse have always operated on a larger scale than most rock bands and the Devon trio's combination of shamelessly overblown rock theatrics and extravagant conspiracy theories have left many scratching their heads. Onstage they've been compared to 'Eddie Van Halen trying to play Beethoven with his left foot on a sitar'. Offstage singer Matt Bellamy believes we've been cloned from aliens, and that we receive subliminal instructions from the government via mobile phones and Muse's album 'Absolution' deals not with the end of relationships, but the end of the world.

Another chance to hear the story of 2016 Glastonbury headliners Muse.