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The band is made up of three members, Matthew Bellamy - lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist Chris Wolstenholme, Bass and Dominic Howard on drums. the band first met in Teignmouth, devon where they spent much of their young lives. They were all 12 or 13 when they formed their first band, Gothic Plague. Despite the bands lack of success they carried on under the names first fixed penalty and then Rocket baby dolls.
The band were not interested in the British music industry at that time so they turned their attention to America and the likes of the smashing pumpkins , nirvana and also radiohead who the band are often compared to.
As they grew older things became more serious and under the name of muse they began to pick up gigs at clubs and pubs whenever they could. Hooking up with taste media Muse suddenly found themselves at the 1998 in the city show in Manchester. American labels began to show interest in them.They gave a dazzling show at the Mercury lounge in New-York, then in Los Angeles where they signed with Madonna’s label Maverick Records. Other deals followed with Motors in Germany, Naïve in France and Mushrooms Records in England.
The success of Muse and Muscle Museum encoraged the band to write and perform their first album Showbiz. impressed with Muse's ability to both write songs and play live John Leckie(producer of Radiohead's the Bends) decided to join Muse. A world and UK tour was completed in 1999 as well as other single releases like Uno and Sunburn.
During 2000 Muse continued to play festivals and gigs as well as starting plans for a new album. The band recently released Plug in baby a huge success charting at 11 and have recently stated that the recording for their new album Origin of Symmetry is complete. The second single from this album will also be released (see muse news for more info).
With the band all being in only their early 20's and having huge amounts of talent they are definately a band to watch, they have a big future. | 
