Muse Are An English Rock Band From Teignmouth Devon Formed In 1994. The Band Consists Of Matt Bellamy Lead Vocals Guitar Keyboards Chris Wolstenholme Bass Guitar Backing Vocals And Dominic Howard Drums. They 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 2003 Saw Further Classical Influence With Strings On Tracks Such As "Butterflies And Hurricanes" And Was The First Of Seven Consecutive UK Number-One Albums.
Black Holes And Revelations 2006 Incorporated Electronic And Pop Elements Displayed In Singles Such As "Supermassive Black Hole" And Brought Muse Wider International Success. The Resistance 2009 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. Rolling Stone Stated The Band Possessed "stadium-Crushing Songs". Topping The US Billboard 200 Their Seventh Album Drones 2015 Was A Concept Album About Drone Warfare And Returned To A Harder Rock Sound. Their Eighth Album Simulation Theory 2018 Prominently Featured Synthesisers And Was Influenced By Science Fiction And The Simulation Hypothesis. Their Ninth Album Will Of The People 2022 Which Combined Many Genres And Themes From Their Previous Albums Was Released In August 2022.
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. As Of June 2016 They Have Sold Over 30 Million Albums Worldwide.
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'Citizen Erased' Is The Sixth Track From Muse's Second Studio Album 'Origin Of Symmetry'. At 7 Minutes 21 Seconds It Is The Longest Song On The Album. The Song Was First Played Live On The 12th February 2001 And The Guitar Intro Was Originally Played On Keyboard. The Piano Outro Was Introduced Around April 2001 And A Different Riff In The Solo Section Was Introduced During The Absolution Tour. The Song Is Enormously Popular Among Muse's Fan Base But Is Still Fairly Rare Inclusion In Recent Muse Sets. It Is The Only Song When Matt Bellamy's 7-String Manson Is Used. In The Week Starting 9th July 2007 Some Members Of Muselive.Com And Other Fansites Attempted To Get Citizen Erased Into The UK Charts. It Eventually Reached Position #122.