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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"Take A Bow" Calls On World Leaders To Take Responsibility For Their Actions. Muse Move Through Three Musical Stages Starting Off As A Classical Piece Before Moving Into A Techno Mid-Section And A Heavy "apocalyptic Rock" Ending. Initially Described "a Looping Epic Which Morphs Into A Gothic Fairytale". The Chord Structure Moves In Fourths Upwards By Using The Augmented Fifth In Between To Move. Initially Called "Hex" "Take A Bow" Was Originally Going To Be At The End Of The Album. Two Months Later Chris Indicated It Could Become The Opening Track. Put First On The Album Because It Ends In The Key Of B Which Is The Key Of The Second Track. . Wolstenholme We Wrote It At The End Of The Absolution Sessions And It Sounds Similar To Absolution Tracks . It Has Evolved A Lot Since Then But It’s Principle Remains The Same A Change Of Periodic Agreements Which Are At The Brink Of Exploding. Its Structure Is Mathematical The Main Idea Being A Formula With Neither Chorus Nor Verse. Dom’s Never Played Like That With Very Jazzy Rhythms Slow Ones Followed By More Chaotic Bits Integrated Into The Whole. "Take A Bow" Was Often Played As A Piano Interlude Between Citizen Erased And Space Dementia On The Absolution Tour. It Was Also Used In A Cinematic Trailer For The Film Watchmen.