Influences

Listed here are bands which Muse have specifically commented on or bands which have specifically cited Muse as an influence. For bands which have supported Muse see Supporting bands and for bands which Muse have supported see Supported Bands

Muse are influenced by the following bands

Classical

• Hector Berlioz
• Frédéric Chopin
• Philip Glass
• Gustav Holst
• Franz Liszt
• Sergei Rachmaninov
• Heitor Villa-Lobos

Modern

• Aphex Twin
• The Beach Boys
• Jeff Buckley
• Ben Folds Five
• Cream
• Deftones
• Depeche Mode
• dEUS
• DJ Shadow
• Eagles of Death Metal
• Evil Superstars
• The Flaming Lips
• The Four Seasons
• Franz Ferdinand
• Glasvegas
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Grandaddy
• Jimi Hendrix
• Led Zeppelin
• Lightning Bolt
• Metallica
• Millionaire
• Nine Inch Nails
• Nirvana
• Pink Floyd
• The Police
• Primus
• Prince
• Queen
• Queens of the Stone Age
• Rage Against The Machine
• Ray Charles
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Robert Johnson
• Rush
• Ry Cooder
• Nina Simone
• Frank Sinatra
• Smashing Pumpkins
• The Smiths
• Soulwax
• The Strokes
• System of a Down
• Tool
• The Cure
• The Tornadoes
• Tom Waits
• The Who
• U2

Muse have influenced the following bands

• Bobaflex
• Boy Kill Boy
• Bloc Party
• Calculoramas
• Coldplay
• Dream Theater
• Elliot Minor
• Eskimo Joe
• Evermore
• Ex Machina
• The Feeling
• Good Charlotte
• Hanson
• Interrupted Silence
• William Joseph
• Kiss Kiss
• Lil Chris
• Linkin Park
• Lostprophets
• Madina Lake
• Matchbook Romance
• Metallica
• Misguided Missiles
• My Chemical Romance
• Panic At The Disco
• Paramore
• Pendulum
• Pitty
• Piero
• Porcupine Tree
• The Rasmus
• Razorlight
• The Kolur of Karma
• The Starting Line
• The Streets
• The Strokes
• The Subways
• System of a Down
• Tenacious D
• Threshold
• Justin Timberlake
• The Vines
• Zornik