Matchbook Romance

Matchbook Romance are an alternative rock and pop punk band from New York, who have been compared to Muse many times in reviews. The bassist has said that he is a fan of Muse.

The bassist Ryan Kienle played the Hysteria main bass line during a live show in Birmingham on September 22nd 2006.^[1]

Andrew Jordan mentioned in an October 2006 interview with Confront Magazine that Muse is "Rock" but "isn't huge right now", and that a band "like that could definitely bring it back".^[2]