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Dead Inside (song)

2015-03-28T14:58:35Z

Lucho261094: /* Vocals */

{{Songbox
| Name = Dead Inside
| Album =
{{drop
|[[Drones (album)|Drones]]
|[[Dead Inside (single)|Dead Inside]]
}}
| Length = 4:23
| AltTitles =
| First = [[Brighton Dome 2015 (gig)|23{{supo|rd}} March 2015]]
| Latest = [[Brighton_Dome_2015_(gig)|23{{supo|rd}} March 2015]]
| Recorded = 2014/2015 - [[The Warehouse Studio]], Vancouver, Canada
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Muse]], [[Robert "Mutt" Lange]]
| Chart position = -
}}
{{AlbumNav
| Previous =
| Current = Dead Inside
| Next = [[Drill Sergeant (song)|Drill Sergeant]]
}}

This is their first official single from their new album, 'Drones', which was unveiled March 23rd, 2015 on xFM (with Chris) and on BBC Radio 1 and Triple J Radio (with Matt).

== Information ==

Matt on Dead Inside: “This is where the story of the album begins, where the protagonist loses hope and becomes 'Dead Inside', therefore vulnerable to the dark forces introduced in 'Psycho' and which ensue over the next few songs on the album, before eventually defecting, revolting and overcoming these dark forces later in the story."<ref name="MuseMu2015/03/23">{{cite|title = Muse - Dead Inside|desc=News|date=2015-03-23|auth=Muse|url=http://muse.mu/news,dead-inside_1636.htm?f=home|dom=Muse.mu|fetch=2015-03-23|type=ext }}</ref>

According to Matt, the song 'Dead Inside' its also about: "Losing hope and losing the idea of love".<ref name="MattBellamyTripleJ2015/03/23">{{cite|title = Triple J - Matt Bellamy, Muse: 'Dead Inside' is about "losing the idea of love"|desc=Audio|date=2015-03-23|auth=Matt Bellamy|url= https://soundcloud.com/triple_j/matt-bellamy-muse-dead-inside-is-about-losing-the-idea-of-love|dom=Soundcloud|fetch=2015-03-23|type=ext }}</ref>

The song sounds like its heavily influenced by 80s artists like [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Prince]]. It very much resembles [[Prince]]'s song [[Sign o' the Times (song)|Sign o' the Times]], since the tempoes of the songs are similar, and the key of both songs is the same.

== Instrumentation ==

The song's fairly simple, and it features drums, bass, and lightly distorted guitar with minor synth parts.

== Vocals ==
Falsetto returns as an important feature, mostly throughout the first half of the song. Both Verse and Chorus constantly demand G4s. During the Chorus, Bellamy reaches a G#4, and subsequently, a long and epic Bb4, resembling those heard on Big Freeze's Chorus. Again, many G4s can be heard during the Coda.

==Lyrics==

{{lyrics
|Dead Inside!

[Robot Voice]
(Dead Inside)

[Verse]
Revere
A million prayers
And draw me into your holiness

But there's nothing there
Light only shines from those who share
Unleash a million drones
And confine me then erase me babe

Do you have no soul?
It's like it died long ago

[Chorus]
Your lips feel warm to the touch
You can bring me back to life

On the outside, you're ablaze and alive
But you're dead inside

[Solo]

[Verse]
You're free to the touch the sky
Whilst I am crushed and pulverised
Because you need control
now I'm the one who's letting go

You like to give an inch
Whilst I am giving infinity

But now I've got nothing left
You have no cares and I'm bereft

[Chorus]
Your skin feels warm to caress
I see magic in your eyes

On the outside, you're ablaze and alive
But you're dead inside

[Robot Voice]
(Dead Inside)

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus 2]
Feel me now, hold me please
I need you to see who I am
Open up to me Stop hiding from me
It's hurting babe only you can stop the pain

Don't leave me out in the cold
Don't leave me out to die
I gave you everything
I can't give you anymore
Now I've become just like you

My lips feel warm to the touch
My words seem so alive
My skin is warm to caress
I'll control and hypnotise

You've taught me to lie without a trace
And to kill with no remorse
On the outside
I'm the greatest guy

Now I'm Dead Inside!

[Robot Voice]
(Dead Inside)
}}

==References==
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Dead Inside (song)

2015-03-28T14:55:09Z

Lucho261094:

{{Songbox
| Name = Dead Inside
| Album =
{{drop
|[[Drones (album)|Drones]]
|[[Dead Inside (single)|Dead Inside]]
}}
| Length = 4:23
| AltTitles =
| First = [[Brighton Dome 2015 (gig)|23{{supo|rd}} March 2015]]
| Latest = [[Brighton_Dome_2015_(gig)|23{{supo|rd}} March 2015]]
| Recorded = 2014/2015 - [[The Warehouse Studio]], Vancouver, Canada
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Muse]], [[Robert "Mutt" Lange]]
| Chart position = -
}}
{{AlbumNav
| Previous =
| Current = Dead Inside
| Next = [[Drill Sergeant (song)|Drill Sergeant]]
}}

This is their first official single from their new album, 'Drones', which was unveiled March 23rd, 2015 on xFM (with Chris) and on BBC Radio 1 and Triple J Radio (with Matt).

== Information ==

Matt on Dead Inside: “This is where the story of the album begins, where the protagonist loses hope and becomes 'Dead Inside', therefore vulnerable to the dark forces introduced in 'Psycho' and which ensue over the next few songs on the album, before eventually defecting, revolting and overcoming these dark forces later in the story."<ref name="MuseMu2015/03/23">{{cite|title = Muse - Dead Inside|desc=News|date=2015-03-23|auth=Muse|url=http://muse.mu/news,dead-inside_1636.htm?f=home|dom=Muse.mu|fetch=2015-03-23|type=ext }}</ref>

According to Matt, the song 'Dead Inside' its also about: "Losing hope and losing the idea of love".<ref name="MattBellamyTripleJ2015/03/23">{{cite|title = Triple J - Matt Bellamy, Muse: 'Dead Inside' is about "losing the idea of love"|desc=Audio|date=2015-03-23|auth=Matt Bellamy|url= https://soundcloud.com/triple_j/matt-bellamy-muse-dead-inside-is-about-losing-the-idea-of-love|dom=Soundcloud|fetch=2015-03-23|type=ext }}</ref>

The song sounds like its heavily influenced by 80s artists like [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Prince]]. It very much resembles [[Prince]]'s song [[Sign o' the Times (song)|Sign o' the Times]], since the tempoes of the songs are similar, and the key of both songs is the same.

== Instrumentation ==

The song's fairly simple, and it features drums, bass, and lightly distorted guitar with minor synth parts.

== Vocals ==
Falsetto returns as an important feature, mostly throughout the first half of the song. Both Verse and Chorus constantly demand G4s. During the Chorus, Bellamy reaches a G#4 and a subsequent epic Bb4, resembling those heard on Big Freeze's Chorus. Again, many G4s can be heard during the Coda.

==Lyrics==

{{lyrics
|Dead Inside!

[Robot Voice]
(Dead Inside)

[Verse]
Revere
A million prayers
And draw me into your holiness

But there's nothing there
Light only shines from those who share
Unleash a million drones
And confine me then erase me babe

Do you have no soul?
It's like it died long ago

[Chorus]
Your lips feel warm to the touch
You can bring me back to life

On the outside, you're ablaze and alive
But you're dead inside

[Solo]

[Verse]
You're free to the touch the sky
Whilst I am crushed and pulverised
Because you need control
now I'm the one who's letting go

You like to give an inch
Whilst I am giving infinity

But now I've got nothing left
You have no cares and I'm bereft

[Chorus]
Your skin feels warm to caress
I see magic in your eyes

On the outside, you're ablaze and alive
But you're dead inside

[Robot Voice]
(Dead Inside)

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus 2]
Feel me now, hold me please
I need you to see who I am
Open up to me Stop hiding from me
It's hurting babe only you can stop the pain

Don't leave me out in the cold
Don't leave me out to die
I gave you everything
I can't give you anymore
Now I've become just like you

My lips feel warm to the touch
My words seem so alive
My skin is warm to caress
I'll control and hypnotise

You've taught me to lie without a trace
And to kill with no remorse
On the outside
I'm the greatest guy

Now I'm Dead Inside!

[Robot Voice]
(Dead Inside)
}}

==References==
<references/>

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Hyper Music (song)

2013-10-21T15:43:55Z

Lucho261094: /* Composition */

{{Songbox
| Name = Hyper Music
| Album = {{drop
|[[Origin Of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]] <small>(4)</small>, [[Hyper Music/Feeling Good (single)|Hyper Music/Feeling Good]] <small>(1)</small>, [[Hyper Music/Feeling Good (single)|Feeling Good/Hyper Music]] <small>(2), vinyl (1)</small>
|[[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullabaloo DVD]] <small>(16)</small>
}}
| Length = 3:20
| AltTitles = I Don't Love You
| First = [[Osaka Bayside Jenny 2000 (gig)|12{{supo|th}} October 2000]] <small>(full)</small>, 1999 <small>(riff)</small>
| Latest = -
| Recorded = [[Real World Studios|Real World Studio Wiltshire]] 2001
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[John Leckie]]
| Chart position = 24
}}

<flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/HyperMusic.mp3|rightbg=0xDDEEFF|leftbg=0xDDEEFF|bg=0xFFFFFF</flashmp3>
{{AlbumNav
| Previous = [[Space Dementia (song) | Space Dementia]]
| Current = Hyper Music
| Next = [[Plug In Baby (song) | Plug In Baby]]
}}

==Description==
Has a powering bass line. Quite bitter lyrics for an up-beat, up-tempo song. The riff is similar to [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s Snakecharmer. There is a slower, more relaxed version of this song called [[Hyper Chondriac Music (song)|Hyper Chondriac Music]].

==Matthew Bellamy definition of Hyper Music==

"This one really rocks out, it's really full-on but the lyrics are just plain negative, just pure anger and disregard for affection, the opposite of ‘’Bliss’’. It's actually linked to a book I read called ‘Hyper Space’, which is about how all the laws of nature and physics combine in the 10th Dimension in pure mathematics to form one main theme"<ref>Rock Sound - 2001</ref>

==Composition==
Hyper Music is a metal/heavy rock song written in the key of D minor. It's very energetic, with a powering bassline and aggressive lyrics. It moves at a moderately fast tempo of 122 bpm.

Bellamy's vocal range spans from G3 to D5. The song contains many A4's in the modal register, which is one of Bellamy's highest notes, making this arguably a very difficult vocal.

Since it's return to live shows, the A4's during the verse are mostly sung in full voice by Bellamy, in contrast to older performances in which he sang this part in head voice.

==Additional information==
Could be about the same person as in [[Hate This and I'll Love You (song)|Hate This and I'll Love You]] and [[Uno (song)|Uno]]. Someone who was associated with the band before they made it, who [[Matthew Bellamy|Matt]] had reason to dislike. (On a similar theme Sunburn seems to be about a girl who was associated with them, who in contrast Matt regrets having to leave behind, because he sees her as a star).

Other readings of the song's lyrics have developed a hypothesis that this song is of an anti-religious nature. The lyrics could be a narrative from a messianic figure such as Jesus Christ. "Golden lies" could be those of priests, rabbis, etc. who "feed [God's] role" in the world. The lies not being that God/Jesus exists, after all he says "Who's returned from the dead? Who remains?" (somewhat rhetorical questions); the lies are more likely to be that he was here to save mankind, "I don't love you and I never did". The second verse deals with his reason for not wanting us, "You wanted more than I was worth" - a superhuman messiah that has evidently not saved us from our sins; "And you think I was scared" being a reference to Jesus' apparent fear of his upcoming crucifixion, in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14, Luke 22: 43-44); "And you needed proof", something which our modern secular and scientific age begs for and which there is very little in any religion's defence. "Who really cares any more?" - it is over, God does not love us, he does not care, he has forsaken us and hence the suffering we see across the world.

The book ''Hyper Space'' by Michio Kaku is a foundation inspiration for the entire album, especially the title and Hyper Music can be seen as a direct reference to that book. The book's various metaphysical discussions about religion lend more weight to the religious reading of the song's lyrics.

Interestingly, a typo/mishearing of the lyrics is printed in the sleeve of [[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]]. The line, "Your golden lies feed my role," is printed as "Your golden skies feed my role". This is most likely due to early live versions of the song where Matt sings "skies" instead of "lies".

==Lyrics==
{{lyrics
|[Guitar Solo Open]

Your golden lies feed my role
In this forgotten space race under my control
Who’s returned from the dead?
Who remains (just to spit it in your face?)

You know that I don’t want you and I never did
I don’t want you and I never will

You wanted more than I was worth
And you think I was scared, yeah
And you needed proof
Who really cares anymore?
Who restrains (just to spit it in your face?)

You know that I don’t love you and I never did
I don’t want you and I never will
Waahhh
}}

==References==
<references/>

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User:Lucho261094

2013-07-30T15:48:08Z

Lucho261094: Created page with "Muser since 2010. Buenos Aires, Argentina."

Muser since 2010. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Survival (song)

2013-07-30T15:35:14Z

Lucho261094: /* Information */

[[File:SixthAlbumWorkingTitleDomKitana.jpg| thumb | right | Dom with the names Leaked]]
{{Songbox
| Name = Survival
| Album = {{drop
|[[The 2nd Law (album)|The 2nd Law]]
|[[Survival (single)|Survival]] <small>(1)</small>
}}
| Length = 4:17, 5:15 <small>(with [[Prelude (song)|Prelude]])</small>
| AltTitles = -
| First = [[London Olympic Stadium 2012 (gig)|12<sup>th</sup> August 2012]] <small>(partial mime)</small>, [[Cologne E-Werk 2012 (gig)|20<sup>th</sup> September 2012]] <small>(live)</small>
| Latest = -
| Recorded = 2011-2012
| Writer = Matthew Bellamy
| Producer = Muse
| Chart position = -
| Cover =
}}

<flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/Survival.mp3|rightbg=0xDDEEFF|bg=0xFFFFFF</flashmp3>
{{AlbumNav
| Previous = [[Prelude (song)|Prelude]]
| Current = Survival
| Next = [[Follow Me (song)|Follow Me]]
}}

== Description ==
A heavily Queen-influenced track featuring a choir, piano and heavy guitar parts.

According to Matt the song is about "trying to get into that mindset of being completely determined to win, doing it against all the odds, the conviction and the truth of just wanting to win. I wanted to tune into the competitiveness of it all."<ref>
{{cite |
title = Muse open up about the creation of new single 'Survival' | desc = NME Interview | date = 2012-06-29 | fetch = 2012-07-15 | auth = NME | pub = NME | url = http://www.nme.com/news/muse/64611 | dom = nme.com | type = ext
}}</ref>
It's about "total conviction and pure determination to win."<ref>
{{cite |
title = Muse unveil new single 'Survival' – listen | desc = NME Interview | date = 2012-06-27 | fetch = 2012-06-29 | auth = NME | pub = NME | url = http://www.nme.com/news/muse/64580 | dom = nme.com | type = ext
}}</ref>

== Information ==
By error of Bellamy, Howard, Wolstenholme or Kirk, the name of the song was leaked by a photo on Twitter, until it was deleted.

On the 27<sup>th</sup> of June 2012, Survival was announced as the official song for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The song was premiered on 27th June 2012 by Zane Lowe on his BBC Radio One show at 7:30pm along with a short prelude which was followed by an interview with the band.

During The 2nd Law Tour, Survival has been a standard feature of the encore.

Matt also sings during the four solos of the end of the song, with the same notes as the guitar.

The song also shares Matt's highest recorded vocal note of A♭5 along with [[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]] and [[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]. Survival has been performed live during the 2nd law tour with the A♭5 although Matt tends to perform with an E♭5 instead.

==Recording==
The song was initially conceived in August 2011 when Matt was approached by a "top pianist," Sir Elton John, to create a collaborative song for the 2012 London Olympics.<ref>
{{cite |
title = Olympic special for Elton John | desc = The Sun news article | date = 2011-23-08 | fetch = 2012-07-15 | auth = Gordon Smart | pub = The Sun | url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/3768403/Olympic-special-for-Elton-John.html | dom = thesun.co.uk | type = ext
}}</ref> This initial conception was unfruitful and the song was left unfinished and without lyrics. In 2012, when the band began work pwoper on the sixth Muse album, Matt finished writing Survival and it was recorded.

== Reception ==
The song received mixed reviews by professional critics, bloggers and fans. Metro, Britain's largest free newspaper, published an article entitled "Muse's 2012 anthem fails to lift their fans into orbit."<ref>{{cite
| title = Muse's 2012 anthem fails to lift their fans into orbit
| desc = Newspaper article
| date = 2012-06-29
| pub = Metro
| doc = Metro 2012-06-29 Muse's 2012 anthem fails to lift their fans into orbit
| type = int
}}</ref> Editor of NME Hamish MacBain asked "Have Muse jumped the shark?", saying the song left "the unmistakeable [sic] sense of a band with nowhere left to go" and that the lyrics were "REALLY crap,"<ref>
{{cite |
title = Have Muse Jumped The Shark With Their Olympics Track? | desc = NME blog post | date = 2012-06-28 | fetch = 2012-06-29 | auth = Hamish MacBain | pub = NME | url = http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=1&title=have_muse_jumped_the_shark_with_their_ol&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 | dom =nme.com | type = ext
}}</ref> while Jamie Gambino of WithGuitars.com described it as "excruciating and quite possibly aneurism inducing". <ref>
{{cite |
title = MUSE - SURVIVAL | desc = WithGuitars review | date = 2012-06-28 | fetch = 2012-06-29 | auth = Jamie Gambino | pub = NME | url = http://www.withguitars.com/muse-survival/ | dom = withguitars.com | type = ext
}}</ref> Ian Port, blogging on SF Weekly, implied Survival was not a song, and was instead "just a very loud aggregation of dramatic noises.<ref>
{{cite |
title = Muse's Official Olympic Song "Survival" Is Decidedly Not a Victory for the World | desc = SF Weekly blog post | date = 2012-06-28 | fetch = 2012-06-29 | auth = Ian Port | pub = SF Weekly | url = http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/06/muses_olympic_song_survival_does_muse_know_what_a_song_is.php | dom =blogs.sfweekly.com | type = ext
}}</ref> Forbes focused on criticising the song's lyrics for not well representing the spirit of the Olympics as it purported to, reflecting that "the truisms about competition Bellamy lazily rolls out on “Survival” feel entirely antithetical to the event the song is supposed to represent", while musically it was a "tasteless, lackluster number".<ref> {{cite |
title = The Problem With Muse's Official Olympic Song, 'Survival' | desc = Forbes Media & Entertainment article | date = 2012-06-28 | fetch = 2012-06-29 | auth = Leor Galil | pub = Forbes | url = http://www.forbes.com/sites/leorgalil/2012/06/28/the-problem-with-muses-official-olympic-song-survival/ | dom =forbes.com | type = ext
}}</ref>

"If [the fans] hate it, cool," said Dom. "At least it's provoking something. It's a pretty weird song for the Olympics to choose, but it's cool that they think the song can represent the enormity of the Olympics. It takes you back to Gladiator-style Olympics. Maybe they should bring some of those back, like fending off a tiger with a spiked metal ball."<ref>http://www.muselive.com/index.php?m=single&id=6747</ref>

The song did receive some praise too. Diffuser.fm rated the song 9/10, saying the song left them "definitely looking forward to ‘[[The 2nd Law (album)|The 2nd Law]]‘ album."<ref> {{cite |
title = MUSE, ‘SURVIVAL’ – SONG REVIEW | desc = Diffuser.fm review | date = 2012-06-28 | fetch = 2012-06-29 | auth = Chad Childers | pub = Forbes | url = http://diffuser.fm/muse-survival-song-review/ | dom =diffuser.fm | type = ext
}}</ref>
A poll by The Telegraph revealed that 81.5% of voters thought the song was "pop gold," while 18.5% described it as a "false start."<ref> {{cite |
title = Muse song Survival unveiled as the official London 2012 Olympic theme tune | desc = Daily Telegraph article | date = 2012-06-28 | fetch = 2012-07-01 | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/9361112/Muse-song-Survival-unveiled-as-the-official-London-2012-Olympic-theme-tune.html | dom =telegraph.co.uk
}}</ref> Digital Spy thought that it was the "right decision" to use the song for the Olympics, adding that it has "all the hallmarks of a classic British anthem".<ref> {{cite |
title = Muse: 'Survival' - Single review | desc = Digital Spy review | date = 2012-07-02 | fetch = 2012-07-02 | url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a391052/muse-survival-single-review.html | dom =digitalspy.co.uk
}}</ref>
The Associated Press called the song "a thundering rock anthem." NME columnist Mark Beaumont was perturbed that the band's latest track was "assimilated into something as annoying" as the Olympics. He continued that "'Survival' might be amongst the most ear-scorchingly, arse-burstingly, aneurysm-inducingly brilliant songs in Muse’s canon, but it’ll forever be deemed corny by its association with one long-past sporting event." Adam Boult of The Guardian referred to the track as "a hilarious five-minute onslaught of camp, falling somewhere between Queen, Gloria Gaynor and a Monty Python sketch. Swelling strings, battle drums, ludicrous falsetto shrieking and chugga-chugga guitar channelling the Little Engine That Could. It's as insanely overblown as the Olympics themselves."

==Covers==
Survival was covered by the staff of [[Triple J]] radio. A Comedy Central advertisement parodied the song in a musical clip called "Completely Apathetic".<ref> {{cite |
title = Comedy Central: Complete Apathetic | desc = Comedy Central advert | fetch = 2012-07-29 | url = http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/videos/comedy-central-completely-apathetic-819696/ | dom = comedycentral.co.uk
}}</ref>

== Lyrics ==
{{Lyrics|
("Ah, ah ah ah", repeated)

Race
Life's a race
That I'm gonna win
Yes I'm gonna win
And I'll light the fuse
And I'll never lose
And I choose to survive
("Told you, so I", repeated)
Whatever it takes
You won't pull ahead
I'll keep up the pace
And I'll reveal my strength
To the whole human race
Yes, I am prepared
("You were warned and didn't listen", repeated)
To stay alive
I won't forgive
Vengeance is mine
And I won't give in
Because I choose to thrive
Yes, I'm gonna win

Race
("Told you, so I", repeat)
It's a race
That I'm gonna win
Yes I'm gonna win
And I'll light the fuse
And I'll never lose
And I choose to survive
("You were warned and didn't listen", repeated)
Whatever it takes
You won't pull ahead
I'll keep up the pace
And I'll reveal my strength
To the whole human race
Yes, I'm gonna win

("Fight, fight, fight, fight, win, win, win, win")

Yes, I'm gonna win
}}

==References==
<references/>

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The Who

2013-03-07T00:53:00Z

Lucho261094:

The Who is a British rock band formed in 1964, still active today. [[Christopher Wolstenholme]] described them in 2008 as having been a significant influence on Muse' live performances and many bands generally in the last fourty years.<ref name="xfm20080415">{{cite/xfm20080415}}</ref> He claimed Muse were all big fans of the band.<ref name="xfm20080415"/>

Muse played the same Belgian festival as The Who,<ref name="vr20080415">{{cite/virginradio20080415}}</ref> perhaps [[Werchter Festival 2006 (gig)|Rock Werchter 2006]]. After this, The Who's vocalist Roger Daltrey invited Muse to partake in the Teenage Cancer Trust's fund raising concerts. Daltrey was and still is one of the event's organisers. Although Muse' schedule had insufficient room at the time, Daltrey again gave an invitation in 2008, [[London Royal Albert Hall 2008 (gig)|which the band accepted]].<ref name="vr20080415"/>
While introducing Muse to the stage at their 2008 TCT concert, Daltrey described them as the "best band in the world".<ref name="thewhobbc1">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080413_MuseCancer.shtml "BBC - 6 Music - Muse Invincible"]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==See also==
*[http://www.thewho.com Official website]

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Queens of the Stone Age

2013-03-07T00:28:30Z

Lucho261094:

A hard rock band that has been around for a while lead by Josh Homme. Many high profile people have played with them including Dave Grohl of [[Nirvana]] and the Foo Fighters, and Billy F. Gibons of Z.Z. Top.

In an interview with Matt, during the recordings of BH&R, he was asked which album he was listening right now. It was the Queens of the Stone Age album, Lullabies to Paralyze.

In an article featured in the Kerrang magazine Bellamy listed Queens of the stone Age's "Rated R" album as one of the albums that he loves the most. http://www.musewiki.org/The_songs_that_changed_my_life_(20060722_Kerrang_article)

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The Cure

2013-03-06T23:10:55Z

Lucho261094:

The Cure is an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. Matt said in a interview that at their first gig the whole band was dressed up like The Cure.

Cream

2013-03-06T23:09:16Z

Lucho261094:

A very influential band. They were known for being the jumping point for many "Guitar Gods", including Eric Clapton.

[[Matt]] said that Cream was the first music he remembers in an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qCnECRP9yg interview].

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Manson Ali Top

2013-03-04T06:27:24Z

Lucho261094:

[[File:NewDeloreanManson.jpg|thumb|right|Ali Top Manson]]
[[File:Matt New Manson.jpg|thumb|right|Ali Top Manson]]
[[File:new delorean2.png|thumb|right|Ali Top Manson]]
{{Guitarbox
| Name = Ali Top
| Manufacturer = [[Manson Guitars]]
| Used = [[Singapore Fort Canning Park 2007 (gig)|2007-01-16]]—
| Body = Solid
| Neck = Bolt-on
| BodyCovering = <nowiki></nowiki>
*Alloy face
*Back and sides painted silver
*Custom alloy machine heads & control knobs
| Wood = '''Body''':<br/>'''Neck''':Birdseye Maple<br/>'''Fingerboard''': Rosewood
| Bridge = Ibanez Lo Pro Tremolo (with locking nut)
| Electronics = One volume, one tone, three-way pickup selector
| Pickups = '''Neck/bridge''': Bare Knuckle custom Mississippi Queen P90's with aged nickel covers
| Special = —
| Manson = 1
}}

==Background==
This is a guitar built by [[Hugh Manson]] in late 2006/early 2007, it is based on [[Matthew Bellamy]]'s [[Delorean Manson|original Silver/Delorean guitar]] and is also covered in aluminium and features a locking trem. It was most likely built to replace his original guitar which has been retired from touring. This is his first custom guitar built to have no internal effects. It is however possible that a fuzz factory has been installed, this is due to the backplate for the fuzz factory being on the back of the guitar(see picture, top right) or it could be that the guitar was designed to have a fuzz factory but it was never installed.

==Touring==
The guitar made its live debut in [[Singapore Fort Canning Park 2007 (gig)|Singapore on 16th January 2007]].
Nowadays, it is very rare to see it live; in the 2nd Law Tour is used only for [[Save Me (song)|Save Me]] live.
====Songs used for====
*[[Darkshines (song)|Darkshines]]
*[[Hysteria (song)|Hysteria]]
*[[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]
*[[Muscle Museum (song)|Muscle Museum]]
*[[Save Me (song)|Save Me]]
*[[Unintended (song)|Unintended]]

==Links==
*[http://mansonguitars.co.uk/Muse%20gallery/pages/Manson%20Ali%20top.htm Manson Ali top on Manson Guitars website]

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Saitama Super Arena 2013 – 11th (gig)

2013-02-25T05:47:57Z

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| Date = 11{{supo|th}} January 2013
| DateRef = <ref name="muse_2012-10-14"/>
| Location = Saitama
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Announced on the 28{{supo|th}} of September and originally scheduled for the 12{{supo|th}},<ref name="muse_2012-09-28"/> Muse performed inside Saitama Super Arena on the 11{{supo|th}} of January.<ref name="muse_2012-10-14"/> Ticket sale shall start on the 3{{supo|rd}} November.<ref name="muse_2012-09-28"/><ref name="muse_2012-10-14"/>

Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption) was performed live for the first time. Bellamy reached A5 towards the end of Stockholm Syndrome.

{{setlist
| 01 = Unsustainable
| 02 = Supremacy
| 03 = Map of the Problematique
| 04 = Panic Station
| 05 = Supermassive Black Hole
| 06 = Resistance
| 07 = Animals
| 08pre = {{Man with a Harmonica}} | 08 = Knights of Cydonia
| 09pre = Montpellier Jam | 09 = Explorers
| 10link = Exogenesis: Symphony (song) | 10 = Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)
| 11 = Time Is Running Out
| 12 = Liquid State
| 13 = Madness
| 14 = Follow Me
| 15 = Undisclosed Desires
| 16 = Plug In Baby
| 17 = Stockholm Syndrome | 17app = {{encore}}
| 18 = Isolated System
| 19 = Uprising | 19app = {{encore|2}}
| 20 = Starlight
| 21 = Survival
}}

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="muse_2012-09-28">
{{cite/muse.mu 2012-09-28}}
</ref>

<ref name="muse_2012-10-14">
{{cite/muse.mu 2012-10-14}}
</ref>

</references>

== See also ==

* [[Saitama Super Arena]]

{{BacktoGigs | 2013}}

Calculoramas

2013-02-21T02:59:32Z

Lucho261094:

Calculoramas is an Argentinean group that plays "Taliban Rock". They publish their music for free in the internet. In their first album "Si Dios Estuviera Vivo Escucharía Este Disco" ("If God was alive he would listen to this album") they used samples of Starlight and some images of Matthew in concert in the video of "Cover de Nirvana". They released an EP called "Si Perón Estuviera Vivo Escucharía Este Disco" ("If Peron was alive he would listen to this EP"), and its first single is "El Perón Supermasivo", a mix between the music of Supermassive Black Hole and the lyrics of the Peronist March, using images of the SBH performance at Pinkpop ´07.

==See also==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Uknt1TQgTY YouTube video for "El Perón Supermasivo"]

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Matthew Bellamy

2012-10-18T01:30:00Z

Lucho261094: /* Vocal range */

[[File:MattSign.jpg | thumb | right | Matthew Bellamy]]
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{{MuseMember
| Name = Matthew James Bellamy
| Born = 9{{supo|th}} June 1978
| Hometown = Cambridge, UK
| Plays = [[Guitars|Guitar]], [[Keyboards|piano]], [[Vocals|lead vocals]], and himself
| Band members = [[Christopher Wolstenholme]], [[Dominic Howard]]
| Associated acts = [[Carnage Mayhem]], [[Gothic Plague]], [[Rocket Baby Dolls]] and Muse
}}
== Childhood ==
Matthew Bellamy was born in Cambridge on the 9th June 1978 and moved to [[Devon]] with his family at aged 10. Matthew’s dad, [[George Bellamy]] was in a band called [[The Tornadoes]], who were the first band from the UK to get a US number 1 record.{{cite/none}} At the age of 13 Matthew’s parents got divorced.{{cite/none}} "It was ok at home, middle class, we had money.” Matthew says. “Well until the age of 13. I think I almost got everything I wanted until the age of 13, yes. Then, everything changed, parents got divorced, and I went to live with my grand mother, and there wasn't that much money. I have a sister who's younger than me, she's actually my stepsister: my dad had her from another marriage, and also an older brother. Until the age of 14 music was part of my life since it was part of the family circle: my dad was a musician, he had a band, etc. But it's only when I moved in with my grandparents that I started playing music myself. It was like a need to me."{{cite/none}}

Matthew started playing piano at 6 when his brother influenced him to play a soundtrack from a TV series by holding him in front of the TV and then putting him in front of the piano.Matthew managed to play the song and his brother used to make him play it in front of his friends for show off.At the age of 11, after seeing Jimmy Hendrix putting his guitar on fire, he decided he wanted to buy a guitar, which he asked from his grandmother.{{cite/none}} His parents and older brother also used an Ouija Board to contact the dead, which Matt discovered when he was wandering downstairs late at night. He then became interested in it after the divorce of his parents. “It was exciting to go to school and to tell 10-year-old kids all about it, as they found it all quite scary and I was quite impressed that I was doing something that was scary to other people but that wasn’t to me. I did get quite into that.” His beliefs changed after one correspondence predicted the first Gulf War a year before it started. “My beliefs in the whole thing changed. I now believe that you’re contacting something in your subconscious, which is quite different. Something that you might not have known was already there. That’s probably more realistic than thinking you’re contacting somebody who’s already dead. And I do practice that".{{cite/none}}

Bellamy's first<ref name="nme20000202">{{cite/NME 2000-02-02}}</ref> memory is of breaking an expensive family heirloom<ref name="mm199912">{{cite/Melody Maker 1999-12}}</ref> - a large mirror<ref name="mm199912"/> - after letting go of a bucket whilst spinning around with it, as a result of which his mother proclaimed that he'd cursed the family for seven years.<ref name="nme20000202"/> This occurred in the year previous to the one during which his parents split up.<ref name="mm199912"/> In December 1999, he claimed this was his most guilt-ridden memory.<ref name="mm199912"/>

== Music ==
=== Style ===
Matthew Bellamy is the driving force behind Muse’s lyrical and musical composition. Popular devices he uses are singing with vibrato and in falsetto ("[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]," "[[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]," and "[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]," among others), arpeggiations ("[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]," "[[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[New Born (song)|New Born]]," and "[[Bliss (song)|Bliss]]," among others), and large or octave jumps in melody lines ("[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]," "[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," and "[[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]]," among others). Some songs (most notably older ones) express a more esoteric side in terms of guitar riffs and vocals ("[[Execution Commentary (song)|Execution Commentary]]," "[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]," "[[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]]," and "[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]," among others). He also seems to pronounce clearly the hard consonant sound "n" at the beginnings of some phrases when he sings. This has commonly been interpreted as the word "and".

=== Lyrics ===
Bellamy's lyrical writing is relatively simple but his subject matters are usually not - world events, the end of the world, hyperspace, technology, religion, George Orwells '1984' (for 'Resistance'), among other subjects.
Many of his main ideas are set in a dystopian future, in which totalitarian governments control every aspect of private and public behaviour, maintaining their power with political and forceful tactics such as widespread surveillance, state controlled media etc. Freedom is out of the question, and the idea of terrorism can be placed onto any individual regardless of age, etc.

=== Vocal range ===
Bellamy's displayed vocal range spans from F♯2 to C6. Throughout Muse's career, his singing voice has deepened and matured, with improved low-end, sustain and vibrato.

The lowest full note he has reached is G♯2 at the start of [[Follow Me (song)|Follow Me]]. In an interview with KROQ, August 2010, he displays an F♯2 while impersonating growling vocals. A note that he also hits in Execution Commentary.

The highest note he has belted is B4, which has been hit on several occasions live. His highest studio note is B♭4. He hits this note at 2:08 in [[Feeling Good (song)|Feeling Good]], at 5:52 in [[Unnatural Selection (song)|Unnatural Selection]], at 1:26 in [[Survival (song)|Survival]], at 4:47 in [[Explorers (song)|Explorers]], twice towards the end of [[Madness (song)|Madness]], three times at the end of [[Follow Me (song)|Follow Me]], several times throughout [[Futurism (song)|Futurism]] and the chorus of [[Big Freeze (song)|Big Freeze]]. He more commonly hits A4 in songs like [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]], [[Cave (song)|Cave]], [[House of the Rising Sun (song)|House of the Rising Sun]], [[Sing for Absolution (song)|Sing for Absolution]], [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]], [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] and [[Survival (song)|Survival]].

The highest studio note Bellamy has hit is A5 at the start of [[Dead Star (song)|Dead Star]], and in [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] at 2:53, both of which are backing vocals. His highest note in a lead vocal is the final scream in [[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]], [[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]], and [[Survival (song)|Survival]], all of which reach G♯5. Live, Bellamy occasionally hits B5 during [[Time Is Running Out|Time Is Running Out]]. During [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]] at the [[Paris MCM Café 1999 (gig)|MCM Café in 1999]], about 10 seconds after the first chorus, he approaches C♯6.

Whilst this is not out of the range of a male singer with due practice, Bellamy managed to reach these highs without the amount practice usually required, and before he developed his breathing technique. According to [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] speaking for an interview around [[Saint-Malo Fort de Saint-Père 2001 (gig)|Route du Rock 2001]], a doctor once examined Bellamy's vocal cords and commented that they are unusually small, explaining how he managed to reach the high ranges that he does with relatively little practice or training. Bellamy also stated in said interview that he used to, sometime prior to that interview, attempt to sing lower due to being embarrassed about singing using high ranges. He doesn't anymore, however, as he has lost that inhibition.<ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5sbGANaROA Route du Rock interview 2001]</ref>

=== Pre-performance preparation ===
Bellamy uses an electric foot massager to prepare before shows. As well as treating nervousness, this helps him in regards to jet lag.<ref>{{cite/ninemsn 2007-02}}</ref>

He has also said that bubble baths are his favourite way to "warm up" prior to shows. <ref>BBC Radio 1 Podcast, December 2006</ref>

It has also been said that Matt "can't play a gig" without eating a banana.

In an interview with NME, he has said that once he gets offstage the first thing he drinks is red wine. According to Bellamy, it's the only alcohol that doesn't make his throat dry and helps with his voice. <ref>[Interview (NME Feature, 08/13/2008)]</ref>

=== Live action ===
Bellamy has several live regularities. One of the most prominent is repetitively walking back and forth, though pro-shot videos manage to mask this by changing angle often. Other regularities are song specific, for example in Plug In Baby he spins a few times during the final instrumental section. He has the world record at breaking guitars,{{cite/none}} he smashed 140 guitars at the Absolution tour 2004.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy would rather artists not need the media to reach their audience.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

Bellamy can "vaguely" read musical scores.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

The first song that Bellamy learned to play was the theme tune to Dallas. His brother held him in front of their television, then held him in front of their piano and made Matthew work it out with one finger. His brother showed this off to his friends.<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

== Additional information ==
=== Family ===
Bellamy's father is [[George Bellamy]], former rhythm guitarist of [[The Tornadoes]]. Bellamy's mother is Marylin Bellamy, who left Ireland for England during the 1970s.

George Bellamy's brother was shot and killed in Northern Ireland some time during the 1960s or 1970s under suspicious circumstances. He was a soldier of the British Army, but the IRA never owned up to his death (as they usually did) and no conclusion was ever came to. Rumours were abound that he was a member of the SAS, and the suspicion surrounding his death was one of the factors leading to Matt's 'obsession' with conspiracy theories.

He has an older brother called Paul, who bought Hulk comics during their childhood. Matthew came to like The Incredible Hulk as a result, but he never bought any of the comics - he took them from Paul.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

Bellamy's fiancée [[Kate Hudson]], an American actress, gave birth to his first child, a boy named Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy on 9{{supo|th}} July 2011.

=== Religion ===
Bellamy has shown signs of atheism: "Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music".{{cite/none}}

In 2000 Bellamy stated that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was "extremely cool" to have been able to deceive people into believing she remained a virgin after conceiving.<ref name="mm20000615">{{cite/Melody Maker 2000-06-15}}</ref>

Bellamy has also stated that God will never be cool due to Satan introducing rock 'n' roll first. He said that "all those cloaks and everything" is "not a good look".<ref name="mm20000615"/>

At pinkpop 2004, Bellamy said in an interview that he hadn't anything against religion, he just didn't have one. He said that his dedication to music might serve as a replacement to religion.

Bellamy also stated in a 2007 interview that one of the weirdest gifts fans have sent him is the holy bible.

In a session where Matt and Dom answered questions from fans, Bellamy stated that the celebrity alive or dead he'd most like to meet is Jesus Christ (Dom answered Jimi Hendrix for this question). Matt: I'd like to meet Jesus Christ. Eh just because I'd be interested to know how he did it all. You know what I mean? You know...making fish out of bushes and stuff. Walking on water. I'd like to meet someone who can do that. I think that'd be uh, certainly one of the most interesting people to meet I'd say.{{cite/none}}

However, more recently Bellamy has shown signs of being an Agnostic or a Deist. In an interview with a Rock Music channel in France (2006), Bellamy states, "I believe in the God of the universe, definitely." In addition, he revealed in a 2007 video inverview that, "I don't believe in heaven or hell, I don't really believe in that version" {{YTw |Nje70tnlq10}}. Bellamy's beliefs are therefore probably closer to the philosophical concept of "The Absolute" as opposed to the structures of organized religions.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy watched Road Runner when he was around 4 years of age. He claims that the way the road runner tortured the coyote constantly without self consequence "got" to him.<ref name="nme20000729">
{{cite |
title=Heroes and villains | date=2000-07-29 | pub=NME magazine | doc=Heroes and villains (20000729 NME article) | type=int
}}</ref>

Bellamy avoids 'hard' drugs, due to his experience of their effects on those around him. Bellamy moved into a flat with a drug dealer at the age of 18. He described the flat as looking like "a scene from Trainspotting, white powders and mirrors and tin foil everywhere."<ref name="k20020622">{{cite/Kerrang 2002-06-22}}</ref> He did however use [[Magic Mushrooms|mushrooms]] containing psilocybin "to experience something thats not always on offer. I'm not afraid of seeing something horrible. It's a way of connecting with yourself in a way that you can't normally do."{{cite/none}}

During the early years of Muse, Bellamy became involved with some "dodgy" people, with which he stole and sold a Ford Escort for £500. After the owner of the scrap yard from where they stole said Escort threatened to burn Bellamy's house with his family inside it, Bellamy gave the man Muse's tour bus. Bellamy has stated that he'd like to exact revenge on this man by putting him into a car crusher.{{cite/none}}

== Trivia ==
* Matt recently made a twitter account which was first named http://www.twitter.com/muse_MattB then was changed http://www.twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt and subsequently to http://www.twitter.com/MattBellamy because he thought the first name was "Crap" he and [[Chris]] urged [[Dom]] to make one and so he did, even though [[Tom Kirk]] was probably responsible for that.

* Bellamy uses [[Manson Guitars]] built and customized by [[Hugh Manson]] and Tim Stark.

* When asked, Bellamy once gave this advice on orgies: "It's very easy. Novelty items. It's so easy. All you need is masks or hats. Soon as people put on silly hats, they loosen up a little bit. Then you need a couple of friends who are very close to each other. Then people start bundling to each other and it just goes from there. It's as simple as that. Just bundling, tickling and novelty items."<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

* Bellamy shared a flat in London with [[Tom Kirk]] and [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] up until as recently as 2002.{{cite/none}}

*Bellamy is able to tickle himself.

* Bellamy contributed a page to the original website at http://www.muse-official.com (now defunct) titled "Matt's Rambling Page" (which also linked to his email address, [[qua@aol.com]]). The first incarnation of the website was ruined when Matt accidentally deleted the directory in which the website was stored when trying to learn HTML.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy occasionally posted on the old incarnation of the official site messageboard, more often than not on sexually themed threads.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy is able to say the [[alphabet backwards]]- zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba. He has been made to repeat this party trick on several occasions (most recently in an interview with Zane Lowe following the release of BHAR in 2006).{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy wishes that the gravity on Earth were weaker so that [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia|spiders]] would die.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

* He is 5' 7" (1.73 m)

* Bellamy told one interviewer that he lost his virginity at [[Reading Little John's Farm 2000 (gig)|Reading Festival]] when he was about 15 or 16. The interview can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_mT1Rzrhs here].

* Matt would like to play a gig in the middle of Pleiades (the constellation, also known as the "seven sisters"), the star system which - according to one of his favourite conspiracy theories - aligns with the Egyptian and Cydonian pyramid systems.

* Bellamy hates Marmite with a passion. Unlike Chris and Dom, who love it.

* Matt used to live in [[Moltrasio]], Italy. He now lives in north London.

* Matt can make a whole pasta dish from scratch. <ref name="vr20080218">{{cite/Virgin Radio 2008-02-18}}</ref>

* When on a break at Chateau Miraval, Matt and Dom began to get a slight phobia of the insects so they bought one of those rockets that you build from a kit with a camera on and fired it off with a praying mantis attatched. When asked about it he said: "we expanded his mind and universe. It was probably a bit like going on holiday for him."

* Matt has a dog <ref>{{cite |
title=Dom & Matt "Speed Date Interview" | desc= Interview with Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard | date=2010 | fetch=2010-11-14 | pub=Speed Date Interview | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmC-jphF2Is | type=ext
}}</ref>

* Insects are attracted to his bum and he sweats in there. Footage [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WcdN2JEpY here]

* Around the time of 2002, Matt owned a black Lotus Elite sports car. This was the first car he bought from his own money. Previous to this he'd steal his Mums.

* According to Matts Fiancée, [[Kate Hudson]], Matt drinks PG tips tea.

* Matt has a Wine collection.

* Matt once 'stole' a double bass from a school he attended to get lessons. Revelead in the Gonzo 2003 interview which can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHOc_Db2kE here.]

* In the Showbiz Tour Matt brought a Go-Ped

== Previous jobs ==
* Caravan cleaner{{cite/none}}
* Painter and decorator - with his mate Jake.{{cite/none}}

<gallery>
File:DaxWax.jpg | [[Dax Wax]]
File:MattAndWine.jpg | [[Red wine]]
File:Mattsveins.jpg | [[Vein Drawing Fetish]]
File:MattRedBlack.jpg | [[Red and Black Fetish]]
File:Carrot.jpg | [[Carrot eating]]
File:Spagnola.jpg | [[Italian Fetish]]
File:WhiteSocks.jpg | [[Socks Fetish]]
File:Cure.jpg | [[Gothic Looking Women Fetish]]
File:MSF1.jpg | [[Matt's Sex Face]]
File:MattsPlanks.jpg[[Manson Guitar]]
File:JetPack.jpg | [[Paramotor |Silly Jetpacks]]
File:TropicalFish.jpg | [[Bellamy's fish]]
File:Spider.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia]]
File:MattDressUp.jpg | [[Dressing Up]]
File:MattsSealOfApproval.jpg | [[Matt's Seal Of Approval]]
File:Atlanta 2004-04-09 – Matthew Bellamy bleeding.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's injuries | Injuries]]
File:SimnoMatt.jpg | [[Bellamy lookalikes]]
File:SmellyFeet.jpg | [[Bellamy's feet smell]]
File:MattShuffle.jpg[[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:White cones.jpg | [[Bellamy's white cones]]
File:Qua.png|[[Qua@aol.com]]
File:Matt Shuffle.jpg | [[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:Twin Peaks.jpg | [[Bellamy likes Twin Peaks]]
File:Muscle Museum single US CD2.jpg | [[Hey you crazy kids]]
File:Trees.jpg | [[Bellamy likes trees]]
File:Treponema pallidum.jpg | [[Self doubt and syphilis]]
File:Matts Cool Jacket.png | [[Matt's Cool Jacket]]

</gallery>
* [[Bellamy's posts]]
* [[Floccinaucinihilipilification]]
* [[Alphabet backwards]]

== Words/phrases he overuses ==
* [[Get a Grip]]
* [[Easy Tiger]]
* [[Cheers]]
* [[Starlight (song)#Live | Next song is called Starlight]] (in different languages)
* [[Pwoper]]
* [[Merci Beaucoup]] ("Thank you very much" in french)
* Vibe
* You know...
* [[Lost/Lose the plot]]
* [[I think]]
* It's tough out there
* 1984

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Becky Pale]]
* [https://twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt twitter account]

{{Backto | Muse}}

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[[Category:Muse]]

Matthew Bellamy

2012-09-24T21:07:04Z

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[[File:MattSign.jpg | thumb | right | Matthew Bellamy]]
{{MuseMember
| Name = Matthew James Bellamy
| Born = 9{{supo|th}} June 1978
| Hometown = Cambridge, UK
| Plays = [[Guitars|Guitar]], [[Keyboards|piano]], [[Vocals|lead vocals]], and himself
| Band members = [[Christopher Wolstenholme]], [[Dominic Howard]]
| Associated acts = [[Carnage Mayhem]], [[Gothic Plague]], [[Rocket Baby Dolls]] and Muse
}}

== Childhood ==
Matthew Bellamy was born in Cambridge on the 9th June 1978 and moved to [[Devon]] with his family at aged 10. Matthew’s dad, [[George Bellamy]] was in a band called [[The Tornadoes]], who were the first band from the UK to get a US number 1 record.{{cite/none}} At the age of 13 Matthew’s parents got divorced.{{cite/none}} "It was ok at home, middle class, we had money.” Matthew says. “Well until the age of 13. I think I almost got everything I wanted until the age of 13, yes. Then, everything changed, parents got divorced, and I went to live with my grand mother, and there wasn't that much money. I have a sister who's younger than me, she's actually my stepsister: my dad had her from another marriage, and also an older brother. Until the age of 14 music was part of my life since it was part of the family circle: my dad was a musician, he had a band, etc. But it's only when I moved in with my grandparents that I started playing music myself. It was like a need to me."{{cite/none}}

Matthew started playing piano at 6 when his brother influenced him to play a soundtrack from a TV series by holding him in front of the TV and then putting him in front of the piano.Matthew managed to play the song and his brother used to make him play it in front of his friends for show off.At the age of 11, after seeing Jimmy Hendrix putting his guitar on fire, he decided he wanted to buy a guitar, which he asked from his grandmother.{{cite/none}} His parents and older brother also used an Ouija Board to contact the dead, which Matt discovered when he was wandering downstairs late at night. He then became interested in it after the divorce of his parents. “It was exciting to go to school and to tell 10-year-old kids all about it, as they found it all quite scary and I was quite impressed that I was doing something that was scary to other people but that wasn’t to me. I did get quite into that.” His beliefs changed after one correspondence predicted the first Gulf War a year before it started. “My beliefs in the whole thing changed. I now believe that you’re contacting something in your subconscious, which is quite different. Something that you might not have known was already there. That’s probably more realistic than thinking you’re contacting somebody who’s already dead. And I do practice that".{{cite/none}}

Bellamy's first<ref name="nme20000202">{{cite/NME 2000-02-02}}</ref> memory is of breaking an expensive family heirloom<ref name="mm199912">{{cite/Melody Maker 1999-12}}</ref> - a large mirror<ref name="mm199912"/> - after letting go of a bucket whilst spinning around with it, as a result of which his mother proclaimed that he'd cursed the family for seven years.<ref name="nme20000202"/> This occurred in the year previous to the one during which his parents split up.<ref name="mm199912"/> In December 1999, he claimed this was his most guilt-ridden memory.<ref name="mm199912"/>

== Music ==
=== Style ===
Matthew Bellamy is the driving force behind Muse’s lyrical and musical composition. Popular devices he uses are singing with vibrato and in falsetto ("[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]," "[[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]," and "[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]," among others), arpeggiations ("[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]," "[[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[New Born (song)|New Born]]," and "[[Bliss (song)|Bliss]]," among others), and large or octave jumps in melody lines ("[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]," "[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," and "[[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]]," among others). Some songs (most notably older ones) express a more esoteric side in terms of guitar riffs and vocals ("[[Execution Commentary (song)|Execution Commentary]]," "[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]," "[[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]]," and "[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]," among others). He also seems to pronounce clearly the hard consonant sound "n" at the beginnings of some phrases when he sings. This has commonly been interpreted as the word "and".

=== Lyrics ===
Bellamy's lyrical writing is relatively simple but his subject matters are usually not - world events, the end of the world, hyperspace, technology, religion, George Orwells '1984' (for 'Resistance'), among other subjects.
Many of his main ideas are set in a dystopian future, in which totalitarian governments control every aspect of private and public behaviour, maintaining their power with political and forceful tactics such as widespread surveillance, state controlled media etc. Freedom is out of the question, and the idea of terrorism can be placed onto any individual regardless of age, etc.

=== Vocal range ===
Bellamy's displayed vocal range spans from F♯2 to C6, a total of 3.5 octaves.

The lowest full note he has reached is A2 in [[Spiral Static (song)|Spiral Static]] at 2:24. In an interview with KROQ, August 2010, he displays an F♯2 while impersonating growling vocals.

The highest note he has belted is B♭4. He hits this note at 2:08 in [[Feeling Good (song)|Feeling Good]], at 5:52 in [[Unnatural Selection (song)|Unnatural Selection]], at 2:25 in [[Survival (song)|Survival]], at 4:47 in [[Explorers (song)|Explorers]], twice towards the end of [[Madness (song)|Madness]] and several times throughout [[Futurism (song)|Futurism]] and the chorus of [[Big Freeze (song)|Big Freeze]]. He more commonly hits A4 in songs like [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]], [[Cave (song)|Cave]], [[House of the Rising Sun (song)|House of the Rising Sun]], [[Sing for Absolution (song)|Sing for Absolution]], [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]], [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] and [[Survival (song)|Survival]].

The highest studio note Bellamy has hit is A5 at the start of [[Dead Star (song)|Dead Star]], and in [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] at 2:53, both of which are backing vocals. His highest note in a lead vocal is the final scream in [[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]], [[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]], and [[Survival (song)|Survival]], all of which reach G♯5. Live, Bellamy occasionally hits B5 during [[Time Is Running Out|Time Is Running Out]]. During [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]] at the [[Paris MCM Café 1999 (gig)|MCM Café in 1999]], about 10 seconds after the first chorus, he approaches C♯6.

Whilst this is not out of the range of a male singer with due practice, Bellamy managed to reach these highs without the amount practice usually required, and before he developed his breathing technique. According to [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] speaking for an interview around [[Saint-Malo Fort de Saint-Père 2001 (gig)|Route du Rock 2001]], a doctor once examined Bellamy's vocal cords and commented that they are unusually small, explaining how he managed to reach the high ranges that he does with relatively little practice or training. Bellamy also stated in said interview that he used to, sometime prior to that interview, attempt to sing lower due to being embarrassed about singing using high ranges. He doesn't anymore, however, as he has lost that inhibition.<ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5sbGANaROA Route du Rock interview 2001]</ref>

=== Pre-performance preparation ===
Bellamy uses an electric foot massager to prepare before shows. As well as treating nervousness, this helps him in regards to jet lag.<ref>{{cite/ninemsn 2007-02}}</ref>

He has also said that bubble baths are his favourite way to "warm up" prior to shows. <ref>BBC Radio 1 Podcast, December 2006</ref>

It has also been said that Matt "can't play a gig" without eating a banana.

In an interview with NME, he has said that once he gets offstage the first thing he drinks is red wine. According to Bellamy, it's the only alcohol that doesn't make his throat dry and helps with his voice. <ref>[Interview (NME Feature, 08/13/2008)]</ref>

=== Live action ===
Bellamy has several live regularities. One of the most prominent is repetitively walking back and forth, though pro-shot videos manage to mask this by changing angle often. Other regularities are song specific, for example in Plug In Baby he spins a few times during the final instrumental section. He has the world record at breaking guitars,{{cite/none}} he smashed 140 guitars at the Absolution tour 2004.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy would rather artists not need the media to reach their audience.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

Bellamy can "vaguely" read musical scores.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

The first song that Bellamy learned to play was the theme tune to Dallas. His brother held him in front of their television, then held him in front of their piano and made Matthew work it out with one finger. His brother showed this off to his friends.<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

== Additional information ==
=== Family ===
Bellamy's father is [[George Bellamy]], former rhythm guitarist of [[The Tornadoes]]. Bellamy's mother is Marylin Bellamy, who left Ireland for England during the 1970s.

George Bellamy's brother was shot and killed in Northern Ireland some time during the 1960s or 1970s under suspicious circumstances. He was a soldier of the British Army, but the IRA never owned up to his death (as they usually did) and no conclusion was ever came to. Rumours were abound that he was a member of the SAS, and the suspicion surrounding his death was one of the factors leading to Matt's 'obsession' with conspiracy theories.

He has an older brother called Paul, who bought Hulk comics during their childhood. Matthew came to like The Incredible Hulk as a result, but he never bought any of the comics - he took them from Paul.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

Bellamy's fiancée [[Kate Hudson]], an American actress, gave birth to his first child, a boy named Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy on 9{{supo|th}} July 2011.

=== Religion ===
Bellamy has shown signs of atheism: "Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music".{{cite/none}}

In 2000 Bellamy stated that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was "extremely cool" to have been able to deceive people into believing she remained a virgin after conceiving.<ref name="mm20000615">{{cite/Melody Maker 2000-06-15}}</ref>

Bellamy has also stated that God will never be cool due to Satan introducing rock 'n' roll first. He said that "all those cloaks and everything" is "not a good look".<ref name="mm20000615"/>

At pinkpop 2004, Bellamy said in an interview that he hadn't anything against religion, he just didn't have one. He said that his dedication to music might serve as a replacement to religion.

Bellamy also stated in a 2007 interview that one of the weirdest gifts fans have sent him is the holy bible.

In a session where Matt and Dom answered questions from fans, Bellamy stated that the celebrity alive or dead he'd most like to meet is Jesus Christ (Dom answered Jimi Hendrix for this question). Matt: I'd like to meet Jesus Christ. Eh just because I'd be interested to know how he did it all. You know what I mean? You know...making fish out of bushes and stuff. Walking on water. I'd like to meet someone who can do that. I think that'd be uh, certainly one of the most interesting people to meet I'd say.{{cite/none}}

However, more recently Bellamy has shown signs of being an Agnostic or a Deist. In an interview with a Rock Music channel in France (2006), Bellamy states, "I believe in the God of the universe, definitely." In addition, he revealed in a 2007 video inverview that, "I don't believe in heaven or hell, I don't really believe in that version" {{YTw |Nje70tnlq10}}. Bellamy's beliefs are therefore probably closer to the philosophical concept of "The Absolute" as opposed to the structures of organized religions.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy watched Road Runner when he was around 4 years of age. He claims that the way the road runner tortured the coyote constantly without self consequence "got" to him.<ref name="nme20000729">
{{cite |
title=Heroes and villains | date=2000-07-29 | pub=NME magazine | doc=Heroes and villains (20000729 NME article) | type=int
}}</ref>

Bellamy avoids 'hard' drugs, due to his experience of their effects on those around him. Bellamy moved into a flat with a drug dealer at the age of 18. He described the flat as looking like "a scene from Trainspotting, white powders and mirrors and tin foil everywhere."<ref name="k20020622">{{cite/Kerrang 2002-06-22}}</ref> He did however use [[Magic Mushrooms|mushrooms]] containing psilocybin "to experience something thats not always on offer. I'm not afraid of seeing something horrible. It's a way of connecting with yourself in a way that you can't normally do."{{cite/none}}

During the early years of Muse, Bellamy became involved with some "dodgy" people, with which he stole and sold a Ford Escort for £500. After the owner of the scrap yard from where they stole said Escort threatened to burn Bellamy's house with his family inside it, Bellamy gave the man Muse's tour bus. Bellamy has stated that he'd like to exact revenge on this man by putting him into a car crusher.{{cite/none}}

== Trivia ==
* Matt recently made a twitter account which was first named http://www.twitter.com/muse_MattB then was changed http://www.twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt and subsequently to http://www.twitter.com/MattBellamy because he thought the first name was "Crap" he and [[Chris]] urged [[Dom]] to make one and so he did, even though [[Tom Kirk]] was probably responsible for that.

* Bellamy uses [[Manson Guitars]] built and customized by [[Hugh Manson]] and Tim Stark.

* When asked, Bellamy once gave this advice on orgies: "It's very easy. Novelty items. It's so easy. All you need is masks or hats. Soon as people put on silly hats, they loosen up a little bit. Then you need a couple of friends who are very close to each other. Then people start bundling to each other and it just goes from there. It's as simple as that. Just bundling, tickling and novelty items."<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

* Bellamy shared a flat in London with [[Tom Kirk]] and [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] up until as recently as 2002.{{cite/none}}

*Bellamy is able to tickle himself.

* Bellamy contributed a page to the original website at http://www.muse-official.com (now defunct) titled "Matt's Rambling Page" (which also linked to his email address, [[qua@aol.com]]). The first incarnation of the website was ruined when Matt accidentally deleted the directory in which the website was stored when trying to learn HTML.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy occasionally posted on the old incarnation of the official site messageboard, more often than not on sexually themed threads.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy is able to say the [[alphabet backwards]]- zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba. He has been made to repeat this party trick on several occasions (most recently in an interview with Zane Lowe following the release of BHAR in 2006).{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy wishes that the gravity on Earth were weaker so that [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia|spiders]] would die.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

* He is 5' 7" (1.73 m)

* Bellamy told one interviewer that he lost his virginity at [[Reading Little John's Farm 2000 (gig)|Reading Festival]] when he was about 15 or 16. The interview can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_mT1Rzrhs here].

* Matt would like to play a gig in the middle of Pleiades (the constellation, also known as the "seven sisters"), the star system which - according to one of his favourite conspiracy theories - aligns with the Egyptian and Cydonian pyramid systems.

* Bellamy hates Marmite with a passion. Unlike Chris and Dom, who love it.

* Matt used to live in [[Moltrasio]], Italy. He now lives in north London.

* Matt can make a whole pasta dish from scratch. <ref name="vr20080218">{{cite/Virgin Radio 2008-02-18}}</ref>

* When on a break at Chateau Miraval, Matt and Dom began to get a slight phobia of the insects so they bought one of those rockets that you build from a kit with a camera on and fired it off with a praying mantis attatched. When asked about it he said: "we expanded his mind and universe. It was probably a bit like going on holiday for him."

* Matt has a dog <ref>{{cite |
title=Dom & Matt "Speed Date Interview" | desc= Interview with Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard | date=2010 | fetch=2010-11-14 | pub=Speed Date Interview | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmC-jphF2Is | type=ext
}}</ref>

* Insects are attracted to his bum and he sweats in there. Footage [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WcdN2JEpY here]

* Around the time of 2002, Matt owned a black Lotus Elite sports car. This was the first car he bought from his own money. Previous to this he'd steal his Mums.

* According to Matts Fiancée, [[Kate Hudson]], Matt drinks PG tips tea.

* Matt has a Wine collection.

* Matt once 'stole' a double bass from a school he attended to get lessons. Revelead in the Gonzo 2003 interview which can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHOc_Db2kE here.]

* In the Showbiz Tour Matt brought a Go-Ped

== Previous jobs ==
* Caravan cleaner{{cite/none}}
* Painter and decorator - with his mate Jake.{{cite/none}}

<gallery>
File:DaxWax.jpg | [[Dax Wax]]
File:MattAndWine.jpg | [[Red wine]]
File:Mattsveins.jpg | [[Vein Drawing Fetish]]
File:MattRedBlack.jpg | [[Red and Black Fetish]]
File:Carrot.jpg | [[Carrot eating]]
File:Spagnola.jpg | [[Italian Fetish]]
File:WhiteSocks.jpg | [[Socks Fetish]]
File:Cure.jpg | [[Gothic Looking Women Fetish]]
File:MSF1.jpg | [[Matt's Sex Face]]
File:MattsPlanks.jpg[[Manson Guitar]]
File:JetPack.jpg | [[Paramotor |Silly Jetpacks]]
File:TropicalFish.jpg | [[Bellamy's fish]]
File:Spider.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia]]
File:MattDressUp.jpg | [[Dressing Up]]
File:MattsSealOfApproval.jpg | [[Matt's Seal Of Approval]]
File:Atlanta 2004-04-09 – Matthew Bellamy bleeding.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's injuries | Injuries]]
File:SimnoMatt.jpg | [[Bellamy lookalikes]]
File:SmellyFeet.jpg | [[Bellamy's feet smell]]
File:MattShuffle.jpg[[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:White cones.jpg | [[Bellamy's white cones]]
File:Qua.png|[[Qua@aol.com]]
File:Matt Shuffle.jpg | [[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:Twin Peaks.jpg | [[Bellamy likes Twin Peaks]]
File:Muscle Museum single US CD2.jpg | [[Hey you crazy kids]]
File:Trees.jpg | [[Bellamy likes trees]]
File:Treponema pallidum.jpg | [[Self doubt and syphilis]]

</gallery>
* [[Bellamy's posts]]
* [[Floccinaucinihilipilification]]
* [[Alphabet backwards]]

== Words/phrases he overuses ==
* [[Get a Grip]]
* [[Easy Tiger]]
* [[Cheers]]
* [[Starlight (song)#Live | Next song is called Starlight]] (in different languages)
* [[Pwoper]]
* [[Merci Beaucoup]] ("Thank you very much" in french)
* Vibe
* You know...
* [[Lost/Lose the plot]]
* [[I think]]
* It's tough out there
* 1984

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Becky Pale]]
* [https://twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt twitter account]

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Matthew Bellamy

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[[File:MattSign.jpg | thumb | right | Matthew Bellamy]]
{{MuseMember
| Name = Matthew James Bellamy
| Born = 9{{supo|th}} June 1978
| Hometown = Cambridge, UK
| Plays = [[Guitars|Guitar]], [[Keyboards|piano]], [[Vocals|lead vocals]], and himself
| Band members = [[Christopher Wolstenholme]], [[Dominic Howard]]
| Associated acts = [[Carnage Mayhem]], [[Gothic Plague]], [[Rocket Baby Dolls]] and Muse
}}

== Childhood ==
Matthew Bellamy was born in Cambridge on the 9th June 1978 and moved to [[Devon]] with his family at aged 10. Matthew’s dad, [[George Bellamy]] was in a band called [[The Tornadoes]], who were the first band from the UK to get a US number 1 record.{{cite/none}} At the age of 13 Matthew’s parents got divorced.{{cite/none}} "It was ok at home, middle class, we had money.” Matthew says. “Well until the age of 13. I think I almost got everything I wanted until the age of 13, yes. Then, everything changed, parents got divorced, and I went to live with my grand mother, and there wasn't that much money. I have a sister who's younger than me, she's actually my stepsister: my dad had her from another marriage, and also an older brother. Until the age of 14 music was part of my life since it was part of the family circle: my dad was a musician, he had a band, etc. But it's only when I moved in with my grandparents that I started playing music myself. It was like a need to me."{{cite/none}}

Matthew started playing piano at 6 when his brother influenced him to play a soundtrack from a TV series by holding him in front of the TV and then putting him in front of the piano.Matthew managed to play the song and his brother used to make him play it in front of his friends for show off.At the age of 11, after seeing Jimmy Hendrix putting his guitar on fire, he decided he wanted to buy a guitar, which he asked from his grandmother.{{cite/none}} His parents and older brother also used an Ouija Board to contact the dead, which Matt discovered when he was wandering downstairs late at night. He then became interested in it after the divorce of his parents. “It was exciting to go to school and to tell 10-year-old kids all about it, as they found it all quite scary and I was quite impressed that I was doing something that was scary to other people but that wasn’t to me. I did get quite into that.” His beliefs changed after one correspondence predicted the first Gulf War a year before it started. “My beliefs in the whole thing changed. I now believe that you’re contacting something in your subconscious, which is quite different. Something that you might not have known was already there. That’s probably more realistic than thinking you’re contacting somebody who’s already dead. And I do practice that".{{cite/none}}

Bellamy's first<ref name="nme20000202">{{cite/NME 2000-02-02}}</ref> memory is of breaking an expensive family heirloom<ref name="mm199912">{{cite/Melody Maker 1999-12}}</ref> - a large mirror<ref name="mm199912"/> - after letting go of a bucket whilst spinning around with it, as a result of which his mother proclaimed that he'd cursed the family for seven years.<ref name="nme20000202"/> This occurred in the year previous to the one during which his parents split up.<ref name="mm199912"/> In December 1999, he claimed this was his most guilt-ridden memory.<ref name="mm199912"/>

== Music ==
=== Style ===
Matthew Bellamy is the driving force behind Muse’s lyrical and musical composition. Popular devices he uses are singing with vibrato and in falsetto ("[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]," "[[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]," and "[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]," among others), arpeggiations ("[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]," "[[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[New Born (song)|New Born]]," and "[[Bliss (song)|Bliss]]," among others), and large or octave jumps in melody lines ("[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]," "[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," and "[[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]]," among others). Some songs (most notably older ones) express a more esoteric side in terms of guitar riffs and vocals ("[[Execution Commentary (song)|Execution Commentary]]," "[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]," "[[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]]," and "[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]," among others). He also seems to pronounce clearly the hard consonant sound "n" at the beginnings of some phrases when he sings. This has commonly been interpreted as the word "and".

=== Lyrics ===
Bellamy's lyrical writing is relatively simple but his subject matters are usually not - world events, the end of the world, hyperspace, technology, religion, George Orwells '1984' (for 'Resistance'), among other subjects.
Many of his main ideas are set in a dystopian future, in which totalitarian governments control every aspect of private and public behaviour, maintaining their power with political and forceful tactics such as widespread surveillance, state controlled media etc. Freedom is out of the question, and the idea of terrorism can be placed onto any individual regardless of age, etc.

=== Vocal range ===
Bellamy's displayed vocal range spans from F♯2 to C6, a total of 3.5 octaves.

The lowest full note he has reached is A2 in [[Spiral Static (song)|Spiral Static]] at 2:24. In an interview with KROQ, August 2010, he displays an F♯2 while impersonating growling vocals.

The highest note he has belted is B♭4. He hits this note at 2:08 in [[Feeling Good (song)|Feeling Good]], at 5:52 in [[Unnatural Selection (song)|Unnatural Selection]], at 2:25 in [[Survival (song)|Survival]], at 4:47 in [[Explorers (song)|Explorers]], twice towards the end of [[Madness (song)|Madness]] and several times throughout [[Futurism (song)|Futurism]] and the chorus of [[Big Freeze (song)|Big Freeze]]. He more commonly hits A4 in songs like [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]], [[Cave (song)|Cave]], [[House of the Rising Sun (song)|House of the Rising Sun]], [[Sing for Absolution (song)|Sing for Absolution]], [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]], [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]].

The highest studio note Bellamy has hit is A5 at the start of [[Dead Star (song)|Dead Star]], and in [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] at 2:53, both of which are backing vocals. His highest note in a lead vocal is the final scream in [[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]], [[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]], and [[Survival (song)|Survival]], all of which reach G♯5. Live, Bellamy occasionally hits B5 during [[Time Is Running Out|Time Is Running Out]]. During [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]] at the [[Paris MCM Café 1999 (gig)|MCM Café in 1999]], about 10 seconds after the first chorus, he approaches C♯6.

Whilst this is not out of the range of a male singer with due practice, Bellamy managed to reach these highs without the amount practice usually required, and before he developed his breathing technique. According to [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] speaking for an interview around [[Saint-Malo Fort de Saint-Père 2001 (gig)|Route du Rock 2001]], a doctor once examined Bellamy's vocal cords and commented that they are unusually small, explaining how he managed to reach the high ranges that he does with relatively little practice or training. Bellamy also stated in said interview that he used to, sometime prior to that interview, attempt to sing lower due to being embarrassed about singing using high ranges. He doesn't anymore, however, as he has lost that inhibition.<ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5sbGANaROA Route du Rock interview 2001]</ref>

=== Pre-performance preparation ===
Bellamy uses an electric foot massager to prepare before shows. As well as treating nervousness, this helps him in regards to jet lag.<ref>{{cite/ninemsn 2007-02}}</ref>

He has also said that bubble baths are his favourite way to "warm up" prior to shows. <ref>BBC Radio 1 Podcast, December 2006</ref>

It has also been said that Matt "can't play a gig" without eating a banana.

In an interview with NME, he has said that once he gets offstage the first thing he drinks is red wine. According to Bellamy, it's the only alcohol that doesn't make his throat dry and helps with his voice. <ref>[Interview (NME Feature, 08/13/2008)]</ref>

=== Live action ===
Bellamy has several live regularities. One of the most prominent is repetitively walking back and forth, though pro-shot videos manage to mask this by changing angle often. Other regularities are song specific, for example in Plug In Baby he spins a few times during the final instrumental section. He has the world record at breaking guitars,{{cite/none}} he smashed 140 guitars at the Absolution tour 2004.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy would rather artists not need the media to reach their audience.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

Bellamy can "vaguely" read musical scores.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

The first song that Bellamy learned to play was the theme tune to Dallas. His brother held him in front of their television, then held him in front of their piano and made Matthew work it out with one finger. His brother showed this off to his friends.<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

== Additional information ==
=== Family ===
Bellamy's father is [[George Bellamy]], former rhythm guitarist of [[The Tornadoes]]. Bellamy's mother is Marylin Bellamy, who left Ireland for England during the 1970s.

George Bellamy's brother was shot and killed in Northern Ireland some time during the 1960s or 1970s under suspicious circumstances. He was a soldier of the British Army, but the IRA never owned up to his death (as they usually did) and no conclusion was ever came to. Rumours were abound that he was a member of the SAS, and the suspicion surrounding his death was one of the factors leading to Matt's 'obsession' with conspiracy theories.

He has an older brother called Paul, who bought Hulk comics during their childhood. Matthew came to like The Incredible Hulk as a result, but he never bought any of the comics - he took them from Paul.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

Bellamy's fiancée [[Kate Hudson]], an American actress, gave birth to his first child, a boy named Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy on 9{{supo|th}} July 2011.

=== Religion ===
Bellamy has shown signs of atheism: "Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music".{{cite/none}}

In 2000 Bellamy stated that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was "extremely cool" to have been able to deceive people into believing she remained a virgin after conceiving.<ref name="mm20000615">{{cite/Melody Maker 2000-06-15}}</ref>

Bellamy has also stated that God will never be cool due to Satan introducing rock 'n' roll first. He said that "all those cloaks and everything" is "not a good look".<ref name="mm20000615"/>

At pinkpop 2004, Bellamy said in an interview that he hadn't anything against religion, he just didn't have one. He said that his dedication to music might serve as a replacement to religion.

Bellamy also stated in a 2007 interview that one of the weirdest gifts fans have sent him is the holy bible.

In a session where Matt and Dom answered questions from fans, Bellamy stated that the celebrity alive or dead he'd most like to meet is Jesus Christ (Dom answered Jimi Hendrix for this question). Matt: I'd like to meet Jesus Christ. Eh just because I'd be interested to know how he did it all. You know what I mean? You know...making fish out of bushes and stuff. Walking on water. I'd like to meet someone who can do that. I think that'd be uh, certainly one of the most interesting people to meet I'd say.{{cite/none}}

However, more recently Bellamy has shown signs of being an Agnostic or a Deist. In an interview with a Rock Music channel in France (2006), Bellamy states, "I believe in the God of the universe, definitely." In addition, he revealed in a 2007 video inverview that, "I don't believe in heaven or hell, I don't really believe in that version" {{YTw |Nje70tnlq10}}. Bellamy's beliefs are therefore probably closer to the philosophical concept of "The Absolute" as opposed to the structures of organized religions.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy watched Road Runner when he was around 4 years of age. He claims that the way the road runner tortured the coyote constantly without self consequence "got" to him.<ref name="nme20000729">
{{cite |
title=Heroes and villains | date=2000-07-29 | pub=NME magazine | doc=Heroes and villains (20000729 NME article) | type=int
}}</ref>

Bellamy avoids 'hard' drugs, due to his experience of their effects on those around him. Bellamy moved into a flat with a drug dealer at the age of 18. He described the flat as looking like "a scene from Trainspotting, white powders and mirrors and tin foil everywhere."<ref name="k20020622">{{cite/Kerrang 2002-06-22}}</ref> He did however use [[Magic Mushrooms|mushrooms]] containing psilocybin "to experience something thats not always on offer. I'm not afraid of seeing something horrible. It's a way of connecting with yourself in a way that you can't normally do."{{cite/none}}

During the early years of Muse, Bellamy became involved with some "dodgy" people, with which he stole and sold a Ford Escort for £500. After the owner of the scrap yard from where they stole said Escort threatened to burn Bellamy's house with his family inside it, Bellamy gave the man Muse's tour bus. Bellamy has stated that he'd like to exact revenge on this man by putting him into a car crusher.{{cite/none}}

== Trivia ==
* Matt recently made a twitter account which was first named http://www.twitter.com/muse_MattB then was changed http://www.twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt and subsequently to http://www.twitter.com/MattBellamy because he thought the first name was "Crap" he and [[Chris]] urged [[Dom]] to make one and so he did, even though [[Tom Kirk]] was probably responsible for that.

* Bellamy uses [[Manson Guitars]] built and customized by [[Hugh Manson]] and Tim Stark.

* When asked, Bellamy once gave this advice on orgies: "It's very easy. Novelty items. It's so easy. All you need is masks or hats. Soon as people put on silly hats, they loosen up a little bit. Then you need a couple of friends who are very close to each other. Then people start bundling to each other and it just goes from there. It's as simple as that. Just bundling, tickling and novelty items."<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

* Bellamy shared a flat in London with [[Tom Kirk]] and [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] up until as recently as 2002.{{cite/none}}

*Bellamy is able to tickle himself.

* Bellamy contributed a page to the original website at http://www.muse-official.com (now defunct) titled "Matt's Rambling Page" (which also linked to his email address, [[qua@aol.com]]). The first incarnation of the website was ruined when Matt accidentally deleted the directory in which the website was stored when trying to learn HTML.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy occasionally posted on the old incarnation of the official site messageboard, more often than not on sexually themed threads.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy is able to say the [[alphabet backwards]]- zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba. He has been made to repeat this party trick on several occasions (most recently in an interview with Zane Lowe following the release of BHAR in 2006).{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy wishes that the gravity on Earth were weaker so that [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia|spiders]] would die.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

* He is 5' 7" (1.73 m)

* Bellamy told one interviewer that he lost his virginity at [[Reading Little John's Farm 2000 (gig)|Reading Festival]] when he was about 15 or 16. The interview can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_mT1Rzrhs here].

* Matt would like to play a gig in the middle of Pleiades (the constellation, also known as the "seven sisters"), the star system which - according to one of his favourite conspiracy theories - aligns with the Egyptian and Cydonian pyramid systems.

* Bellamy hates Marmite with a passion. Unlike Chris and Dom, who love it.

* Matt used to live in [[Moltrasio]], Italy. He now lives in north London.

* Matt can make a whole pasta dish from scratch. <ref name="vr20080218">{{cite/Virgin Radio 2008-02-18}}</ref>

* When on a break at Chateau Miraval, Matt and Dom began to get a slight phobia of the insects so they bought one of those rockets that you build from a kit with a camera on and fired it off with a praying mantis attatched. When asked about it he said: "we expanded his mind and universe. It was probably a bit like going on holiday for him."

* Matt has a dog <ref>{{cite |
title=Dom & Matt "Speed Date Interview" | desc= Interview with Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard | date=2010 | fetch=2010-11-14 | pub=Speed Date Interview | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmC-jphF2Is | type=ext
}}</ref>

* Insects are attracted to his bum and he sweats in there. Footage [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WcdN2JEpY here]

* Around the time of 2002, Matt owned a black Lotus Elite sports car. This was the first car he bought from his own money. Previous to this he'd steal his Mums.

* According to Matts Fiancée, [[Kate Hudson]], Matt drinks PG tips tea.

* Matt has a Wine collection.

* Matt once 'stole' a double bass from a school he attended to get lessons. Revelead in the Gonzo 2003 interview which can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHOc_Db2kE here.]

* In the Showbiz Tour Matt brought a Go-Ped

== Previous jobs ==
* Caravan cleaner{{cite/none}}
* Painter and decorator - with his mate Jake.{{cite/none}}

<gallery>
File:DaxWax.jpg | [[Dax Wax]]
File:MattAndWine.jpg | [[Red wine]]
File:Mattsveins.jpg | [[Vein Drawing Fetish]]
File:MattRedBlack.jpg | [[Red and Black Fetish]]
File:Carrot.jpg | [[Carrot eating]]
File:Spagnola.jpg | [[Italian Fetish]]
File:WhiteSocks.jpg | [[Socks Fetish]]
File:Cure.jpg | [[Gothic Looking Women Fetish]]
File:MSF1.jpg | [[Matt's Sex Face]]
File:MattsPlanks.jpg[[Manson Guitar]]
File:JetPack.jpg | [[Paramotor |Silly Jetpacks]]
File:TropicalFish.jpg | [[Bellamy's fish]]
File:Spider.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia]]
File:MattDressUp.jpg | [[Dressing Up]]
File:MattsSealOfApproval.jpg | [[Matt's Seal Of Approval]]
File:Atlanta 2004-04-09 – Matthew Bellamy bleeding.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's injuries | Injuries]]
File:SimnoMatt.jpg | [[Bellamy lookalikes]]
File:SmellyFeet.jpg | [[Bellamy's feet smell]]
File:MattShuffle.jpg[[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:White cones.jpg | [[Bellamy's white cones]]
File:Qua.png|[[Qua@aol.com]]
File:Matt Shuffle.jpg | [[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:Twin Peaks.jpg | [[Bellamy likes Twin Peaks]]
File:Muscle Museum single US CD2.jpg | [[Hey you crazy kids]]
File:Trees.jpg | [[Bellamy likes trees]]
File:Treponema pallidum.jpg | [[Self doubt and syphilis]]

</gallery>
* [[Bellamy's posts]]
* [[Floccinaucinihilipilification]]
* [[Alphabet backwards]]

== Words/phrases he overuses ==
* [[Get a Grip]]
* [[Easy Tiger]]
* [[Cheers]]
* [[Starlight (song)#Live | Next song is called Starlight]] (in different languages)
* [[Pwoper]]
* [[Merci Beaucoup]] ("Thank you very much" in french)
* Vibe
* You know...
* [[Lost/Lose the plot]]
* [[I think]]
* It's tough out there
* 1984

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Becky Pale]]
* [https://twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt twitter account]

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Feel free to request additions to the main page<P>

== Gig Chronology ==

Not a major problem, but the gig feed isn't putting the gigs in chronological order. Not sure if it can be edited but it's a bit misleading and quite annoying :p Cheers. [[User:Nuttyboy|nuttyboy]] 19:41, 2 September 2009 (BST)

=="We are now @muse rather than @musewire"==
Should we be changing that as well? (On the main page, for example) [[User:7|7]] 23:32, 16 August 2009 (BST)

==O'RLY==

"Welcome to the all new muse.mu! We've had a pretty major overhaul and there are lots of new features for you to explore including '''''MuseWiki''''' and Google Maps integration plus commentable news and pics for Muse Members." well, this is going to take some getting used to... --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:16, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:Some of us got used to it a while ago :P Hopefully some of the changed made recently might make a bit for sense in light of the new semi-official status. There's still quite a few issues like discobox colours are messed up. I'm not sure if the css was going to cater for them or whether we need to change the templates or something. I'll be making a "Back to Muse.mu" template for gigs and discography pages in a bit. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:35, 13 July 2009 (BST)
::sounds good, sounds good. You kept it a secret very well. If you need any help with CSS. I've been known to dabble. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:39, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah sorry it there's any bum pages with bad css, it's quite hard moving from white to black! Definitely going to make a white skin when i have time though, i miss reading black on white. But yeah, this will do for now... tempted to use the background from the current site, it's pretty piss to steal haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:01, 13 July 2009 (BST)

==Gigs Feed==
The upcoming gigs feed seems to be broken, I looked at the code and it looked alright. Is it a problem on the muse.mu side? --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 23:56, 3 June 2009 (BST)
:Hello, your call is important to us
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>ca-ching*
:We seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment and we are attempting to rectify the problem. In the mean time, we are sorry for any inconvenience.
:[http://lyricwiki.org/Gotye:Thanks_For_Your_Time Thank you for your time].
:
:(:P) --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:00, 4 June 2009 (BST)
::Feed fail. Not our fault, sorry :( --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:20, 4 June 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah...the feed has all the gigs set to be on June 1st, just have to wait until it gets fixed on the .mu end of things [[User:۞|۞]] 00:29, 4 June 2009 (BST)

==Upcoming Gigs==
While muse are busy recording, d'you think it would be a good idea to put something like 'Muse are busy recording their [[The Resistance (album)|fifth album]], no time for gigs! under the 'upcoming gigs' section of the front page? looks a bit silly bare like that. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 15:26, 11 February 2009 (GMT)
:Good idea, added a small note :) [[User:۞|۞]] 01:14, 13 February 2009 (GMT)

==BT Digital Music Awards==
It's a bit late but should be include button on the main page for voting? [[User:۞|۞]] 19:17, 10 September 2008 (BST)
:Does the award not depend on the site being registered before voting begins? --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:04, 11 September 2008 (BST)
::Nope it appears you can still nominate any site. Most Muse fans will have most likely voted for MuseLive by now though, I guess. --03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Musewiki general improvement==
I had a idea for a way to improve the content of Musewiki overall - that is appealing to members of the forums to contribute material to musewiki. Too many people view it as a static website as opposed to something to be involved in (or at least a view that seemed to be common) - what we could do is appeal to people forums to contribute anything they can to improve the content of articles, for example, scans of set lists where they are absent, typing up articles from magazines, scanning in CDs etc that aren't in the discography, tabs, and generally promoting the site to get more people to contribute and realise this place actually exists (particularly the huge number of new fans who weren't around when this site was launched).

Wanted to run it by here first and see what others think, and then post a few threads on the official forums and muselive. [[User:۞|۞]] 01:28, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, it's hard to get across on teaching poeple to wiki though. It's like a learning curve for everyone! I get loads of emails of people saying "hey, this needs to be changed to that" and i constantly have to reply to telling them they should try doing it. i suppose it's the complexity of it all that scares me, but i'm definitely up for promoting stuff :D --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 10:08, 3 September 2008 (BST)
::Awesome, it would be great to get some new regulars to improve it all before the fifth album comes out and the next wave of new fans comes along. The coding will probably scare some people off but if I make a post I'll tell them to hassle me about it, I don't mind getting stupid questions, and getting across the point that Musewiki can and should be edited by anyone. We could have a sandbox like wikipedia. I'll also write a few easy to understand bits on things like using citations to add to the references article. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:45, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:::You know, MuseWiki could be a lot better (and have a lot more contributors) if it were just more ''fun'', you know? It doesn't have to be all uptight and referenced and stuff. Just '''loosen up'''. -- [[User:7|7]] 00:54, 13 September 2008 (BST)
::::There's plenty of non-serious articles. Like the page about Matt. But for pages about albums, songs, gear and gigs, where people want good information on things, then references and such are very necessary. There's no point in having a lot of contributions if people might as well be making it up as they go along. It's not a matter of being uptight, just practical. --[[User:۞|۞]] 03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Live single linkage suggestion==
Is it an idea to put up a link to the corresponding gig on a page of a single which has a live version on it? Like this:<BR>
'''DE, BX maxi CD'''
#[[New Born (song)|New Born]]
#[[Map of Your Head (song)|Map of Your Head]]
#[[Piano Thing (song)|Piano Thing]]
#[[Plug in Baby (song)|Plug in Baby]] [[Amsterdam Paradiso 2001 (gig)|(live)]]
<BR>
--[[User:BenjiWL|BenjiWL]] 14:03, 18 July 2007 (BST)

:Sounds reasonable, it's a wiki, so just change it :) / [[User:Time Q|Time Q]] 15:09, 18 July 2007 (BST)

Request:
A place to veiw all the pictures in the Wiki.- [[User: Debase Masons Grog|Debase Masons Grog]]
That already exists at [[Special:Imagelist]] [[User:BigBlueFish|BigBlueFish]] 16:01, 19 March 2006 (GMT)

Request and action:
You asked for a different logo and a few of us put some up. Nothing has been changed on what the logo will be. I will change the logo to the one i made to see if you guy's think that it is better.

Action:
FourthMember removed my Hidden Noise for Jimmy Kane. Which is mean. As a note, the noise is real.

-- I can't hear it (on my version at least) [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- You couldn't hear a distinctive "Poot" sound, and then a smashing sound at 1:17 on Jimmy Kane?
-- I hear something breaking [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- See? Un-deletage please.

==Quotes==
Request: Could someone add a link to the [[Quotes]] page to the front page? [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
::I agree, or somewhere where it can be seen. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==Request==
I don't know how to use Wiki properly lol so: will somebody change "Eerie whispers" on the lyrics of TofDA to "Alien whispers"?
:If the lyrics were that then someone would change it. But its not --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 21:36, 9 January 2007 (GMT)

Would it be a good idea to link Guitar, bass, etc under the band member's names to the particular page on their instrument?
--[[User:M3cky|M3cky]] 09:44, 11 March 2007 (GMT +8)

==Linked==
Are you guys aware that Muse has a link to here on their website? Just wondering. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 21:22, 3 August 2006 (BST)
:Aye, knew about it, Tom Kirk is particularly keen on the site, especially due to the reason that he can go to others "Look, im part of the band, look at my page" haha. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:42, 20 October 2006 (BST)

==Innocent Voices==
On rhapsody.com, it has a compilation album listed called Ethnic Whispers. It says one of the songs listed is called "Innocent Voices", and it says it is by Muse (other sources say so as well). It also has a description of Muse that matches with the Muse we know. I don't know if it's right or not, because the song doesn't sound very much like Muse and it's not on this site anywheres. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 00:26, 28 December 2006 (GMT)

:It isn't, it just says it's our Muse because the names are exactly the same.-[[User:DMG|DMG]]

==Main page==
What about a proper main page? I mean, with featured articles, news, "did you know...?", and things like that? -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 11:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC+1)
:Sounds cool. I'd be willing to help, but only if someone who's better at wiki-ing than me helps to because I'm not really as advanced as others.... [[User:7|7]] 05:17, 17 December 2007 (GMT)

see: [[User:7 - Project: Main Page‎]] for ideas
Dom's name isnt under his picture on the home page. and im not aloud to edit the home page,
so if someone else could check into that.

== Videos ==
Would it be possible to add a link to [[Videography]] from the sidebar? Just think it might make life easier than having to do through [[Discography]].--[[User:Frozenjakalope|Jakalope]] 11:49, 21 March 2007 (GMT)
: I agree. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC+2)
:: What happened to this? It's hard to find it. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==A few things==
Since it's almost three weeks after April fools, do we need the note on the front page anymore?

And what's with all the 500.shtml errors? [[User:۞|۞]] 17:57, 19 April 2007 (BST)
:yeah i keep getting those errors too --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 18:16, 19 April 2007 (BST)
::Another thing: how can we undo all those changes that make album covers link straight to the article? It's now impossible to view larger images of the cover art.[[User:۞|۞]] 08:57, 20 April 2007 (BST)
:::Just click on the "Redirected from" link. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:02, 20 April 2007 (BST)

Nice touch with the random phrases under the title, just noticed it. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:12, 14 May 2007 (BST)
:Yeah its sort of my thing when i make fansites haha. Musecast and crazybobbles has it so i thought, why not install an extension just for it. I might look for other areas of the wiki to do the random stuff too. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 01:30, 15 May 2007 (BST)
::Haha, yeah, they're hilarious, I love them. Good work. -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 23:34 21 May 2007 (UTC+2)

== Frontpage image ==

I have no idea if it's just my PC or whatever but the image on the frontpage seems to collide with the seperator bar thingies :|

Any way of fixing this?
:I've got a feeling I [http://getfirefox.com know] [http://konqueror.org the] [http://opera.com solution]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:20, 7 June 2007 (BST)
:Hah hah.
:Not funny.
:Surely it would be simpler to make the page work properly. I'm trying to help improve MuseWiki for everyone not just for myself

Just move '''<nowiki>[[Image:MuseBand2.jpg|Right|thumb|[[Muse]], the band]]</nowiki>''' below '''<nowiki>==MuseWiki==</nowiki>''' in the code and the picture wont be impaled!
I'd do it myself, but I don't have sysops rights.

[[User:7|7]] 22:15, 19 December 2007 (GMT)

== Band Member Photos ==

Why not have some a bit more recent, maybe even of them playing? [[User:7|7]] 07:07, 18 November 2007 (GMT)

Example:
<gallery>
Image:Mattmomsbabywe0.jpg|[[Matthew Bellamy]] (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Lyrics)
Image:Chrisfighettomode.jpg|[[Christopher Wolstenholme]] (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Image:Domdibluwm5.jpg|[[Dominic Howard]] (Drums, Percussions, Human Bones)
</gallery>

The photos would probably need to match in some way, though.
:Ah here's a project for you, round off as many muse photos as you can and turn them into small boxes, then bam! I will use the random script to generate random images each time so people dont get bored of the images :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
::Ha! And I thought I was going crazy! See: [[User:7/Sandbox]] [[User:7|7]] 00:30, 13 April 2008 (BST)

== Motto/Catchphrase ==

What about a motto for the site?!
Sugggestions?
[[User:7|7]] 07:09, 18 November 2007 (GMT)
:Now for a marketeer type person I would say our motto would include the words "Muse, muse band, muse fansite, muse wiki, haarp tour, royal albert hall" and a few other search terms that would aid the site from getting more viewers ;) My trait for fansites is I always have loads of subtitles randomly generated on the homepage, this is a homage to futurama's subtitle at the beginning of each episode (which is why I wrote "In color" but noone got the reference :() Feel free to use my talk page if you have more questions that probably can be answered by myself since I'll most likely forget that this page was edited, should stalk them relly haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
==NavFrames==
Any chance we could have the code for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame NavFrames] installed to allow for expandable tables? Would be great for tidying away excessive technical information in some articles (see discography talk page!). [[User:۞|۞]] 18:31, 14 December 2007 (GMT)
:We need someone with an access to MediaWiki pages. --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 04:07, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
::Which would be Crazybobbles when he's next able to - but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collapsible_tables collapsible tables] seem to be preferable so maybe they're a better choice to use once the code is copied over. [[User:۞|۞]] 20:28, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
:::Aren't admins capable of editting them as well, maybe admins have less power on this wiki... --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 17:15, 16 December 2007 (GMT)

==Colours==
I think the colours on this page should be more similar to our colours (read: dissimilar to Wikipedia). I was thinking of taking the colours from our logo and varying the blue and yellow from that, keeping the ratios of each of the three hex (#ff ff ff) parts the same. Though I'm no expert in colours and whatnot so I don't know whether that'd look good. I mean, the blue here doesn't look like our blue and I think maybe... a lighter yellow would be okay for the left column?

Also, does anyone know where all the styling is stored? I think we could curvelatiousify (ahem) the tabs, corners and whatnot.

''Also'', perhaps we could ratify our colour scheme generally. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 01:59, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

Oh... sure. That's a good idea, I guess.
I'll change the version on [[User:7/Main Page Project]] as an example. [[User:7|7]] 06:11, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

==Cryptography==
It's been a few years since the cryptography thing, aren't there higher priority thing (like our '''new songs chronology''') that could be linked on the main page instead? [[User:۞|۞]] 23:01, 21 January 2008 (GMT)
:Cheers! [[User:۞|۞]] 00:08, 22 January 2008 (GMT)

==MuseWiki logo==
It's been gone for a few days now...or is it just me? [[User:۞|۞]] 15:14, 5 February 2008 (GMT)
:See [[MuseWiki:Community_Portal#Whoa.21.21.21|here]]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 15:22, 5 February 2008 (GMT)

== Why? ==

Can I ask why we still have the Muse in history section here when no one bothers to update it?<br/>
Why don't we have like on [[User:7/Main Page Project|7's]] idea of haveing a did you know section with many facts.<br/>
Any thoughts?

[[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 13:50, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'd hazard a guess that no-one's come up with a list of trivia to put in that section, yet. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:25, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
::7 has got a few ideas on his main page but fair point [[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 19:12, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:::...[[Template:Did You Know...|Take a look]]. I reckon that's enough for the moment. I really hope someone adds the Did You Know section before we look any stupider with a month-old This Week in History on our main page. [[User:7|User:]] 01:26, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== As Long As We're Putting Bulletins on the Main Page.... ==

...we should add something about [[User:۞#Muse_Demo_Campaign|The Campaign]] to inform potential helpers! [[User:7|User:]] 01:18, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'll add it on crazybobbles.org so it will appear on the bottom bit --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== Muse News (Mews Nuse?) ==

Lame jokes aside, I think that the Muse News section should be changed from <b>showdesc="true"</b> to <b>showdesc="false"</b>, which would take off that little paragraph beneath the title of the story to make the page seem less cluttered. What does everyone else think?[[User:7|7]] 06:20, 14 April 2008 (BST)

== MuseWire on the Main Page? ==

Hmm? Would it visually overload the page? Would it fit? Would it replace something else? [[User:7|7]] 23:38, 3 June 2008 (BST)

== BHaR Tour Edition Intro/'350.54' ==

Shouldn't we have a page on this?

So people know what I'm talking about:

http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=25377

There's also a link in that thread to the original file related to the whole cryptology thing from 2005, for an extended history/more info about the "song."

What d'you reckon?

== [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]] ==

I, [[User:MuseIsAbsolution|MuseIsAbsolution]], hereby announce the founding of [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]]! I know it's quite lame, but I just really agree with whoever else said that Matt Bellamy seems to have a MASSIVE page in comparison to Chris and Dom. Feedback would be nice. We have improvements to make here on MuseWiki.

Thanks MuseWiki

=="Spoiler" policy==
Just something I have in mind for the inevitable 5th album leak in a few months time, I'm adding here while I remember it. Should we prevent the addition of new lyrics and information obtained from the leak, and only allow that from interviews and news etc? Whilst I will most likely listen to the leak myself, some users of Musewiki will abstain from the leak until the official release of the album, and it wouldn't be fair for those who'd rather have the full "new album experience" [[User:۞|۞]] 00:17, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

:Maybe the lyrics could be added but with a spoiler warning. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 04:51, 27 February 2009 (GMT)
::Hm, perhaps another red-box template with something to the effect of "SPOILER WARNING: Information from leaked album not otherwise available is presented below." --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 19:39, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

== music ==

Do you think we should add music to the front page like they do on the official page?
:We don't hold the copyrights or have permission. And there's the issue of bandwidth. This site violates copyright law anyway, but thankfully no one seems to care that we host things like lyrics and low quality clips of songs so it doesn't matter. Plus, why? People could just go to the official site... [[User:۞|۞]] 20:13, 24 April 2009 (BST)

== Media archive ==

There is now no quick way to access the archive...was it removed for a ''particular'' reason or can the link be returned to the sidebar of main page? [[User:۞|۞]] 21:50, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:Just a precautionary measure against copyright trolls.... I think it a good indication that the stated purpose of the section is accurate. I would like to see opposing points/analyses though. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 21:58, 14 June 2009 (BST)
::Fair enough - I guess the site may get more attention as the year progresses due to the new album and such so better safe than sorry. I was thinking more for the benefit of fans who might not know it's there to read articles about the band, but then again any good info is incorporated into other Musewiki articles anyway so that's not such a problem as long as there citations. [[User:۞|۞]] 23:00, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:::Indeed, the idea being that all the information which is in the archive is also in our articles... although, naturally, that will take quite some effort and time ;). --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 23:27, 14 June 2009 (BST)

== General image linking question ==

I'm making a template which involves an image linking to an external site - except it doesn't seem to work. I though this was simply <nowiki>[[Image:image.jpg|link=http://www.google.com/]]</nowiki> ... but this does not work. Am I being stupid or what?

For example, let's say I want a small Muse logo to link to the official site - <nowiki>[[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]]</nowiki> I would have thought, but this just gives [[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]] and treats the link a alt text. =/ [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:03, 27 June 2009 (BST)

:Nah, that's MediaWiki 1.14 stuff, I just haven't got round to installing that bad boy yet haha, might do it now...--[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:57, 27 June 2009 (BST) ... right backing up the wiki, get ready for some 1.14 action!

:: Booyaa, upgraded to 1.15! (Very out of date I am) The link works now :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 19:32, 27 June 2009 (BST)

== Muse sidebar/front page ==

IMO videography on the front page sould be replaced by discography, a condierably larger and more widley used part of Musewiki, as videography is already on the sidebar. Why videograpy but not discography? Some other parts on the front page such as Quotes and Commericla Use are rarely edited and viewed and edited sections of the site, and could be made accessible via other pages.
My idea:

{|style="width:100%;margin-top:.7em;border:1px solid #ccc;-moz-border-radius:1em;-webkit-border-radius:1em; background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3a85ea), to(#fcfcfc), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd))"
|style="width:56%;"|
{|style="width:280px;border:0;background:none"
|-
|style="width:280px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;" |
<div style="font-size:1.62em;border:none;margin:0;padding:.1em;">Welcome to [[Muse|MuseWiki]]</div>
<div style="top:.2em;font-size:.95em">{{Subtitle}}</div>
<div style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:.85em">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles about [[Muse]], written by [[Special:Listusers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} pornogenic musers]] (99.5% sign up for the lulz)</div>
|}
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Muse]]
*[[Biography]]
*[[Gigs|Tour Dates]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Discography]]
*[[Videography]]
*[[Song anthology]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Gear]]
*[[Tablature|Tabs]]
*[[Influences]]
|}

Thoughts? [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:25, 11 July 2009 (BST)
:Yeah makes sense, no idea why disco isn't there, probably back then i thought the sidebar would help, DO IT :P --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 17:35, 11 July 2009 (BST)

== Attracting new users ==

So, a while back I discussed with Sam ways we could get more information on to MuseWiki, as it is missing a fair bit of info still it seems. There are already quite a few people complaining because a gig they went to isn't on the official site, the archive of which was composed both from an official record and those on MuseWiki, but appearntly isn't complete. So what I'm going to do is make a few stickied threads on the official message board to get people to come over to here and contribute the missing info. It does mean we'll have some more articles that don't go with current conventions I expect, let's put it like that, but those can fixed and it means we'll have extra information that would otherwise be missing. And hopefully attract some of the older pre-Showbiz fans to help with those gigs.

In addition I'll be asking people to contribute to the Discography more if they have information on and images of rare Muse stuff. I'll be a help contact for people who don't know what to do or want to help but don't want to edit the wiki via the board and niall@muse.mu so there shouldn't be a lot of confused people around, but just a heads up incase any trolls turn up or something. Thoughts/objections/mutinies? Cheers, [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:39, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, there has been an admin [at] musewiki [dawt] org email which a few people have used and occasionally people find it comical shoving stuff in my user page to tell me about stuff, but yeah... things haven't been too proactive with the fans :p stickies would be good and perhaps museboard should now have a link to musewiki at the bottom? this week's quite a busy week for me so i won't be able to give any proper thoughts on it yet mind but should be able to help out more on the weekends (should be anyway). --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 11:46, 14 July 2009 (BST)
::Kev says he is reluctant to have it on the forums unfortunately =[ I will still try and get more people over hear to contribute. For now I've been given that email address so that people can get me to do it for them, but that's not the whole point in a wiki. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:50, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:::Would have thought there'd be some sort of three way going on with the sites now but I guess not, back then the issue with musewiki link at the bottom was that I worked as a mod and obviously that'd be a bit biased in having my site there even though it helps a lot of folks at the main muse area finding information out. The other issue was the lack of officialness with muse.mu but i thought we are considered as official now. so yeah, would be interested to see the reasons why but it's no biggie since muse.mu is scattered with musewiki links to entice users. Give it some time i guess, though most users would assume that the information they know is already filled so it's hard to motivate people to actively look for places to fill up. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:12, 14 July 2009 (BST)

== Formatting on this page ==

What's up with it? Muse.mu content messing with it? [[User:۞|Niall]] 19:42, 18 January 2010 (GMT)
:Still messed up in Chrome. The news and twitter feeds have been shifted below the band pictures. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
::Yes, it is messed up in Chrome, exactly as you described... does anyone know how to fix this?? [[User:EmilyWine|EmilyWine]] 18:17, 25 June 2010 (BST)
:I'm gonna have to sort this out. Those thumbnails are the problem. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:47, 7 October 2010 (BST)

== Pointless users ==

Can we ban users who come on Musewiki and then only make pages about themselves? This isn't a social networking site. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:44, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
:I imagine that leaving them be would be advantageous PR-wise, while I doubt that banning any would reduce the rate at which 'social networking' types sign up. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 14:36, 16 February 2010 (GMT)
:::What should we do, if users put idiotic stuff on the pages?I´ve undone the edits...but am not sure what I can do about it otherwise?[[User:BlackPainted|BlackPainted]] 14:17, 3 February 2011 (GMT)

== TOC issues. ==

Our TOC magic words aren't working. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:15, 26 March 2010 (GMT)

==Matt Hairstyles==
We should have a page like this about Matt (and perhaps Chris and Dom as well)
http://weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Rivers_Cuomo%27s_appearance
[[User:Swedol|Swedol]] 18:02, 16 November 2010 (GMT)

== Twitter feeds ==

So Dom has taken over @muse, should we just link all three of them with only a few posts showing now on the main page? [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:42, 11 April 2011 (BST)
:Yeah, makes sense, probably need to make a list feed to merge all 3 rather than linking to all 3 --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:33, 11 April 2011 (BST)

== New users... ==

So, er, rather worrying...we seem to be getting joined by a lot of spambots. I guess it's harmless as long as they don't start posting. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 14 June 2011 (BST)

== New highest note in full voice? ==

If I'm not mistaken, I think at 2:25 in Survival he actually hits a B4 which is higher than the previous highest notes in Unnatural Selection and Feeling Good...
:(Survival) There I changed it, I'm almost sure it's a Bb4 at 2:25 and then a few short A4s (3:49/3:51) please check it out and disscuss it here before changing it again.

Talk:MuseWiki

2012-07-12T22:49:06Z

Lucho261094: /* New highest note in full voice? */

Feel free to request additions to the main page<P>

== Gig Chronology ==

Not a major problem, but the gig feed isn't putting the gigs in chronological order. Not sure if it can be edited but it's a bit misleading and quite annoying :p Cheers. [[User:Nuttyboy|nuttyboy]] 19:41, 2 September 2009 (BST)

=="We are now @muse rather than @musewire"==
Should we be changing that as well? (On the main page, for example) [[User:7|7]] 23:32, 16 August 2009 (BST)

==O'RLY==

"Welcome to the all new muse.mu! We've had a pretty major overhaul and there are lots of new features for you to explore including '''''MuseWiki''''' and Google Maps integration plus commentable news and pics for Muse Members." well, this is going to take some getting used to... --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:16, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:Some of us got used to it a while ago :P Hopefully some of the changed made recently might make a bit for sense in light of the new semi-official status. There's still quite a few issues like discobox colours are messed up. I'm not sure if the css was going to cater for them or whether we need to change the templates or something. I'll be making a "Back to Muse.mu" template for gigs and discography pages in a bit. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:35, 13 July 2009 (BST)
::sounds good, sounds good. You kept it a secret very well. If you need any help with CSS. I've been known to dabble. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:39, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah sorry it there's any bum pages with bad css, it's quite hard moving from white to black! Definitely going to make a white skin when i have time though, i miss reading black on white. But yeah, this will do for now... tempted to use the background from the current site, it's pretty piss to steal haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:01, 13 July 2009 (BST)

==Gigs Feed==
The upcoming gigs feed seems to be broken, I looked at the code and it looked alright. Is it a problem on the muse.mu side? --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 23:56, 3 June 2009 (BST)
:Hello, your call is important to us
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>ca-ching*
:We seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment and we are attempting to rectify the problem. In the mean time, we are sorry for any inconvenience.
:[http://lyricwiki.org/Gotye:Thanks_For_Your_Time Thank you for your time].
:
:(:P) --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:00, 4 June 2009 (BST)
::Feed fail. Not our fault, sorry :( --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:20, 4 June 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah...the feed has all the gigs set to be on June 1st, just have to wait until it gets fixed on the .mu end of things [[User:۞|۞]] 00:29, 4 June 2009 (BST)

==Upcoming Gigs==
While muse are busy recording, d'you think it would be a good idea to put something like 'Muse are busy recording their [[The Resistance (album)|fifth album]], no time for gigs! under the 'upcoming gigs' section of the front page? looks a bit silly bare like that. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 15:26, 11 February 2009 (GMT)
:Good idea, added a small note :) [[User:۞|۞]] 01:14, 13 February 2009 (GMT)

==BT Digital Music Awards==
It's a bit late but should be include button on the main page for voting? [[User:۞|۞]] 19:17, 10 September 2008 (BST)
:Does the award not depend on the site being registered before voting begins? --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:04, 11 September 2008 (BST)
::Nope it appears you can still nominate any site. Most Muse fans will have most likely voted for MuseLive by now though, I guess. --03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Musewiki general improvement==
I had a idea for a way to improve the content of Musewiki overall - that is appealing to members of the forums to contribute material to musewiki. Too many people view it as a static website as opposed to something to be involved in (or at least a view that seemed to be common) - what we could do is appeal to people forums to contribute anything they can to improve the content of articles, for example, scans of set lists where they are absent, typing up articles from magazines, scanning in CDs etc that aren't in the discography, tabs, and generally promoting the site to get more people to contribute and realise this place actually exists (particularly the huge number of new fans who weren't around when this site was launched).

Wanted to run it by here first and see what others think, and then post a few threads on the official forums and muselive. [[User:۞|۞]] 01:28, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, it's hard to get across on teaching poeple to wiki though. It's like a learning curve for everyone! I get loads of emails of people saying "hey, this needs to be changed to that" and i constantly have to reply to telling them they should try doing it. i suppose it's the complexity of it all that scares me, but i'm definitely up for promoting stuff :D --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 10:08, 3 September 2008 (BST)
::Awesome, it would be great to get some new regulars to improve it all before the fifth album comes out and the next wave of new fans comes along. The coding will probably scare some people off but if I make a post I'll tell them to hassle me about it, I don't mind getting stupid questions, and getting across the point that Musewiki can and should be edited by anyone. We could have a sandbox like wikipedia. I'll also write a few easy to understand bits on things like using citations to add to the references article. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:45, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:::You know, MuseWiki could be a lot better (and have a lot more contributors) if it were just more ''fun'', you know? It doesn't have to be all uptight and referenced and stuff. Just '''loosen up'''. -- [[User:7|7]] 00:54, 13 September 2008 (BST)
::::There's plenty of non-serious articles. Like the page about Matt. But for pages about albums, songs, gear and gigs, where people want good information on things, then references and such are very necessary. There's no point in having a lot of contributions if people might as well be making it up as they go along. It's not a matter of being uptight, just practical. --[[User:۞|۞]] 03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Live single linkage suggestion==
Is it an idea to put up a link to the corresponding gig on a page of a single which has a live version on it? Like this:<BR>
'''DE, BX maxi CD'''
#[[New Born (song)|New Born]]
#[[Map of Your Head (song)|Map of Your Head]]
#[[Piano Thing (song)|Piano Thing]]
#[[Plug in Baby (song)|Plug in Baby]] [[Amsterdam Paradiso 2001 (gig)|(live)]]
<BR>
--[[User:BenjiWL|BenjiWL]] 14:03, 18 July 2007 (BST)

:Sounds reasonable, it's a wiki, so just change it :) / [[User:Time Q|Time Q]] 15:09, 18 July 2007 (BST)

Request:
A place to veiw all the pictures in the Wiki.- [[User: Debase Masons Grog|Debase Masons Grog]]
That already exists at [[Special:Imagelist]] [[User:BigBlueFish|BigBlueFish]] 16:01, 19 March 2006 (GMT)

Request and action:
You asked for a different logo and a few of us put some up. Nothing has been changed on what the logo will be. I will change the logo to the one i made to see if you guy's think that it is better.

Action:
FourthMember removed my Hidden Noise for Jimmy Kane. Which is mean. As a note, the noise is real.

-- I can't hear it (on my version at least) [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- You couldn't hear a distinctive "Poot" sound, and then a smashing sound at 1:17 on Jimmy Kane?
-- I hear something breaking [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- See? Un-deletage please.

==Quotes==
Request: Could someone add a link to the [[Quotes]] page to the front page? [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
::I agree, or somewhere where it can be seen. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==Request==
I don't know how to use Wiki properly lol so: will somebody change "Eerie whispers" on the lyrics of TofDA to "Alien whispers"?
:If the lyrics were that then someone would change it. But its not --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 21:36, 9 January 2007 (GMT)

Would it be a good idea to link Guitar, bass, etc under the band member's names to the particular page on their instrument?
--[[User:M3cky|M3cky]] 09:44, 11 March 2007 (GMT +8)

==Linked==
Are you guys aware that Muse has a link to here on their website? Just wondering. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 21:22, 3 August 2006 (BST)
:Aye, knew about it, Tom Kirk is particularly keen on the site, especially due to the reason that he can go to others "Look, im part of the band, look at my page" haha. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:42, 20 October 2006 (BST)

==Innocent Voices==
On rhapsody.com, it has a compilation album listed called Ethnic Whispers. It says one of the songs listed is called "Innocent Voices", and it says it is by Muse (other sources say so as well). It also has a description of Muse that matches with the Muse we know. I don't know if it's right or not, because the song doesn't sound very much like Muse and it's not on this site anywheres. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 00:26, 28 December 2006 (GMT)

:It isn't, it just says it's our Muse because the names are exactly the same.-[[User:DMG|DMG]]

==Main page==
What about a proper main page? I mean, with featured articles, news, "did you know...?", and things like that? -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 11:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC+1)
:Sounds cool. I'd be willing to help, but only if someone who's better at wiki-ing than me helps to because I'm not really as advanced as others.... [[User:7|7]] 05:17, 17 December 2007 (GMT)

see: [[User:7 - Project: Main Page‎]] for ideas
Dom's name isnt under his picture on the home page. and im not aloud to edit the home page,
so if someone else could check into that.

== Videos ==
Would it be possible to add a link to [[Videography]] from the sidebar? Just think it might make life easier than having to do through [[Discography]].--[[User:Frozenjakalope|Jakalope]] 11:49, 21 March 2007 (GMT)
: I agree. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC+2)
:: What happened to this? It's hard to find it. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==A few things==
Since it's almost three weeks after April fools, do we need the note on the front page anymore?

And what's with all the 500.shtml errors? [[User:۞|۞]] 17:57, 19 April 2007 (BST)
:yeah i keep getting those errors too --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 18:16, 19 April 2007 (BST)
::Another thing: how can we undo all those changes that make album covers link straight to the article? It's now impossible to view larger images of the cover art.[[User:۞|۞]] 08:57, 20 April 2007 (BST)
:::Just click on the "Redirected from" link. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:02, 20 April 2007 (BST)

Nice touch with the random phrases under the title, just noticed it. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:12, 14 May 2007 (BST)
:Yeah its sort of my thing when i make fansites haha. Musecast and crazybobbles has it so i thought, why not install an extension just for it. I might look for other areas of the wiki to do the random stuff too. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 01:30, 15 May 2007 (BST)
::Haha, yeah, they're hilarious, I love them. Good work. -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 23:34 21 May 2007 (UTC+2)

== Frontpage image ==

I have no idea if it's just my PC or whatever but the image on the frontpage seems to collide with the seperator bar thingies :|

Any way of fixing this?
:I've got a feeling I [http://getfirefox.com know] [http://konqueror.org the] [http://opera.com solution]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:20, 7 June 2007 (BST)
:Hah hah.
:Not funny.
:Surely it would be simpler to make the page work properly. I'm trying to help improve MuseWiki for everyone not just for myself

Just move '''<nowiki>[[Image:MuseBand2.jpg|Right|thumb|[[Muse]], the band]]</nowiki>''' below '''<nowiki>==MuseWiki==</nowiki>''' in the code and the picture wont be impaled!
I'd do it myself, but I don't have sysops rights.

[[User:7|7]] 22:15, 19 December 2007 (GMT)

== Band Member Photos ==

Why not have some a bit more recent, maybe even of them playing? [[User:7|7]] 07:07, 18 November 2007 (GMT)

Example:
<gallery>
Image:Mattmomsbabywe0.jpg|[[Matthew Bellamy]] (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Lyrics)
Image:Chrisfighettomode.jpg|[[Christopher Wolstenholme]] (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Image:Domdibluwm5.jpg|[[Dominic Howard]] (Drums, Percussions, Human Bones)
</gallery>

The photos would probably need to match in some way, though.
:Ah here's a project for you, round off as many muse photos as you can and turn them into small boxes, then bam! I will use the random script to generate random images each time so people dont get bored of the images :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
::Ha! And I thought I was going crazy! See: [[User:7/Sandbox]] [[User:7|7]] 00:30, 13 April 2008 (BST)

== Motto/Catchphrase ==

What about a motto for the site?!
Sugggestions?
[[User:7|7]] 07:09, 18 November 2007 (GMT)
:Now for a marketeer type person I would say our motto would include the words "Muse, muse band, muse fansite, muse wiki, haarp tour, royal albert hall" and a few other search terms that would aid the site from getting more viewers ;) My trait for fansites is I always have loads of subtitles randomly generated on the homepage, this is a homage to futurama's subtitle at the beginning of each episode (which is why I wrote "In color" but noone got the reference :() Feel free to use my talk page if you have more questions that probably can be answered by myself since I'll most likely forget that this page was edited, should stalk them relly haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
==NavFrames==
Any chance we could have the code for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame NavFrames] installed to allow for expandable tables? Would be great for tidying away excessive technical information in some articles (see discography talk page!). [[User:۞|۞]] 18:31, 14 December 2007 (GMT)
:We need someone with an access to MediaWiki pages. --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 04:07, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
::Which would be Crazybobbles when he's next able to - but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collapsible_tables collapsible tables] seem to be preferable so maybe they're a better choice to use once the code is copied over. [[User:۞|۞]] 20:28, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
:::Aren't admins capable of editting them as well, maybe admins have less power on this wiki... --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 17:15, 16 December 2007 (GMT)

==Colours==
I think the colours on this page should be more similar to our colours (read: dissimilar to Wikipedia). I was thinking of taking the colours from our logo and varying the blue and yellow from that, keeping the ratios of each of the three hex (#ff ff ff) parts the same. Though I'm no expert in colours and whatnot so I don't know whether that'd look good. I mean, the blue here doesn't look like our blue and I think maybe... a lighter yellow would be okay for the left column?

Also, does anyone know where all the styling is stored? I think we could curvelatiousify (ahem) the tabs, corners and whatnot.

''Also'', perhaps we could ratify our colour scheme generally. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 01:59, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

Oh... sure. That's a good idea, I guess.
I'll change the version on [[User:7/Main Page Project]] as an example. [[User:7|7]] 06:11, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

==Cryptography==
It's been a few years since the cryptography thing, aren't there higher priority thing (like our '''new songs chronology''') that could be linked on the main page instead? [[User:۞|۞]] 23:01, 21 January 2008 (GMT)
:Cheers! [[User:۞|۞]] 00:08, 22 January 2008 (GMT)

==MuseWiki logo==
It's been gone for a few days now...or is it just me? [[User:۞|۞]] 15:14, 5 February 2008 (GMT)
:See [[MuseWiki:Community_Portal#Whoa.21.21.21|here]]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 15:22, 5 February 2008 (GMT)

== Why? ==

Can I ask why we still have the Muse in history section here when no one bothers to update it?<br/>
Why don't we have like on [[User:7/Main Page Project|7's]] idea of haveing a did you know section with many facts.<br/>
Any thoughts?

[[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 13:50, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'd hazard a guess that no-one's come up with a list of trivia to put in that section, yet. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:25, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
::7 has got a few ideas on his main page but fair point [[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 19:12, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:::...[[Template:Did You Know...|Take a look]]. I reckon that's enough for the moment. I really hope someone adds the Did You Know section before we look any stupider with a month-old This Week in History on our main page. [[User:7|User:]] 01:26, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== As Long As We're Putting Bulletins on the Main Page.... ==

...we should add something about [[User:۞#Muse_Demo_Campaign|The Campaign]] to inform potential helpers! [[User:7|User:]] 01:18, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'll add it on crazybobbles.org so it will appear on the bottom bit --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== Muse News (Mews Nuse?) ==

Lame jokes aside, I think that the Muse News section should be changed from <b>showdesc="true"</b> to <b>showdesc="false"</b>, which would take off that little paragraph beneath the title of the story to make the page seem less cluttered. What does everyone else think?[[User:7|7]] 06:20, 14 April 2008 (BST)

== MuseWire on the Main Page? ==

Hmm? Would it visually overload the page? Would it fit? Would it replace something else? [[User:7|7]] 23:38, 3 June 2008 (BST)

== BHaR Tour Edition Intro/'350.54' ==

Shouldn't we have a page on this?

So people know what I'm talking about:

http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=25377

There's also a link in that thread to the original file related to the whole cryptology thing from 2005, for an extended history/more info about the "song."

What d'you reckon?

== [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]] ==

I, [[User:MuseIsAbsolution|MuseIsAbsolution]], hereby announce the founding of [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]]! I know it's quite lame, but I just really agree with whoever else said that Matt Bellamy seems to have a MASSIVE page in comparison to Chris and Dom. Feedback would be nice. We have improvements to make here on MuseWiki.

Thanks MuseWiki

=="Spoiler" policy==
Just something I have in mind for the inevitable 5th album leak in a few months time, I'm adding here while I remember it. Should we prevent the addition of new lyrics and information obtained from the leak, and only allow that from interviews and news etc? Whilst I will most likely listen to the leak myself, some users of Musewiki will abstain from the leak until the official release of the album, and it wouldn't be fair for those who'd rather have the full "new album experience" [[User:۞|۞]] 00:17, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

:Maybe the lyrics could be added but with a spoiler warning. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 04:51, 27 February 2009 (GMT)
::Hm, perhaps another red-box template with something to the effect of "SPOILER WARNING: Information from leaked album not otherwise available is presented below." --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 19:39, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

== music ==

Do you think we should add music to the front page like they do on the official page?
:We don't hold the copyrights or have permission. And there's the issue of bandwidth. This site violates copyright law anyway, but thankfully no one seems to care that we host things like lyrics and low quality clips of songs so it doesn't matter. Plus, why? People could just go to the official site... [[User:۞|۞]] 20:13, 24 April 2009 (BST)

== Media archive ==

There is now no quick way to access the archive...was it removed for a ''particular'' reason or can the link be returned to the sidebar of main page? [[User:۞|۞]] 21:50, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:Just a precautionary measure against copyright trolls.... I think it a good indication that the stated purpose of the section is accurate. I would like to see opposing points/analyses though. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 21:58, 14 June 2009 (BST)
::Fair enough - I guess the site may get more attention as the year progresses due to the new album and such so better safe than sorry. I was thinking more for the benefit of fans who might not know it's there to read articles about the band, but then again any good info is incorporated into other Musewiki articles anyway so that's not such a problem as long as there citations. [[User:۞|۞]] 23:00, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:::Indeed, the idea being that all the information which is in the archive is also in our articles... although, naturally, that will take quite some effort and time ;). --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 23:27, 14 June 2009 (BST)

== General image linking question ==

I'm making a template which involves an image linking to an external site - except it doesn't seem to work. I though this was simply <nowiki>[[Image:image.jpg|link=http://www.google.com/]]</nowiki> ... but this does not work. Am I being stupid or what?

For example, let's say I want a small Muse logo to link to the official site - <nowiki>[[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]]</nowiki> I would have thought, but this just gives [[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]] and treats the link a alt text. =/ [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:03, 27 June 2009 (BST)

:Nah, that's MediaWiki 1.14 stuff, I just haven't got round to installing that bad boy yet haha, might do it now...--[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:57, 27 June 2009 (BST) ... right backing up the wiki, get ready for some 1.14 action!

:: Booyaa, upgraded to 1.15! (Very out of date I am) The link works now :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 19:32, 27 June 2009 (BST)

== Muse sidebar/front page ==

IMO videography on the front page sould be replaced by discography, a condierably larger and more widley used part of Musewiki, as videography is already on the sidebar. Why videograpy but not discography? Some other parts on the front page such as Quotes and Commericla Use are rarely edited and viewed and edited sections of the site, and could be made accessible via other pages.
My idea:

{|style="width:100%;margin-top:.7em;border:1px solid #ccc;-moz-border-radius:1em;-webkit-border-radius:1em; background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3a85ea), to(#fcfcfc), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd))"
|style="width:56%;"|
{|style="width:280px;border:0;background:none"
|-
|style="width:280px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;" |
<div style="font-size:1.62em;border:none;margin:0;padding:.1em;">Welcome to [[Muse|MuseWiki]]</div>
<div style="top:.2em;font-size:.95em">{{Subtitle}}</div>
<div style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:.85em">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles about [[Muse]], written by [[Special:Listusers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} pornogenic musers]] (99.5% sign up for the lulz)</div>
|}
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Muse]]
*[[Biography]]
*[[Gigs|Tour Dates]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Discography]]
*[[Videography]]
*[[Song anthology]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Gear]]
*[[Tablature|Tabs]]
*[[Influences]]
|}

Thoughts? [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:25, 11 July 2009 (BST)
:Yeah makes sense, no idea why disco isn't there, probably back then i thought the sidebar would help, DO IT :P --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 17:35, 11 July 2009 (BST)

== Attracting new users ==

So, a while back I discussed with Sam ways we could get more information on to MuseWiki, as it is missing a fair bit of info still it seems. There are already quite a few people complaining because a gig they went to isn't on the official site, the archive of which was composed both from an official record and those on MuseWiki, but appearntly isn't complete. So what I'm going to do is make a few stickied threads on the official message board to get people to come over to here and contribute the missing info. It does mean we'll have some more articles that don't go with current conventions I expect, let's put it like that, but those can fixed and it means we'll have extra information that would otherwise be missing. And hopefully attract some of the older pre-Showbiz fans to help with those gigs.

In addition I'll be asking people to contribute to the Discography more if they have information on and images of rare Muse stuff. I'll be a help contact for people who don't know what to do or want to help but don't want to edit the wiki via the board and niall@muse.mu so there shouldn't be a lot of confused people around, but just a heads up incase any trolls turn up or something. Thoughts/objections/mutinies? Cheers, [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:39, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, there has been an admin [at] musewiki [dawt] org email which a few people have used and occasionally people find it comical shoving stuff in my user page to tell me about stuff, but yeah... things haven't been too proactive with the fans :p stickies would be good and perhaps museboard should now have a link to musewiki at the bottom? this week's quite a busy week for me so i won't be able to give any proper thoughts on it yet mind but should be able to help out more on the weekends (should be anyway). --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 11:46, 14 July 2009 (BST)
::Kev says he is reluctant to have it on the forums unfortunately =[ I will still try and get more people over hear to contribute. For now I've been given that email address so that people can get me to do it for them, but that's not the whole point in a wiki. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:50, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:::Would have thought there'd be some sort of three way going on with the sites now but I guess not, back then the issue with musewiki link at the bottom was that I worked as a mod and obviously that'd be a bit biased in having my site there even though it helps a lot of folks at the main muse area finding information out. The other issue was the lack of officialness with muse.mu but i thought we are considered as official now. so yeah, would be interested to see the reasons why but it's no biggie since muse.mu is scattered with musewiki links to entice users. Give it some time i guess, though most users would assume that the information they know is already filled so it's hard to motivate people to actively look for places to fill up. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:12, 14 July 2009 (BST)

== Formatting on this page ==

What's up with it? Muse.mu content messing with it? [[User:۞|Niall]] 19:42, 18 January 2010 (GMT)
:Still messed up in Chrome. The news and twitter feeds have been shifted below the band pictures. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
::Yes, it is messed up in Chrome, exactly as you described... does anyone know how to fix this?? [[User:EmilyWine|EmilyWine]] 18:17, 25 June 2010 (BST)
:I'm gonna have to sort this out. Those thumbnails are the problem. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:47, 7 October 2010 (BST)

== Pointless users ==

Can we ban users who come on Musewiki and then only make pages about themselves? This isn't a social networking site. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:44, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
:I imagine that leaving them be would be advantageous PR-wise, while I doubt that banning any would reduce the rate at which 'social networking' types sign up. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 14:36, 16 February 2010 (GMT)
:::What should we do, if users put idiotic stuff on the pages?I´ve undone the edits...but am not sure what I can do about it otherwise?[[User:BlackPainted|BlackPainted]] 14:17, 3 February 2011 (GMT)

== TOC issues. ==

Our TOC magic words aren't working. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:15, 26 March 2010 (GMT)

==Matt Hairstyles==
We should have a page like this about Matt (and perhaps Chris and Dom as well)
http://weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Rivers_Cuomo%27s_appearance
[[User:Swedol|Swedol]] 18:02, 16 November 2010 (GMT)

== Twitter feeds ==

So Dom has taken over @muse, should we just link all three of them with only a few posts showing now on the main page? [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:42, 11 April 2011 (BST)
:Yeah, makes sense, probably need to make a list feed to merge all 3 rather than linking to all 3 --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:33, 11 April 2011 (BST)

== New users... ==

So, er, rather worrying...we seem to be getting joined by a lot of spambots. I guess it's harmless as long as they don't start posting. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 14 June 2011 (BST)

== New highest note in full voice? ==

If I'm not mistaken, I think at 2:25 in Survival he actually hits a B4 which is higher than the previous highest notes in Unnatural Selection and Feeling Good...

----

:(Survival) There I changed it, I'm almost sure it's a Bb4 at 2:25 and then a few short A4s (3:49/3:51) please check it out and disscuss it here before changing it again.

Talk:MuseWiki

2012-07-12T22:47:52Z

Lucho261094: /* New highest note in full voice? */

Feel free to request additions to the main page<P>

== Gig Chronology ==

Not a major problem, but the gig feed isn't putting the gigs in chronological order. Not sure if it can be edited but it's a bit misleading and quite annoying :p Cheers. [[User:Nuttyboy|nuttyboy]] 19:41, 2 September 2009 (BST)

=="We are now @muse rather than @musewire"==
Should we be changing that as well? (On the main page, for example) [[User:7|7]] 23:32, 16 August 2009 (BST)

==O'RLY==

"Welcome to the all new muse.mu! We've had a pretty major overhaul and there are lots of new features for you to explore including '''''MuseWiki''''' and Google Maps integration plus commentable news and pics for Muse Members." well, this is going to take some getting used to... --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:16, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:Some of us got used to it a while ago :P Hopefully some of the changed made recently might make a bit for sense in light of the new semi-official status. There's still quite a few issues like discobox colours are messed up. I'm not sure if the css was going to cater for them or whether we need to change the templates or something. I'll be making a "Back to Muse.mu" template for gigs and discography pages in a bit. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:35, 13 July 2009 (BST)
::sounds good, sounds good. You kept it a secret very well. If you need any help with CSS. I've been known to dabble. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:39, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah sorry it there's any bum pages with bad css, it's quite hard moving from white to black! Definitely going to make a white skin when i have time though, i miss reading black on white. But yeah, this will do for now... tempted to use the background from the current site, it's pretty piss to steal haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:01, 13 July 2009 (BST)

==Gigs Feed==
The upcoming gigs feed seems to be broken, I looked at the code and it looked alright. Is it a problem on the muse.mu side? --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 23:56, 3 June 2009 (BST)
:Hello, your call is important to us
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>ca-ching*
:We seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment and we are attempting to rectify the problem. In the mean time, we are sorry for any inconvenience.
:[http://lyricwiki.org/Gotye:Thanks_For_Your_Time Thank you for your time].
:
:(:P) --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:00, 4 June 2009 (BST)
::Feed fail. Not our fault, sorry :( --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:20, 4 June 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah...the feed has all the gigs set to be on June 1st, just have to wait until it gets fixed on the .mu end of things [[User:۞|۞]] 00:29, 4 June 2009 (BST)

==Upcoming Gigs==
While muse are busy recording, d'you think it would be a good idea to put something like 'Muse are busy recording their [[The Resistance (album)|fifth album]], no time for gigs! under the 'upcoming gigs' section of the front page? looks a bit silly bare like that. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 15:26, 11 February 2009 (GMT)
:Good idea, added a small note :) [[User:۞|۞]] 01:14, 13 February 2009 (GMT)

==BT Digital Music Awards==
It's a bit late but should be include button on the main page for voting? [[User:۞|۞]] 19:17, 10 September 2008 (BST)
:Does the award not depend on the site being registered before voting begins? --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:04, 11 September 2008 (BST)
::Nope it appears you can still nominate any site. Most Muse fans will have most likely voted for MuseLive by now though, I guess. --03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Musewiki general improvement==
I had a idea for a way to improve the content of Musewiki overall - that is appealing to members of the forums to contribute material to musewiki. Too many people view it as a static website as opposed to something to be involved in (or at least a view that seemed to be common) - what we could do is appeal to people forums to contribute anything they can to improve the content of articles, for example, scans of set lists where they are absent, typing up articles from magazines, scanning in CDs etc that aren't in the discography, tabs, and generally promoting the site to get more people to contribute and realise this place actually exists (particularly the huge number of new fans who weren't around when this site was launched).

Wanted to run it by here first and see what others think, and then post a few threads on the official forums and muselive. [[User:۞|۞]] 01:28, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, it's hard to get across on teaching poeple to wiki though. It's like a learning curve for everyone! I get loads of emails of people saying "hey, this needs to be changed to that" and i constantly have to reply to telling them they should try doing it. i suppose it's the complexity of it all that scares me, but i'm definitely up for promoting stuff :D --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 10:08, 3 September 2008 (BST)
::Awesome, it would be great to get some new regulars to improve it all before the fifth album comes out and the next wave of new fans comes along. The coding will probably scare some people off but if I make a post I'll tell them to hassle me about it, I don't mind getting stupid questions, and getting across the point that Musewiki can and should be edited by anyone. We could have a sandbox like wikipedia. I'll also write a few easy to understand bits on things like using citations to add to the references article. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:45, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:::You know, MuseWiki could be a lot better (and have a lot more contributors) if it were just more ''fun'', you know? It doesn't have to be all uptight and referenced and stuff. Just '''loosen up'''. -- [[User:7|7]] 00:54, 13 September 2008 (BST)
::::There's plenty of non-serious articles. Like the page about Matt. But for pages about albums, songs, gear and gigs, where people want good information on things, then references and such are very necessary. There's no point in having a lot of contributions if people might as well be making it up as they go along. It's not a matter of being uptight, just practical. --[[User:۞|۞]] 03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Live single linkage suggestion==
Is it an idea to put up a link to the corresponding gig on a page of a single which has a live version on it? Like this:<BR>
'''DE, BX maxi CD'''
#[[New Born (song)|New Born]]
#[[Map of Your Head (song)|Map of Your Head]]
#[[Piano Thing (song)|Piano Thing]]
#[[Plug in Baby (song)|Plug in Baby]] [[Amsterdam Paradiso 2001 (gig)|(live)]]
<BR>
--[[User:BenjiWL|BenjiWL]] 14:03, 18 July 2007 (BST)

:Sounds reasonable, it's a wiki, so just change it :) / [[User:Time Q|Time Q]] 15:09, 18 July 2007 (BST)

Request:
A place to veiw all the pictures in the Wiki.- [[User: Debase Masons Grog|Debase Masons Grog]]
That already exists at [[Special:Imagelist]] [[User:BigBlueFish|BigBlueFish]] 16:01, 19 March 2006 (GMT)

Request and action:
You asked for a different logo and a few of us put some up. Nothing has been changed on what the logo will be. I will change the logo to the one i made to see if you guy's think that it is better.

Action:
FourthMember removed my Hidden Noise for Jimmy Kane. Which is mean. As a note, the noise is real.

-- I can't hear it (on my version at least) [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- You couldn't hear a distinctive "Poot" sound, and then a smashing sound at 1:17 on Jimmy Kane?
-- I hear something breaking [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- See? Un-deletage please.

==Quotes==
Request: Could someone add a link to the [[Quotes]] page to the front page? [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
::I agree, or somewhere where it can be seen. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==Request==
I don't know how to use Wiki properly lol so: will somebody change "Eerie whispers" on the lyrics of TofDA to "Alien whispers"?
:If the lyrics were that then someone would change it. But its not --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 21:36, 9 January 2007 (GMT)

Would it be a good idea to link Guitar, bass, etc under the band member's names to the particular page on their instrument?
--[[User:M3cky|M3cky]] 09:44, 11 March 2007 (GMT +8)

==Linked==
Are you guys aware that Muse has a link to here on their website? Just wondering. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 21:22, 3 August 2006 (BST)
:Aye, knew about it, Tom Kirk is particularly keen on the site, especially due to the reason that he can go to others "Look, im part of the band, look at my page" haha. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:42, 20 October 2006 (BST)

==Innocent Voices==
On rhapsody.com, it has a compilation album listed called Ethnic Whispers. It says one of the songs listed is called "Innocent Voices", and it says it is by Muse (other sources say so as well). It also has a description of Muse that matches with the Muse we know. I don't know if it's right or not, because the song doesn't sound very much like Muse and it's not on this site anywheres. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 00:26, 28 December 2006 (GMT)

:It isn't, it just says it's our Muse because the names are exactly the same.-[[User:DMG|DMG]]

==Main page==
What about a proper main page? I mean, with featured articles, news, "did you know...?", and things like that? -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 11:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC+1)
:Sounds cool. I'd be willing to help, but only if someone who's better at wiki-ing than me helps to because I'm not really as advanced as others.... [[User:7|7]] 05:17, 17 December 2007 (GMT)

see: [[User:7 - Project: Main Page‎]] for ideas
Dom's name isnt under his picture on the home page. and im not aloud to edit the home page,
so if someone else could check into that.

== Videos ==
Would it be possible to add a link to [[Videography]] from the sidebar? Just think it might make life easier than having to do through [[Discography]].--[[User:Frozenjakalope|Jakalope]] 11:49, 21 March 2007 (GMT)
: I agree. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC+2)
:: What happened to this? It's hard to find it. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==A few things==
Since it's almost three weeks after April fools, do we need the note on the front page anymore?

And what's with all the 500.shtml errors? [[User:۞|۞]] 17:57, 19 April 2007 (BST)
:yeah i keep getting those errors too --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 18:16, 19 April 2007 (BST)
::Another thing: how can we undo all those changes that make album covers link straight to the article? It's now impossible to view larger images of the cover art.[[User:۞|۞]] 08:57, 20 April 2007 (BST)
:::Just click on the "Redirected from" link. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:02, 20 April 2007 (BST)

Nice touch with the random phrases under the title, just noticed it. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:12, 14 May 2007 (BST)
:Yeah its sort of my thing when i make fansites haha. Musecast and crazybobbles has it so i thought, why not install an extension just for it. I might look for other areas of the wiki to do the random stuff too. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 01:30, 15 May 2007 (BST)
::Haha, yeah, they're hilarious, I love them. Good work. -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 23:34 21 May 2007 (UTC+2)

== Frontpage image ==

I have no idea if it's just my PC or whatever but the image on the frontpage seems to collide with the seperator bar thingies :|

Any way of fixing this?
:I've got a feeling I [http://getfirefox.com know] [http://konqueror.org the] [http://opera.com solution]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:20, 7 June 2007 (BST)
:Hah hah.
:Not funny.
:Surely it would be simpler to make the page work properly. I'm trying to help improve MuseWiki for everyone not just for myself

Just move '''<nowiki>[[Image:MuseBand2.jpg|Right|thumb|[[Muse]], the band]]</nowiki>''' below '''<nowiki>==MuseWiki==</nowiki>''' in the code and the picture wont be impaled!
I'd do it myself, but I don't have sysops rights.

[[User:7|7]] 22:15, 19 December 2007 (GMT)

== Band Member Photos ==

Why not have some a bit more recent, maybe even of them playing? [[User:7|7]] 07:07, 18 November 2007 (GMT)

Example:
<gallery>
Image:Mattmomsbabywe0.jpg|[[Matthew Bellamy]] (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Lyrics)
Image:Chrisfighettomode.jpg|[[Christopher Wolstenholme]] (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Image:Domdibluwm5.jpg|[[Dominic Howard]] (Drums, Percussions, Human Bones)
</gallery>

The photos would probably need to match in some way, though.
:Ah here's a project for you, round off as many muse photos as you can and turn them into small boxes, then bam! I will use the random script to generate random images each time so people dont get bored of the images :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
::Ha! And I thought I was going crazy! See: [[User:7/Sandbox]] [[User:7|7]] 00:30, 13 April 2008 (BST)

== Motto/Catchphrase ==

What about a motto for the site?!
Sugggestions?
[[User:7|7]] 07:09, 18 November 2007 (GMT)
:Now for a marketeer type person I would say our motto would include the words "Muse, muse band, muse fansite, muse wiki, haarp tour, royal albert hall" and a few other search terms that would aid the site from getting more viewers ;) My trait for fansites is I always have loads of subtitles randomly generated on the homepage, this is a homage to futurama's subtitle at the beginning of each episode (which is why I wrote "In color" but noone got the reference :() Feel free to use my talk page if you have more questions that probably can be answered by myself since I'll most likely forget that this page was edited, should stalk them relly haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
==NavFrames==
Any chance we could have the code for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame NavFrames] installed to allow for expandable tables? Would be great for tidying away excessive technical information in some articles (see discography talk page!). [[User:۞|۞]] 18:31, 14 December 2007 (GMT)
:We need someone with an access to MediaWiki pages. --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 04:07, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
::Which would be Crazybobbles when he's next able to - but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collapsible_tables collapsible tables] seem to be preferable so maybe they're a better choice to use once the code is copied over. [[User:۞|۞]] 20:28, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
:::Aren't admins capable of editting them as well, maybe admins have less power on this wiki... --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 17:15, 16 December 2007 (GMT)

==Colours==
I think the colours on this page should be more similar to our colours (read: dissimilar to Wikipedia). I was thinking of taking the colours from our logo and varying the blue and yellow from that, keeping the ratios of each of the three hex (#ff ff ff) parts the same. Though I'm no expert in colours and whatnot so I don't know whether that'd look good. I mean, the blue here doesn't look like our blue and I think maybe... a lighter yellow would be okay for the left column?

Also, does anyone know where all the styling is stored? I think we could curvelatiousify (ahem) the tabs, corners and whatnot.

''Also'', perhaps we could ratify our colour scheme generally. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 01:59, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

Oh... sure. That's a good idea, I guess.
I'll change the version on [[User:7/Main Page Project]] as an example. [[User:7|7]] 06:11, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

==Cryptography==
It's been a few years since the cryptography thing, aren't there higher priority thing (like our '''new songs chronology''') that could be linked on the main page instead? [[User:۞|۞]] 23:01, 21 January 2008 (GMT)
:Cheers! [[User:۞|۞]] 00:08, 22 January 2008 (GMT)

==MuseWiki logo==
It's been gone for a few days now...or is it just me? [[User:۞|۞]] 15:14, 5 February 2008 (GMT)
:See [[MuseWiki:Community_Portal#Whoa.21.21.21|here]]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 15:22, 5 February 2008 (GMT)

== Why? ==

Can I ask why we still have the Muse in history section here when no one bothers to update it?<br/>
Why don't we have like on [[User:7/Main Page Project|7's]] idea of haveing a did you know section with many facts.<br/>
Any thoughts?

[[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 13:50, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'd hazard a guess that no-one's come up with a list of trivia to put in that section, yet. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:25, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
::7 has got a few ideas on his main page but fair point [[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 19:12, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:::...[[Template:Did You Know...|Take a look]]. I reckon that's enough for the moment. I really hope someone adds the Did You Know section before we look any stupider with a month-old This Week in History on our main page. [[User:7|User:]] 01:26, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== As Long As We're Putting Bulletins on the Main Page.... ==

...we should add something about [[User:۞#Muse_Demo_Campaign|The Campaign]] to inform potential helpers! [[User:7|User:]] 01:18, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'll add it on crazybobbles.org so it will appear on the bottom bit --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== Muse News (Mews Nuse?) ==

Lame jokes aside, I think that the Muse News section should be changed from <b>showdesc="true"</b> to <b>showdesc="false"</b>, which would take off that little paragraph beneath the title of the story to make the page seem less cluttered. What does everyone else think?[[User:7|7]] 06:20, 14 April 2008 (BST)

== MuseWire on the Main Page? ==

Hmm? Would it visually overload the page? Would it fit? Would it replace something else? [[User:7|7]] 23:38, 3 June 2008 (BST)

== BHaR Tour Edition Intro/'350.54' ==

Shouldn't we have a page on this?

So people know what I'm talking about:

http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=25377

There's also a link in that thread to the original file related to the whole cryptology thing from 2005, for an extended history/more info about the "song."

What d'you reckon?

== [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]] ==

I, [[User:MuseIsAbsolution|MuseIsAbsolution]], hereby announce the founding of [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]]! I know it's quite lame, but I just really agree with whoever else said that Matt Bellamy seems to have a MASSIVE page in comparison to Chris and Dom. Feedback would be nice. We have improvements to make here on MuseWiki.

Thanks MuseWiki

=="Spoiler" policy==
Just something I have in mind for the inevitable 5th album leak in a few months time, I'm adding here while I remember it. Should we prevent the addition of new lyrics and information obtained from the leak, and only allow that from interviews and news etc? Whilst I will most likely listen to the leak myself, some users of Musewiki will abstain from the leak until the official release of the album, and it wouldn't be fair for those who'd rather have the full "new album experience" [[User:۞|۞]] 00:17, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

:Maybe the lyrics could be added but with a spoiler warning. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 04:51, 27 February 2009 (GMT)
::Hm, perhaps another red-box template with something to the effect of "SPOILER WARNING: Information from leaked album not otherwise available is presented below." --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 19:39, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

== music ==

Do you think we should add music to the front page like they do on the official page?
:We don't hold the copyrights or have permission. And there's the issue of bandwidth. This site violates copyright law anyway, but thankfully no one seems to care that we host things like lyrics and low quality clips of songs so it doesn't matter. Plus, why? People could just go to the official site... [[User:۞|۞]] 20:13, 24 April 2009 (BST)

== Media archive ==

There is now no quick way to access the archive...was it removed for a ''particular'' reason or can the link be returned to the sidebar of main page? [[User:۞|۞]] 21:50, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:Just a precautionary measure against copyright trolls.... I think it a good indication that the stated purpose of the section is accurate. I would like to see opposing points/analyses though. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 21:58, 14 June 2009 (BST)
::Fair enough - I guess the site may get more attention as the year progresses due to the new album and such so better safe than sorry. I was thinking more for the benefit of fans who might not know it's there to read articles about the band, but then again any good info is incorporated into other Musewiki articles anyway so that's not such a problem as long as there citations. [[User:۞|۞]] 23:00, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:::Indeed, the idea being that all the information which is in the archive is also in our articles... although, naturally, that will take quite some effort and time ;). --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 23:27, 14 June 2009 (BST)

== General image linking question ==

I'm making a template which involves an image linking to an external site - except it doesn't seem to work. I though this was simply <nowiki>[[Image:image.jpg|link=http://www.google.com/]]</nowiki> ... but this does not work. Am I being stupid or what?

For example, let's say I want a small Muse logo to link to the official site - <nowiki>[[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]]</nowiki> I would have thought, but this just gives [[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]] and treats the link a alt text. =/ [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:03, 27 June 2009 (BST)

:Nah, that's MediaWiki 1.14 stuff, I just haven't got round to installing that bad boy yet haha, might do it now...--[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:57, 27 June 2009 (BST) ... right backing up the wiki, get ready for some 1.14 action!

:: Booyaa, upgraded to 1.15! (Very out of date I am) The link works now :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 19:32, 27 June 2009 (BST)

== Muse sidebar/front page ==

IMO videography on the front page sould be replaced by discography, a condierably larger and more widley used part of Musewiki, as videography is already on the sidebar. Why videograpy but not discography? Some other parts on the front page such as Quotes and Commericla Use are rarely edited and viewed and edited sections of the site, and could be made accessible via other pages.
My idea:

{|style="width:100%;margin-top:.7em;border:1px solid #ccc;-moz-border-radius:1em;-webkit-border-radius:1em; background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3a85ea), to(#fcfcfc), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd))"
|style="width:56%;"|
{|style="width:280px;border:0;background:none"
|-
|style="width:280px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;" |
<div style="font-size:1.62em;border:none;margin:0;padding:.1em;">Welcome to [[Muse|MuseWiki]]</div>
<div style="top:.2em;font-size:.95em">{{Subtitle}}</div>
<div style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:.85em">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles about [[Muse]], written by [[Special:Listusers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} pornogenic musers]] (99.5% sign up for the lulz)</div>
|}
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Muse]]
*[[Biography]]
*[[Gigs|Tour Dates]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Discography]]
*[[Videography]]
*[[Song anthology]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Gear]]
*[[Tablature|Tabs]]
*[[Influences]]
|}

Thoughts? [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:25, 11 July 2009 (BST)
:Yeah makes sense, no idea why disco isn't there, probably back then i thought the sidebar would help, DO IT :P --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 17:35, 11 July 2009 (BST)

== Attracting new users ==

So, a while back I discussed with Sam ways we could get more information on to MuseWiki, as it is missing a fair bit of info still it seems. There are already quite a few people complaining because a gig they went to isn't on the official site, the archive of which was composed both from an official record and those on MuseWiki, but appearntly isn't complete. So what I'm going to do is make a few stickied threads on the official message board to get people to come over to here and contribute the missing info. It does mean we'll have some more articles that don't go with current conventions I expect, let's put it like that, but those can fixed and it means we'll have extra information that would otherwise be missing. And hopefully attract some of the older pre-Showbiz fans to help with those gigs.

In addition I'll be asking people to contribute to the Discography more if they have information on and images of rare Muse stuff. I'll be a help contact for people who don't know what to do or want to help but don't want to edit the wiki via the board and niall@muse.mu so there shouldn't be a lot of confused people around, but just a heads up incase any trolls turn up or something. Thoughts/objections/mutinies? Cheers, [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:39, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, there has been an admin [at] musewiki [dawt] org email which a few people have used and occasionally people find it comical shoving stuff in my user page to tell me about stuff, but yeah... things haven't been too proactive with the fans :p stickies would be good and perhaps museboard should now have a link to musewiki at the bottom? this week's quite a busy week for me so i won't be able to give any proper thoughts on it yet mind but should be able to help out more on the weekends (should be anyway). --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 11:46, 14 July 2009 (BST)
::Kev says he is reluctant to have it on the forums unfortunately =[ I will still try and get more people over hear to contribute. For now I've been given that email address so that people can get me to do it for them, but that's not the whole point in a wiki. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:50, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:::Would have thought there'd be some sort of three way going on with the sites now but I guess not, back then the issue with musewiki link at the bottom was that I worked as a mod and obviously that'd be a bit biased in having my site there even though it helps a lot of folks at the main muse area finding information out. The other issue was the lack of officialness with muse.mu but i thought we are considered as official now. so yeah, would be interested to see the reasons why but it's no biggie since muse.mu is scattered with musewiki links to entice users. Give it some time i guess, though most users would assume that the information they know is already filled so it's hard to motivate people to actively look for places to fill up. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:12, 14 July 2009 (BST)

== Formatting on this page ==

What's up with it? Muse.mu content messing with it? [[User:۞|Niall]] 19:42, 18 January 2010 (GMT)
:Still messed up in Chrome. The news and twitter feeds have been shifted below the band pictures. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
::Yes, it is messed up in Chrome, exactly as you described... does anyone know how to fix this?? [[User:EmilyWine|EmilyWine]] 18:17, 25 June 2010 (BST)
:I'm gonna have to sort this out. Those thumbnails are the problem. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:47, 7 October 2010 (BST)

== Pointless users ==

Can we ban users who come on Musewiki and then only make pages about themselves? This isn't a social networking site. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:44, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
:I imagine that leaving them be would be advantageous PR-wise, while I doubt that banning any would reduce the rate at which 'social networking' types sign up. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 14:36, 16 February 2010 (GMT)
:::What should we do, if users put idiotic stuff on the pages?I´ve undone the edits...but am not sure what I can do about it otherwise?[[User:BlackPainted|BlackPainted]] 14:17, 3 February 2011 (GMT)

== TOC issues. ==

Our TOC magic words aren't working. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:15, 26 March 2010 (GMT)

==Matt Hairstyles==
We should have a page like this about Matt (and perhaps Chris and Dom as well)
http://weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Rivers_Cuomo%27s_appearance
[[User:Swedol|Swedol]] 18:02, 16 November 2010 (GMT)

== Twitter feeds ==

So Dom has taken over @muse, should we just link all three of them with only a few posts showing now on the main page? [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:42, 11 April 2011 (BST)
:Yeah, makes sense, probably need to make a list feed to merge all 3 rather than linking to all 3 --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:33, 11 April 2011 (BST)

== New users... ==

So, er, rather worrying...we seem to be getting joined by a lot of spambots. I guess it's harmless as long as they don't start posting. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 14 June 2011 (BST)

== New highest note in full voice? ==

If I'm not mistaken, I think at 2:25 in Survival he actually hits a B4 which is higher than the previous highest notes in Unnatural Selection and Feeling Good...

:(Survival) There I changed it, I'm almost sure it's a Bb4 at 2:25 and then a few short A4s (3:49/3:51) please check it out and disscuss it here before changing it again.

Talk:MuseWiki

2012-07-12T22:45:38Z

Lucho261094: /* New highest note in full voice? */

Feel free to request additions to the main page<P>

== Gig Chronology ==

Not a major problem, but the gig feed isn't putting the gigs in chronological order. Not sure if it can be edited but it's a bit misleading and quite annoying :p Cheers. [[User:Nuttyboy|nuttyboy]] 19:41, 2 September 2009 (BST)

=="We are now @muse rather than @musewire"==
Should we be changing that as well? (On the main page, for example) [[User:7|7]] 23:32, 16 August 2009 (BST)

==O'RLY==

"Welcome to the all new muse.mu! We've had a pretty major overhaul and there are lots of new features for you to explore including '''''MuseWiki''''' and Google Maps integration plus commentable news and pics for Muse Members." well, this is going to take some getting used to... --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:16, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:Some of us got used to it a while ago :P Hopefully some of the changed made recently might make a bit for sense in light of the new semi-official status. There's still quite a few issues like discobox colours are messed up. I'm not sure if the css was going to cater for them or whether we need to change the templates or something. I'll be making a "Back to Muse.mu" template for gigs and discography pages in a bit. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:35, 13 July 2009 (BST)
::sounds good, sounds good. You kept it a secret very well. If you need any help with CSS. I've been known to dabble. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:39, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah sorry it there's any bum pages with bad css, it's quite hard moving from white to black! Definitely going to make a white skin when i have time though, i miss reading black on white. But yeah, this will do for now... tempted to use the background from the current site, it's pretty piss to steal haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:01, 13 July 2009 (BST)

==Gigs Feed==
The upcoming gigs feed seems to be broken, I looked at the code and it looked alright. Is it a problem on the muse.mu side? --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 23:56, 3 June 2009 (BST)
:Hello, your call is important to us
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>ca-ching*
:We seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment and we are attempting to rectify the problem. In the mean time, we are sorry for any inconvenience.
:[http://lyricwiki.org/Gotye:Thanks_For_Your_Time Thank you for your time].
:
:(:P) --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:00, 4 June 2009 (BST)
::Feed fail. Not our fault, sorry :( --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:20, 4 June 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah...the feed has all the gigs set to be on June 1st, just have to wait until it gets fixed on the .mu end of things [[User:۞|۞]] 00:29, 4 June 2009 (BST)

==Upcoming Gigs==
While muse are busy recording, d'you think it would be a good idea to put something like 'Muse are busy recording their [[The Resistance (album)|fifth album]], no time for gigs! under the 'upcoming gigs' section of the front page? looks a bit silly bare like that. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 15:26, 11 February 2009 (GMT)
:Good idea, added a small note :) [[User:۞|۞]] 01:14, 13 February 2009 (GMT)

==BT Digital Music Awards==
It's a bit late but should be include button on the main page for voting? [[User:۞|۞]] 19:17, 10 September 2008 (BST)
:Does the award not depend on the site being registered before voting begins? --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:04, 11 September 2008 (BST)
::Nope it appears you can still nominate any site. Most Muse fans will have most likely voted for MuseLive by now though, I guess. --03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Musewiki general improvement==
I had a idea for a way to improve the content of Musewiki overall - that is appealing to members of the forums to contribute material to musewiki. Too many people view it as a static website as opposed to something to be involved in (or at least a view that seemed to be common) - what we could do is appeal to people forums to contribute anything they can to improve the content of articles, for example, scans of set lists where they are absent, typing up articles from magazines, scanning in CDs etc that aren't in the discography, tabs, and generally promoting the site to get more people to contribute and realise this place actually exists (particularly the huge number of new fans who weren't around when this site was launched).

Wanted to run it by here first and see what others think, and then post a few threads on the official forums and muselive. [[User:۞|۞]] 01:28, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, it's hard to get across on teaching poeple to wiki though. It's like a learning curve for everyone! I get loads of emails of people saying "hey, this needs to be changed to that" and i constantly have to reply to telling them they should try doing it. i suppose it's the complexity of it all that scares me, but i'm definitely up for promoting stuff :D --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 10:08, 3 September 2008 (BST)
::Awesome, it would be great to get some new regulars to improve it all before the fifth album comes out and the next wave of new fans comes along. The coding will probably scare some people off but if I make a post I'll tell them to hassle me about it, I don't mind getting stupid questions, and getting across the point that Musewiki can and should be edited by anyone. We could have a sandbox like wikipedia. I'll also write a few easy to understand bits on things like using citations to add to the references article. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:45, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:::You know, MuseWiki could be a lot better (and have a lot more contributors) if it were just more ''fun'', you know? It doesn't have to be all uptight and referenced and stuff. Just '''loosen up'''. -- [[User:7|7]] 00:54, 13 September 2008 (BST)
::::There's plenty of non-serious articles. Like the page about Matt. But for pages about albums, songs, gear and gigs, where people want good information on things, then references and such are very necessary. There's no point in having a lot of contributions if people might as well be making it up as they go along. It's not a matter of being uptight, just practical. --[[User:۞|۞]] 03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Live single linkage suggestion==
Is it an idea to put up a link to the corresponding gig on a page of a single which has a live version on it? Like this:<BR>
'''DE, BX maxi CD'''
#[[New Born (song)|New Born]]
#[[Map of Your Head (song)|Map of Your Head]]
#[[Piano Thing (song)|Piano Thing]]
#[[Plug in Baby (song)|Plug in Baby]] [[Amsterdam Paradiso 2001 (gig)|(live)]]
<BR>
--[[User:BenjiWL|BenjiWL]] 14:03, 18 July 2007 (BST)

:Sounds reasonable, it's a wiki, so just change it :) / [[User:Time Q|Time Q]] 15:09, 18 July 2007 (BST)

Request:
A place to veiw all the pictures in the Wiki.- [[User: Debase Masons Grog|Debase Masons Grog]]
That already exists at [[Special:Imagelist]] [[User:BigBlueFish|BigBlueFish]] 16:01, 19 March 2006 (GMT)

Request and action:
You asked for a different logo and a few of us put some up. Nothing has been changed on what the logo will be. I will change the logo to the one i made to see if you guy's think that it is better.

Action:
FourthMember removed my Hidden Noise for Jimmy Kane. Which is mean. As a note, the noise is real.

-- I can't hear it (on my version at least) [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- You couldn't hear a distinctive "Poot" sound, and then a smashing sound at 1:17 on Jimmy Kane?
-- I hear something breaking [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- See? Un-deletage please.

==Quotes==
Request: Could someone add a link to the [[Quotes]] page to the front page? [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
::I agree, or somewhere where it can be seen. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==Request==
I don't know how to use Wiki properly lol so: will somebody change "Eerie whispers" on the lyrics of TofDA to "Alien whispers"?
:If the lyrics were that then someone would change it. But its not --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 21:36, 9 January 2007 (GMT)

Would it be a good idea to link Guitar, bass, etc under the band member's names to the particular page on their instrument?
--[[User:M3cky|M3cky]] 09:44, 11 March 2007 (GMT +8)

==Linked==
Are you guys aware that Muse has a link to here on their website? Just wondering. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 21:22, 3 August 2006 (BST)
:Aye, knew about it, Tom Kirk is particularly keen on the site, especially due to the reason that he can go to others "Look, im part of the band, look at my page" haha. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:42, 20 October 2006 (BST)

==Innocent Voices==
On rhapsody.com, it has a compilation album listed called Ethnic Whispers. It says one of the songs listed is called "Innocent Voices", and it says it is by Muse (other sources say so as well). It also has a description of Muse that matches with the Muse we know. I don't know if it's right or not, because the song doesn't sound very much like Muse and it's not on this site anywheres. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 00:26, 28 December 2006 (GMT)

:It isn't, it just says it's our Muse because the names are exactly the same.-[[User:DMG|DMG]]

==Main page==
What about a proper main page? I mean, with featured articles, news, "did you know...?", and things like that? -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 11:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC+1)
:Sounds cool. I'd be willing to help, but only if someone who's better at wiki-ing than me helps to because I'm not really as advanced as others.... [[User:7|7]] 05:17, 17 December 2007 (GMT)

see: [[User:7 - Project: Main Page‎]] for ideas
Dom's name isnt under his picture on the home page. and im not aloud to edit the home page,
so if someone else could check into that.

== Videos ==
Would it be possible to add a link to [[Videography]] from the sidebar? Just think it might make life easier than having to do through [[Discography]].--[[User:Frozenjakalope|Jakalope]] 11:49, 21 March 2007 (GMT)
: I agree. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC+2)
:: What happened to this? It's hard to find it. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==A few things==
Since it's almost three weeks after April fools, do we need the note on the front page anymore?

And what's with all the 500.shtml errors? [[User:۞|۞]] 17:57, 19 April 2007 (BST)
:yeah i keep getting those errors too --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 18:16, 19 April 2007 (BST)
::Another thing: how can we undo all those changes that make album covers link straight to the article? It's now impossible to view larger images of the cover art.[[User:۞|۞]] 08:57, 20 April 2007 (BST)
:::Just click on the "Redirected from" link. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:02, 20 April 2007 (BST)

Nice touch with the random phrases under the title, just noticed it. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:12, 14 May 2007 (BST)
:Yeah its sort of my thing when i make fansites haha. Musecast and crazybobbles has it so i thought, why not install an extension just for it. I might look for other areas of the wiki to do the random stuff too. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 01:30, 15 May 2007 (BST)
::Haha, yeah, they're hilarious, I love them. Good work. -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 23:34 21 May 2007 (UTC+2)

== Frontpage image ==

I have no idea if it's just my PC or whatever but the image on the frontpage seems to collide with the seperator bar thingies :|

Any way of fixing this?
:I've got a feeling I [http://getfirefox.com know] [http://konqueror.org the] [http://opera.com solution]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:20, 7 June 2007 (BST)
:Hah hah.
:Not funny.
:Surely it would be simpler to make the page work properly. I'm trying to help improve MuseWiki for everyone not just for myself

Just move '''<nowiki>[[Image:MuseBand2.jpg|Right|thumb|[[Muse]], the band]]</nowiki>''' below '''<nowiki>==MuseWiki==</nowiki>''' in the code and the picture wont be impaled!
I'd do it myself, but I don't have sysops rights.

[[User:7|7]] 22:15, 19 December 2007 (GMT)

== Band Member Photos ==

Why not have some a bit more recent, maybe even of them playing? [[User:7|7]] 07:07, 18 November 2007 (GMT)

Example:
<gallery>
Image:Mattmomsbabywe0.jpg|[[Matthew Bellamy]] (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Lyrics)
Image:Chrisfighettomode.jpg|[[Christopher Wolstenholme]] (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Image:Domdibluwm5.jpg|[[Dominic Howard]] (Drums, Percussions, Human Bones)
</gallery>

The photos would probably need to match in some way, though.
:Ah here's a project for you, round off as many muse photos as you can and turn them into small boxes, then bam! I will use the random script to generate random images each time so people dont get bored of the images :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
::Ha! And I thought I was going crazy! See: [[User:7/Sandbox]] [[User:7|7]] 00:30, 13 April 2008 (BST)

== Motto/Catchphrase ==

What about a motto for the site?!
Sugggestions?
[[User:7|7]] 07:09, 18 November 2007 (GMT)
:Now for a marketeer type person I would say our motto would include the words "Muse, muse band, muse fansite, muse wiki, haarp tour, royal albert hall" and a few other search terms that would aid the site from getting more viewers ;) My trait for fansites is I always have loads of subtitles randomly generated on the homepage, this is a homage to futurama's subtitle at the beginning of each episode (which is why I wrote "In color" but noone got the reference :() Feel free to use my talk page if you have more questions that probably can be answered by myself since I'll most likely forget that this page was edited, should stalk them relly haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
==NavFrames==
Any chance we could have the code for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame NavFrames] installed to allow for expandable tables? Would be great for tidying away excessive technical information in some articles (see discography talk page!). [[User:۞|۞]] 18:31, 14 December 2007 (GMT)
:We need someone with an access to MediaWiki pages. --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 04:07, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
::Which would be Crazybobbles when he's next able to - but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collapsible_tables collapsible tables] seem to be preferable so maybe they're a better choice to use once the code is copied over. [[User:۞|۞]] 20:28, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
:::Aren't admins capable of editting them as well, maybe admins have less power on this wiki... --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 17:15, 16 December 2007 (GMT)

==Colours==
I think the colours on this page should be more similar to our colours (read: dissimilar to Wikipedia). I was thinking of taking the colours from our logo and varying the blue and yellow from that, keeping the ratios of each of the three hex (#ff ff ff) parts the same. Though I'm no expert in colours and whatnot so I don't know whether that'd look good. I mean, the blue here doesn't look like our blue and I think maybe... a lighter yellow would be okay for the left column?

Also, does anyone know where all the styling is stored? I think we could curvelatiousify (ahem) the tabs, corners and whatnot.

''Also'', perhaps we could ratify our colour scheme generally. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 01:59, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

Oh... sure. That's a good idea, I guess.
I'll change the version on [[User:7/Main Page Project]] as an example. [[User:7|7]] 06:11, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

==Cryptography==
It's been a few years since the cryptography thing, aren't there higher priority thing (like our '''new songs chronology''') that could be linked on the main page instead? [[User:۞|۞]] 23:01, 21 January 2008 (GMT)
:Cheers! [[User:۞|۞]] 00:08, 22 January 2008 (GMT)

==MuseWiki logo==
It's been gone for a few days now...or is it just me? [[User:۞|۞]] 15:14, 5 February 2008 (GMT)
:See [[MuseWiki:Community_Portal#Whoa.21.21.21|here]]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 15:22, 5 February 2008 (GMT)

== Why? ==

Can I ask why we still have the Muse in history section here when no one bothers to update it?<br/>
Why don't we have like on [[User:7/Main Page Project|7's]] idea of haveing a did you know section with many facts.<br/>
Any thoughts?

[[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 13:50, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'd hazard a guess that no-one's come up with a list of trivia to put in that section, yet. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:25, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
::7 has got a few ideas on his main page but fair point [[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 19:12, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:::...[[Template:Did You Know...|Take a look]]. I reckon that's enough for the moment. I really hope someone adds the Did You Know section before we look any stupider with a month-old This Week in History on our main page. [[User:7|User:]] 01:26, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== As Long As We're Putting Bulletins on the Main Page.... ==

...we should add something about [[User:۞#Muse_Demo_Campaign|The Campaign]] to inform potential helpers! [[User:7|User:]] 01:18, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'll add it on crazybobbles.org so it will appear on the bottom bit --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== Muse News (Mews Nuse?) ==

Lame jokes aside, I think that the Muse News section should be changed from <b>showdesc="true"</b> to <b>showdesc="false"</b>, which would take off that little paragraph beneath the title of the story to make the page seem less cluttered. What does everyone else think?[[User:7|7]] 06:20, 14 April 2008 (BST)

== MuseWire on the Main Page? ==

Hmm? Would it visually overload the page? Would it fit? Would it replace something else? [[User:7|7]] 23:38, 3 June 2008 (BST)

== BHaR Tour Edition Intro/'350.54' ==

Shouldn't we have a page on this?

So people know what I'm talking about:

http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=25377

There's also a link in that thread to the original file related to the whole cryptology thing from 2005, for an extended history/more info about the "song."

What d'you reckon?

== [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]] ==

I, [[User:MuseIsAbsolution|MuseIsAbsolution]], hereby announce the founding of [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]]! I know it's quite lame, but I just really agree with whoever else said that Matt Bellamy seems to have a MASSIVE page in comparison to Chris and Dom. Feedback would be nice. We have improvements to make here on MuseWiki.

Thanks MuseWiki

=="Spoiler" policy==
Just something I have in mind for the inevitable 5th album leak in a few months time, I'm adding here while I remember it. Should we prevent the addition of new lyrics and information obtained from the leak, and only allow that from interviews and news etc? Whilst I will most likely listen to the leak myself, some users of Musewiki will abstain from the leak until the official release of the album, and it wouldn't be fair for those who'd rather have the full "new album experience" [[User:۞|۞]] 00:17, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

:Maybe the lyrics could be added but with a spoiler warning. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 04:51, 27 February 2009 (GMT)
::Hm, perhaps another red-box template with something to the effect of "SPOILER WARNING: Information from leaked album not otherwise available is presented below." --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 19:39, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

== music ==

Do you think we should add music to the front page like they do on the official page?
:We don't hold the copyrights or have permission. And there's the issue of bandwidth. This site violates copyright law anyway, but thankfully no one seems to care that we host things like lyrics and low quality clips of songs so it doesn't matter. Plus, why? People could just go to the official site... [[User:۞|۞]] 20:13, 24 April 2009 (BST)

== Media archive ==

There is now no quick way to access the archive...was it removed for a ''particular'' reason or can the link be returned to the sidebar of main page? [[User:۞|۞]] 21:50, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:Just a precautionary measure against copyright trolls.... I think it a good indication that the stated purpose of the section is accurate. I would like to see opposing points/analyses though. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 21:58, 14 June 2009 (BST)
::Fair enough - I guess the site may get more attention as the year progresses due to the new album and such so better safe than sorry. I was thinking more for the benefit of fans who might not know it's there to read articles about the band, but then again any good info is incorporated into other Musewiki articles anyway so that's not such a problem as long as there citations. [[User:۞|۞]] 23:00, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:::Indeed, the idea being that all the information which is in the archive is also in our articles... although, naturally, that will take quite some effort and time ;). --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 23:27, 14 June 2009 (BST)

== General image linking question ==

I'm making a template which involves an image linking to an external site - except it doesn't seem to work. I though this was simply <nowiki>[[Image:image.jpg|link=http://www.google.com/]]</nowiki> ... but this does not work. Am I being stupid or what?

For example, let's say I want a small Muse logo to link to the official site - <nowiki>[[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]]</nowiki> I would have thought, but this just gives [[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]] and treats the link a alt text. =/ [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:03, 27 June 2009 (BST)

:Nah, that's MediaWiki 1.14 stuff, I just haven't got round to installing that bad boy yet haha, might do it now...--[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:57, 27 June 2009 (BST) ... right backing up the wiki, get ready for some 1.14 action!

:: Booyaa, upgraded to 1.15! (Very out of date I am) The link works now :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 19:32, 27 June 2009 (BST)

== Muse sidebar/front page ==

IMO videography on the front page sould be replaced by discography, a condierably larger and more widley used part of Musewiki, as videography is already on the sidebar. Why videograpy but not discography? Some other parts on the front page such as Quotes and Commericla Use are rarely edited and viewed and edited sections of the site, and could be made accessible via other pages.
My idea:

{|style="width:100%;margin-top:.7em;border:1px solid #ccc;-moz-border-radius:1em;-webkit-border-radius:1em; background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3a85ea), to(#fcfcfc), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd))"
|style="width:56%;"|
{|style="width:280px;border:0;background:none"
|-
|style="width:280px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;" |
<div style="font-size:1.62em;border:none;margin:0;padding:.1em;">Welcome to [[Muse|MuseWiki]]</div>
<div style="top:.2em;font-size:.95em">{{Subtitle}}</div>
<div style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:.85em">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles about [[Muse]], written by [[Special:Listusers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} pornogenic musers]] (99.5% sign up for the lulz)</div>
|}
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Muse]]
*[[Biography]]
*[[Gigs|Tour Dates]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Discography]]
*[[Videography]]
*[[Song anthology]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Gear]]
*[[Tablature|Tabs]]
*[[Influences]]
|}

Thoughts? [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:25, 11 July 2009 (BST)
:Yeah makes sense, no idea why disco isn't there, probably back then i thought the sidebar would help, DO IT :P --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 17:35, 11 July 2009 (BST)

== Attracting new users ==

So, a while back I discussed with Sam ways we could get more information on to MuseWiki, as it is missing a fair bit of info still it seems. There are already quite a few people complaining because a gig they went to isn't on the official site, the archive of which was composed both from an official record and those on MuseWiki, but appearntly isn't complete. So what I'm going to do is make a few stickied threads on the official message board to get people to come over to here and contribute the missing info. It does mean we'll have some more articles that don't go with current conventions I expect, let's put it like that, but those can fixed and it means we'll have extra information that would otherwise be missing. And hopefully attract some of the older pre-Showbiz fans to help with those gigs.

In addition I'll be asking people to contribute to the Discography more if they have information on and images of rare Muse stuff. I'll be a help contact for people who don't know what to do or want to help but don't want to edit the wiki via the board and niall@muse.mu so there shouldn't be a lot of confused people around, but just a heads up incase any trolls turn up or something. Thoughts/objections/mutinies? Cheers, [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:39, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, there has been an admin [at] musewiki [dawt] org email which a few people have used and occasionally people find it comical shoving stuff in my user page to tell me about stuff, but yeah... things haven't been too proactive with the fans :p stickies would be good and perhaps museboard should now have a link to musewiki at the bottom? this week's quite a busy week for me so i won't be able to give any proper thoughts on it yet mind but should be able to help out more on the weekends (should be anyway). --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 11:46, 14 July 2009 (BST)
::Kev says he is reluctant to have it on the forums unfortunately =[ I will still try and get more people over hear to contribute. For now I've been given that email address so that people can get me to do it for them, but that's not the whole point in a wiki. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:50, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:::Would have thought there'd be some sort of three way going on with the sites now but I guess not, back then the issue with musewiki link at the bottom was that I worked as a mod and obviously that'd be a bit biased in having my site there even though it helps a lot of folks at the main muse area finding information out. The other issue was the lack of officialness with muse.mu but i thought we are considered as official now. so yeah, would be interested to see the reasons why but it's no biggie since muse.mu is scattered with musewiki links to entice users. Give it some time i guess, though most users would assume that the information they know is already filled so it's hard to motivate people to actively look for places to fill up. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:12, 14 July 2009 (BST)

== Formatting on this page ==

What's up with it? Muse.mu content messing with it? [[User:۞|Niall]] 19:42, 18 January 2010 (GMT)
:Still messed up in Chrome. The news and twitter feeds have been shifted below the band pictures. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
::Yes, it is messed up in Chrome, exactly as you described... does anyone know how to fix this?? [[User:EmilyWine|EmilyWine]] 18:17, 25 June 2010 (BST)
:I'm gonna have to sort this out. Those thumbnails are the problem. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:47, 7 October 2010 (BST)

== Pointless users ==

Can we ban users who come on Musewiki and then only make pages about themselves? This isn't a social networking site. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:44, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
:I imagine that leaving them be would be advantageous PR-wise, while I doubt that banning any would reduce the rate at which 'social networking' types sign up. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 14:36, 16 February 2010 (GMT)
:::What should we do, if users put idiotic stuff on the pages?I´ve undone the edits...but am not sure what I can do about it otherwise?[[User:BlackPainted|BlackPainted]] 14:17, 3 February 2011 (GMT)

== TOC issues. ==

Our TOC magic words aren't working. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:15, 26 March 2010 (GMT)

==Matt Hairstyles==
We should have a page like this about Matt (and perhaps Chris and Dom as well)
http://weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Rivers_Cuomo%27s_appearance
[[User:Swedol|Swedol]] 18:02, 16 November 2010 (GMT)

== Twitter feeds ==

So Dom has taken over @muse, should we just link all three of them with only a few posts showing now on the main page? [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:42, 11 April 2011 (BST)
:Yeah, makes sense, probably need to make a list feed to merge all 3 rather than linking to all 3 --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:33, 11 April 2011 (BST)

== New users... ==

So, er, rather worrying...we seem to be getting joined by a lot of spambots. I guess it's harmless as long as they don't start posting. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 14 June 2011 (BST)

== New highest note in full voice? ==

If I'm not mistaken, I think at 2:25 in Survival he actually hits a B4 which is higher than the previous highest notes in Unnatural Selection and Feeling Good...

(Survival) There I changed it, I'm almost sure it's a Bb4 at 2:25 and then a few short A4s (3:49/3:51) please check it out and ----disscuss it here before correcting it.

Talk:MuseWiki

2012-07-12T22:45:07Z

Lucho261094: /* New highest note in full voice? */

Feel free to request additions to the main page<P>

== Gig Chronology ==

Not a major problem, but the gig feed isn't putting the gigs in chronological order. Not sure if it can be edited but it's a bit misleading and quite annoying :p Cheers. [[User:Nuttyboy|nuttyboy]] 19:41, 2 September 2009 (BST)

=="We are now @muse rather than @musewire"==
Should we be changing that as well? (On the main page, for example) [[User:7|7]] 23:32, 16 August 2009 (BST)

==O'RLY==

"Welcome to the all new muse.mu! We've had a pretty major overhaul and there are lots of new features for you to explore including '''''MuseWiki''''' and Google Maps integration plus commentable news and pics for Muse Members." well, this is going to take some getting used to... --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:16, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:Some of us got used to it a while ago :P Hopefully some of the changed made recently might make a bit for sense in light of the new semi-official status. There's still quite a few issues like discobox colours are messed up. I'm not sure if the css was going to cater for them or whether we need to change the templates or something. I'll be making a "Back to Muse.mu" template for gigs and discography pages in a bit. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:35, 13 July 2009 (BST)
::sounds good, sounds good. You kept it a secret very well. If you need any help with CSS. I've been known to dabble. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 11:39, 13 July 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah sorry it there's any bum pages with bad css, it's quite hard moving from white to black! Definitely going to make a white skin when i have time though, i miss reading black on white. But yeah, this will do for now... tempted to use the background from the current site, it's pretty piss to steal haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:01, 13 July 2009 (BST)

==Gigs Feed==
The upcoming gigs feed seems to be broken, I looked at the code and it looked alright. Is it a problem on the muse.mu side? --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 23:56, 3 June 2009 (BST)
:Hello, your call is important to us
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>ca-ching*
:We seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment and we are attempting to rectify the problem. In the mean time, we are sorry for any inconvenience.
:[http://lyricwiki.org/Gotye:Thanks_For_Your_Time Thank you for your time].
:
:(:P) --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:00, 4 June 2009 (BST)
::Feed fail. Not our fault, sorry :( --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 00:20, 4 June 2009 (BST)
:::Yeah...the feed has all the gigs set to be on June 1st, just have to wait until it gets fixed on the .mu end of things [[User:۞|۞]] 00:29, 4 June 2009 (BST)

==Upcoming Gigs==
While muse are busy recording, d'you think it would be a good idea to put something like 'Muse are busy recording their [[The Resistance (album)|fifth album]], no time for gigs! under the 'upcoming gigs' section of the front page? looks a bit silly bare like that. --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 15:26, 11 February 2009 (GMT)
:Good idea, added a small note :) [[User:۞|۞]] 01:14, 13 February 2009 (GMT)

==BT Digital Music Awards==
It's a bit late but should be include button on the main page for voting? [[User:۞|۞]] 19:17, 10 September 2008 (BST)
:Does the award not depend on the site being registered before voting begins? --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:04, 11 September 2008 (BST)
::Nope it appears you can still nominate any site. Most Muse fans will have most likely voted for MuseLive by now though, I guess. --03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Musewiki general improvement==
I had a idea for a way to improve the content of Musewiki overall - that is appealing to members of the forums to contribute material to musewiki. Too many people view it as a static website as opposed to something to be involved in (or at least a view that seemed to be common) - what we could do is appeal to people forums to contribute anything they can to improve the content of articles, for example, scans of set lists where they are absent, typing up articles from magazines, scanning in CDs etc that aren't in the discography, tabs, and generally promoting the site to get more people to contribute and realise this place actually exists (particularly the huge number of new fans who weren't around when this site was launched).

Wanted to run it by here first and see what others think, and then post a few threads on the official forums and muselive. [[User:۞|۞]] 01:28, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, it's hard to get across on teaching poeple to wiki though. It's like a learning curve for everyone! I get loads of emails of people saying "hey, this needs to be changed to that" and i constantly have to reply to telling them they should try doing it. i suppose it's the complexity of it all that scares me, but i'm definitely up for promoting stuff :D --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 10:08, 3 September 2008 (BST)
::Awesome, it would be great to get some new regulars to improve it all before the fifth album comes out and the next wave of new fans comes along. The coding will probably scare some people off but if I make a post I'll tell them to hassle me about it, I don't mind getting stupid questions, and getting across the point that Musewiki can and should be edited by anyone. We could have a sandbox like wikipedia. I'll also write a few easy to understand bits on things like using citations to add to the references article. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:45, 3 September 2008 (BST)
:::You know, MuseWiki could be a lot better (and have a lot more contributors) if it were just more ''fun'', you know? It doesn't have to be all uptight and referenced and stuff. Just '''loosen up'''. -- [[User:7|7]] 00:54, 13 September 2008 (BST)
::::There's plenty of non-serious articles. Like the page about Matt. But for pages about albums, songs, gear and gigs, where people want good information on things, then references and such are very necessary. There's no point in having a lot of contributions if people might as well be making it up as they go along. It's not a matter of being uptight, just practical. --[[User:۞|۞]] 03:31, 14 September 2008 (BST)

==Live single linkage suggestion==
Is it an idea to put up a link to the corresponding gig on a page of a single which has a live version on it? Like this:<BR>
'''DE, BX maxi CD'''
#[[New Born (song)|New Born]]
#[[Map of Your Head (song)|Map of Your Head]]
#[[Piano Thing (song)|Piano Thing]]
#[[Plug in Baby (song)|Plug in Baby]] [[Amsterdam Paradiso 2001 (gig)|(live)]]
<BR>
--[[User:BenjiWL|BenjiWL]] 14:03, 18 July 2007 (BST)

:Sounds reasonable, it's a wiki, so just change it :) / [[User:Time Q|Time Q]] 15:09, 18 July 2007 (BST)

Request:
A place to veiw all the pictures in the Wiki.- [[User: Debase Masons Grog|Debase Masons Grog]]
That already exists at [[Special:Imagelist]] [[User:BigBlueFish|BigBlueFish]] 16:01, 19 March 2006 (GMT)

Request and action:
You asked for a different logo and a few of us put some up. Nothing has been changed on what the logo will be. I will change the logo to the one i made to see if you guy's think that it is better.

Action:
FourthMember removed my Hidden Noise for Jimmy Kane. Which is mean. As a note, the noise is real.

-- I can't hear it (on my version at least) [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- You couldn't hear a distinctive "Poot" sound, and then a smashing sound at 1:17 on Jimmy Kane?
-- I hear something breaking [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
-- See? Un-deletage please.

==Quotes==
Request: Could someone add a link to the [[Quotes]] page to the front page? [[User:Jpatrick|Jpatrick]]
::I agree, or somewhere where it can be seen. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==Request==
I don't know how to use Wiki properly lol so: will somebody change "Eerie whispers" on the lyrics of TofDA to "Alien whispers"?
:If the lyrics were that then someone would change it. But its not --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 21:36, 9 January 2007 (GMT)

Would it be a good idea to link Guitar, bass, etc under the band member's names to the particular page on their instrument?
--[[User:M3cky|M3cky]] 09:44, 11 March 2007 (GMT +8)

==Linked==
Are you guys aware that Muse has a link to here on their website? Just wondering. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 21:22, 3 August 2006 (BST)
:Aye, knew about it, Tom Kirk is particularly keen on the site, especially due to the reason that he can go to others "Look, im part of the band, look at my page" haha. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:42, 20 October 2006 (BST)

==Innocent Voices==
On rhapsody.com, it has a compilation album listed called Ethnic Whispers. It says one of the songs listed is called "Innocent Voices", and it says it is by Muse (other sources say so as well). It also has a description of Muse that matches with the Muse we know. I don't know if it's right or not, because the song doesn't sound very much like Muse and it's not on this site anywheres. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 00:26, 28 December 2006 (GMT)

:It isn't, it just says it's our Muse because the names are exactly the same.-[[User:DMG|DMG]]

==Main page==
What about a proper main page? I mean, with featured articles, news, "did you know...?", and things like that? -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 11:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC+1)
:Sounds cool. I'd be willing to help, but only if someone who's better at wiki-ing than me helps to because I'm not really as advanced as others.... [[User:7|7]] 05:17, 17 December 2007 (GMT)

see: [[User:7 - Project: Main Page‎]] for ideas
Dom's name isnt under his picture on the home page. and im not aloud to edit the home page,
so if someone else could check into that.

== Videos ==
Would it be possible to add a link to [[Videography]] from the sidebar? Just think it might make life easier than having to do through [[Discography]].--[[User:Frozenjakalope|Jakalope]] 11:49, 21 March 2007 (GMT)
: I agree. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 16:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC+2)
:: What happened to this? It's hard to find it. --[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 09:28, 24 November 2007 (GMT)

==A few things==
Since it's almost three weeks after April fools, do we need the note on the front page anymore?

And what's with all the 500.shtml errors? [[User:۞|۞]] 17:57, 19 April 2007 (BST)
:yeah i keep getting those errors too --[[User:Wilfio|Wilfio]] 18:16, 19 April 2007 (BST)
::Another thing: how can we undo all those changes that make album covers link straight to the article? It's now impossible to view larger images of the cover art.[[User:۞|۞]] 08:57, 20 April 2007 (BST)
:::Just click on the "Redirected from" link. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:02, 20 April 2007 (BST)

Nice touch with the random phrases under the title, just noticed it. [[User:۞|۞]] 17:12, 14 May 2007 (BST)
:Yeah its sort of my thing when i make fansites haha. Musecast and crazybobbles has it so i thought, why not install an extension just for it. I might look for other areas of the wiki to do the random stuff too. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 01:30, 15 May 2007 (BST)
::Haha, yeah, they're hilarious, I love them. Good work. -[[User:Susurr0|Susurr0]] 23:34 21 May 2007 (UTC+2)

== Frontpage image ==

I have no idea if it's just my PC or whatever but the image on the frontpage seems to collide with the seperator bar thingies :|

Any way of fixing this?
:I've got a feeling I [http://getfirefox.com know] [http://konqueror.org the] [http://opera.com solution]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 18:20, 7 June 2007 (BST)
:Hah hah.
:Not funny.
:Surely it would be simpler to make the page work properly. I'm trying to help improve MuseWiki for everyone not just for myself

Just move '''<nowiki>[[Image:MuseBand2.jpg|Right|thumb|[[Muse]], the band]]</nowiki>''' below '''<nowiki>==MuseWiki==</nowiki>''' in the code and the picture wont be impaled!
I'd do it myself, but I don't have sysops rights.

[[User:7|7]] 22:15, 19 December 2007 (GMT)

== Band Member Photos ==

Why not have some a bit more recent, maybe even of them playing? [[User:7|7]] 07:07, 18 November 2007 (GMT)

Example:
<gallery>
Image:Mattmomsbabywe0.jpg|[[Matthew Bellamy]] (Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Lyrics)
Image:Chrisfighettomode.jpg|[[Christopher Wolstenholme]] (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Image:Domdibluwm5.jpg|[[Dominic Howard]] (Drums, Percussions, Human Bones)
</gallery>

The photos would probably need to match in some way, though.
:Ah here's a project for you, round off as many muse photos as you can and turn them into small boxes, then bam! I will use the random script to generate random images each time so people dont get bored of the images :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
::Ha! And I thought I was going crazy! See: [[User:7/Sandbox]] [[User:7|7]] 00:30, 13 April 2008 (BST)

== Motto/Catchphrase ==

What about a motto for the site?!
Sugggestions?
[[User:7|7]] 07:09, 18 November 2007 (GMT)
:Now for a marketeer type person I would say our motto would include the words "Muse, muse band, muse fansite, muse wiki, haarp tour, royal albert hall" and a few other search terms that would aid the site from getting more viewers ;) My trait for fansites is I always have loads of subtitles randomly generated on the homepage, this is a homage to futurama's subtitle at the beginning of each episode (which is why I wrote "In color" but noone got the reference :() Feel free to use my talk page if you have more questions that probably can be answered by myself since I'll most likely forget that this page was edited, should stalk them relly haha --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
==NavFrames==
Any chance we could have the code for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NavFrame NavFrames] installed to allow for expandable tables? Would be great for tidying away excessive technical information in some articles (see discography talk page!). [[User:۞|۞]] 18:31, 14 December 2007 (GMT)
:We need someone with an access to MediaWiki pages. --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 04:07, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
::Which would be Crazybobbles when he's next able to - but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Collapsible_tables collapsible tables] seem to be preferable so maybe they're a better choice to use once the code is copied over. [[User:۞|۞]] 20:28, 15 December 2007 (GMT)
:::Aren't admins capable of editting them as well, maybe admins have less power on this wiki... --[[User:Muserwiki|Muserwiki]] 17:15, 16 December 2007 (GMT)

==Colours==
I think the colours on this page should be more similar to our colours (read: dissimilar to Wikipedia). I was thinking of taking the colours from our logo and varying the blue and yellow from that, keeping the ratios of each of the three hex (#ff ff ff) parts the same. Though I'm no expert in colours and whatnot so I don't know whether that'd look good. I mean, the blue here doesn't look like our blue and I think maybe... a lighter yellow would be okay for the left column?

Also, does anyone know where all the styling is stored? I think we could curvelatiousify (ahem) the tabs, corners and whatnot.

''Also'', perhaps we could ratify our colour scheme generally. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 01:59, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

Oh... sure. That's a good idea, I guess.
I'll change the version on [[User:7/Main Page Project]] as an example. [[User:7|7]] 06:11, 6 January 2008 (GMT)

==Cryptography==
It's been a few years since the cryptography thing, aren't there higher priority thing (like our '''new songs chronology''') that could be linked on the main page instead? [[User:۞|۞]] 23:01, 21 January 2008 (GMT)
:Cheers! [[User:۞|۞]] 00:08, 22 January 2008 (GMT)

==MuseWiki logo==
It's been gone for a few days now...or is it just me? [[User:۞|۞]] 15:14, 5 February 2008 (GMT)
:See [[MuseWiki:Community_Portal#Whoa.21.21.21|here]]. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 15:22, 5 February 2008 (GMT)

== Why? ==

Can I ask why we still have the Muse in history section here when no one bothers to update it?<br/>
Why don't we have like on [[User:7/Main Page Project|7's]] idea of haveing a did you know section with many facts.<br/>
Any thoughts?

[[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 13:50, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'd hazard a guess that no-one's come up with a list of trivia to put in that section, yet. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 17:25, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
::7 has got a few ideas on his main page but fair point [[User:Eheheh1000|Gilly]] 19:12, 16 February 2008 (GMT)
:::...[[Template:Did You Know...|Take a look]]. I reckon that's enough for the moment. I really hope someone adds the Did You Know section before we look any stupider with a month-old This Week in History on our main page. [[User:7|User:]] 01:26, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== As Long As We're Putting Bulletins on the Main Page.... ==

...we should add something about [[User:۞#Muse_Demo_Campaign|The Campaign]] to inform potential helpers! [[User:7|User:]] 01:18, 27 February 2008 (GMT)
:I'll add it on crazybobbles.org so it will appear on the bottom bit --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 20:41, 27 February 2008 (GMT)

== Muse News (Mews Nuse?) ==

Lame jokes aside, I think that the Muse News section should be changed from <b>showdesc="true"</b> to <b>showdesc="false"</b>, which would take off that little paragraph beneath the title of the story to make the page seem less cluttered. What does everyone else think?[[User:7|7]] 06:20, 14 April 2008 (BST)

== MuseWire on the Main Page? ==

Hmm? Would it visually overload the page? Would it fit? Would it replace something else? [[User:7|7]] 23:38, 3 June 2008 (BST)

== BHaR Tour Edition Intro/'350.54' ==

Shouldn't we have a page on this?

So people know what I'm talking about:

http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=25377

There's also a link in that thread to the original file related to the whole cryptology thing from 2005, for an extended history/more info about the "song."

What d'you reckon?

== [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]] ==

I, [[User:MuseIsAbsolution|MuseIsAbsolution]], hereby announce the founding of [[User:MuseIsAbsolution/Wolstenholme-ism|Wolstenholme-ism]]! I know it's quite lame, but I just really agree with whoever else said that Matt Bellamy seems to have a MASSIVE page in comparison to Chris and Dom. Feedback would be nice. We have improvements to make here on MuseWiki.

Thanks MuseWiki

=="Spoiler" policy==
Just something I have in mind for the inevitable 5th album leak in a few months time, I'm adding here while I remember it. Should we prevent the addition of new lyrics and information obtained from the leak, and only allow that from interviews and news etc? Whilst I will most likely listen to the leak myself, some users of Musewiki will abstain from the leak until the official release of the album, and it wouldn't be fair for those who'd rather have the full "new album experience" [[User:۞|۞]] 00:17, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

:Maybe the lyrics could be added but with a spoiler warning. [[User:Salty|Salty]] 04:51, 27 February 2009 (GMT)
::Hm, perhaps another red-box template with something to the effect of "SPOILER WARNING: Information from leaked album not otherwise available is presented below." --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 19:39, 27 February 2009 (GMT)

== music ==

Do you think we should add music to the front page like they do on the official page?
:We don't hold the copyrights or have permission. And there's the issue of bandwidth. This site violates copyright law anyway, but thankfully no one seems to care that we host things like lyrics and low quality clips of songs so it doesn't matter. Plus, why? People could just go to the official site... [[User:۞|۞]] 20:13, 24 April 2009 (BST)

== Media archive ==

There is now no quick way to access the archive...was it removed for a ''particular'' reason or can the link be returned to the sidebar of main page? [[User:۞|۞]] 21:50, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:Just a precautionary measure against copyright trolls.... I think it a good indication that the stated purpose of the section is accurate. I would like to see opposing points/analyses though. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 21:58, 14 June 2009 (BST)
::Fair enough - I guess the site may get more attention as the year progresses due to the new album and such so better safe than sorry. I was thinking more for the benefit of fans who might not know it's there to read articles about the band, but then again any good info is incorporated into other Musewiki articles anyway so that's not such a problem as long as there citations. [[User:۞|۞]] 23:00, 14 June 2009 (BST)
:::Indeed, the idea being that all the information which is in the archive is also in our articles... although, naturally, that will take quite some effort and time ;). --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 23:27, 14 June 2009 (BST)

== General image linking question ==

I'm making a template which involves an image linking to an external site - except it doesn't seem to work. I though this was simply <nowiki>[[Image:image.jpg|link=http://www.google.com/]]</nowiki> ... but this does not work. Am I being stupid or what?

For example, let's say I want a small Muse logo to link to the official site - <nowiki>[[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]]</nowiki> I would have thought, but this just gives [[File:Muse logo.png|50px|link=http://www.muse.mu/]] and treats the link a alt text. =/ [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:03, 27 June 2009 (BST)

:Nah, that's MediaWiki 1.14 stuff, I just haven't got round to installing that bad boy yet haha, might do it now...--[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:57, 27 June 2009 (BST) ... right backing up the wiki, get ready for some 1.14 action!

:: Booyaa, upgraded to 1.15! (Very out of date I am) The link works now :) --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 19:32, 27 June 2009 (BST)

== Muse sidebar/front page ==

IMO videography on the front page sould be replaced by discography, a condierably larger and more widley used part of Musewiki, as videography is already on the sidebar. Why videograpy but not discography? Some other parts on the front page such as Quotes and Commericla Use are rarely edited and viewed and edited sections of the site, and could be made accessible via other pages.
My idea:

{|style="width:100%;margin-top:.7em;border:1px solid #ccc;-moz-border-radius:1em;-webkit-border-radius:1em; background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3a85ea), to(#fcfcfc), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd), color-stop(0.5, #f3f5fd))"
|style="width:56%;"|
{|style="width:280px;border:0;background:none"
|-
|style="width:280px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;" |
<div style="font-size:1.62em;border:none;margin:0;padding:.1em;">Welcome to [[Muse|MuseWiki]]</div>
<div style="top:.2em;font-size:.95em">{{Subtitle}}</div>
<div style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:.85em">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles about [[Muse]], written by [[Special:Listusers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}} pornogenic musers]] (99.5% sign up for the lulz)</div>
|}
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Muse]]
*[[Biography]]
*[[Gigs|Tour Dates]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Discography]]
*[[Videography]]
*[[Song anthology]]
|class="boxmenu" style="width:11%;font-size:.95em"|
*[[Gear]]
*[[Tablature|Tabs]]
*[[Influences]]
|}

Thoughts? [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:25, 11 July 2009 (BST)
:Yeah makes sense, no idea why disco isn't there, probably back then i thought the sidebar would help, DO IT :P --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 17:35, 11 July 2009 (BST)

== Attracting new users ==

So, a while back I discussed with Sam ways we could get more information on to MuseWiki, as it is missing a fair bit of info still it seems. There are already quite a few people complaining because a gig they went to isn't on the official site, the archive of which was composed both from an official record and those on MuseWiki, but appearntly isn't complete. So what I'm going to do is make a few stickied threads on the official message board to get people to come over to here and contribute the missing info. It does mean we'll have some more articles that don't go with current conventions I expect, let's put it like that, but those can fixed and it means we'll have extra information that would otherwise be missing. And hopefully attract some of the older pre-Showbiz fans to help with those gigs.

In addition I'll be asking people to contribute to the Discography more if they have information on and images of rare Muse stuff. I'll be a help contact for people who don't know what to do or want to help but don't want to edit the wiki via the board and niall@muse.mu so there shouldn't be a lot of confused people around, but just a heads up incase any trolls turn up or something. Thoughts/objections/mutinies? Cheers, [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:39, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:Sounds good to me, there has been an admin [at] musewiki [dawt] org email which a few people have used and occasionally people find it comical shoving stuff in my user page to tell me about stuff, but yeah... things haven't been too proactive with the fans :p stickies would be good and perhaps museboard should now have a link to musewiki at the bottom? this week's quite a busy week for me so i won't be able to give any proper thoughts on it yet mind but should be able to help out more on the weekends (should be anyway). --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 11:46, 14 July 2009 (BST)
::Kev says he is reluctant to have it on the forums unfortunately =[ I will still try and get more people over hear to contribute. For now I've been given that email address so that people can get me to do it for them, but that's not the whole point in a wiki. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:50, 14 July 2009 (BST)
:::Would have thought there'd be some sort of three way going on with the sites now but I guess not, back then the issue with musewiki link at the bottom was that I worked as a mod and obviously that'd be a bit biased in having my site there even though it helps a lot of folks at the main muse area finding information out. The other issue was the lack of officialness with muse.mu but i thought we are considered as official now. so yeah, would be interested to see the reasons why but it's no biggie since muse.mu is scattered with musewiki links to entice users. Give it some time i guess, though most users would assume that the information they know is already filled so it's hard to motivate people to actively look for places to fill up. --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 16:12, 14 July 2009 (BST)

== Formatting on this page ==

What's up with it? Muse.mu content messing with it? [[User:۞|Niall]] 19:42, 18 January 2010 (GMT)
:Still messed up in Chrome. The news and twitter feeds have been shifted below the band pictures. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
::Yes, it is messed up in Chrome, exactly as you described... does anyone know how to fix this?? [[User:EmilyWine|EmilyWine]] 18:17, 25 June 2010 (BST)
:I'm gonna have to sort this out. Those thumbnails are the problem. [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:47, 7 October 2010 (BST)

== Pointless users ==

Can we ban users who come on Musewiki and then only make pages about themselves? This isn't a social networking site. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:44, 15 February 2010 (GMT)
:I imagine that leaving them be would be advantageous PR-wise, while I doubt that banning any would reduce the rate at which 'social networking' types sign up. --[[User:Tene|Tene]] 14:36, 16 February 2010 (GMT)
:::What should we do, if users put idiotic stuff on the pages?I´ve undone the edits...but am not sure what I can do about it otherwise?[[User:BlackPainted|BlackPainted]] 14:17, 3 February 2011 (GMT)

== TOC issues. ==

Our TOC magic words aren't working. [[User:۞|Niall]] 15:15, 26 March 2010 (GMT)

==Matt Hairstyles==
We should have a page like this about Matt (and perhaps Chris and Dom as well)
http://weezerpedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_Rivers_Cuomo%27s_appearance
[[User:Swedol|Swedol]] 18:02, 16 November 2010 (GMT)

== Twitter feeds ==

So Dom has taken over @muse, should we just link all three of them with only a few posts showing now on the main page? [[User:۞|Niall]] 11:42, 11 April 2011 (BST)
:Yeah, makes sense, probably need to make a list feed to merge all 3 rather than linking to all 3 --[[User:Crazybobbles|crazybobbles]] 12:33, 11 April 2011 (BST)

== New users... ==

So, er, rather worrying...we seem to be getting joined by a lot of spambots. I guess it's harmless as long as they don't start posting. [[User:۞|Niall]] 14:45, 14 June 2011 (BST)

== New highest note in full voice? ==

If I'm not mistaken, I think at 2:25 in Survival he actually hits a B4 which is higher than the previous highest notes in Unnatural Selection and Feeling Good...

(Survival) There I changed it, I'm almost sure it's a Bb4 at 2:25 and then a few short A4s (3:49/3:51) please check it out and disscuss it here before correcting it.

Matthew Bellamy

2012-07-12T22:36:06Z

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[[File:MattSign.jpg | thumb | right | Matthew Bellamy]]
{{MuseMember
| Name = Matthew James Bellamy
| Born = 9{{supo|th}} June 1978
| Hometown = Cambridge, UK
| Plays = [[Guitars|Guitar]], [[Keyboards|piano]], [[Vocals|lead vocals]], and himself
| Band members = [[Christopher Wolstenholme]], [[Dominic Howard]]
| Associated acts = [[Carnage Mayhem]], [[Gothic Plague]], [[Rocket Baby Dolls]] and Muse
}}

== Childhood ==
Matthew Bellamy was born in Cambridge on the 9th June 1978 and moved to [[Devon]] with his family at aged 10. Matthew’s dad, [[George Bellamy]] was in a band called [[The Tornadoes]], who were the first band from the UK to get a US number 1 record.{{cite/none}} At the age of 13 Matthew’s parents got divorced.{{cite/none}} "It was ok at home, middle class, we had money.” Matthew says. “Well until the age of 13. I think I almost got everything I wanted until the age of 13, yes. Then, everything changed, parents got divorced, and I went to live with my grand mother, and there wasn't that much money. I have a sister who's younger than me, she's actually my stepsister: my dad had her from another marriage, and also an older brother. Until the age of 14 music was part of my life since it was part of the family circle: my dad was a musician, he had a band, etc. But it's only when I moved in with my grandparents that I started playing music myself. It was like a need to me."{{cite/none}}

Matthew started playing piano at 6 when his brother influenced him to play a soundtrack from a TV series by holding him in front of the TV and then putting him in front of the piano.Matthew managed to play the song and his brother used to make him play it in front of his friends for show off.At the age of 11, after seeing Jimmy Hendrix putting his guitar on fire, he decided he wanted to buy a guitar, which he asked from his grandmother.{{cite/none}} His parents and older brother also used an Ouija Board to contact the dead, which Matt discovered when he was wandering downstairs late at night. He then became interested in it after the divorce of his parents. “It was exciting to go to school and to tell 10-year-old kids all about it, as they found it all quite scary and I was quite impressed that I was doing something that was scary to other people but that wasn’t to me. I did get quite into that.” His beliefs changed after one correspondence predicted the first Gulf War a year before it started. “My beliefs in the whole thing changed. I now believe that you’re contacting something in your subconscious, which is quite different. Something that you might not have known was already there. That’s probably more realistic than thinking you’re contacting somebody who’s already dead. And I do practice that".{{cite/none}}

Bellamy's first<ref name="nme20000202">{{cite/NME 2000-02-02}}</ref> memory is of breaking an expensive family heirloom<ref name="mm199912">{{cite/Melody Maker 1999-12}}</ref> - a large mirror<ref name="mm199912"/> - after letting go of a bucket whilst spinning around with it, as a result of which his mother proclaimed that he'd cursed the family for seven years.<ref name="nme20000202"/> This occurred in the year previous to the one during which his parents split up.<ref name="mm199912"/> In December 1999, he claimed this was his most guilt-ridden memory.<ref name="mm199912"/>

== Music ==
=== Style ===
Matthew Bellamy is the driving force behind Muse’s lyrical and musical composition. Popular devices he uses are singing with vibrato and in falsetto ("[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]," "[[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]," and "[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]," among others), arpeggiations ("[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]," "[[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[New Born (song)|New Born]]," and "[[Bliss (song)|Bliss]]," among others), and large or octave jumps in melody lines ("[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]," "[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," and "[[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]]," among others). Some songs (most notably older ones) express a more esoteric side in terms of guitar riffs and vocals ("[[Execution Commentary (song)|Execution Commentary]]," "[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]," "[[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]]," and "[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]," among others). He also seems to pronounce clearly the hard consonant sound "n" at the beginnings of some phrases when he sings. This has commonly been interpreted as the word "and".

=== Lyrics ===
Bellamy's lyrical writing is relatively simple but his subject matters are usually not - world events, the end of the world, hyperspace, technology, religion, George Orwells '1984' (for 'Resistance'), among other subjects.
Many of his main ideas are set in a dystopian future, in which totalitarian governments control every aspect of private and public behaviour, maintaining their power with political and forceful tactics such as widespread surveillance, state controlled media etc. Freedom is out of the question, and the idea of terrorism can be placed onto any individual regardless of age, etc.

=== Vocal range ===
Bellamy's displayed vocal range spans from F♯2 to C6, a total of 3.5 octaves.

The lowest full note he has reached is A2 in [[Spiral Static (song)|Spiral Static]] at 2:24. In an interview with KROQ, August 2010, he displays an F♯2 while impersonating growling vocals.

The highest note he has belted is B♭4. He hits this note at 2:08 in [[Feeling Good (song)|Feeling Good]], at 5:52 in [[Unnatural Selection (song)|Unnatural Selection]], at 2:25 in [[Survival (song)|Survival]] and several times throughout [[Futurism (song)|Futurism]]. He more commonly hits A4 in songs like [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]], [[Cave (song)|Cave]], [[House of the Rising Sun (song)|House of the Rising Sun]], [[Sing for Absolution (song)|Sing for Absolution]], [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]], [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] and at 3:49 in [[Survival (song)|Survival]].

The highest studio note Bellamy has hit is A5 at the start of [[Dead Star (song)|Dead Star]], and in [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] at 2:53, both of which are backing vocals. His highest note in a lead vocal is the final scream in [[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]], [[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]], and [[Survival (song)|Survival]], all of which reach G♯5. Live, Bellamy occasionally hits B5 during [[Time Is Running Out|Time Is Running Out]]. During [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]] at the [[Paris MCM Café 1999 (gig)|MCM Café in 1999]], about 10 seconds after the first chorus, he approaches C♯6.

Whilst this is not out of the range of a male singer with due practice, Bellamy managed to reach these highs without the amount practice usually required, and before he developed his breathing technique. According to [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] speaking for an interview around [[Saint-Malo Fort de Saint-Père 2001 (gig)|Route du Rock 2001]], a doctor once examined Bellamy's vocal cords and commented that they are unusually small, explaining how he managed to reach the high ranges that he does with relatively little practice or training. Bellamy also stated in said interview that he used to, sometime prior to that interview, attempt to sing lower due to being embarrassed about singing using high ranges. He doesn't anymore, however, as he has lost that inhibition.<ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5sbGANaROA Route du Rock interview 2001]</ref>

=== Pre-performance preparation ===
Bellamy uses an electric foot massager to prepare before shows. As well as treating nervousness, this helps him in regards to jet lag.<ref>{{cite/ninemsn 2007-02}}</ref>

He has also said that bubble baths are his favourite way to "warm up" prior to shows. <ref>BBC Radio 1 Podcast, December 2006</ref>

It has also been said that Matt "can't play a gig" without eating a banana.

In an interview with NME, he has said that once he gets offstage the first thing he drinks is red wine. According to Bellamy, it's the only alcohol that doesn't make his throat dry and helps with his voice. <ref>[Interview (NME Feature, 08/13/2008)]</ref>

=== Live action ===
Bellamy has several live regularities. One of the most prominent is repetitively walking back and forth, though pro-shot videos manage to mask this by changing angle often. Other regularities are song specific, for example in Plug In Baby he spins a few times during the final instrumental section. He has the world record at breaking guitars,{{cite/none}} he smashed 140 guitars at the Absolution tour 2004.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy would rather artists not need the media to reach their audience.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

Bellamy can "vaguely" read musical scores.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

The first song that Bellamy learned to play was the theme tune to Dallas. His brother held him in front of their television, then held him in front of their piano and made Matthew work it out with one finger. His brother showed this off to his friends.<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

== Additional information ==
=== Family ===
Bellamy's father is [[George Bellamy]], former rhythm guitarist of [[The Tornadoes]]. Bellamy's mother is Marylin Bellamy, who left Ireland for England during the 1970s.

George Bellamy's brother was shot and killed in Northern Ireland some time during the 1960s or 1970s under suspicious circumstances. He was a soldier of the British Army, but the IRA never owned up to his death (as they usually did) and no conclusion was ever came to. Rumours were abound that he was a member of the SAS, and the suspicion surrounding his death was one of the factors leading to Matt's 'obsession' with conspiracy theories.

He has an older brother called Paul, who bought Hulk comics during their childhood. Matthew came to like The Incredible Hulk as a result, but he never bought any of the comics - he took them from Paul.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

Bellamy's fiancée [[Kate Hudson]], an American actress, gave birth to his first child, a boy named Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy on 9{{supo|th}} July 2011.

=== Religion ===
Bellamy has shown signs of atheism: "Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music".{{cite/none}}

In 2000 Bellamy stated that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was "extremely cool" to have been able to deceive people into believing she remained a virgin after conceiving.<ref name="mm20000615">{{cite/Melody Maker 2000-06-15}}</ref>

Bellamy has also stated that God will never be cool due to Satan introducing rock 'n' roll first. He said that "all those cloaks and everything" is "not a good look".<ref name="mm20000615"/>

At pinkpop 2004, Bellamy said in an interview that he hadn't anything against religion, he just didn't have one. He said that his dedication to music might serve as a replacement to religion.

Bellamy also stated in a 2007 interview that one of the weirdest gifts fans have sent him is the holy bible.

In a session where Matt and Dom answered questions from fans, Bellamy stated that the celebrity alive or dead he'd most like to meet is Jesus Christ (Dom answered Jimi Hendrix for this question). Matt: I'd like to meet Jesus Christ. Eh just because I'd be interested to know how he did it all. You know what I mean? You know...making fish out of bushes and stuff. Walking on water. I'd like to meet someone who can do that. I think that'd be uh, certainly one of the most interesting people to meet I'd say.{{cite/none}}

However, more recently Bellamy has shown signs of being an Agnostic or a Deist. In an interview with a Rock Music channel in France (2006), Bellamy states, "I believe in the God of the universe, definitely." In addition, he revealed in a 2007 video inverview that, "I don't believe in heaven or hell, I don't really believe in that version" {{YTw |Nje70tnlq10}}. Bellamy's beliefs are therefore probably closer to the philosophical concept of "The Absolute" as opposed to the structures of organized religions.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy watched Road Runner when he was around 4 years of age. He claims that the way the road runner tortured the coyote constantly without self consequence "got" to him.<ref name="nme20000729">
{{cite |
title=Heroes and villains | date=2000-07-29 | pub=NME magazine | doc=Heroes and villains (20000729 NME article) | type=int
}}</ref>

Bellamy avoids 'hard' drugs, due to his experience of their effects on those around him. Bellamy moved into a flat with a drug dealer at the age of 18. He described the flat as looking like "a scene from Trainspotting, white powders and mirrors and tin foil everywhere."<ref name="k20020622">{{cite/Kerrang 2002-06-22}}</ref> He did however use [[Magic Mushrooms|mushrooms]] containing psilocybin "to experience something thats not always on offer. I'm not afraid of seeing something horrible. It's a way of connecting with yourself in a way that you can't normally do."{{cite/none}}

During the early years of Muse, Bellamy became involved with some "dodgy" people, with which he stole and sold a Ford Escort for £500. After the owner of the scrap yard from where they stole said Escort threatened to burn Bellamy's house with his family inside it, Bellamy gave the man Muse's tour bus. Bellamy has stated that he'd like to exact revenge on this man by putting him into a car crusher.{{cite/none}}

== Trivia ==
* Matt recently made a twitter account which was first named http://www.twitter.com/muse_MattB then was changed http://www.twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt and subsequently to http://www.twitter.com/MattBellamy because he thought the first name was "Crap" he and [[Chris]] urged [[Dom]] to make one and so he did, even though [[Tom Kirk]] was probably responsible for that.

* Bellamy uses [[Manson Guitars]] built and customized by [[Hugh Manson]] and Tim Stark.

* When asked, Bellamy once gave this advice on orgies: "It's very easy. Novelty items. It's so easy. All you need is masks or hats. Soon as people put on silly hats, they loosen up a little bit. Then you need a couple of friends who are very close to each other. Then people start bundling to each other and it just goes from there. It's as simple as that. Just bundling, tickling and novelty items."<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

* Bellamy shared a flat in London with [[Tom Kirk]] and [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] up until as recently as 2002.{{cite/none}}

*Bellamy is able to tickle himself.

* Bellamy contributed a page to the original website at http://www.muse-official.com (now defunct) titled "Matt's Rambling Page" (which also linked to his email address, [[qua@aol.com]]). The first incarnation of the website was ruined when Matt accidentally deleted the directory in which the website was stored when trying to learn HTML.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy occasionally posted on the old incarnation of the official site messageboard, more often than not on sexually themed threads.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy is able to say the [[alphabet backwards]]- zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba. He has been made to repeat this party trick on several occasions (most recently in an interview with Zane Lowe following the release of BHAR in 2006).{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy wishes that the gravity on Earth were weaker so that [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia|spiders]] would die.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

* He is 5' 7" (1.73 m)

* Bellamy told one interviewer that he lost his virginity at [[Reading Little John's Farm 2000 (gig)|Reading Festival]] when he was about 15 or 16. The interview can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_mT1Rzrhs here].

* Matt would like to play a gig in the middle of Pleiades (the constellation, also known as the "seven sisters"), the star system which - according to one of his favourite conspiracy theories - aligns with the Egyptian and Cydonian pyramid systems.

* Bellamy hates Marmite with a passion. Unlike Chris and Dom, who love it.

* Matt used to live in [[Moltrasio]], Italy. He now lives in north London.

* Matt can make a whole pasta dish from scratch. <ref name="vr20080218">{{cite/Virgin Radio 2008-02-18}}</ref>

* When on a break at Chateau Miraval, Matt and Dom began to get a slight phobia of the insects so they bought one of those rockets that you build from a kit with a camera on and fired it off with a praying mantis attatched. When asked about it he said: "we expanded his mind and universe. It was probably a bit like going on holiday for him."

* Matt has a dog <ref>{{cite |
title=Dom & Matt "Speed Date Interview" | desc= Interview with Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard | date=2010 | fetch=2010-11-14 | pub=Speed Date Interview | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmC-jphF2Is | type=ext
}}</ref>

* Insects are attracted to his bum and he sweats in there. Footage [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WcdN2JEpY here]

* Around the time of 2002, Matt owned a black Lotus Elite sports car. This was the first car he bought from his own money. Previous to this he'd steal his Mums.

* According to Matts Fiancée, [[Kate Hudson]], Matt drinks PG tips tea.

* Matt has a Wine collection.

* Matt once 'stole' a double bass from a school he attended to get lessons. Revelead in the Gonzo 2003 interview which can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHOc_Db2kE here.]

* In the Showbiz Tour Matt brought a Go-Ped

== Previous jobs ==
* Caravan cleaner{{cite/none}}
* Painter and decorator - with his mate Jake.{{cite/none}}

<gallery>
File:DaxWax.jpg | [[Dax Wax]]
File:MattAndWine.jpg | [[Red wine]]
File:Mattsveins.jpg | [[Vein Drawing Fetish]]
File:MattRedBlack.jpg | [[Red and Black Fetish]]
File:Carrot.jpg | [[Carrot eating]]
File:Spagnola.jpg | [[Italian Fetish]]
File:WhiteSocks.jpg | [[Socks Fetish]]
File:Cure.jpg | [[Gothic Looking Women Fetish]]
File:MSF1.jpg | [[Matt's Sex Face]]
File:MattsPlanks.jpg[[Manson Guitar]]
File:JetPack.jpg | [[Paramotor |Silly Jetpacks]]
File:TropicalFish.jpg | [[Bellamy's fish]]
File:Spider.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia]]
File:MattDressUp.jpg | [[Dressing Up]]
File:MattsSealOfApproval.jpg | [[Matt's Seal Of Approval]]
File:Atlanta 2004-04-09 – Matthew Bellamy bleeding.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's injuries | Injuries]]
File:SimnoMatt.jpg | [[Bellamy lookalikes]]
File:SmellyFeet.jpg | [[Bellamy's feet smell]]
File:MattShuffle.jpg[[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:White cones.jpg | [[Bellamy's white cones]]
File:Qua.png|[[Qua@aol.com]]
File:Matt Shuffle.jpg | [[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:Twin Peaks.jpg | [[Bellamy likes Twin Peaks]]
File:Muscle Museum single US CD2.jpg | [[Hey you crazy kids]]
File:Trees.jpg | [[Bellamy likes trees]]
File:Treponema pallidum.jpg | [[Self doubt and syphilis]]

</gallery>
* [[Bellamy's posts]]
* [[Floccinaucinihilipilification]]
* [[Alphabet backwards]]

== Words/phrases he overuses ==
* [[Get a Grip]]
* [[Easy Tiger]]
* [[Cheers]]
* [[Starlight (song)#Live | Next song is called Starlight]] (in different languages)
* [[Pwoper]]
* [[Merci Beaucoup]] ("Thank you very much" in french)
* Vibe
* You know...
* [[Lost/Lose the plot]]
* [[I think]]
* It's tough out there
* 1984

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Becky Pale]]
* [https://twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt twitter account]

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Matthew Bellamy

2012-07-12T22:34:52Z

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[[File:MattSign.jpg | thumb | right | Matthew Bellamy]]
{{MuseMember
| Name = Matthew James Bellamy
| Born = 9{{supo|th}} June 1978
| Hometown = Cambridge, UK
| Plays = [[Guitars|Guitar]], [[Keyboards|piano]], [[Vocals|lead vocals]], and himself
| Band members = [[Christopher Wolstenholme]], [[Dominic Howard]]
| Associated acts = [[Carnage Mayhem]], [[Gothic Plague]], [[Rocket Baby Dolls]] and Muse
}}

== Childhood ==
Matthew Bellamy was born in Cambridge on the 9th June 1978 and moved to [[Devon]] with his family at aged 10. Matthew’s dad, [[George Bellamy]] was in a band called [[The Tornadoes]], who were the first band from the UK to get a US number 1 record.{{cite/none}} At the age of 13 Matthew’s parents got divorced.{{cite/none}} "It was ok at home, middle class, we had money.” Matthew says. “Well until the age of 13. I think I almost got everything I wanted until the age of 13, yes. Then, everything changed, parents got divorced, and I went to live with my grand mother, and there wasn't that much money. I have a sister who's younger than me, she's actually my stepsister: my dad had her from another marriage, and also an older brother. Until the age of 14 music was part of my life since it was part of the family circle: my dad was a musician, he had a band, etc. But it's only when I moved in with my grandparents that I started playing music myself. It was like a need to me."{{cite/none}}

Matthew started playing piano at 6 when his brother influenced him to play a soundtrack from a TV series by holding him in front of the TV and then putting him in front of the piano.Matthew managed to play the song and his brother used to make him play it in front of his friends for show off.At the age of 11, after seeing Jimmy Hendrix putting his guitar on fire, he decided he wanted to buy a guitar, which he asked from his grandmother.{{cite/none}} His parents and older brother also used an Ouija Board to contact the dead, which Matt discovered when he was wandering downstairs late at night. He then became interested in it after the divorce of his parents. “It was exciting to go to school and to tell 10-year-old kids all about it, as they found it all quite scary and I was quite impressed that I was doing something that was scary to other people but that wasn’t to me. I did get quite into that.” His beliefs changed after one correspondence predicted the first Gulf War a year before it started. “My beliefs in the whole thing changed. I now believe that you’re contacting something in your subconscious, which is quite different. Something that you might not have known was already there. That’s probably more realistic than thinking you’re contacting somebody who’s already dead. And I do practice that".{{cite/none}}

Bellamy's first<ref name="nme20000202">{{cite/NME 2000-02-02}}</ref> memory is of breaking an expensive family heirloom<ref name="mm199912">{{cite/Melody Maker 1999-12}}</ref> - a large mirror<ref name="mm199912"/> - after letting go of a bucket whilst spinning around with it, as a result of which his mother proclaimed that he'd cursed the family for seven years.<ref name="nme20000202"/> This occurred in the year previous to the one during which his parents split up.<ref name="mm199912"/> In December 1999, he claimed this was his most guilt-ridden memory.<ref name="mm199912"/>

== Music ==
=== Style ===
Matthew Bellamy is the driving force behind Muse’s lyrical and musical composition. Popular devices he uses are singing with vibrato and in falsetto ("[[Supermassive Black Hole (song)|Supermassive Black Hole]]," "[[Knights of Cydonia (song)|Knights of Cydonia]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]]," and "[[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]]," among others), arpeggiations ("[[Take a Bow (song)|Take a Bow]]," "[[Starlight (song)|Starlight]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," "[[Ruled by Secrecy (song)|Ruled by Secrecy]]," "[[New Born (song)|New Born]]," and "[[Bliss (song)|Bliss]]," among others), and large or octave jumps in melody lines ("[[Map of the Problematique (song)|Map of the Problematique]]," "[[Stockholm Syndrome (song)|Stockholm Syndrome]]," "[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]," and "[[Citizen Erased (song)|Citizen Erased]]," among others). Some songs (most notably older ones) express a more esoteric side in terms of guitar riffs and vocals ("[[Execution Commentary (song)|Execution Commentary]]," "[[Agitated (song)|Agitated]]," "[[Ashamed (song)|Ashamed]]," and "[[Yes Please (song)|Yes Please]]," among others). He also seems to pronounce clearly the hard consonant sound "n" at the beginnings of some phrases when he sings. This has commonly been interpreted as the word "and".

=== Lyrics ===
Bellamy's lyrical writing is relatively simple but his subject matters are usually not - world events, the end of the world, hyperspace, technology, religion, George Orwells '1984' (for 'Resistance'), among other subjects.
Many of his main ideas are set in a dystopian future, in which totalitarian governments control every aspect of private and public behaviour, maintaining their power with political and forceful tactics such as widespread surveillance, state controlled media etc. Freedom is out of the question, and the idea of terrorism can be placed onto any individual regardless of age, etc.

=== Vocal range ===
Bellamy's displayed vocal range spans from F♯2 to C6, a total of 3.5 octaves.

The lowest full note he has reached is A2 in [[Spiral Static (song)|Spiral Static]] at 2:24. In an interview with KROQ, August 2010, he displays an F♯2 while impersonating growling vocals.

The highest note he has belted is B♭4. He hits this note at 2:08 in [[Feeling Good (song)|Feeling Good]], at 5:52 in [[Unnatural Selection (song)|Unnatural Selection]], at 2:25 in [[Survival (song)|Survival]] and several times throughout [[Futurism (song)|Futurism]]. He more commonly hits A4 in songs like [[City of Delusion (song)|City of Delusion]], [[Cave (song)|Cave]], [[House of the Rising Sun (song)|House of the Rising Sun]], [[Sing for Absolution (song)|Sing for Absolution]], [[Exo-Politics (song)|Exo-Politics]], [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] and at 2:50 in [[Survival (song)|Survival]].

The highest studio note Bellamy has hit is A5 at the start of [[Dead Star (song)|Dead Star]], and in [[Hyper Music (song)|Hyper Music]] at 2:53, both of which are backing vocals. His highest note in a lead vocal is the final scream in [[Showbiz (song)|Showbiz]], [[Micro Cuts (song)|Micro Cuts]], and [[Survival (song)|Survival]], all of which reach G♯5. Live, Bellamy occasionally hits B5 during [[Time Is Running Out|Time Is Running Out]]. During [[Agitated (song)|Agitated]] at the [[Paris MCM Café 1999 (gig)|MCM Café in 1999]], about 10 seconds after the first chorus, he approaches C♯6.

Whilst this is not out of the range of a male singer with due practice, Bellamy managed to reach these highs without the amount practice usually required, and before he developed his breathing technique. According to [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] speaking for an interview around [[Saint-Malo Fort de Saint-Père 2001 (gig)|Route du Rock 2001]], a doctor once examined Bellamy's vocal cords and commented that they are unusually small, explaining how he managed to reach the high ranges that he does with relatively little practice or training. Bellamy also stated in said interview that he used to, sometime prior to that interview, attempt to sing lower due to being embarrassed about singing using high ranges. He doesn't anymore, however, as he has lost that inhibition.<ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=-5sbGANaROA Route du Rock interview 2001]</ref>

=== Pre-performance preparation ===
Bellamy uses an electric foot massager to prepare before shows. As well as treating nervousness, this helps him in regards to jet lag.<ref>{{cite/ninemsn 2007-02}}</ref>

He has also said that bubble baths are his favourite way to "warm up" prior to shows. <ref>BBC Radio 1 Podcast, December 2006</ref>

It has also been said that Matt "can't play a gig" without eating a banana.

In an interview with NME, he has said that once he gets offstage the first thing he drinks is red wine. According to Bellamy, it's the only alcohol that doesn't make his throat dry and helps with his voice. <ref>[Interview (NME Feature, 08/13/2008)]</ref>

=== Live action ===
Bellamy has several live regularities. One of the most prominent is repetitively walking back and forth, though pro-shot videos manage to mask this by changing angle often. Other regularities are song specific, for example in Plug In Baby he spins a few times during the final instrumental section. He has the world record at breaking guitars,{{cite/none}} he smashed 140 guitars at the Absolution tour 2004.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy would rather artists not need the media to reach their audience.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

Bellamy can "vaguely" read musical scores.<ref name="nme20000202"/>

The first song that Bellamy learned to play was the theme tune to Dallas. His brother held him in front of their television, then held him in front of their piano and made Matthew work it out with one finger. His brother showed this off to his friends.<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

== Additional information ==
=== Family ===
Bellamy's father is [[George Bellamy]], former rhythm guitarist of [[The Tornadoes]]. Bellamy's mother is Marylin Bellamy, who left Ireland for England during the 1970s.

George Bellamy's brother was shot and killed in Northern Ireland some time during the 1960s or 1970s under suspicious circumstances. He was a soldier of the British Army, but the IRA never owned up to his death (as they usually did) and no conclusion was ever came to. Rumours were abound that he was a member of the SAS, and the suspicion surrounding his death was one of the factors leading to Matt's 'obsession' with conspiracy theories.

He has an older brother called Paul, who bought Hulk comics during their childhood. Matthew came to like The Incredible Hulk as a result, but he never bought any of the comics - he took them from Paul.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

Bellamy's fiancée [[Kate Hudson]], an American actress, gave birth to his first child, a boy named Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy on 9{{supo|th}} July 2011.

=== Religion ===
Bellamy has shown signs of atheism: "Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music".{{cite/none}}

In 2000 Bellamy stated that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was "extremely cool" to have been able to deceive people into believing she remained a virgin after conceiving.<ref name="mm20000615">{{cite/Melody Maker 2000-06-15}}</ref>

Bellamy has also stated that God will never be cool due to Satan introducing rock 'n' roll first. He said that "all those cloaks and everything" is "not a good look".<ref name="mm20000615"/>

At pinkpop 2004, Bellamy said in an interview that he hadn't anything against religion, he just didn't have one. He said that his dedication to music might serve as a replacement to religion.

Bellamy also stated in a 2007 interview that one of the weirdest gifts fans have sent him is the holy bible.

In a session where Matt and Dom answered questions from fans, Bellamy stated that the celebrity alive or dead he'd most like to meet is Jesus Christ (Dom answered Jimi Hendrix for this question). Matt: I'd like to meet Jesus Christ. Eh just because I'd be interested to know how he did it all. You know what I mean? You know...making fish out of bushes and stuff. Walking on water. I'd like to meet someone who can do that. I think that'd be uh, certainly one of the most interesting people to meet I'd say.{{cite/none}}

However, more recently Bellamy has shown signs of being an Agnostic or a Deist. In an interview with a Rock Music channel in France (2006), Bellamy states, "I believe in the God of the universe, definitely." In addition, he revealed in a 2007 video inverview that, "I don't believe in heaven or hell, I don't really believe in that version" {{YTw |Nje70tnlq10}}. Bellamy's beliefs are therefore probably closer to the philosophical concept of "The Absolute" as opposed to the structures of organized religions.

=== Miscellany ===
Bellamy watched Road Runner when he was around 4 years of age. He claims that the way the road runner tortured the coyote constantly without self consequence "got" to him.<ref name="nme20000729">
{{cite |
title=Heroes and villains | date=2000-07-29 | pub=NME magazine | doc=Heroes and villains (20000729 NME article) | type=int
}}</ref>

Bellamy avoids 'hard' drugs, due to his experience of their effects on those around him. Bellamy moved into a flat with a drug dealer at the age of 18. He described the flat as looking like "a scene from Trainspotting, white powders and mirrors and tin foil everywhere."<ref name="k20020622">{{cite/Kerrang 2002-06-22}}</ref> He did however use [[Magic Mushrooms|mushrooms]] containing psilocybin "to experience something thats not always on offer. I'm not afraid of seeing something horrible. It's a way of connecting with yourself in a way that you can't normally do."{{cite/none}}

During the early years of Muse, Bellamy became involved with some "dodgy" people, with which he stole and sold a Ford Escort for £500. After the owner of the scrap yard from where they stole said Escort threatened to burn Bellamy's house with his family inside it, Bellamy gave the man Muse's tour bus. Bellamy has stated that he'd like to exact revenge on this man by putting him into a car crusher.{{cite/none}}

== Trivia ==
* Matt recently made a twitter account which was first named http://www.twitter.com/muse_MattB then was changed http://www.twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt and subsequently to http://www.twitter.com/MattBellamy because he thought the first name was "Crap" he and [[Chris]] urged [[Dom]] to make one and so he did, even though [[Tom Kirk]] was probably responsible for that.

* Bellamy uses [[Manson Guitars]] built and customized by [[Hugh Manson]] and Tim Stark.

* When asked, Bellamy once gave this advice on orgies: "It's very easy. Novelty items. It's so easy. All you need is masks or hats. Soon as people put on silly hats, they loosen up a little bit. Then you need a couple of friends who are very close to each other. Then people start bundling to each other and it just goes from there. It's as simple as that. Just bundling, tickling and novelty items."<ref name="nme20010616">[[The fan-ish inquisition:Muse (20010616 NME feature)|NME 20010616]]</ref>

* Bellamy shared a flat in London with [[Tom Kirk]] and [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] up until as recently as 2002.{{cite/none}}

*Bellamy is able to tickle himself.

* Bellamy contributed a page to the original website at http://www.muse-official.com (now defunct) titled "Matt's Rambling Page" (which also linked to his email address, [[qua@aol.com]]). The first incarnation of the website was ruined when Matt accidentally deleted the directory in which the website was stored when trying to learn HTML.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy occasionally posted on the old incarnation of the official site messageboard, more often than not on sexually themed threads.{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy is able to say the [[alphabet backwards]]- zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba. He has been made to repeat this party trick on several occasions (most recently in an interview with Zane Lowe following the release of BHAR in 2006).{{cite/none}}

* Bellamy wishes that the gravity on Earth were weaker so that [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia|spiders]] would die.<ref name="nme20000729"/>

* He is 5' 7" (1.73 m)

* Bellamy told one interviewer that he lost his virginity at [[Reading Little John's Farm 2000 (gig)|Reading Festival]] when he was about 15 or 16. The interview can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J_mT1Rzrhs here].

* Matt would like to play a gig in the middle of Pleiades (the constellation, also known as the "seven sisters"), the star system which - according to one of his favourite conspiracy theories - aligns with the Egyptian and Cydonian pyramid systems.

* Bellamy hates Marmite with a passion. Unlike Chris and Dom, who love it.

* Matt used to live in [[Moltrasio]], Italy. He now lives in north London.

* Matt can make a whole pasta dish from scratch. <ref name="vr20080218">{{cite/Virgin Radio 2008-02-18}}</ref>

* When on a break at Chateau Miraval, Matt and Dom began to get a slight phobia of the insects so they bought one of those rockets that you build from a kit with a camera on and fired it off with a praying mantis attatched. When asked about it he said: "we expanded his mind and universe. It was probably a bit like going on holiday for him."

* Matt has a dog <ref>{{cite |
title=Dom & Matt "Speed Date Interview" | desc= Interview with Matthew Bellamy and Dominic Howard | date=2010 | fetch=2010-11-14 | pub=Speed Date Interview | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmC-jphF2Is | type=ext
}}</ref>

* Insects are attracted to his bum and he sweats in there. Footage [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6WcdN2JEpY here]

* Around the time of 2002, Matt owned a black Lotus Elite sports car. This was the first car he bought from his own money. Previous to this he'd steal his Mums.

* According to Matts Fiancée, [[Kate Hudson]], Matt drinks PG tips tea.

* Matt has a Wine collection.

* Matt once 'stole' a double bass from a school he attended to get lessons. Revelead in the Gonzo 2003 interview which can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHOc_Db2kE here.]

* In the Showbiz Tour Matt brought a Go-Ped

== Previous jobs ==
* Caravan cleaner{{cite/none}}
* Painter and decorator - with his mate Jake.{{cite/none}}

<gallery>
File:DaxWax.jpg | [[Dax Wax]]
File:MattAndWine.jpg | [[Red wine]]
File:Mattsveins.jpg | [[Vein Drawing Fetish]]
File:MattRedBlack.jpg | [[Red and Black Fetish]]
File:Carrot.jpg | [[Carrot eating]]
File:Spagnola.jpg | [[Italian Fetish]]
File:WhiteSocks.jpg | [[Socks Fetish]]
File:Cure.jpg | [[Gothic Looking Women Fetish]]
File:MSF1.jpg | [[Matt's Sex Face]]
File:MattsPlanks.jpg[[Manson Guitar]]
File:JetPack.jpg | [[Paramotor |Silly Jetpacks]]
File:TropicalFish.jpg | [[Bellamy's fish]]
File:Spider.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's arachnophobia]]
File:MattDressUp.jpg | [[Dressing Up]]
File:MattsSealOfApproval.jpg | [[Matt's Seal Of Approval]]
File:Atlanta 2004-04-09 – Matthew Bellamy bleeding.jpg | [[Matthew Bellamy's injuries | Injuries]]
File:SimnoMatt.jpg | [[Bellamy lookalikes]]
File:SmellyFeet.jpg | [[Bellamy's feet smell]]
File:MattShuffle.jpg[[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:White cones.jpg | [[Bellamy's white cones]]
File:Qua.png|[[Qua@aol.com]]
File:Matt Shuffle.jpg | [[The Shuffle Dance]]
File:Twin Peaks.jpg | [[Bellamy likes Twin Peaks]]
File:Muscle Museum single US CD2.jpg | [[Hey you crazy kids]]
File:Trees.jpg | [[Bellamy likes trees]]
File:Treponema pallidum.jpg | [[Self doubt and syphilis]]

</gallery>
* [[Bellamy's posts]]
* [[Floccinaucinihilipilification]]
* [[Alphabet backwards]]

== Words/phrases he overuses ==
* [[Get a Grip]]
* [[Easy Tiger]]
* [[Cheers]]
* [[Starlight (song)#Live | Next song is called Starlight]] (in different languages)
* [[Pwoper]]
* [[Merci Beaucoup]] ("Thank you very much" in french)
* Vibe
* You know...
* [[Lost/Lose the plot]]
* [[I think]]
* It's tough out there
* 1984

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Becky Pale]]
* [https://twitter.com/Bellamy_Matt twitter account]

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