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-FANS of the insanely popular vampire saga Twilight may have British alternative rock band Muse to thank (at least in part) for its creation.
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-The books' author, American Stephenie Meyer, is a huge admirer of the trio and mentions them in the acknowledgement page of each volume, thanking them for "a saga's worth of inspiration".
-Not only that, Muse has also been featured in the soundtracks of the past two movie versions of the books: Twilight and New Moon.
-For the Essex trio, who play their second Singapore gig as part of promoter LAMC Productions' Big Night Out 2010, that association has brought only good things.
-Speaking to my paper recently from Sydney, Australia, where the band was playing at the annual Big Day Out festival, bassist Christopher Wolstenholme revealed: "I was vaguely aware of the books (before Meyer approached us) but we didn't think anything of it at the time.
-"The next thing you know, it's Twilight fever. It's good because it has made a difference for us in trying to break into America."
-Muse - comprising Wolstenholme, 31; lead singer and guitarist Matt Bellamy, 31; and drummer Dominic Howard, 32 - last played here in 2007. They will headline Big Night Out on Wednesday, which will also see sets by American rockers Saosin and Rise Against.
-The flamboyant singer has been covering their 2006 hit, Starlight (from Mercury Prizenominated album Black Holes And Revelations), in his performances.
-And Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment - released last November - features a track, Soaked, written by Bellamy.
-"It was actually a song we wrote for Black Holes, but it didn't quite fit in with the rest of the album," said Wolstenholme, who is married with four children.
-"Adam was interested (in it), so we let him have it."
-The affable guy insists there is no formula to the band's success - last year's The Resistance debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold 148,000 copies in Britain within its first week.
-"The main aim (when recording) is to explore areas we haven't been in before or, if we have, we want to push them to an extreme," he said.
-Formula or not, it sure works for them.<ref>http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20100201-195772.html</ref>

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