Riffs and jams

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0305030 / Early Psycho 01

Riff or jam
Name	0305030 / Early Psycho 01
Artist	Muse
Writer/composer	Muse,Matt Bellamy
Appearance	10th November 1999 - 19th April 2014 (Presently in Psycho)

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The riff got its name after the fret positions of what Matt is playing on his guitar in this riff (0 meaning open string, 3 and 5 meaning 3rd fret and 5th fret of his guitar). Its played either after Stockholm Syndrome or Map of the Problematique.
The riff is also featured in one of Muse's songs, Psycho, from their latest album Drones.

Adagio for Strings

Riff or jam
Name	Adagio for Strings
Artist	Samuel Barber
Writer/composer	Samuel Barber
Appearance	9th April 2011

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Adagio for Strings, or, as Muse renamed it, 'Interlude' (pre-Hysteria song) is a song/jam, played before Hysteria on each concert and its also featured on their album Absolution. It features heavy distorted guitar and bass, and no drums.

Adagio in G minor

Riff or jam
Name	Adagio in G minor
Artist	Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Writer/composer	Remo Giazotto
Appearance	2006, 2010

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Adagio in G minor was actually composed by Remo Giazotto based on Albinoni's Sonata in G minor. A fragment of the Sonata was found admist the ruins of the Saxon State Library, Dresden, bombed by the Allies in World War II. While the piece was not actually written by Albinoni, it is commonly attributed to him.

It was played as a short jam before Time Is Running Out on the earlier half of the 2006 tour. This arrangement featured Bellamy's Kaoss Pad, with Wolstenholme playing single notes on bass, and no percussion.

This made its return when Matt got his doubleneck Manson guitar. Currently he plays this as in the intro to Resistance with the top neck. This can be seen in the footage of Resistance at Glastonbury 2010.

The piece is transposed to A minor, the key of Resistance, for live performances.

Adagio sostenuto

Riff or jam
Name	Piano Interlude (Adagio Sostenuto)
Artist	Muse
Writer/composer	Matthew Bellamy
Appearance	22nd November 2003, 2nd April 2010

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A short section of the second movement of Rachmaninov's piano concert № 2. The piano outro in "Neutron Star Collision" sounds very similar to the piano that is played beginning at :25 when the riff gets louder.

EDIT: Adagio Sostenuto means 'Sustained & At Ease' and is the tempo and name of many classical pieces, not just Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2. The piece played at the Seattle gig is indeed the piece played at the end of Neutron Star Collision, but is not taken from Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2. It is only similar in it's tempo and pace. The piece is pretty much written by Matthew Bellamy.

Asturias

Riff or jam
Name	Asturias
Artist	Isaac Albeniz
Writer/composer	Isaac Albeniz
Appearance	13 August 2008 - 20th May 2011

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This first appeared at the gig at Marlay park, Dublin as an intro to Time Is Running Out

Back in Black

Riff or jam
Name	Back In Black
Artist	AC/DC
Writer/composer	AC/DC
Appearance	2009 - 2013

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The very popular guitar riff, originally from a song Back in Black by AC/DC, sometimes played after Hysteria. Muse have also played a cover of the song alongside Nic Cester at Big Day Out 2010.

Blue Orchid

Riff or jam
Name	Blue Orchid
Artist	The White Stripes
Writer/composer	Jack White
Appearance	16th July 2015

A snippet of Blue Orchid was played before The Groove in 2015.

Blue Valentine

Riff or jam
Name	Blue Valentine
Artist	Tom Waits
Writer/composer	Tom Waits
Appearance	21st September 2007

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Blue Valentine was played on the tour of 2007, after playing Whole Lotta Love and Jimmy Jam, Matt also played it in Olaïve Interview in 2000.

Bombtrack

Riff or jam
Name	Bombtrack
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	2008

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Played as an outro to Bliss with Whole Lotta Love at Royal Albert Hall 2008

Bored‎

Riff or jam
Name	Bored‎
Artist	Deftones
Writer/composer	Deftones
Appearance	28th September 2010, 30 July 2011

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Played in 2010 during The Resistance tour, and also in 2011 at Reading Festival, before Stockholm Syndrome.

Bulls on Parade

Riff or jam
Name	Bulls on Parade
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	8th April 2001

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Played once at Nottingham Rock City in 2001.

Burning Bridges riff (aka Irish riff)

Riff or jam
Name	Burning Bridges
Artist	Status Quo
Writer/composer	Francis Rossi
Appearance	August 22nd 2006 - 22nd March 2015

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This riff is from the song "Burning Bridges" by Status Quo from the album Ain't Complaining released in 1988.

Occasionally played before "Plug In Baby" during Black Holes and Revelations tour and during The Resistance tour. This riff was first played live at the Eden Project, August 22 2006 (watch).

Close Encounters riff

Riff or jam
Name	Close Encounters
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	June 16th 2007 - April 12th 2008

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Sometimes played before "Knights of Cydonia", it made its debut during the first night at Wembley Stadium.

Named after its similarity to the motif used to contact extraterrestrial life in the 1977 Steven Spielberg film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.

DMV

Riff or jam
Name	DMV
Artist	Primus
Writer/composer	Primus
Appearance	28th January 2013

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DMV is a song written by Primus. Matt played a short section of it during the ending of Supermassive Black Hole in Oakland 2013, during The 2nd Law tour in USA. He played homage to Primus and their frontman Les Claypool, who was at the concert that day.

Drum and Bass/Bass Jam

Riff or jam
Name	Drum and Bass
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	16th May 2000 (early version) - August 17th 2008

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Also dubbed by fans as "Osaka Jam" because of a soundcheck video played before an Osaka gig (Club Quattro 2004), this jam has a similar sound to the "Futurism" bassline. The first known play of an early version of this jam was on the 16th of May 2000. It was played during technical difficulties in the past. At the Royal Albert Hall 2008 TCT gig it was played whilst Matthew Bellamy returned from the organ after "Megalomania", who joined Wolstenholme and Howard for the last part of the jam. Since Arena Monterrey 2008, it has appeared on set lists as "Bass Jam" or "Drum and Bass" and appeared on set lists at most gigs in 2008.

Early Psycho 02

Riff or jam
Name	Early Psycho 02
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	January 12th 2013

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The riff was only played once, in Japan, when Muse played in Saitama. The riff was played before Liquid State. This riff, alongside the old 0305030 riff is used on a song called Psycho, from Muse's latest album, Drones.

The riff sounds a lot like The Doors's song Roadhouse Blues.

El Scorcho

Riff or jam
Name	El Scorcho
Artist	Weezer
Writer/composer	Weezer
Appearance	26th October 2010

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Written by Weezer. Matt played a very short part of the guitar riff live in Raleigh, in 2010.

Endless Nameless

Riff or jam
Name	Endless Nameless
Artist	Nirvana
Writer/composer	Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl.
Appearance	2010 - 15th May 2015

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Endless Nameless was written by Nirvana and slightly adadpted by Muse. Its usually played as a closer before the encore songs.

Enter Sandman

Riff or jam
Name	Enter Sandman
Artist	Metallica
Writer/composer	James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich
Appearance	14th April 2010

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Written by Metallica. Matt played a short section of the main riff of the song on his guitar in 2010.

Entrance of the Gladiators

Riff or jam
Name	Entrance of the Gladiators, Thunder and Blazes
Artist	Louis-Phillipe Laurendeau
Writer/composer	Julius Fučík
Appearance	24th August 2002 - 23rd November 2007

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Originally a military march composed in composed in 1897 by the Czech composer Julius Fučík, and later rearranged for a smaller band in 1910 by Canadian composer Louis-Phillipe Laurendeau. It was played a few gigs between 2002 and 2007.

Etude Op.10, No.1

Riff or jam
Name	Etude Op.10, No.1
Artist	Frédéric Chopin
Writer/composer	Frédéric Chopin
Appearance	16th June 2007 - 23rd June 2007

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Played on a piano, before Sunburn, on one of their two H.A.A.R.P. gigs, before Sunburn, and also played in Paris, 2007, also before Sunburn, due to the fact that Sunburn was inspired by Chopin himself.

Études Simples #6

Riff or jam
Name	Études Simples #6
Artist	Leo Brouwer
Writer/composer	Leo Brouwer
Appearance	16th June 2007, 24th October 2009 , 8th June 2010[

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Composed by Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor Leo Brouwer, Études Simples #6 was played before Unintended at the Wembley Stadium gigs in 2007.

Freedom

Riff or jam
Name	Freedom
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Rage Against the Machine
Appearance	4th April 2001 - 19th April 2014

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Frequently played on The 2nd Law Tour as a closing outro before the encore, with Matt singing 'Freedom' on a couple of tour dates (As heard on the mp3 clip above, from their Austin City Limits Festival gig.

Glasgow Jam

Riff or jam
Name	Glasgow Jam
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	9th November 2009; 18th April 2016

The first performance was a rendition of Helsinki Jam played in a lower key with bagpipes. The second performance had the same structure as Helsinki Jam but a different bass riff.

Glastonbury riff

Riff or jam
Name	Glastonbury riff
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	27th June 2004 - 11th July 2004, 19th August 2017

Named because it was played (most likely) for the first time at the Glastonbury gig in 2004. In the two known instances played, it was played after Sunburn and before Butterflies & Hurricanes.

Hangar 18

Riff or jam
Name	Hangar 18
Artist	Megadeth
Writer/composer	Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, David Ellefson, Nick Menza
Appearance	April 12th 2008, 3rd April 2010

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An instrumental piece of the song was played for the first time at London Royal Albert Hall, before "Stockholm Syndrome".

Headup

Riff or jam
Name	Headup
Artist	Deftones
Writer/composer	Max Cavalera, Chino Moreno
Appearance	April 12th 2008; June 6th 2008; February 27th 2010 - December 19th 2010; October 16th 2012 - August 13th 2013

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An instrumental segment was first played as an outro to "New Born" for the 2008 Royal Albert Hall gig and then later at Rock in Rio 2008. It has also been used as an outro to New Born for the US leg of The Resistance Tour, and has been used as an outro for each time they played New Born at The 2nd Law tour.

Heartbreaker

Riff or jam
Name	Heartbreaker
Artist	Led Zeppelin
Writer/composer	John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
Appearance	2004 - 6th June 2015

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Sometimes played before Butterflies & Hurricanes or Time Is Running Out such as at Glastonbury Festival 2004 (watch).

A slightly modified version was co-opted into the collaborative song "Who Knows Who" with The Streets, and indeed may have replaced from the original "Heartbreaker" riff in set lists.

Helsinki Jam

Riff or jam
Name	Helsinki Jam
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	October 22nd 2009 - August 28th 2011 ; 24th February 2018

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Dubbed by the fans after it's first appearance on the first gig of The Resistance Tour in Helsinki, the Helsinki Jam is a re-occurring Drum and Bass jam in The Resistance Tour. It is slightly similar to the Osaka Jam and is often played before Undisclosed Desires.

During the jam, Chris stands on Dom's rising, spinning podium of the three-towered stage design. For the 9th November gig at the SECC in Glasgow, Scotland, Chris and Dom were joined by a kilted bagpiper named Count Taylor who was standing on another of the podiums, playing an additional part. The Pro-Shot video of the performance was released by Muse as a Christmas Present.

Houston Jam

Riff or jam
Name	Houston Jam/Frankenstein Jam
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	February 22nd 2019 -

Houston Jam is a drum and bass jam which consists of three riffs; Futurism, Unnatural Selection and Micro Cuts. Because of that, it's also been reffered to as Frankenstein Jam. It's played during the Simulation Theory Tour before Take a Bow.

The effects that Chris uses on this jam are very similar, if not the same as Mike Kerr's from Royal Blood, meaning it sounds like bass and guitar, but it's just bass. That way, he can play the riffs in the jam as if all three were playing it.

How I Could Just Kill a Man

Riff or jam
Name	How I Could Just Kill a Man
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Cypress Hill
Appearance	8th April 2001

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Played at Nottingham Rock City in 2001

Il Mercenario (L'Arena)

Riff or jam
Name	Il Mercenario (L'Arena)
Artist	Ennio Morricone
Writer/composer	Ennio Morricone
Appearance	2nd April 2010

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Il Mercenario (L'Arena) is the main theme tune for the Sergio Corbucci Spaghetti Western, The Mercenary, composed by Ennio Morricone. It was played by Matt during the US leg of The Resistance tour in 2010 as an introduction to Time Is Running Out. It can be heard here from the Seattle KeyArena gig in 2010. Its also known as 'The Whistle Boy' riff.

I Want to Break Free

Riff or jam
Name	I Want to Break Free
Artist	Queen
Writer/composer	John Deacon
Appearance	June 7th 2006 - July 16th 2008

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Occasionally played before "Knights of Cydonia"

The "Knights of Cydonia" music video pays tribute to the video of "I Want to Break Free", with Bellamy's arm gestures echoing those of Freddie Mercury.

Jerry was a race car driver

Riff or jam
Name	Jerry was a race car driver
Artist	Primus
Writer/composer	Primus
Appearance	6th August 2011

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Jerry was a race car driver is a song written by Primus. He played it at Kansrocksas festival in 2011 (Second Clip), followed by a short take at DMV (also a song from Primus)

Jimmy Jam

Riff or jam
Name	Jimmy Jam
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	2001 - 2010, 2017

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Occasionally played before or after "Cave" during Origin of Symmetry tour (eg. Saint-Malo Route du Rock 2001 (watch)) and more often during the Black Holes and Revelations tour before "Time Is Running Out" with more improvisation than before (eg. Seattle KeyArena 2007 (watch)). In the beginning of the Black Holes and Revelations tour, it was occasionally played before "Starlight" as well, but in a lower key (eg. Reading 2006 (watch)). On July the 5th 2010 it was played as an outro to "Time Is Running Out" at the band´s premiere in the Czech Republic at the Rock For People Festival

The name is probably due to similarity of its bassline to that of "Jimmy Kane." The main riff is also very similar to one in Jimi Hendrix's "Fire."

This piece is listed as "Improv" in the HAARP tracklist.

It made a surprise return in 2017 for a few gigs before Time is Running Out but made no further appearances.

Kaoss Jam

Riff or jam
Name	Kaoss Jam
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Matthew Bellamy
Appearance	2006 - 2007, 2010, 30 July 2011

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An instrumental jam making heavy use of the Kaoss Pad, played at a few gigs in 2006 and 2007 (First clip) A newer Kaoss Jam was used at a number of festival gigs in 2010, introducing Supermassive Black Hole, and first debuting at Werchter (Second clip).

Killing in the Name

Riff or jam
Name	Killing in the Name
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	2006,2010

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Killing in the Name is a song written by alternative metal band Rage Against the Machine, one of Muse's strongest influences. It appears on their 1992 eponymous debut album. The main riff of this song has been played live by Muse during the Black Holes and Revelations European tour.

Know Your Enemy

Riff or jam
Name	Know Your Enemy
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	2018

Laura Palmer's Theme

Riff or jam
Name	Laura Palmer's Theme
Artist	Twin Peaks
Writer/composer	Angelo Badalamenti
Appearance	Autumn 2006

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A piano interlude occasionally played before "Sunburn" during Autumn 2006 such as at Nashville War Memorial Auditorium.

Comes from Bellamy's love of Twin Peaks. During the Autumn 2006 tour of U.S.A. Muse watched DVDs of Twin Peaks on the tour bus. It is around this time that Matt used the music of 'Laura Palmer's Theme' as a Piano Interlude played before Sunburn. The original can be heard here.

Maggie's Farm

Riff or jam
Name	Maggie's Farm
Artist	Rage Against the Machine and Bob Dylan
Writer/composer	Bob Dylan
Appearance	2003 - 26th June 2015; 31st March 2016

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An instrumental played live during the Absolution tour, and was a staple outro for "Map of the Problematique" during the Black Holes And Revelations and The Resistance Tour. It was dropped from set lists during The 2nd Law Tour, but made a comeback at occasional gigs in the Drones Tour. Watch it here, played at Wembley 2006.

Man with a Harmonica

Riff or jam
Name	Man with a Harmonica
Artist	Ennio Morricone
Writer/composer	Ennio Morricone
Appearance	August 13th 2008 -

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Originally appeared on the soundtrack for Once Upon a Time In The West. First played at Dublin's Marlay Park in August 2008 as an intro to "Knights of Cydonia". Chris plays the harmonica part, with Matt playing the guitar part.

Microphone Fiend

Riff or jam
Name	Microphone Fiend
Artist	Rage Against the Machine - Rakim and Eric B
Writer/composer	Rakim and Eric B
Appearance	May 26th 2007, 11th April 2010, 5th July 2010, 24th February 2018

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Used by Muse as an instrumental riff after "New Born" on the Black Holes and Revelations tour since Esch-Alzette Rockhal 2007. Since Pinkpop 2007 the "Ashamed" outro has also been played after the Microphone Fiend riff.

Misirlou

Riff or jam
Name	Misirlou
Artist	Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
Writer/composer	Traditional
Appearance	9th August 2007

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Played once at the Fairfax Patriot Center in 2007 before Man of Mystery.

MK Jam

Riff or jam
Name	{{{Name}}}
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	2nd June 2010 - 11th October 2010

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First rehearsed at the Milton Keynes Bowl before the stadium leg of The Resistance Tour, it was initially dubbed the MK Jam but is also referred to as the Wankdorf Jam due to its public debut in the Wankdorf Stadium Bern Stade de Suisse 2010 (gig). It's being played before Undisclosed Desires in a similar way that Helsinki Jam was being played. Only played by Dom and Chris. Has got a disco-ey, metallic beat and a smooth bassline.

Montpellier Jam

Riff or jam
Name	Montpellier Jam
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	16th October 2012-13th December 2013

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Named Montpellier Jam or Monty Jam, after the first city it was played in. It always preceded a piano-based song during The 2nd Law tour, most frequently Explorers, but it has also preceded United States of Eurasia, Sunburn and Feeling Good. It features Dom and Chris jamming, the two are later followed by Matt on a piano. The song also features lots of samples from an old vintage documentary, sampled by Morgan Nicholls. It bears similarity to Basique by Little People. There are 2 versions of the jam, a longer version (First clip) and a shorter version (Second clip).

Munich Jam/München Jam/Varia Jam/Drones D&B

Riff or jam
Name	Munich Jam
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	29th May 2015 - 2nd July 2015

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Currently named Munich Jam, since it was first played in Munich, at Rockavaria Festival 2015. Fairly similar to both Helsinki Jam and Osaka Jam.

My Own Summer (Shove It)

Riff or jam
Name	My Own Summer (Shove It)
Artist	Deftones
Writer/composer	Deftones
Appearance	28th September 2010, 30 July 2011

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Written by Deftones and was played on two dates, in 2010 and 2011.

Negative Creep

Riff or jam
Name	Negative Creep
Artist	Nirvana
Writer/composer	Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl.
Appearance	2nd April 2010 , 15th August 2010, 15th July 2010, 26th August 2011 / 28th August 2011

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Written by Nirvana, played by Muse in 2010 and later in 2011 during Reading and Leeds festival, where it was performed after Stochkolm Syndrome, before the Endless Nameless riff.

Ocean Étude Op. 25, No. 12

Riff or jam
Name	Ocean Etude Op 25 No 12
Artist	Frédéric Chopin
Writer/composer	Frédéric Chopin
Appearance	11th August 2001

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Written by Chopin and played by Muse in 2001, before Sunburn

People of the Sun

Riff or jam
Name	People of the Sun
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	2007 - 11th September 2010

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Occasionally used as an intro during Hysteria.

Peter Gunn Theme

Riff or jam
Name	Peter Gunn Theme
Artist	Henry Mancini
Writer/composer	Henry Mancini
Appearance	19th March 2010

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Popular song written by Henry Mancini. A slower, heavier version played by Muse after Stockholm Syndrome on their South by South West (SXSW) gig.

Power of Soul

Riff or jam
Name	Power of Soul
Artist	Jimi Hendrix
Writer/composer	Jimi Hendrix
Appearance	2001 - 2011

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Song written by Jimi Hendrix, that Muse have stopped playing in 2011 after the end of The Resistance tour.

Pre-Sunburn riff

Riff or jam
Name	Pre-Sunburn riff
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	2000 - 2007

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Usually played before "Sunburn" during Showbiz tour around 2000 (eg. Bizarre Festival 2000 (watch)). Played less often during Absolution tour (London Islington Carling Academy 2003, after "Bliss"). Reappeared in late-2007, being played after "Map of the Problematique" (Sydney Entertainment Centre 2007 (watch)), albeit in a lower key (due to different tuning).

The 'solo' was done with the Whammy pedal during the Showbiz tour, and was done with the Kaoss Pad for the latter part of the Black Holes and Revelations tour.

The riff sounds somewhat similar to that of "Gratitude" by the Beastie Boys.

It is also said to be Tom Morello influenced.

Prelude in B flat

Riff or jam
Name	Prelude in B flat
Artist	Sergei Rachmaninov
Writer/composer	Sergei Rachmaninov
Appearance	2001

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Played in 2001 it features a heavy distorted bass, with Matt playing the piano and Dom playing the drums. Its similar to Space Dementia.

Prelude in C sharp minor

Riff or jam
Name	Prelude in C sharp minor
Artist	Sergei Rachmaninov
Writer/composer	Sergei Rachmaninov
Appearance	2001

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Written by Rachmaninov and it features Matt on a piano.

Prelude in G minor

Riff or jam
Name	Prelude in G minor
Artist	Sergei Rachmaninov
Writer/composer	Sergei Rachmaninov
Appearance	2001

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A tango-style song, composed by Rachmaninov. Played by Muse, with Matt on the piano, Dom on drums and Chris on Bass.

Revolver

Riff or jam
Name	Revolver
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	9th April 2001, 2006, 30 July 2011

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Played in 2001 as an introduction to Unintended and used occasionally in 2006 as the solo in Supermassive Black Hole, like at Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 2006 - 15th.

School

Riff or jam
Name	School
Artist	Nirvana
Writer/composer	Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl.
Appearance	31st January 2010, 2nd April 2010

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Written by Nirvana and played by Muse occasionaly during The Resistance tour.

The Star-Spangled Banner

Riff or jam
Name	The Star-Spangled Banner
Artist	Jimi Hendrix / John Stafford Smith
Writer/composer	Francis Scott Key
Appearance	9th December 2007, 19th March 2010, 29th October 2010, 3rd September 2013 - 11th October 2013

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The Star-Spangled Banner is most known for being the United States National Anthem. It was played at a couple of gigs in 2007 and during the US leg of The Resistance tour in 2010. It was also played during the US leg of The 2nd Law tour. All of the times, it was played before Hysteria, instead of the regular 'Interlude' intro.

Study n°7

Riff or jam
Name	Study n°7
Artist	Heitor Villa-Lobos
Writer/composer	Heitor Villa-Lobos
Appearance	28th October 2001

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This song inspired Matt Bellamy and his song Bedroom Acoustics.

The Fly

Riff or jam
Name	The Fly
Artist	U2
Writer/composer	U2
Appearance	9th April 2011

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Played while supporting U2, Matt played a short snipped of the guitar riff.

Testify

Riff or jam
Name	Testify
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	1st April 2010,

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The guitar effects intro was played in place of the closing Hysteria riff at the Vancouver gig.

Too Many Puppies

Riff or jam
Name	Too Many Puppies
Artist	Primus
Writer/composer	Primus
Appearance	29th October 2010

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A song written by Primus and played by Muse at Voodoo fest 2010.

Township Rebellion

Riff or jam
Name	Township Rebellion
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	2001 - 2nd July 2015

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The outro of the song is sometimes played as an outro after "Stockholm Syndrome". Township Rebellion's outro was also played as an intro before "Stockholm Syndrome" at MEN 2006. On July the 5th 2010 it was played as an outro to "Uprising" at the band´s premiere in the Czech Republic at the Rock For People Festival. On May 27th it was played as an outro to "Mk Ultra" at Rock in Rio Lisboa 2010. The main riff of the song was performed at Vieilles Charrues, 15th July 2010 as an intro to Uprising. The riff made a comeback in 2015.

Undone - The Sweater Song

Riff or jam
Name	Undone - The Sweater Song
Artist	Weezer
Writer/composer	Weezer
Appearance	9th January 2010 - 26th October 2010

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A popular song written by Weezer and played by Muse in Raleigh, in 2010.

Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Riff or jam
Name	Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Artist	Jimi Hendrix
Writer/composer	Jimi Hendrix
Appearance	12th April 2008 - 15th March 2015

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Played before Time is Running Out at Royal Albert Hall 2008. Also performed at the concerts at The Den in September 2009. Last played at Ulster Hall in 2015.

Vuilstamen Riff

Riff or jam
Name	Vuilstamen Riff
Artist	Original
Writer/composer	Muse
Appearance	2001, 15th July 2010, 8th October 2010

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Played sometimes in 2001 like at Saint-Malo Route du Rock 2001. Played before Starlight at Oklahoma City, 8th October 2010 and also performed at Vieilles Charrues, 15th July 2010 with the Micro Cuts outro as an intro to Stockholm Syndrome. The riff got its name after Matt tried to spell 'Wolstenholme' in a Danish accent and he spelled it as 'Vuilstenstamen', resulting in the name 'Vuilstamen', after they played the riff for the first time. (As heard on the second clip)

War Within a Breath

Riff or jam
Name	War Within a Breath
Artist	Rage Against the Machine
Writer/composer	Tom Morello
Appearance	2007-2010

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Written by Rage Against the Machine and played by Muse on a couple of gigs.

Who Knows Who

Riff or jam
Name	Who Knows Who
Artist	Muse
Writer/composer	Matt Bellamy
Appearance	2010 - 2013

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A riff from one of their B-Sides titled "Who Knows Who", which they created with The Streets. Its mostly played after Map of the Problematique.

Whole Lotta Love

Riff or jam
Name	Whole Lotta Love
Artist	Led Zeppelin
Writer/composer	Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Willie Dixon
Appearance	2007 - April 12th 2008

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"Whole Lotta Love" is the first track on Led Zeppelin's 1969 album "Led Zeppelin II". The song has often been played as an instrumental before Time Is Running Out in the latter half of 2007.

YYZ

Riff or jam
Name	YYZ
Artist	Rush
Writer/composer	Geddy Lee, Neil Peart
Appearance	8th March 2010, 1st April 2010, 9th April 2013, 10th April 2013

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Used occasionally during the Resistance tour in Canada as an outro riff to Plug In Baby and New Born. As said in an interview with Vancouver radio station The Fox 99.3, Matt said this was one of the first riffs he ever learned to play on the guitar. It was also played in 2013, at the same venue twice, one day before Time is Running Out and the other day after New Born.

See also

• Riffs and jams tablature