Muscle Museum (EP)

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Muse EP
Name	Muscle Museum EP
Tracks	6
Total length	20:48
Album	-
Year	1999
Recorded	1998
Writer/composer	Matthew Bellamy
Producer	Paul Reeve
Art work	Steve Conner, Phil Andrews
Publisher	Dangerous
Format(s)	CD, CD-R (promo only), cassette (demo only)
Catalogue number	DREX CDEP 104
Release	January 11th
Chart Position	-

EP Chronology
Muse EP	<	Muscle Museum EP	>	Random 1-8 EP

Information

The first glimpse of Muse's new direction, with the introduction of Muscle Museum. "Instant Messenger" would later be renamed to Pink Ego Box. Some CD-Rs were made at the Sawmill recording studio before the release of the EP. Promo CD-Rs with a coloured sleeve were also made by Motor in Germany, although the EP itself was never released there.

The EP was a limited & hand numbered edition (999). Unnumbered editions were issued to radio stations and journalists. Numbered CDs were sold at local stores and at concerts.^[1]

Matthew Bellamy handed the receptionist at BBC Radio 1's studio a copy of the EP, telling him or her to give it to DJ Steve Lamacq.^[1] It came a surprise to both Bellamy and Christopher Wolstenholme to hear it played by Lamacq a few months later.^[1] After its airing on Lamacq's show, Muse ended up in indie charts after the CDs sold out in shops.^[1]