http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/Muse

Left to right: Chris Wolstenholme, Matthew Bellamy, and Dominic Howard.

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Through the veins of history

I'll show you a god

Who falls asleep on the job

And how can we win

When fools can be kings?

Don't waste your time

Or time will waste you" Muse, " , " Knights of Cydonia "Come ride with meThrough the veins of historyI'll show you a godWho falls asleep on the jobAnd how can we winWhen fools can be kings?Don't waste your timeOr time will waste you"

Muse is an English alternative/progressive rock band formed in 1994 by vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Christopher Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard. They are well-regarded for their genre-busting hybrid of musical styles, which is characterised by the incorporation of strong elements of classical music, art rock, electronic music, metal, jazz and flamenco, with a defiantly-experimental bent. This is all tied off with a penchant for the darkly theatrical, which reveals itself especially in their rather hyperoperatic live performances.

They have released eight studio albums thus far, with Simulation Theory the most recent on November 9, 2018. With regard to singles, the band has been successful in both their home country  where they've had 17 Top 40 singles  and American alternative radio, where they have ten Top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot Alternative Tracks (formerly Hot Modern Rock Tracks) chart. They also managed a #37 hit on the Hot 100 pop chart with "Uprising", something they achieved without the help of pop radio. They have been nominated for the Grammy Awards four times, and have won twice - the first being for The Resistance in 2011 and the second for Drones in 2016.

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Their music video for "Knights of Cydonia" has its own page, which should tell you something.

Fun fact: the band was originally called the Rocket Baby Dolls after a Hentai. Puts a whole new context to "Plug In Baby", doesn't it?

"Survival," a song from The 2nd Law, was adopted as the theme tune for the 2012 Olympics, and "Isolated System" was adopted as the theme for World War Z.

Discography:

Showbiz (1999)

Origin of Symmetry (2001, though not released in the United States until 2005, see the trivia page)

Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002, a combination live album and B-sides collection)

Absolution (2003)

Black Holes and Revelations (2006)

HAARP (2008, second live album)

The Resistance (2009)

The 2nd Law (2012)

Live from Rome Olympic Stadium (2013, third live album)

Drones (2015)

Simulation Theory (2018)

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When Matt breathes in the song "Dead Star", it isn't so much breathing as a disgusting, horrifyingly raspy hiss. Really uncomfortable, very creepy.

More creepy, slurp-y breathing in "New Born."

Even more creepy, slurp-y breathing in "Time Is Running Out," where the lyrics "asphyxiated" and "I know I'm trapped" really create a tense atmosphere that is completely at odds with most other hit singles of the time.