Just how much DO I love Muse? An introspective.
It’s fair to say I’m rather fond of Muse indeed. But in order to comprehend just how much, other bands must be brought forward for comparison.
The first such band is Billy Talent. I love Billy Talent. Take note Pete Wentz - this is REAL punk rock. The guitars will chop off your head and the vocals will scream down your neck hole. Songs like Devil in a Midnight Mass make me wish I could sing in a key other than D. But I can’t, so I’ll listen to it on repeat whilst miming the “SIIIILIENT NIGHT” bits instead. In fact, I’d go as far as to say Billy Talent are the best chorus-writers in the buisness. No joke. But what is most seriously awesome about this band is the guitarist. He’s MENTAL. His guitar playing is mental; his vocal style is mental ; even his goddamn hair is mental. On one song he plays a sort of stabby lead riff over some gentle rhythm strumming. It was a fair enough assumption that it was two separatly recorded parts, put I saw a live video where he plays RHYTHM AND LEAD AT THE SAME TIME!!1!FOUR!!!!CO$INE!! Holy shit!!
The next compari-band (I made it up) is Wolfmother. Wolfmother get instant extra awesomeness points for having such awesome afros. If I could grow such hair, I’d wear a bag over it and only take it off when people paid me, just for a glimpse of my awe-inducing curls. Secondly, I believe the world owes Wolfmother for bringing back what was (in its day) one of the most innovative music genres ever. Without Hard Rock, all your identical metal bands wouldn’t exist, and so Wolfmother should be praised for taking back what is considered “hard” from these shitty bands. I burped earlier and it sounded just like a death metal “growl” (read: Pig/Daffy Duck squeal). You need no talent to be in any of these bands, but bands like Wolfmother combine actually decent songwriting ability with rock that will knee you and everyone you love in the spleen.
Finally, an honourable mention goes to the Foo Fighters. Admittedly their ouput can vary a bit, sometimes being somewhat mediocre, but when they get it right there are few things in life that kick more ass. I’m tired, so here’s my argument in three words - All My Life.
So there you have it. But how do these bands compare to the mighty Muse? Well, to answer that question in the most poorly-edited way possible, I’ve made this graph:
