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Tell
us about the new single dead star, was it inspired by space?
No, yes, kind of. Let me think, I sort of got into that kind of thing,
looking into space and all that - bit embarrassing, really. I'm a bit
of a Star Trek fan in secret, but don't tell anyone (laughs). The song
is about, let me think, it kind of how everyone reacted to the 11 september
thing. We were in Boston at the time, we got stuck there, and that's
when we recorded those songs. So, in some ways, the lyrics are a little
bit about the hysteria around that time and how people were really quick
to point fingers at everyone else when they should have pointed fingers
at themselves.
Muse
videos are generally pretty impressive affairs. What about the fabulous
visual treats do you have in store for us now?
Oh, these ones are really cheap. I just thought: "fuck it",
I can't be arsed . We also wanted to see if we could do it to ourselves,
and we did. They cost about 50$, and all of that went on beer (laughs).
These singles aren't the album tracks, or anything, we just wrote them
when we were on tour last October. On that tour we made the dvd, and
some songs were written for that. I don't think they'll all be on a
future album. So the videos are only live preformences really, apart
from the videos of Dead Star, which we did in Winston, Churchill's house
in Brighton.
What
were you doing up there?
Writing, recording, drinking beer, we hired it out for 6 months. It
was great though, because that's where he kept all his dogs. When Churchill
wasn't leading the country in to that ware, he was racing his dogs in
Brighton. We went into that cellar and found all these old prizes and
certificates he has won for various dog competitions.
Counting
Crows has said they are fans of Muse . How do you cope with praise from
big bands?
It's always surprising when people get in to your band, especially when
they are older than you. There's a band in America who really loves
us called "System Of A Down" [nu metal band], and they are
trying to get us on a big stadium tour of the USA. That's always a really
nice surprise. When we first started out, Red Hot Chilli Peppers liked
us, and we got to do a tour with them. It's always surprising when a
band look up to you like you - it's sort of scary.
So,
what's next for Muse?
We're making plans to maybe go to America - it depends if we can get
on that tour. It also depends on if we can afford at the time, because
we are quiet keen to do a third album at the end of this year. Let me
think, I don't know anything could happen.
Third
albums are notoriously difficult. Do you suffer from writer's block.
I always do for a period of time, but I'm not at the moment. No, at
the moment I'm writing a lot of stuff. I think the best moment for writing
is when you're away from the studio, away from the whole touring. Only
when it's dawn on you how much you've changed. It's during those moments
of realisation that I find writing songs the easiest.
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