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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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