Matt Bellamy (Muse) reveals the band that forced them to listen to their producer: “We didn’t know about rock”

When was the first time you heard ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’? I’m sure you remember. Well the leader of Muse, Matt Bellamy, also. This is how he remembered it in an interview with Total Guitar. In it, the guitarist and keyboardist told the anecdote of how the first listen to the legendary album by pink floyd. And it is that, oddly enough, it was the producer John Leckie who made them listen to him, realizing that their musical horizons should expand them.

“He was surprised by our lack of knowledge about rock history and music in general. He was showing us some artists like Captain Beefheart and explaining how he became Tom Waits”, Bellamy started counting.

“Obviously, we had heard of Pink Floyd, but we had never heard them well, or at least how John wanted us to do it. So in 2001 he forced us to turn off the lights in the control room and play ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ a few times. We were probably smoking joint and saying, ‘Wow, what is this music, it’s amazing!’” added.



For Bellamy, learning about music staples such as ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ was an “amazing experience”. What’s more, it was to such an extent that Muse ended up making the decision to record ‘Black Holes and Revelations’ in Miraval (France), the same place where Pink Floyd worked their magic. As for his favorite guitar moment, Bellamy confessed the difficulty of sticking with one in particular.

Choosing the best guitar moment from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ is difficult, but I have to say that ‘Money’ stands out. That riff is great and it has a whole message: they were tapping into that anti-corporate, anti-war sentiment. It was very influential in terms of what music can represent.” explained.

“David Gilmour is an incredibly expressive and emotional musician. In a way, he makes you feel like you’re listening to a human being sing. He plays with a degree of expression that is very, very rare. There’s no technical trickery or bragging with him, unless it’s for an emotional reason.” highlighted.

That’s usually my preferred type of guitar, where emotion and expression are the most important. If that gets you to a place of technical ambition, then so be it. But more often, it’s their note choices and feel that take you away…they’re reminiscent of endless landscapes, things like Antarctica or the desert or wandering the skies of Mars.” I ended up counting.

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Matt Bellamy (Muse) reveals the band that forced them to listen to their producer: “We didn’t know about rock”