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“A radical approach to fuzz – whether you’re a Muse fan or not”: Manson Guitar Works Supermassive Black Fuzz review

Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers ahighdegree of variation in your fuzz tone

Guitar World

“Within an hour, he got back to me going, ‘This is amazing. I’d love to come and play it.’ A week later he was in my house”: How Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien got hooked on one of the world’s most unconventional guitars

The Circle Guitar is an electro-mechanical guitar that’s been praised by the likes of the Radiohead guitarist, Phish’s Mike Gordon, and Muse’s Matt Bellamy

Guitar World

“One night, I decided to be the DJ in Rage Against the Machine - but I was going to do it all on the guitar”: How Tom Morello used his guitar to drill into the off-limits domain of the turntablist

The Rage Against the Machine axe-man’s most memorable moment saw him emulate a DJ scratch breakdown using a trick that few have fully mastered

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“Matt and MGW have collaborated for several years to fine-tune the pedal… And the results will astonish you”: Manson Guitar Works' debut fuzz pedal is here, but will Matt Bellamy’s high-end boutique stompbox be worth the wait?

Co-designed by the Muse frontman, designed to go into your amp or direct to desk, and built in partnership with Thorpy FX, the Supermassive Black Fuzz is a lot of pedal – and it ain't cheap

Guitar World

“I cannot thank you enough for your incredible Parker Fly design. Your genius changed my life”: Adrian Belew leads tributes to Ken Parker, pioneering guitar maker who has died aged 73

Parker's builds were played by everyone from Belew and Joni Mitchell to Eddie Van Halen and Matt Bellamy

Guitar World

7 Musicians You Didn’t Know Made Millions From Tech—Not Tunes

You might think your favorite musician makes their fortune mostly from music: albums, tours, merch. But some stars have quietly built seriously profitable tech portfolios—sometimes that tech income even rivals or outpaces their musical earnings. Knowing who they are can give you ideas about investing, diversifying, or just seeing how…

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"A modern rock machine providing up-to-date tones and plenty of fun features at a reasonable price": Manson Meta MBM-2H Sustainiac review

Produced by Cort, Manson refines the Meta MBM-1 with the updated Meta MBM-2H, perfect for Muse fans or those out for a modern sound

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Watch Muse jam a Gojira riff during recent headline performance at Hellfest in France

Matt Bellamy’s hard rock powerhouse played a short snippet of Stranded at one of Europe’s biggest metal festivals last weekend

Metal Hammer

“It’s time”: Matt Bellamy channels his inner Meshuggah with a wild new 8-string Manson model – which has already been put to work on a monstrous new Muse song

New single Unravelling – which will drop imminently – finds the band travelling into a darker, djent-ier world

Guitar World

“They’ve always ignored the rule book in favour of new, often over-the-top ideas”: These are Muse’s proggiest moments

From 10-minute apocalypse operas to three-part symphonies and getting their Pink Floyd on, here are 16 examples of the trio letting their progressive influences lead the way

Louder

“It was the first kind of rock monster that we'd created”: How an explosive 2001 switch-up revealed just how ferocious Muse could get

The juggernaut of a riff proved Muse’s mettle, setting the stall for a stadium-filling future

MusicRadar

“It had to capture that vintage clarity – the clean, expressive tone that lives in Ry Cooder’s slide work”: Manson unveils a Matt Bellamy Verona signature after an exhaustive pickup design process

The build offers the “exact and detailed specification” of the guitar that the Muse frontman has been playing on tour in recent years

Guitar World

Kate Hudson reveals why sex is better than ever in her 40s

‘Sex isn’t supposed to be pretty,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Kate Hudson quit dating after Matt Bellamy split

Kate Hudson quit dating on the advice of her therapist following the end of her engagement to Muse star Matt Bellamy.

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“A high-spec instrument at a competitive price”: Manson’s updated M-Series models have been treated to Sustainiac pickups, fresh finishes… and onboard Fuzz Factory upgrades

The British guitar builder, which is headed up by Muse’s Matt Bellamy, has expanded its best-selling T-style model with a host of killer updates

Louder

“Go down in a ball of flames, you deserve it!”: safe to say that Thom Yorke is not a huge Muse fan

The Radiohead man was being pretty chill when talking about acts who have been influenced by his band… and then he remembered the M word

MusicRadar

“A high-spec instrumentat a competitive price”: Sustainiac pickups, onboard Z.Vex Fuzz Factory circuits, a Night Sky Holosparkle finish? Manson lavishes Matt Bellamy-approved specs on updated M-Series electrics

The new M-Series models are as 21st-century as a T-style gets

Louder

"I just can’t dig those vocals, especially so soon after eating": Muse polarise opinion on third album Absolution, even if everyone seems to like the guitars

Dismissed initially asRadioheadcopyists, Muse were blasted into the stadium-slaying stratosphere by Absolution

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“I tried it fingerstyle, and that didn't work. As a joke, somebody said, ‘Why don't you try slap bass?’ Everyone was laughing. Then we went back and listened to it…” Chris Wolstenholme switched up his tone and technique on Muse’s The Resistance

Monstrous tones (and a massive signal chain) are just part of Chris Wolstenholme’s bass evolution with Muse

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Kate Hudson predicts her daughter will become a 'party girl' in her teenage years

Kate Hudson has predicted her daughter will turn into a "party girl" in her teenage years.

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“You’ve got to have control over the creative side. If all you’re interested in is the music then you’re gonna get shafted”: 25 years on from the release of their debut, revisiting a 1999 interview with Muse

The rock titans’ 1999 debut Showbiz turns 25 next week and an early interview shows that Matt Bellamy & co. already had their sights set on the big time

The Independent UK

Q&A: Zedd waited nine years to release a new album. He says the kaleidoscopic 'Telos' is 'timeless'

It has been almost a decade since Zedd, the Grammy-winning producer and DJ, released his sophomore album, “True Colors.”

Louder

“Listen to Romeo And Juliet by Prokofiev. It’s one of the heaviest pieces of music you’ll ever hear”: The magic and mystery – but not genius – of Muse’s first decade

With each of their first four albums Matt Bellamy and co injected more prog to their music, finding inspiration via classical composers, magic mushrooms and a Ouija board

Guitar World

“The light weight, raw resonance and superb playability more than tick the working guitar box”: Manson Guitar Works Verona Junior review

The latest release from Matt Bellamy’s guitar brand is a single-pickup workhorse that comes in two body shapes with uncompromised playability and sound at an aggressive price. Prepare to be impressed

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"He was one of those people that I knew I would listen to”: Muse's Matt Bellamy on the time they worked with Mutt Lange

The Back In Black producer was behind the mixing desk for the trio's 2015 record Drones

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