Microcuts Team meet Matthew Bellamy

Here are a couple of little informations that I wrote down after a conversation with Matt at the aftershow in Montpellier (France), on October the 17th.These are only few brief notes on various subjects, but still it's interesting to know :

. Matthew highly recommends Millionnaire's last record.
. Matt is interested in new 'technological tones': He likes Björk very much, or still 'Amnesiac', Radiohead's last album. But he does'nt like 'Kid A ' at all.
. He's never met Radiohead, except Colin, the bass player who's very cool.
. He's bored of always being compared to Radiohead, especially since he doesn't consider that Muse and Rh play the same kind of music.But he takes it as a compliment.
. Matthew likes the Smashing Pumpkins very much. He's seen them live. His favorite record from the S.P. is 'Siamese Dream'.
. He loves Rage Against the Machine. He's seen them 10 times in concert!
. He likes the rock band K's Choice (especially their hit song 'not an addict' which he mutters marvellously :) ...He doesn't like the cranberries...
. Being famous doesn't prevent him from walking down the streets alone.Celebrity doesn't bother him much yet....
. Matt learnt to play the guitar by himself, and he thinks that's the best way to learn.Only later, a friend of his who was playing the guitar taught him some chords.It's the same for the piano, but Matt would like to improve...
. The song he enjoys playing the most is 'space dementia' because of the piano intro, but he's a bit bored of playing 'cave'.
. Matt doesn't mind spending monthes touring.He doesn't miss his home.He calls himself a gypsy:-) He loves being on the road.
. "Plug in Baby" criticizes today's new technologies (like the internet) which are supposed to encourage people to communicate but which actually seperates them .
. 'Bliss' 'video, juste like 'New Born' s lyrics, express the idea of leaving everything behind, forgetting your past, to start everything over again.Like a quest of purity or renewal...
. Matt likes going to the movies.But he still hasn't seen 'almost famous' (that I recommend to everyone!:-) ) though he's heard of it and will definitely watch it as soon as he can.
. Matt writes his songs at night.He's used to writing in the bus, after the concerts when they're on tour.
. He finds the song titles after having written the whole song (contrary to other songwriters, like Billy Corgan for example, who sometimes start with a title..)
. Matt likes classical music, but he doesn't plan to integrate violins to his songs (though many rock bands do).