Muscle Museum

Muse’s debut single for Mushroom Records arrives with the theatrical bombast and angular guitar work that would define their early alternative rock sound. “Muscle Museum” channels post-Britpop ambition through distorted riffs and falsetto vocals, establishing the Devon trio as something beyond the wave of guitar bands flooding UK radio in 1999. The track’s baroque arrangements and prog-rock undertones hint at their later stadium ambitions while maintaining the raw energy of their live shows.