After that, we started taking ourselves seriously". "It was supposed to be a protest, a statement", Bellamy said, "so, when we actually won, it was a real shock. In 1994, under the name Rocket Baby Dolls and with a goth/glam image, the group won a local battle of the bands contest, smashing their equipment in the process. They asked Chris Wolstenholme, who played drums at the time, to learn to play bass guitar for the band. The formation of Muse began when Bellamy successfully auditioned for the part of guitarist in Dominic Howard's band. The members of Muse played in separate bands during their stay at Teignmouth Community College and Coombeshead College in the early 1990s. Muse have won many other music awards throughout their career, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, five Q Awards, four NME Awards, two BRIT awards and four Kerrang! Awards. Their most recent, Black Holes & Revelations garnered the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006. Muse are known best for their energetic and visually dazzling live performances and on June 16 became the first band to sell out the newly built Wembley Stadium in London. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar, piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar, vocals, keyboards) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion). Muse are an English rock band that was formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England in 1994.
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