Biography of Matthew Bellamy

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June 9, 1978 Matthew James Bellamy was born on 9 June 1978 in Cambridge, from Northern Irish and Scottish parents (Belfast). Matthew has a brother and a half-sister; his father, George, in the 1960s and 1970s he was part of The Tornados, instrumental group where he played rhythm guitar, and whose single "Telstar", released in 1962, was the first British track to arrive at the top of the charts in the United States. He moved with his family in Devon, in Teignmouth, still a child, Matthew at the age of ten years, motivated by his father, he began studying piano; a few years later, his parents split up, and he was sent by his grandparents. After being approached on guitar, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard met at school, with whom he founded a group, first called Gothic Plague and later renamed Rocket Baby Dolls. In 1994 he took part in a competition for local groups, where has rock songs distinguished by pop pieces from other participants; Matthew, you sure can't win because of their alternative music, try to surprise the audience by appearing heavily rigged on stage, and showing an aggressive and violent, which led him to destroy the stage after the performance. The Rocket Baby Dolls, surprisingly, won the first prize. Thus, the Group changed its name to Muse: a band destined to attract an immense success. In 1995 Dennis Smith, dj and producer, sees a concert in Cornwall was positively impressed by the talent of Bellamy in spite of his young age, grants to the band's own recording studio. So, when he turns eighteen, Matthew leaves his house and moved to Exeter, where he alternates his activities as a musician than a decorator; Finally, the Muse in 1997 will get a contract with record label Dangerous Records, which are impacting the first self-titled Ep. Later, Smith offers the group a contract for Taste Media. Bellamy began to become known for their musical abilities, using for the guitars the Korg Kaoss Pad or other special effects such as Whammy (which allows you to digitally alter the pitch of the note by one or two octaves) or the Fuzz Factory, a pedal at the company z. Vex. The magazine "Total Guitar" includes the riff of the song "Plug In Baby" among the 25 most beautiful ever. Bellamy in his destructive and aggressive attitude keeps performance; his voice, very special, is characterized by a powerful falsetto hardly reachable by a man (during a medical consultation, some doctors have confirmed that he had never seen, in a male larynx, vocal cords so feminine). However, his way of singing is not quite set, and this sometimes causes problems with narrowing of the larynx. Bellamy is part of the characters in the video game "Guitar Hero 5" can be unlocked, with the song "Plug In Baby"; "Total Guitar", in 2009, he was named guitarist of the Decade; in 2012, instead, he won the "Hero of the year" awarded to the Nme Awards, and according to a survey conducted by Xfm London was voted the fifth greatest frontman ever. Boyfriend for ten years with Gaia Polloni, a psychologist in 2011 Bellamy became the father of Bingham Hawn, had from his current love interest, actress Kate Hudson. Always fascinated by Georgism, he showed in several songs (for example "Uprising" or "Assassin") a revolutionary vision: the magazine "Q" has confessed to being a libertarian but at the same time wanting a British Constitution that contains the power of the Government. Convinced of the influence of the lobbyists on the political system, he admitted to being hit from "confessions of an economic hit man" by John Perkins. Conspiracy theories, conditioned by Matthew Bellamy is usually bring in the texts of the songs his thoughts about the future of humanity and the world, which then in interviews are often playfully pumped for advertising purposes. On more than one occasion, the particular way of moving around on stage by Bellamy caused unexpected: in 2004, for example, during the song "Citizen Erased" at the Atlanta Cotton Club was injured in the face, breaking an incisive, with the Seven String Manson, his seven-string guitar, while subsequently split the eyebrow of Dominic Howard, drummer, tossing his guitar.
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