Muse playing Battle of the Bands 1994 - Pt. 1

Part 1 of 4, see the full concert here: • Muse - Battle of the B...
A very young Muse played the Battle of the Bands at the English Riviera Centre in Torquay on Saturday 26th of November 1994.
My friend's band also played also played that night, I am sure this was the only remaining video of the event. Enjoy this rare glimpse of an amazing band before they found their sound.
I have also been informed that this was Muse's 1st real gig but I cannot confirm that.
I've been informed that the songs are as follows: in no particular order: Weakening Walls, Yellow Regret, Small Minded, Pointless Loss and A Turn To Stone
Sorry about the quality but it was quite an old vid
I've split this up into four parts, make sure you check them all out
Miky

[@MikyDunn]

Hi everyone, I've posted the full unedited version here kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6qkkmZjicuNp68

[@Hellwyck]

Matt's not yet mastered the art of breathing in after every line yet.

[@IABITVpresents]

+Hellwyck This once again reminds me of an idea: making a video with Matt's breathe-in before everything counter somewhere up it. BREATH INTENSIFIES

[@Hellwyck]

Imagination Abused by IAMSIX No ideas what the 2nd half of your sentence meant there... it kinda went squiffy.

[@IABITVpresents]

I mean: there are counter videos where it's supposed to count all same things in one video. I thought of making such video but including Matt breathing in before every possible line.

[@Hellwyck]

ahhhh yeah, like a drinking game.

[@saidoterodiseno]

+Hellwyck something like this LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJrTamekjMRjoLc

[@audysetiawan8436]

lol those 2 headbangers are the first muser XD

[@alezzux23]

AUDY, Ltd. Quienes serán? :)

[@JoseGomez-ys3zs]

Matthew Bellamy had nice hair.

[@JoseGomez-ys3zs]

@@alezzux23 I believe this guy is talking about the 2 guys dancing. 😂

[@Hendrixsdgaf]

Me preguntó si seguirán asistiendo a conciertos de muse

[@kevinjohnpaulmanurung8603]

Yoii

[@awesmpossm]

Little did they know that 17 years later they would be performing at the FUCKING OLYMPICS!

[@coolbean08]

awesmpossm that only 10 years later they'd be headlining FUCKING GLASTONBURY?!!!

[@alexhodgkinson6718]

They used to sneak into Reading and Glastonbury and after seeing Rage Against the Machine Dom said "If we ever get on that stage we'll know we've made it"

[@rlyehdate]

+coolbean08 That only x yaers later they'd be performing at the FUCKING *insert a fucking freaking pleace here*!!!

[@bigappleredapple]

Kai Burns 2004 dumbass

[@fichom1240]

Vanilla Paste they were performing on glasto 2000 with 10 song (or so) on the set. but not headlining..

[@IternalMuser]

The first musers in front of them.. I feel like I see my ancestors and I love it

[@MancrangerBlogspot1]

for some reason I imagined Bryn from gavin and stacey reading that

[@curtishardwick1647]

those were their mates from school

[@tomt-c9610]

MancRanger omg 😂😂

[@sheerqueenattack180]

Eternal Muser I'M WHEEZING

[@tutsybassista]

Damn! Even I had more people attending my shows.

[@x1096]

His 'normal talking' voice hasnt changed a bit.

[@Amberchuuu]

ikr

[@hannahg8439]

that's what I thought too

[@mnana8891]

*From this small gig to Wembley Stadium. I think i will never underestimate unknown small band*

[@tutsybassista]

That's why you attend all the bands on the bill. It's support!

[@PaisajesDeMexico167]

I can bet that those two people shaking their heads in public they tell their children about the battle of bands and go to the Olympic stadium to see MUSE :')

[@remsleepchanthorrorfilms1830]

Or there dead of drugs

[@gr8guitarplayer]

+REM SLEEP CHANT OUCH!!

[@LuigiGamesful]

They're (MUSE) probably still friends with them, considering I heard somewhere else that those 2 people are their classmates

[@tutsybassista]

​@@remsleepchanthorrorfilms1830MUSE only did "natural" drugs and alcohol. They're all sober currently.

[@tutsybassista]

They probably go for free, and go backstage for foosball.

[@sodachief]

Lord farquad

[@Ggiulia98]

sodachief you made my day ahahah

[@tomt-c9610]

sodachief omg hahaha

[@erick-pj4yv]

sodachief XD

[@oldenoughtocrackabrickinyo6366]

He looked like Jesus, that makes sense to me

[@TheBlaine85]

Holy fuck he was 16 and already got the voice of Showbiz

[@tucker3601]

Alejandro Vargas well it is easier to sing high when youre younger

[@LuigiGamesful]

It made more sense than being 50 and having the voice of Showbiz

[@tutsybassista]

​@@LuigiGamesfulHe still sings high even at 45!

[@KlangbaumHerz]

Matt1994; long hair Matt 2005: short hair Matt 2015; long hair again but some beard now

[@florrmat8925]

Now it's short again.

[@krashd]

Wow, it's almost like people change hairstyles over time or something.

[@mathewerenberger7275]

I thought it was a chick at first not going to lie I was like when did they have a chick...

[@badgerjoey]

That’s Matt? I thought it was Joseph Gordon-Lovett in 3rd Rock From the Sun

[@doctorJman3]

HOLY CRAP LOOK AT MATT

[@Chaotic_Observer]

@Jordan Tulinsky which pixel is he?

[@puredruid]

Chris Wolstenholme... before the headbanging!

[@LaMusiqueNue]

Haha my band (Generator) also played that very same battle of the bands, remember it well! They also played with us and another band called Foxys Nuclear Haircut at Totnes Pavillions....

[@methoverdose4551]

Darren Mosley wait so u mean that muse and another band played against your band in that competition?? :D

[@LaMusiqueNue]

Yup, Muse won from what i remember. I remember also playing my first gig with a band called Fixed Penalty, who had no less than Chris on drums!

[@methoverdose4551]

I guess your biggest mistake was leaving them

[@SebHaarfagre]

+Darren Mosley I'm reading their biography right now ^^ In this clip they were playing as Rocket Baby Dolls (fairly known in the ol' Muse fanbase), *BUT* this name was changed for the Battle of the Bands - as well as because they had developed their music to something not remniscent of their then current name - Gothic Plague. Apparently the gig turned into a mini-riot after Dom smashing the drums at the end of the show, and Muse were declared the out-and-out winners for "taking the piss".

[@SebHaarfagre]

+Darren Mosley Love the band names circulating at the time by the way.

[@BioCofMN]

yeah we thank them for 2 things: - being the first 2 fans - making us laugh our asses of at them through the whole gig

[@tutsybassista]

I dropped my phone, fell off the bed, and my cat thought I was dying!

[@terrybo8]

this is NOT a fake, NOT a tribute band, THIS IS MUSE rofl and omg the fact this even exists is hysterically AWESOME \m/

[@Shyissonotboring]

terrybo8 it is Muse. This is how they got noticed!

[@terrybo8]

Shyissonotboring They got noticed fo sho but it took a heck of alot more than just this contest. They played live anywhere and everywhere for a long ass time building up a devoted fan base. Ya gotta luv their two buddies doing "THE GRUNGE" dance rofl so awesome...and Matt's hair hahaha wtf AHdorable!

[@Triplefunk85]

terrybo8 the beginning of the video, the announcer said "Muse"

[@terrybo8]

James Funk I sit corrected! lol Thanks Darlin

[@benwilson1554]

Don't you mean....HYSTERIA-CALLY awesome?! Haha...no? Ok....

[@rdoty]

Its amazing how they went from a garage band to being on of the most talented bands in the world. Matt is a genius!

[@dearbhlamelia6481]

Matt's HAIR

[@vipermark77]

Little did they know that in 2015 they would have 7 successful albums.

[@NikiWonoto26]

the making of a *genius* band...

[@CardcaptorSakuraOST]

One my favorite band

[@gonzalo5207]

and thus, the legend was born

[@Watonlyz]

this video is amazing 1) matt's hair 2) witness the first 2 muse fans and their epic 94' head bang moves

[@HAGANENO132]

The drums sound like if he was playing Guitar Hero xD

[@buqoqa]

God bless the soul who decided to record this.

[@PatoGuzmanAd]

THAT MOSH

[@Raresnce]

Lol. I thought the same thing

[@That1AwkwardDude]

Matt jumping up & down, all around, LOL, so adorable, & his hair, wow, it is so long, they were so young, well younger, they are still young, I love Muse SO much :D :D :D :D :D

[@tutsybassista]

It was so sad for me though when I learned I was 2 years OLDER! 😳

[@That1AwkwardDude]

@@tutsybassista Oh lord, I used to type so cringey! Lmfaooo To be fair, I was 16. 🤣💀

[@tutsybassista]

@@That1AwkwardDude That means I'm older than you too! 😭

[@stromer24]

where are the lasers?

[@damonomstead4765]

Those two dudes in the front are experiencing the best gig of their lives.

[@Yahilovemuse]

Love this! "We're gonna play 5 songs that we wrote ourselves" he sounds so shy but it's adorable:3

[@tutsybassista]

He's always adorable and humble.

[@hokagetunes9550]

Our home town hero and battle of the bands winner

[@LetsSewIt]

2:38 25 years passed and he's still the Jumpy Matt we've known and love

[@galahadskeys]

Great to see a band as big as Muse went through all the crappy little gigs/battle of the bands etc. Good for young bands starting out to see that all the hard work can pay off.

[@UnoNumberOne]

Thank you so much for posting these, you have NO idea how much we've wanted to see this. Simply awesome!

[@i0n3_x4]

Aw look at them they're so little

[@marshmellowmash]

guys they were 15/16 so pretty good! like don't criticize too hard

[@RefiningStructures]

Muse put a video on instagram today where Matt talks about this concert. It was indeed their first real gig!

[@samp-k2273]

Matt sounds nearly exactly the same as he does now 😲

[@samp-k2273]

Not his singing though

[@ryeofoatmeal]

it's still crazy to think that they are HUGE now. we must started somewhere.. and the fact that the band is established since '94 the year I was born. it feelsike we grew up together. and that makes muse very special to me

[@superpsychoass4151]

but who though they wil be one of the best band in the world right now.

[@mariaayanyan]

those 2 headbangers)

[@itstimeofgameplay]

+Maria Ayanyan/Muse Fan LMAO

[@tutsybassista]

​@@mariaayanyan🤣

[@BritishRulez]

this is unbelivable. thank u sooo much for posting this!

[@lourdesyoucrazykid]

I cry everytime. Who knew this small band would be so awesome and end up playing MASSIVE concerts. YAY BEST LIVE BAND EVER

[@jcravens073]

Wow, I am so glad they found their own sound! No one would have guessed what an amazing voice Matt had from this song!

[@charliegfrenz]

This is so great to see. Thank you for posting this.

[@user-nh5if5iq6q]

Thank you very much for this video gift! Great group turned out. Very interesting to watch Muse evolved and where to start :) England gives birth to great musicians. I grieve with you about leaving David Bowie

[@pptr4712]

It seems they are still green there, but something Big was growing inside. Only three years later the record companies fought over them as soon as they heard the Showbiz demo. Awesome document.

[@davidb6691]

This is influenced some much by nirvana! I can hear it.

[@maxwelledison1126]

+Christopher Sitten Noticed this as well, seems like Matt was really going for that Cobain feeling. You can hear the same thing on Showbiz (esp. songs like Cave), but this video really shows it a lot more.

[@Chris-cf2kp]

I think he was listening to Jeff Buckley at the time too, look at his guitar. The choruses have Jeff Buckley esque finger picking between the heavy Nirvana-like parts. He's like a proverbial style sponge, he absorbs everything and transmutes it into his own ha.

[@hannahg8439]

yes obviously

[@soccerfred01]

thanks ssoooooo much for posting this, it's absolutely amazing!!!

[@leticiaaparecida7587]

I've been absolutely obsessed with Muse since early 2018, and it's so cool to see this - I didn't even *exist* in 1994 HAHAHAHA

[@halberd123]

Muse in 94 = 2 fans Muse in 10 = 3,959,243 fans you still can't beat them, they are the greatest band on earth

[@CaptainRuski]

If I'd been there to see this in 1994 I would've doubted that this band would get anywhere It's amazing that they're one of the highest selling bands there is at the moment and the amount matts voice has improved is amazing too

[@Mak08Mak]

Thanks for posting!

[@alejandrohernandezmorales6093]

Gracias por existir muse 😍😍😍

[@Bluuu3]

He sounds SOO young here, this is amazing

[@SaMaEl1920]

Those headbangers.

[@jtj39]

matt has always sounded awesome!!! even when the quality is bad he still sounds awesome :P Thank u soo much 4 uploading this!!!!!!

[@seanbharper]

I wasn't even born when this was filmed...still my favourite band of all my 13 years of existence!

[@maddimagpie]

My last two brain cells: the head bangers

[@catag811]

Matt's hair. Oh my.

[@yih]

Thanks for sharing!!!! Love it!

[@Guitarmuse1]

And this kids...is how the legend began

[@ryeofoatmeal]

came here after watching dom interview saying that small minded was their first song written and it's like for gcse 😂 from this video itself you can tell how heavy grungy sounds were influenced. dom said the same and it makes sense how they came out with showbiz. it's what they write in early days. now they have evolved in many ways and it just upsetting how og fans said muse has changed. when in fact they've improved a lot musically. if you're in that industry, how can you not experiment with such amazing technologies?? and it's matt bellamy we're talking about. he's a music prodigy

[@jfescobarbjf]

Rocket baby dolls!

[@ValentinaRovedaV]

I'm so happy to see what they were and what they are now

[@WildMorgan]

This should inspire any band to give it a real shot if Muse can go from this to what they are now Thanks for uploading!

[@red77house]

You can see some of the personal guitar tricks and even his style of playing. Its amazing. I love Muse and I feel like Matt Bellamy is my Jimy Hendrix.

[@haresbooks]

I'm so proud of them

[@tofuschnizzel5390]

That's glorious. They even filmed it from more than one perspective :D Great!

[@MrHenrick1]

This is brilliant!!

[@user-nx9eq2wq7t]

People used to write FUCK MUSE all over the walls at the Exeter music practice room because they got preferential treatment and more practice time because they were already better than all the other locals bands aged 18 or 19.

[@mrsimlit]

Saw muse quite a few times in that time period in and around Exeter. The Dodgy big top at Marsh Barton in front of 50 people was good. Who'd have known what the future would be hey.

[@ikerina]

Three kids with identical hairstyles. I hope they will do well in the future. I think they have big potential.

[@phariaz]

Dude... this is more than ten years ago, they were almost kids. I think production does a lot for them now, but there's talent on the basis of it. And I think, effort and perseverance is what we see now. The talent is domething you develop, not something you're just born with. They had it in this video, they took it further and made it one of the best bands in the world.

[@jurn3411]

Nice quality man

[@MoogieSRO]

That's VHS for you.

[@Alkadondon]

Are you sure it was in 1994 ? I thought they still were called Rocket Baby Dolls at this time...

[@jc7035]

yeah,i think its another gig cause they were defo called rocket baby dolls at the first battle of the bands..

[@sammanuel1188]

They changed the name for this competition. They were known as Rocket Baby Dolls.

[@alexhodgkinson6718]

Alka-Young The description says this is a Battle of the Bands in Torquay, November 1994. They were Muse at this point. The first Battle was early in the year, in their home town of Teignmouth, and they changed their name a week after this

[@user-nx9eq2wq7t]

The announcer literally says Muse

[@AAmeh2e4p]

[@MissHysteriaPlease]

omg how lucky your friend's band played there too so we have the vid now!!!!!! geiiiilll

[@rlyehdate]

Mat looks so ridiculous with that hair xd

[@BlanchestarlightUwU]

I couldn't even recognise him. I though he was a girl! 🤣

[@fiaa.6539]

matt's hair is so tidy... look at how it moves

[@SinDemon]

What a beautiful video...

[@FatherFakkers]

This is the best thing with youtube! - The main reason it was made. To find all those things that was impossible to find when I was a kid.

[@hthomson72]

Matt looks like Brian Molko! Which is never a bad thing. Bless their friends for pretending they were in the Smells Like Teen Spirit video!

[@TheNamGrunt]

Instrumentally I hear early works of Dead Star, especially with the hammering harmonic in the chorus

[@ispartan404]

2024 Y esta joya sigue sonando en mi mente

[@sammojk]

Imagine being there and a stranger came up to you and told you they were going to be I've of the greatest band of all time, doing the biggest, most insane stadium shows off all time. Would you believe them?

[@canorjohn]

They're so grunge.. Love it !

[@cecialcantara3612]

Este video es hermoso..los bellos inicios de mi banda favorita....viva MUSE

[@juanaguilar7458]

If I could use a time machine once, I'd like to bring present Muse to this Muse just to see their reaction.

[@tutsybassista]

I bet they will say, "Hi, we're MUSE, and you're watching rage!" 🤣

[@TheSticksAndBricks]

this here, is what gives my band hope :D

[@francisfrain6385]

This is really wird. Matt looking like a seventies hippy lol

[@srepahzatulzzz9610]

Woah. I hope they became big soon. Good job

[@MikyDunn]

Hanna Anne I don't think they did much after this gig, I think Matt's a plumber now 😂

[@BlanchestarlightUwU]

From this to what they've become now... 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@doug2419]

Just shows what hard work can produce

[@karique01]

veo que esta banda tiene mucho potencial...

[@kated.cobain4217]

owsss Cuando Muse era un hermoso moco :3 y ahora los hijos prodigios de Inglaterra :D

[@IdekDontAskMe3]

Ahwwwww :') I love Muse so much. Look how far they've come :3

[@SebHaarfagre]

Muse live at Reading University (1999) is the first recorded *tour gig* of them, might be worth checking out that as well ;) Afaik there's a clip here on KZbin, in this case playing Sunburn.

[@97dudwls]

love their hair

[@sarahmohmmad3777]

Matt looks like a mix between brian molko and jonny greenwood :o

[@fridulinen]

oh, thank you! this remind me that even such a awesome band as muse, have once been really bad and just noicy.. THANX!