Queen guitarist hearts Muse

Queen guitarist Brian May has told BBC news he loves Muse’s latest studio album, The Resistance.

"I think it's great stuff," he told Auntie. "I think they're very good boys and extremely talented, and like us they have their tongue in cheek a lot of the time. They are extraordinary musicians. Real virtuosos - much more than I am. I like the way they let their madness show through, always a good thing in an artist."

May also said that he has met Muse a few times and they have said Queen were a big inspiration on their music.

"They said they liked us and that we've been an influence, which is obviously nice for someone like me to hear," he added.

Tags: Muse, Queen

Posted by Dan at 12:12PM | October 14, 2009

That's nice, Muse is a good band but Queen are wayyy better :D

Posted by Jay | October 14, 2009 7:42 PM | Reply to this

you cannot say that because queen were amazing in they day and i love queen , as like muse are amazing now and i love muse . queen is not better then muse , they are the same , they just two bands with brilliant talent releasing excellent music when they make it .

Posted by colin smith | October 14, 2009 10:52 PM | Reply to this

queen where jus an arrogant over rates 70's shite rock band

Posted by Gavin | October 15, 2009 3:53 AM | Reply to this

queen where jus an arrogant over rates 70's shite rock band

Posted by Gavin | October 15, 2009 3:54 AM | Reply to this

queen where jus an arrogant over rates 70's shite rock band

Posted by Gavin | October 15, 2009 3:54 AM | Reply to this

muse are great i really do like thier songs.i do like queen aswell and i do agree they are the same in many ways
:) keep rocking muse :)

Posted by Misa | October 15, 2009 1:53 PM | Reply to this

FACT: EVERYONE loves a bit of Queen whether they admit it or not ;P

Posted by Joel | October 15, 2009 3:23 PM | Reply to this

"Queen guitarist hearts Muse"

Who writes your titles? 9 year old iCarly fans?

Posted by Captain Fantastic | October 15, 2009 4:24 PM | Reply to this

I love Queen, they're my favourite band. Think about it, half of the music today might not be what it is if it wasn't for Queen.

And if Brian May (LEGEND!!) says that Muse are good, then I'm taking his word for it.

Posted by Becky | June 20, 2010 10:36 AM | Reply to this

Muse suck. End of. Plagiarism all the way. When they say they were inspired by you, that means they nicked your songs. I'm a massive Queen fan, and that is why I've put myself down as John Deacon, but this is just a load of rubbish. Has anyone here ever thought of how 'Uprising' sounds like a mix of Blondie's 'Call me' and the Doctor Who theme tune?

Posted by John Deacon | February 24, 2011 5:00 PM | Reply to this

Posted by John Deacon | February 24, 2011 5:01 PM | Reply to this

f*ck you? first of all, you need to know muse uses old and new elements. before judging, go listen to more songs then just a single hit or so... moreover: learn about the definition of plagiarism? you can only call something plagiarism if the one who would be using stuff from someone else won't say what his ''sources'' are. muse is open to that. besides, musicians influence eachother all the time. think about it, if nobody would influence other's music, why all similar music? why these so specific genres? anyways, muse uses old and new elements, they combine them all and the total work they've done is quite brilliant. cheers.

Posted by some dude | June 29, 2011 11:55 PM | Reply to this