Talk:Matt Bellamy

message: According to a video I was watching they were Also Called "The Black Plague" am I wrong? Im not sure But the Guy in the video(he was a talk show person) Had said they used to be called "The black plague" -i think its "Gothic Plague"- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.199.82.173 (talk) 21:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Band Names in the Past

message: can anyone tell me his favourite football team please?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.121.230.207 (talk) 20:40, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Football team

message: Why does this article cite that Bellamy has 9000 Manson guitars? Manson is a custom luthier, I very much doubt he has made 9000 guitars in his career. Is there any way that this claim can be substantiated or a more accurate figure obtained? I was under the impression that he had maybe 15 Manson guitars at the most.
That is an outrageous statement that even someone would suggest that prety much Insults matthew, matt probably has about 15 at the most, Give me a break people. 
dont know how to make a new statement thing, so i'll reply here. i believe matt has had maybe 8 or 9 manson guitars, some of which are out of use/smashed. I'm pretty sure he only has one of each manson guitar he's used as i'm pretty sure Hugh won't replicate past models. Also, It states on Matt's wiki that one of his silver guitars was his first custom manson. It wasn't, it was actually his seven string.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.87.7.190 (talk) 10:34, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Guitars

message: Does anyone have anymore information regarding Matthew and his political positions?  xcuref1endx 03:07, Nov 25 2006  (UTC)
Well, this is totally uncited, but I would say, based on the lyrics to "Take A Bow," "Exo-politics," and "Knights of Cydonia," that he is at the very least against Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. 65.248.164.214 (talk) 19:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC
2012~Please answer ME this, has it ever been nown for the group to,should I say,sing so WONDERFUL in Manchester N.H. because I'm in a wheel chair & would be able to get there if they were to play THEIR VERY OWN STYLE OF MUSIC THAT I LOVE!(Unless they would play at my beach house on Emerald Lake in Hillsboro, N.H.) 2012; I JUST SAW MUCE~THEY DON'T NEED A BACK UP VOCAL W/ Matthew! I'll check back. Thx.
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Luisa Valencia (talk) 01:03, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political Position

message: The following seems slightly strange. "Demigod" seems a bit subjective and what source would that be from? Also, "single-handedly took down the Soviet Union"? I think there needs to be some shred of evidence to keep that here. 213.168.233.251 19:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian Claims Intriguing? 

message: Does Matthew Bellamy have a signatuyre keyboard? Sabrebattletank 03:34, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: According to an interview, Dalek is just a nickname. http://musegear.fobbedoff.net/ has pictures and a model name of a couple of his keyboards, but to be honest I think keyboards are far more dispensible to him. There's nothing specialist you can say about them really; he doesn't seem to have any particular manufacturer ties or anything. BigBlueFish 19:32, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signature Keyboard? 

message: is matthew bellamy any relation to tom bellamy from the cooper temple clause?
Not that i know of, though he is son of George Bellamy from the Tornados. Bellamy is a fairly popular last name, especially in britain, so i would tend to think that there is no relation.
Matt Bellamy is English? I thought he was from Glasgow...could someone cite this either way?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dubhuir (talk • contribs) 20:29, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  hmm 

message: We need a free photo to stick on the page. The old one was removed because of fair use stuff. — mæstrosync talk&contribs, 15:24, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Loads of Muse fans have taken their own pictures. Er, but not me. I'm sure they'll donate a good one. Same with the Chris Wolstenholme picture. Makron1n 21:15, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: It needs to be resized. It leaps all over the beginning of the article. Litis 15:53, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Crop it a bit, maybe... 81.229.240.155 14:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I scaled it down to 300px. — mæstrosync talk&contribs, 09:40, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Looks way better now. Litis 12:49, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The new picture... 

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright.  If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally.  Thanks. ---J.S (t|c) 17:55, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube 

message: is the part about him being able to play plug in baby (which is NOT a hard riff by ANY means, thats why you hear it in EVERY guitar shop by even beginners) whilst jumping around? many guitarists can do this. this part just smacks of fanboy writing to me, something that wiki is meant to avoid. anybody else feel this?
- I couldn't agree with you more. I've added a Weasel Word Status to this page, hopefully we can get it cleaned up.
::No such statement existed on the version of the page to which the tag was added. The tag has been removed. Adzz 14:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wow, you must really hate Matt or something - I didn't interpret that statement to suggest that hew as super awesome for it - it's just a trademark that he employs invariably in Plug In Baby. He doesn't jump around as much in other songs so it warrants note for that song. Taking it as a "fanboy" remark would require you to be a bit paranoid and/or spiteful. 24.6.105.44 16:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Live 

message: There is some definate bias in this article. If you don't see that, you must hold Muse higher in your priorities than a well written entry.
Is bias liek a term for bs?
No, 'bias' is not a term for 'bs'(if you intend to mean' bull sh*t'). 
Bias is showing favor or holding a tinted view of a subject or topic, coloring your description of it with your subjective views, rather than reporting the information objectively. 
This is the main criticism of the news media. Their purpose is to provide information without bias, letting the viewer make the decision about how to feel about the information presented to them. This is rarely the case now, as the news medias' continue to have inability to report the news without inserting their own viewpoint  Bcreel83 (talk) 17:35, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  BIAS 

message: Why is the name of this article Matthew Bellamy but not Matthew James Bellamy? --S.Örvarr.S 05:32, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because articles don't use the middle name unless it's needed for differentiation or is commonly used, which wouldn't be the case here. — mæstrosync talk&contribs, 05:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article name 

message: Why doesn't this article make any mention of Matt's high vocals? SouperAwesome 14:35, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Vocal Range

message: I removed the section on Matt's pregnancy (!) M2Ys4U 00:20, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pregnancy 

message: You need to cite sources for the information under "Religion."  In fact there's quite a number of places in this article that needs backing up.  --216.165.32.148 06:20, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources Needed 

message: Why was the influences section deleted? I found it by accident on Answers.com. If it needed some cleaning up and sources just add a note, but don't take out the whole section!
Inko9nito 09:30, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's because Muse fans do not like the suggestion that Muse was 'influenced' by Radiohead. 155.198.13.234 19:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Influences Section Deleted?

message: hi there - i couldn't help noticing that some bloke has shamelessly plugged himself and his myspace page in the 'fan base' section, proclaiming himself their biggest fan ever, and such. just thought i'd let you know. cheers!
Lol Give me his Myspace, Ive only knoown them for abotu a year and Already I know every song Theyve made, also where mat was born along with Dom and Chris, Also when the band was made, what their old name used to be, the lyrics to almost every sog, by heart, Though ive never been to a live concert *sadly* Because they rarley ever play in Sandiego :{
Yeah well, not to brag, but I've seen them 6 times.. Does that make me their BIGGEST fan??
Mr Sandiego- we all know everything you know aswell, its on their wikipedia page LOL!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.138.204.191 (talk) 12:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  self-plugging. 

message: The information from IMDB and the associated reference is fine but a lot of material is still unreferenced. Some of it can be found on the single external link, MuseWiki, a page which makes a seriously large number of dubious claims about Matthew Belamy and Muse with references that point almost solely to other MuseWiki articles.
This needs to be addressed!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.178.160.243 (talk) 23:46, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: References, validation? 

message: The religion section says that he says that he would like to meet "Jesus Christ" whereas the quote only says "Jesus".  Christ is not a surname and is a title only used in reference to Jesus by Christians.  He never says (and Wikipedia surely isn't Christian) and so it does not belong.  I'm removing it for now.  If anyone has any objections as to why it should remain the way that it currently is, please say so.  66.153.236.8 (talk) 03:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion

message: I am pretty sure that receiving these doesn't mean that you can use the tite 'doctor' and feel that this title should be removed from each of the band members' names Eurydice09 (talk) 18:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: A doctorate is a doctorate, honorary or not. In order to academically obtain one in the normal way, you have to study, pass exams, provide a doctoral thesis, have it reviewed etc. When a university bestows a doctorate on somebody who didn't do all of that, they're not just giving them out willy nilly. They consider that the body of work the recipient has produced proves them worthy of that doctorate. 188.174.83.187 (talk) 11:45, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Honoury Doctorate

message: Should we include an article that matt now has  has his own line of signature manson guitars?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.218.145.218 (talk) 20:09, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Signature Guitar 

message: i think i read that bellamy is self taught. is this true?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.125.91 (talk) 10:06, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  piano 

message: Shouldn't it be mentioned somewhere that Matt contributed to the end credits of this film. Up until today I'd seen plenty of discussions on forums & youtube saying that it was the same Matthew Bellamy that is credited but today I've finally found a source saying it was actually him (interview with Dom by the BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8257767.stm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.248.191 (talk) 17:26, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Highly likely I'd say. It's way more common for pop/rock stars to be self taught than it is for classical musicians. It's not exclusively self taught, it's just more typical. Maybe it's because most pop/rock stars are rebelling from the normal work and/or academic route in life. 188.174.83.187 (talk) 11:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: The International

message: This is the first time I've checked it in a while, and the article is now VERY lacking. I'm not saying that the fact that it is smaller makes any difference (it doesn't), I'm saying that it is of a lesser quality. Genuine (and well documented) facts have been removed. Matt is a conspiracy theorist. He has spoken on it many, many times. It is of interest, and so should be documented. He has a life of interest beyond "Early Life". A fiance. Lots of shenanigans. None of that either isn't here or it's been removed. FinalDeity (talk) 17:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article is worse than it used to be

message: Under Matthew Bellamy's political views there is reference to his opinion that 9/11 was an inside job. Two references are provided, #13 and #14. However, these references are not first hand. They are second hand, citing a particular CMU story. Well, reference #13 links to the CMU website, but there is no direct reference to Mr. Bellamy's views on 9/11 being an inside job there. 
Furthermore, in a recent edition of Rolling Stone Magazine (Issue #1089 - October 15th, 2009), Matthew Bellamy is quoted: "There is loads of stuff on the Internet suggesting 9/11 was an inside job. But that is not my belief." (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/30287011/global_superstars_muse_explode_in_america/2). 
I do not know if Mr. Bellamy changed his views, is covering tracks in front of an American audience, or if he even said what this wiki attributes to him......given the indirect nature of the current sources (#13, #14) and the direct firsthand quoute in RS #1089, I do believe this issue needs to be resolved. 74.240.45.247 (talk) 06:16, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As noted above, you're absolutely right. Rolling Stone is a reliable source, while the other two sources (in contrast, and in light of the standards for this type of article) look like little more than questionable hearsay. Cosmic Latte (talk) 15:55, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Questionable Sources

message: According to the page for the song Undisclosed Desires, Matt himself said the song was "quite a personal song about me and my girlfriend." If the two are engaged (and they've been reportedly engaged since '07, so this is dubious), wouldn't Matt refer to her as "my fiancé", not "my girlfriend"? Also, I don't know if this is appropriate to add, but Gaia is also a goddess in Greek mythology, as are the nine muses. Perhaps a fun coincidence to mention?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.90.68 (talk) 03:08, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind that, they've broken up in mid-December 2009. --91.58.120.156 (talk) 19:03, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Just because they were engaged, doesn't mean he *did* describe her as his fiancé. It's what he said that matters, not what he should have said. 188.174.83.187 (talk) 11:50, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fiancé? 

message: Matthew looks incredibly like Doctor Who. Just saying.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.90.37.55 (talk) 17:30, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering Doctor Who has been played by eleven (or so) different actors, you'll have to qualify that statement. 188.174.83.187 (talk) 11:48, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doctor Who 

message: What's with the hand gestures at 1:40?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkFfGJxdvVs  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.252.53 (talk) 05:20, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Satanist? 

message: Under political views we learn that Matthew has expressed passionate views about Georgism. The citation is ambiguous as to whether he supports or doubts those ideas; so it doesn't seem as though we are learning much at all. Also, I don't regard this as presenting a neutral point of view. 
Please remove the text 'Bellamy has expressed passionate views on the ideas of Geoism (or Georgism).[13]' — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stanleyroad (talk • contribs) 
: Done This has been in the article for a long time diff, but I find the argument made by User:Stanleyroad compelling. To me, since the source for the content does not state whether Bellamy supports of opposes Georgism passionately (or whether he is neutral, but somehow passionate), it is a violation of the biographies of living persons policy to allow it to remain in the article, even though it is sourced. -Atmoz (talk) 21:45, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Georgism 

message: It's today, and he's still listed as 32, could an administrator change it to 33?202.45.119.42 (talk) 04:02, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The aricle says 33 (9 June 1978 (1978-06-09) (age 33)). ۞ Tbhotch™ & (ↄ), Problems with my English? 04:11, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matthew Bellamy's birthday 

message: This article proves that he is interested in Geoism and the ideas of Henry George
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6802083.ece
Someone who likes geoism and libertarianism is called a geo-libertarian  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.16.103.78 (talk) 17:04, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not just libertarian, but geo-libertarian 

message: Perhaps splitting a few WP:BLP hairs here, but just reverted an edit which mentioned Kate Hudson's previous son as Bellamy's step-son. It seems that would only be relevant to this article if Hudson kept custody and became part of Bellamy's family. The step-son mention could be restored if another ref clarifies that detail. Dl2000 (talk) 05:36, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Step-son?

message: Citation number 19 which is supposed to link to a Rolling Stone interview does not work as the author has deleted their blog.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.191.30.128 (talk) 15:46, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation 19 

message: This section could do with being rewritten. Lacking in grammar/syntax and contains several unnecessary phrases that are overly speculative concerning Bellamy's pronunciation and lyrical motives.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.161.173.7 (talk) 03:58, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style and lyrics section 

message: Shouldn't this section be reduced or just deleted. Most of the titbits are off the cuff remarks or from online chats. Matt is more than likely just atheist, why can't this just be simply stated?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.54.40 (talk) 16:06, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious beliefs Section 

message: One sentence in the early life section claims Bellamy began learning the guitar at 13.  Two sentences later it's stated he started learning at 14.  One of these needs a citation, the other needs to be dropped.
99.71.129.113 (talk) 00:41, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Life / learning guitar 

message: ..  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.5.68 (talk) 18:10, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Octave range contradicts itself. 

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message: he is a millionaire and still has rotten teeth ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:191:5FA0:BC0A:2DE9:F4EA:A46B (talk) 22:33, 21 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  AL BUNDY ROTTEN teeth rock star ? 

message: I propose that  Dr. Pepper's Jaded Hearts Club Band be merged into Matt Bellamy, Miles Kane, Chris Cester, Ilan Rubin, Sean Payne, Dominic Howard and Paul McCartney. This is not a "band" with its own established presence, and is not notable independently. There is little to no independent coverage of this "band." The article linked simply describes this as a name used to promote an event where members of various notable bands played a Beatles cover with Paul McCartney one time. Merge into the existing articles about the notable people who contributed to this performance. Audiovideodiscoo (talk) 02:14, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Please participate in the consolidated discussion at Talk:Dr. Pepper's Jaded Hearts Club Band. Thanks, wbm1058 (talk) 19:04, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: Most earlier Muse songs lyrically dealt with introspective themes, including relationships, social alienation, and difficulties they had encountered while trying to establish themselves in their hometown. However, with the band's progress, their song concepts have become more ambitious, addressing issues such as the fear of the evolution of technology in their Origin of Symmetry (2001) album. They deal mainly with the apocalypse in Absolution (2003) and with catastrophic war in Black Holes and Revelations (2006). The Resistance (2009) focused on themes of government oppression, uprising, love, and panspermia. The album itself was mainly inspired by Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Their sixth studio album, The 2nd Law (2012) relates to economics, thermodynamics, and apocalyptic themes. Their 2015 album Drones, is a concept album that uses autonomous killing drones as a metaphor for brainwashing and loss of empathy..
Books that have influenced Muse's lyrical themes include Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell,Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins,Hyperspace by Michio Kaku,The 12th Planet by Zecharia Sitchin,Rule by Secrecy by Jim Marrs and Trance Formation of America by Cathy O'Brien..
:You were repeatedly told your sources are unreliable: here, here, here, here, here and here to name a few. At no point did you ever make any effort to engage and as such the page has now been protected to stop you from adding your poorly sourced information. If you really want to add that info you'll need to read this before you try again. Robvanvee 07:32, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Lyrics