History YMMV / Muse

* BrokenBase: The band recently set a relatively straightforward treasure hunt for the fanbase in which they gradually unlocked the song "United States Of Eurasia" in seven chunks by visiting stations across Europe and Asia (and one in New York). However, half of the fanbase was convinced that by "resisting" the desire to activate the seventh station, the band would release something better than the final part of the song. The station was eventually activated after the deadline was extended, to the chagrin of some and delight of others.

* PeripheryDemographic: While their style and topics seem especially counter to the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fandom's expectations, they have a following due to StephenieMeyer being a large fan herself and mentioning them frequently in her books.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Has its own [[AwesomeMusic/{{Muse}} page]].

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: [[Funny/{{Muse}} See here]].

* WakeUpCallBoss: Hysteria for the RockSmith series. There are harder songs, but that's pretty much the Gate between someone who's learning to play bass, and a true bassist.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Hysteria for the VideoGame/Rocksmith series. There are harder songs, but that's pretty much the Gate between someone who's learning to play bass, and a true bassist.

** Muse fans who've listened to all six studio albums in their entirety may have a tough time where to rank ''The 2nd Law'' among them. It's almost like a soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic world, darker and more uncertain.

* NightmareFuel: "Take a Bow". Just..."Take a Bow".

** [[LyricalDissonance Weird though it may be,]] given its [[AdultFear subject matter, ]] Thoughts of a Dying Atheist is one.

* SignatureSong: "Knights of Cydonia" or "Plugin Baby" for the older fans. "Uprising" for several newer ones.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Some of the {{fen}} had this reaction to the band's incorporation into ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. Others just chose to [[FanHater hate the]] ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' {{fan|Hater}}s and continue loving the band.

*** Likewise for the upbeat [[IntercourseWithYou love jam]] "Undisclosed Desires".

** On a wider level, ''The Resistance'' — and to a lesser extent ''Black Holes & Revelations'' — created something of a BrokenBase within Muse's own fandom.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While ''Black Holes & Revelations'', judging from the commercial success and the opinions from critics and general population, is considered the greatest thing to ever happen mainstream society since buttered toast, many of the old fans absolutely despise the album's new direction to a slightly more pop-oriented sound and like to crown it Muse's worst album to date. Fans were even more pissed off after they found out that many of the songs that were performed live pre-release of the album became butchered on the album, most notably their song "Assassin", rumoured by some people to be the [[ExecutiveMeddling work of their then-producer]] Rich Costey.

* SpiritualLicensee: "Supremacy" is one of the best Film/JamesBond themes out there, even though it isn't in a James Bond movie.

** This troper also prefers the live version of "Unintended" from HAARP versus its slower studio version on ''Showbiz''.

* CrazyAwesome: The entire band is this, but ''especially'' Matthew Bellamy.

** "Brainwashing our children to be mean" from "Supremacy". The word choice here just seems oddly childish in the midst of a song to kick ass to.

** Hyper Music, Love is Forever, Undisclosed Desires, Dead Star.

* CoveredUp: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjxGnPpV10 Muse and Belgian choir De Betties did a live performance of "Follow Me" that is drastically different from the electronica-filled studio version. Could double as a TearJerker.]]

** ''The 2nd Law'' has caused a lot of this from the trailer, ''Survival'' and ''Madness''. Please note that this was before the album even ''came out''.