1. Matthew James Bellamy was born on 9 June 1978 and is an English singer, songwriter and producer.
36 Facts About Matt Bellamy
1. 2.
Matt Bellamy is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and lyricist for the English rock band Muse.
3.
Matt Bellamy is recognised for his eccentric stage persona, wide tenor vocal range and musicianship.
4.
Matt Bellamy's family moved to Teignmouth, Devon, where he formed Muse with schoolmates.
5.
Matt Bellamy has released solo compositions, and released a compilation of his solo tracks, Cryosleep, in 2021.
6.
Matt Bellamy plays bass in the supergroup the Jaded Hearts Club, and produced their debut album, You've Always Been Here.
7.
Matthew James Bellamy was born on 9 June 1978 in Cambridge.
8.
Matt Bellamy's mother, Marilyn, was born in Belfast and moved to England in the 1970s.
9.
Matt Bellamy started playing the piano at the age of six and guitar when he was 11.
10.
Matt Bellamy said he did not believe his high-pitched singing would be suitable for rock music until he heard Buckley's 1994 album Grace.
11.
Matt Bellamy's playing is influenced by Latin and Spanish guitar music, which "opened up a world of different harmonies and making music and a different sort of passion".
12.
Matt Bellamy described Spanish guitar music as "very heavy music" that does not use a distortion pedal.
13.
Matt Bellamy often uses a Fuzz Factory, a fuzz distortion effect.
14.
Matt Bellamy has touch-controlled MIDI controllers built into guitars, which control Kaoss Pad effects processors; the Guardian described Bellamy "undoubtedly the Kaoss rock star".
15.
Since the early 2000s, Matt Bellamy has worked with Manson Guitar Works, based in Devon, to create his electric guitars.
16.
Matt Bellamy used it to record a song with the Jaded Hearts Club, and said he planned to use it when next recording with Muse.
17.
Matt Bellamy co-wrote the end credits for the 2009 film The International.
18.
Matt Bellamy wrote the song "Soaked", which appears on Adam Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment.
19.
Matt Bellamy appears as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero 5, along with the Muse song "Plug In Baby".
20.
Matt Bellamy contributed to the second album by the New Zealand artist Kimbra, The Golden Echo.
21.
Matt Bellamy composed his first solo release, "Pray", for For the Throne, a 2019 compilation album of music inspired by the TV series Game of Thrones.
22.
In May 2020, Matt Bellamy released his second solo composition, "Tomorrow's World", inspired by life under lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
23.
Matt Bellamy released a compilation of his solo work, Cryosleep, on 16 July 2021 for Record Store Day.
24.
In 2017, Matt Bellamy cofounded a supergroup, the Jaded Hearts Club, to perform covers of Beatles songs.
25.
Matt Bellamy won again in 2009,2010,2011,2013 and 2014 and was nominated in 2012.
26.
Matt Bellamy won the "Hero of the Year" award at the 2012 NME Awards.
27.
Matt Bellamy describes himself as a "left-leaning libertarian" and "in the realm of" Noam Chomsky.
28.
Matt Bellamy invests in startups in Silicon Valley focusing on clean energy.
29.
Matt Bellamy disowned conspiracy theories in later years, saying they had been "hijacked" by rightwing politics, and that he had "become far more rational and empirical and I've managed to focus on slightly more realistic, tangible things".
30.
Matt Bellamy is vaccinated against COVID-19 and supported masking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
31.
Matt Bellamy expressed discomfort when the lyrics of Muse's 2009 album The Resistance were adopted by the rightwing Fox News anchor Glenn Beck, and when their song "Uprising" was used in YouTube videos advocating for conspiracy theories.
32.
Matt Bellamy began dating the American actress Kate Hudson in mid-2010.
33.
In February 2017, Matt Bellamy bought the former home of the tennis player Pete Sampras, a 6,900-square-foot estate in Brentwood, Los Angeles, for $6.9 million.
34.
In February 2015, Matt Bellamy began dating the American model Elle Evans.
35.
That year, Matt Bellamy said he was considering applying for an Irish passport to regain his European Union citizenship following Brexit, as he qualified through his Belfast-born mother.
36.
Matt Bellamy announced during a show in Dublin that year that he had received his Irish passport.