Muse reveal how The Beatles inspired their latest hit ‘Pressure'
Muse returned this month with their grand new concept album 'Simulation Theory'. One of the album's highlights and soon to be crowd-favorite at Muse gigs is the infinitely groovy number 'Pressure'. Featuring a ripping guitar riff, 80s styled synths, frontman Matthew Bellamy's staccato vocals and a flourish of brass, the single came with its own music video that paid homage to 'Back To The Future' with a guest appearance by Terry Crews.
Recently, band members Matt Bellamy and Dom Howard featured on NME's 'Song Stories' segment and discussed how the single came to be. "I think I was filling on the guitar. I knew the album was going quite synthy and programmed and there was a live band in there as well," Bellamy explains in the segment, before going on to explain how the opening riff was influenced by a chance meeting with Beatle Paul McCartney.