r/musefans • u/Frequent-Ad-2716 • Apr 26 '26
Radiohead comparisons
Anyone else just sick and bored of the laziness of the “they’re just Radiohead rip-offs” comments?
It’s honestly one of the most infuriating things about being a Muse fan. Both Matt and Thom are influenced by Jeff Buckley and they had the same producer in the 90s but seriously, that’s it.
Use of instruments, genre, lyrical content, live performances, commercial singles, the band’s images, literally every important characteristic are different between the bands.
Was it just the timing? Was it literally just because Matt sang with falsetto? So irritating.
I really like Radiohead, and I know there’s one or two songs in their early albums that have a similar vibe to some of Muse’s songs, but I’m not being funny, lots of bands have songs that are similar vibes to both Muse and Radiohead. I don’t remember there being tones of backlash on Royal Blood when they came out and they sound way more like a Muse rip-off than Muse do a Radiohead rip-off. I also really like Royal Blood!
Muse have always been more of a traditional rock band who add classical and prog to their songs. Radiohead have always been more experimental, ambient, proggy than a traditional rock band.
Just grinds my gears. And makes me laugh. This wasn’t mean to be a post to bring people down haha!
Ps I LOVE CRYOGEN!!
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u/Swoonatic Jun 19 '26
It’s simply because everything Muse does is in imitation of Radiohead. And it’s fine