Muse Assassin KROQ

[kogure1985]

Final part is eargasmic.

[hookedonMuSe]

WHY IS THE CROWD NOT BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS HERE!!?? This song kicks butt!!! I wish they would play this at LA Rising in July!!!! OMG, I would go MENTAL!!!

[Ethan314159]

@hookedonMuSe Because it's a festival and most people wouldn't know it. It's hard to get a crowd going if they don't know the song.

[VFDbranch13]

@hookedonMuSe Dude, I'll be there- I'm down to start yelling ASSASSIN if you will!

[hookedonMuSe]

@VFDbranch13 YEAH BABY!!! Let's do it!!!! That and Dead Star!!! (Actually, I already started to bug MUSE on their Facebook and website, requesting this!!! Hopefully it would be enough time to practice!!) Are you in the pit as well?? I CANNOT WAIT FOR JULY 30TH!!!! I get to see my MUSE again!!! :D

[VFDbranch13]

@hookedonMuSe Totally, I LOVE Dead Star! Nice. Hell yeah I'm in the pit. It's gonna be SO sick. I'll probably wear something distinctive so I'll let you know! haha

[VFDbranch13]

@VFDbranch13 But I am SO going to start yelling Assassin! Gaaaah, I cannot wait.

[poyor91]

16 people have been assassinated.

[hookedonMuSe]

They make it looks so easy!! That's my boys!!! :D

[TheIzikkizi]

@Waffleabc its cause they have no penis

[waffleabc]

I've never understood how people can "dislike" a MUSE song without feeling guilty

[MuseForever94]

Muse is the definition for awesome

[infamousNfamous]

why isn't this the album version? the album version has his drums like a beat off...this is much better lol

[PicoRiveraCalifornia]

Matt and Chris should teach Dom how to sing in tune.

[ednas9]

They should play this song live more

[kh2freek]

They're try to steal your life, so watch your backs

[owtinoz]

the geniousity of dom resides in the fact he always changes his drum patters

if you haver ever noticed tha majority of the drumers out there play the same rock beat over all of their song however dom always tryes to be creative and until today im sure it worked

[killerkite333]

tasty drum fills

[nimpo46]

3:30 backing track for the guitar?

[SpectraNorway]

@nimpo46 Bass :)

[nimpo46]

@SpectraNorway lol no

[SpectraNorway]

@nimpo46 It is :)

[SpectraNorway]

@nimpo46 Look at this performance of Assassin : /watch?v=-exWI-hHUPs&feature=r­elated

At 4:28 you can see it is Chris playing:)

[sampicko]

@nimpo46 Yeh it's on the bass - just playing some of the really high notes on it.

[kikoking98]

@rockdrigo 1918 it think

 dom:all chris:all matt:all

[xTedious]

is the drummer left handed?

[nefl90]

@xTedious think so. hi-hat on left-hand and so on...

[777Resistance]

what a skill by dom. great perform absolutely

[owtinoz]

3 possibilities

14 bieber fans

13 bieber fans and bieber himself

bieber with 14 differents accounts

[EnFreezed]

14 people need to be assassinated

[superhatch123]

@EnFreezed By an assassin

[superhatch123]

@EnFreezed Don't worry im on it

[TharrGuardian]

@ausdrummer11 you mean their speakers were off.

[citizenerased1992]

oooh man, ilove this SOOO much!

[rockdrigo1918]

Representative songs:

Dom : Assassin

Chris: Hysteria :

Matt: ... ALL :)

[screamsoftheundead1]

@rockdrigo1918 actually, stockholm syndrome, butterflies and hurricanes, apacolypse please, hysteria, and a bunch of others have great drumwork by dom howard, as well as assassin

[RockFreak67]

@rockdrigo1918 for matt..plug in baby?

[katitaymagnus2]

@rockdrigo1918 AGRE, AGRE, AGRE!!!!

[Yendor95]

@rockdrigo1918 Matt: Micro Cuts?

[o1CestLaVie]

the next person who tells me that muse is a rip off radiohead can fuck themselves as soon as i show them this video.

muse forever.

[xPoprocksandcoke]

Dominic Howard is time to the people start to realize how excellent drummer are you.

[triv1]

@xPoprocksandcoke Translation: Domonic Howard, it's time people start realizing what an excellent drummer you truly are

[charmeleon10]

@xPoprocksandcoke The majority of Muse (the majority, not all of them) is sort of easy on the drums, so people don't realize the awesome drummer he is...

[glitch2pwn]

fking that drummer is sick

[transistor152]

Poland loves you! Zajebiste

[tsoim722]

guitar screams= owns

[valiantfan93]

You know a muse song is incredibly hard to play on drums when Dom Howard the dude who comes up with it has to arch the play the opening riff! Amazing drumming! :D <3

[museoholic1]

MUSE POWERRRR at 3.34

[iluvpurple911]

what a lame crowd. they need a good slap on the cheek.

[Filipecookhi5]

What is Chris/Bassists saying from 2:29 to 2:42

[dagreatone123190]

@Filipecookhi5 Aim. Shoot. Kill. Your leaders. Aim. Kill them all

[thecitizenme]

14 people suffered heart attack as of dom's drum solo and click the dislike button :D

[tap675]

i wish they'd play it more often =[ hope they do at wembley =)

[Soon3r2042]

Dom's a badass. easily one of the most underrated drummers.

[kaspergm]

Dom's drumming is amazing! I just miss Matt's singing from the GOB version. A pitty they don't do more songs like this anymore, Resistance was a pretty boring offering.

[conskimo]

absolutely love 3:30 with dom :)

[DrummingVirtuoso1701]

Muse:  the definition of awesome

[Btufty]

what does he do at 0:48 with the strings to make it scream



[RlyBigBeef]

@Btufty he sweeps his picks on the strings above the head. just behind the nut? you know what i mean? not sure if am explaining this right but i know what am on about in my head lol

[Btufty]

@RlyBigBeef do you know the name of the technique thatd be awesome

[TheWezel1995]

Those are pinch harmonics. Awesome to use. You can do awesome tricks with it 'n stuff.... so : Pinch Harmonics

Type in on youtube and watch a few tutorials. Not too hard if you get it.

[yoch3]

better than vitamins or coffee

[livvi67]

Anyone who says Dom Howard isn't a creative and kick-ass drummer should watch this video.

[80smetalchild]

coming from a death metal fan, this band is awsome

[madbob73]

@80smetalchild yeah, pity they don't do more heavy songs to be honest, they've drifted towards pop pap the last album.

[80smetalchild]

@madbob73

completely agree. theyve went from alternative hard rock, to alternative lame hip hop/pop

[SweetZombiJesus]

Probably their best song for showing off Doms talent. That drumming is perfect.

[XxMizoreShirayukixXx]

♥

[billahbob]

Dom is such a wicked drummer.. Chris is badass on the bass, mayby not in Assasin, but in hysteria and TIRO his talents shows. And Matt speaks for him self.

These guys are the best on their individual instrument, in my eyes.

Love Muse <3

[jcravens073]

WOW!! Don't they know when one of their fans hear stuff like this WE WANT IT!!! AHHHH!! I must have this!! PLEASE!!

[shortbread93]

is that big marshal bass cabinet for chris's bass or doms bass drum?

[creepingdeth100]

Epic

[TheNewWorldMan69]

so fucking kickass

[scorpiocheech]

FUCKING EPIC!

[blazingrolf]

I meant interpreted

[blazingrolf]

This song (along with Sing for Absolution, which actually was played, just not included) is the only thing missing from HAARP...

Assassin has a political message that can only be interpretet in one way. Hell yeah.

[clangersrule]

Epic outro jam!!!!!

[kinga2938]

Chris looks like big bear :P

[ATrueMJFan]

WOW these guys are amazing live.

[IMadLarkin]

They've won over 100 "best live act" awards in about 8 years.

[ATrueMJFan]

@IMadLarkin ur exasserating, right?

[IMadLarkin]

I assume you mean "exaggerating". And no, I'm not. They released their first studio album in 1999 (though released several EPs before). They won their first best live act in 2001 (though I may be wrong) after their gig at Le Zenith in Paris. From then on they have won at least 100.

Just watch H.A.A.R.P. it's all that needs to be said.

[ATrueMJFan]

@IMadLarkin Sorry about my spelling. And WOW. Well they deserve all those awards.

[evilpigeions]

matt might as well say, "im about to sneeze, may it be an inspiration" cus it would, just anything he dose would :)

[carlopogz20]

best drummer...!!!

[19ZoSo93]

That ending is so fucking sick!! Such a groove!

Muse = Best band around.

[PandoraNYC1]

Dom is the greatest f**king drummer in the world!!!

[qucusclan]

e' grandioso che tre musicisti di questo livello si siano incontrati, Dominic in questo pezzo e' fantastico.Grandissimi Muse

[Mast3rchief]

@qucusclan e' vero, dicono che i muse sono solo matt bellamy, ma secondo me anche dom e chris sono dei grandi musicisti, basta guardare le percussioni di questa canzone o di map of the problematique, e il basso di canzoni come plug in baby o hysteria

cio' non toglie che matt sia maledettamente ineguagliabile!

[saratiny]

OMG I love drums part in this song.... and the riff!! woooooooooooow excelent!

[Mercs2fan]

Far out look at the crowd at 2:10min there just standing there doing nothing. Get into it, were is the energy.

[skate4life2022]

@Mercs2fan They are just amazed I would be too.

[ramzmanz]

is it me or does the outro sound like sex abit

[PKPrideful]

The ending looks awesome with Chris and Dom headbanging at the same time.

[coolagenta1]

the riffs are so wicked!

[BloodyRoxas13]

Matt's hands are just fast and so are Dom's o_o"

What I really love about Muse is that they do much better live. Whenever they add spices on their songs live, it sounds much more better than the studio album and they let the music 'absorb' them. They a passion unlike those other bands who just stand up and play the songs lifelessly, they just dance around and that's it then they'll get loads of money, we don't even know if they're lip syncing or not.

[didowrx]

LAME CROWD !!!!!!!!!

[amusiathread]

Love the drumming in this tune.

[feedthekitty1]

Muse are ridiculously talented - I love them!

[Jose04811]

2:29-2:35 chris????? HORRIFING!! I LOVE IT!!!

[Raevynschylde]

love the part at around 4:00 and on...that drum rhythm is just hypnotic. I like to relieve my agression to this song.

[kzzylg]

Insane drumming <3 dom

[mogumunarok]

Don is one of the legenary drummer in Earth

[ch0c0chia83]

It's Dom.

[mogumunarok]

sorry for wrong spelling =D, thx 4 telling me

[piccadillyX]

I like Dom =) I want to play drum :( But my mother don't want ... xD

[TheVishne]

@piccadillyX

I know how you feel .....:(

[piccadillyX]

You too, you want to play drum ? Or something like that ? In fact ... my parents know that if I have

[piccadillyX]

(Sorry bug) so ... they know that if I have a drum ... I'll play everyday xD

[TheVishne]

@piccadillyX

my mom thinks that drums are too loud ...... :(

[piccadillyX]

Yeah ! Bored, I said "If I don't play drum all the time ... yes ?" She said that I have to bought it with my money. I AM VICTORIOUS ! xD Now .... I have to work ! xD

[TheVishne]

@piccadillyX

you are lucky person.....i cant work..... :(

[sovelissplix]

Haha System of a Down popped into my head when I first heard this song. Awesome :D

[yoch3]

This is a great Dom appreciation song - he is in Bonzo territory over here.

[merantron]

OMG!! DOM superpower!!!

[clarkeeclark]

ah this is a rare one live. i don't know why since it should be in such high demand

[skydiver146]

dom is a machine gun!!!

[joebobers]

wait what?

[Jose04811]

you think i could put a Kaoss pad on a bass or would that be could on a bass that could lead to some kick ass distortion?

[Mkamalid]

Of course you can :D

try zoom b x.1 bass pedal...it has incredible bass distortion and fuzz...I use t for my guitar :D.

[blackpaladin225]

best song

[ani018]

u can totally witness doms genious here

[zippenzepplin]

kick azz drummer! These guys are amazing live.

[ninja12121]

great thing about muse, they're they only rock band that actually sounds just as good live as they do on the album

[bobamonkey5]

Dom really shines during this song.

[patricktree32]

Dom always kicks ass on the drums

[DanteBateman]

True.

[tommathytorrent]

@patricktree32 I'm always amazed at watchin dom play this fucking flawlessly! genius!

[DanteBateman]

Dom kicks ass on the drums here. Everything in this song fits perfectly.

[hellonoyesyoko]

what did matt say at the start?

[mrclouse83]

I guess.. " next song is called Assassin. A demonstration". But i am not sure as I am not english :)

[sampicko]

"Next song is called Assassin. May it be an inspiration"

[uberspeed0910]

That will be a quote to remember!

[mrclouse83]

@sampicko : really??? my god, English is a such difficult language :(

[sampicko]

yeh well Matt speaks quite quickly, so its not always easy to understand what he says

[yomammaonastick]

@sampicko thank you! i could not for the life of me figure out wat he was saying

[sampicko]

@yomammaonastick no worries :)

he is quite difficult to understand sometimes

[TakuMcShizzles]

lol

pwoper

[killerkite333]

come to think of it, watching this, reminds me of they're earlier days.. ^^

[all123isgreat]

wonder were can i get a guitar like that

[templegwilym]

Matt Bellamy uses custom Manson guitars made in Devon, near where he was brought up.

I think in this video he is using his "Delorian" model (if that's how you spell it), which he also uses when he plays Plug In Baby. It has an inbuilt fuzz factory, which makes it sound awesome.

As far as I know, you can't buy the guitar at the moment, although I heard they were going to bring a factory version of it out soon, so it's worth checking the Manson website!

[OMGITSL33TGUY]

A built in Fuzz Factory? Holy shit that thig must weigh a ton, not just because of the fuzz factory though...it just looks kinda heavy. Nice guitar though.

[templegwilym]

He had it done by Hugh Manson, so I'm sure they found a way to make it lighter. Bellamy wouldn't be able to spin like a maniac while blasting out Plug In Baby with a 10 ton guitar. xD

[longfang40]

@OMGITSL33TGUY a fuzz factory isnt literally a factory of fuzz, its not like it needs a chimney coming out of it or anything, its just a mother board and an output/input etc

[moosemuncher]

what effects is chris using when he does that screaming thing during the chorus? sounds fucking crazy!

[drumchris92]

I can not understand why the bridge is not on the album. Fantastic!!!!

[Christoferson1994]

Best Muse song live.

End of discussion.

[daurpm]

that was a pwoper pewfowmance...

[pluginOHKAY]

man chris' bit is scary as hell xD

[DanteBateman]

I hope this is on the next live DVD if they have one.

[bubblestickboy]

this song is actually easy

[anticsgmr94]

Shouldn't Matt's guitar be louder?

[OriginOfStarlight]

Damn, this is the best version ever played!! *-*

[cheesebo5]

im learning to play this on drums, its insane

[uvapen]

loved the bit in the middle , not really sure what to call it because it was like a completely different song played, between 2 parts of assassin

[SilentKilla96X]

is dom lefty?

[ulmboy556]

yes

[litlemadguitarist]

yep. Sometimes he has to make do with a right handed kit!

[templegwilym]

Yeah, he is.

[the1stbeaner]

That drummer is badass.

[violator2442]

Yes,I Will join your forces underground anytime

[watsername93]

It's spelt Billie Joe and yes he can look a little bit like him but not really.

[mrclouse83]

i love 5:20. my favourite moment

[K33hl]

Dom fucking kicks ass here...

[shakeyjake1990]

this is a bitch of a song on guitar hero

[Patman968574]

lol I know its hard as fuck. But it is Muse so who cares

[ramzmanz]

its hard but stockholm syndrome on gh3 is a bitch aswel

[AleksHyper]

When I first heard Black Holes and Revelations this was the song that emediately blow me away ! Its a killer.....amazing power ending ! Greetings from Serbia !

[balladofthedarkangel]

And, you know, before I heard this song, I thought Dominic was just some average drummer that they found. Boy, was I wrong!

[JessiKa0Is0Pwoper]

Yeah Dom's awesome. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Matt said that when they were teenagers, Dom helped him learn to do things with the guitar. Weird, because Matts so good now.

[michaelvd0wnzu]

@balladofthedarkangel never XD

he plays the drums for over 20 years now