production of Origin of Symmetry

During the production of their second album, Origin of Symmetry (2001), Muse experimented with instrumentation such as a church organ , Mellotron , animal bones, and an expanded drum kit. There was more of Bellamy’s falsetto, arpeggiated guitar, and piano playing. Bellamy cites guitar influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine ), the latter evident in the more riff -based songs in Origin of Symmetry and in Bellamy’s use of guitar pitch-shifting effects . The album features a cover of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse ‘s ” Feeling Good “, voted in various polls one of the greatest cover versions of all time. It was released as a double A-side single, ” Hyper Music/Feeling Good “.