Talk about biting the hand that feeds….
Talking on BBC1’s Newsbeat (via MTV) Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme talked about the difficulty of breaking into the American marketplace and the things that bands must do to get exposure they otherwise wouldn’t receive — such as appearing on the soundtrack to “Twilight: Eclipse” and “New Moon.” “I’m not sure how cool it is to be on those kind of things, but sometimes you’ve just got to get your music out there in different ways,” Wolstenholme said.
He could’ve left it there and this probably wouldn’t be a story, but he continues saying, “It’s very difficult in America, because you don’t have anything like Radio 1, nothing is national,” he said. “You have to take every opportunity you get over there, and sometimes you have to sell your soul.” Ouch.
For those of you aren’t familiar with the “Twilight” soundtracks (aka Indie Music For Dummies), Muse has appeared on all three soundtracks for each installment of the franchise with the songs “Supermassive Black Hole,” “I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)” and “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)” finding their way to the tracklists. If the band sold their soul, they definitely didn’t trade it in for non-ridiculous sounding song titles.
We’re sort of tickled by the thought of Muse — who are by no means struggling for fans or exposure — agonizing over whether or not to put some tunes on the “Twilight” soundtrack. We wish they had sold their souls instead to write some better music.