1997年，
Muse乐队成立于
英国德文郡的特恩毛斯。99年末出版了自己的首张专辑《Showbiz》。据说，乐队在制作这张专辑的时候并没有考虑关于签约公司的事情，所以这张专辑应当是乐队最自我的一张，因为它是在毫无压力的情况下完成的。《Showbiz》问世后，欧美的评论界都将这张唱片形容为“缪斯”带来的《
OK Computer》（
Radiohead在97年发表的惊世之作，并被某杂志评为上世纪最伟大的摇滚唱片）。
这张唱片和《OK Computer》确实有这很多相象的地方，但并非是某个旋律或是某句歌词，而是他们的风格。事实上，自从Radiohead发表《OK Computer》之后的两年间，主流市场上一直没有一张类似风格的专辑出现，全是一些
英伦软式吉他流行曲，就在这个时候《Showbiz》来了，并且得到了最广大歌迷的响应。乐队凭借着第一张专辑就轻而易举的征服了大英帝国，更不容易的是，他们也同时受到了美利坚合众国的欢迎。要知道，一个
英国乐队要能让刁钻的美国人看上眼，那简直如同中国队进入世界杯一样充满了奇迹色彩。
The CD begins with a little piano intro to Sunburn, a song that really shows the musical talent of these young men. The seemless transition between piano and distored guitars is really something to behold. Muscle Museum follows, followed by Fillip, not one of my favorite songs, but again, a beautiful interweaving piano line. Falling Down, Cave and Showbiz are very nice songs (Cave especially), but the next song, Unintended is really the hit song of this album. The first time I heard this song, it brought tears to my eyes, there is so much emotion and complexity to this song, I actually called my brother while listening to this song the first time and told him to by this CD. The lyrics are just stunning, the orchestration and development of the song is just, breathtaking for lack of a better word.