10 Rock Bands That Ripped Off Their Own Songs

10. The Globalist - Muse

The art of ripping off has really followed Muse around since the dawn of their career. If you go back and listen to some of the great songs off Showbiz and Origin of Symmetry, you can tell that Matthew Bellamy had a bit of a fascination with bands like Radiohead, taking the Thom Yorke falsetto and combining it with songs that have to do with everything from the oncoming apocalypse to the dangers of technology. Muse built a whole separate universe for this kind of music, but they did have to revisit some old habits every now and again.

During the leadup to their album Drones, Matt had mentioned that it would be a return to the more aggressive side of the band from their earlier years, along with dabbling in some of their progressive leanings. While we did get some great rock cuts like Reapers and Mercy, something a little bit familiar came up when going through the song The Globalist. Using the exact same key and epic scope, this is basically Muse going through something like Citizen Erased off Origin all over again.

Though the notes aren't the same, it mostly has to do with the way the song is constructed here, going from the epic riff that kicks everything off to swelling down to the classical section with just solo piano and Matt's voice. They might take a few pages out of their favorite bands every now and again, but Muse had honed their skills well enough by 2015 to pull from their own playbook.