Muse's Millenium - NME (december 1999)

Where will you be spending New Year's Eve this year? M: Dropping water bombs from 1000ft over Teignmouth in my new flying machine. C: In a pub somewhere. I'll decide on the night. D: Hopefully ski-ing in Italy. What do you feel about the coming of the new Millennium? M: Nothing. C: It's gonna be no different from any other New Year's Eve. D: A big celebration of expectance What's your favourite invention of the last 1000 years? M:Electricity. C: N64. D: The wheel (Roman chariots must've been dead uncomfortable then - Ed) What hasn't been invented yet that should have been? M:Weekend breaks to the moon. C:Time Travel. D: Travelling to a new dimension. You've got 90 minutes to live before the Y2K apolocalypse what's on the stereo? M:Captain Beefheart 'I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby'. C: Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds'. D: Rage Against The Machine. If we survive, how will you celebrate New Year's Day and what will your resolutions be for the rest of the year? M: If it was a good night, I will sleep all day - my New Year's resolution: desperately attempt to become more funny/cool/intelligent for future NME interviews. C: I'll celebrate New Year's Day with a hangover and I'll try to stop smoking. D: Drinking water and aspirin and wishing I gave up smoking.

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