You can't go wrong with Whitesnake. Nor can you with KISS for that matter. I also like Phil Collin's solo stuff although I struggle to remember whether I heard his solo stuff before his Genesis stuff or not!
Also, I have taken the trouble to upload a video of Muse playing Hysteria live at Earls Court to my webspace.
Muse - Hysteria Live Video. (25MB - .wmv format)
It was a video that they gave away over the net to advertise their
Absolution DVD, which was being released shortly afterwards. Chances are, if you're a Muse fan, you've got this video anyway, or at least seen it.
I have to say that I don't think it's a brilliant example of their live spirit as it's relatively tame in nature, although Hysteria has traditionally been a set opener so they're warming up, rather than blowing minds. You still get to see the traditional style of Chris waving his head around whilst playing a ridiculously impossible bass riff and walking calmly around the stage, as well as Matt's trademark "guitar swinging" that is a regular feature of their performaces.
Buying the DVD will show you the full scale of Muse's live power - it includes their Glastonbury 2004 set that closed that year's festival on Sunday night (co-headlining with Orbital, who were doing their last ever gig). Alternatively, if you get a chance to see any of their Reading 2006 footage, watch it. That was the night they unveiled their complete lighting and pyrotechnics set and was an absolutely awesome watch!
I won't be hosting the file for long (no more than two weeks) so if you want to take a peek, better try and download it soon (if you can't within two weeks, let me know when you can and I'll do my best to make sure it's up for you).
Enjoy.
