Matt Bellamy

Bellamy was born in Cambridge, but spent most of his early life in Devon, England. While attending school in Devon, Bellamy began to show an interest in music, and during his time at school he played the clarinet. Bellamy's father, George, was the rhythm guitarist in the 1960s English rock group The Tornados, who were the first English band to have a U.S. number one, with "Telstar". Bellamy's mother, Marilyn, was born in Belfast, and moved to England in the 1970s. On her first day in England she met George Bellamy, who was at that time working as a taxi driver in London. They moved to Cambridge, where Matthew's older brother Paul was born, followed a couple of years later by Matthew himself. In the mid-1980s they moved to Teignmouth, Devon where Matthew was educated at Teignmouth Community College. He also attended Exeter College before Muse was signed.

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