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Muse Bassist Chris Wolstenholme Opens Up About Alcoholic Past
Thursday, 26 July 2012 Written by Elliott Batte
Muse Bassist Chris Wolstenholme Opens Up About Alcoholic Past

Chris Wolstenholme, bass player of world-famous electronic rockers Muse, has opened up about his alcoholic past - revealing that two tracks from the band’s forthcoming new record ‘The 2nd Law’ were written about his battle with drink.

Wolstenholme has been a part of Muse since the very beginning, and has always been a staple part of the band, but his drinking allegedly became a huge problem and even led to his bandmates Matt Bellamy and Dominic Howard having to work on some of 2009 album ‘The Resistance’ on their own. Realising he may be causing a premature end to his own life, Wolstenholme overcame his problem - and has now opened up about it for the first time.

“Drinking all day every day is pretty bad,” Wolestenholme told NME. “It's when you start getting to that point where you realise you can't function without it, where you wake up in the morning shaking and the first thing you do is go to the fridge and down a bottle of wine. That's how bad it was. I was incredibly unhealthy, overweight, a mess. You've got anxiety 24 hours a day, you feel your fucking life is about to end, you're very scared but you don't know what you're scared of.

“There was only two ways to go: die in a few years or stop. The same happened to my dad, he was 40 when he died. I'd just turned 30 and it was that realisation that if I go the same way I could be dead in ten years. Ten years is not a long time.”

He went on to talk about ‘The 2nd Law’ tracks ‘Save Me’ and ‘Liquid State’ - saying: “Both of those lyrics were written at that time when I'd stopped drinking. 'Liquid State' was written about the person you become when you're intoxicated and how the two of them are having this fight inside of you and it tears you apart. 'Save Me' was about having the family, the wife and kids and, despite all that crap that I've put them through, at the end of it you realise they're still there and they're the ones who pulled you through.”

Luckily, he’s managed to sort himself out, and Muse are back to their world-beating best. If you’re a fan, you can catch them on Uk tour this October - simply check the dates and details below to find yourself Muse tickets.

Muse UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:

Wed October 24th 2012 - SECC, Glasgow
Fri October 26th 2012 - O2 Arena, London
Sat October 27th 2012 - O2 Arena, London
Tue October 30th 2012 - LG Arena, Birmingham
Thu November 1st 2012 - Arena, Manchester

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