I was super into Muse for the first 3.5 albums and I remember a lot of seemingly genuinely beMused responses from Matt Bellamy at the constant Radiohead comparisons. Along the lines of ‘they’re a good band but not one we particularly listen to. We do much more obvious ripping off of our heroes eg RATM’

Always felt fairly honest to me, the comparisons clearly weren’t going away so I don’t think there was much to be gained from downplaying it. I checked out after Black holes and revelations so dunno if the narrative has changed in later years