Truth of the matter is that Jack's style is anathema to what bands like U2, Coldplay, Muse or Nickelback require. They need a root note based, steady-throb-with-little-dynamics approach forever enslaved to the drums. A bass that could just as well be played by a keyboard (and often sounds like it too). Try that with a Cream live recording! 
I realize you don't like Muse. But, seriously, U2, Coldplay and Nickelback aren't even close to being in the same league as Muse. This may be the only time I give you advice, but check out the bass lines to the "Absolution" album. The whole album is light years away from anything U2, Coldplay or Nickelback have ever attempted. It's true the last few albums by Muse have sucked. But some of the old ones are pretty good. It also might be kept in mind that, even though you might not be able to hear it in their music, Muse was inspired by Jimi Hendrix. I know this, of course, by what band members have said in interviews. How relevant that is, I'm not sure. But you would have to wonder if Coldplay, U2 and Nickelback have even heard of Hendrix. The music of all three bands is mind-numbing. As for Cream, that was very possibly the greatest band of all time. Of course it will be hard to find anything to match what they did. And as important as Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton were, Jack Bruce was the driving force.
Addendum:
Although this is about an 18 minute video, there is no need to go much beyond the 8 minute mark. By that time a clear decline in Muse's career, unfortunately, had begun. In other words, things begin to fall apart roughly by 2009.
