Articles archive
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Queen At the Beeb review
THIS is an event. Not merely the release of more 'product', but a major milestone in the annals of Rock. What you hold here are eight songs recorded in 1973 by Queen, one of the great names of post-wa…
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Open Letter To Brian from Joe Elliot (Def Leppard)
This letter was published on Def Leppards website to show their appreciation for Brian helping to induct them to the Rock Walk. Dear Brian, this is your old pal Joe Elliott here. Just dropping you a n…
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THE FREDDIE MERCURY TAPES
Interview by Wesley Strick Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Boys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin. Robert Plant was alw…
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Interview: Brian & Roger on VH1,
Roger: He was very much his own creation. He made himself and he just got better and better. At first we thought "he'll never get away with this" but he just developed and became a better singer, bett…
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David Richards Interview
Q: Was A Winters Tale the last song Freddie wrote for Made In Heaven? DR: A Winters Tale was the last song he wrote, the lost song he sang for MIH was Mother Love, which Brian wrote for him. Q: Did Br…
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Queen's Speech
There are often some questions best left until right at the end of an interview, the reasoning being that if you get flung out for asking them, at least you have everything else you want to know. In t…
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Brian and Roger Interview
Roger: He was very much his own creation. He made himself and he just got better and better. At first we thought "he'll never get away with this" but he just developed and became a better singer, bett…
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Brian Interview
Richard: You're in the last stages of a UK tour. How's it going? Brian: It's been incredible. Very exciting for me, a great challenge. It takes everything I've got to get through it, just physically!…
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Brian Talks Mainly About His Work On the new Guns N Roses Album
MAH: Speaking of good singers, we've heard a lot of rumours about the fact that you've been doing some recording with Axl Rose. And, in fact, many of the listeners, people including Louise in Invernes…
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Brian May On Rock Hall Induction And Rumors
(12/13/00, 4 p.m. ET) - Queen was one of the bands selected for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame on Tuesday (December 12). The band was chosen in its second year of eligibility. LAUNCH as…
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Queen Before Queen: The 60's Recordings
Queen's Heaven For Everyone", written by Roger Taylor, and one of the last tracks to be issued under the band's name, was poised to reach No. 1 as we went to press. The tie-in "Made In Heaven" album i…
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Queen: Their Solo Careers
Unfortunately not many Australian Queen pressings have set the collecting world alight, and the same can be said about their solo recordings. As a Queen collector of fanatical proportions, I have trie…
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In Memory Of Mercury
The West Magazine Queen drummer Roger Taylor this week launches his latest solo album which includes a song blasting newspaper proprietor Rupert Murdoch. Taylor is still seething with anger after The…
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Nazis 1994
Who said 90's rock was all thrash and trash? Queen drummer Roger Taylor is so sickened by the rise of far right political loopies that he has raised his voice in protest, with the song 'Nazi 1994'. Sa…
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Queen: The Hollywood CDs 28
For Queen fans, 1991 began in great style with the brilliant "Innuendo" single, which entered the U.K. charts at No.1. A month later came the album, another instant chart-topper, followed by three fur…
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Queen: The Hollywood CDs
For Queen fans, 1991 began in great style with the brilliant "Innuendo" single, which entered the U.K. charts at No.1. A month later came the album, another instant chart-topper, followed by three fur…
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Queen still reigning
The reign of Queen that has seen two decades of heavy metal ranting, preposterous pomposity, and excess with success, should have come to an end in late November 1991. That was when the bands extravag…
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Does Queen Deserve Rock's Royal crown?
Freddie Mercury & Brian May hawk their 'News Of The World' Freddie Mercury is no longer the leader of Queen. Has he been fired, you ask, or is he off to pursue a solo career? No. It's simply, with the…
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Crowning Glory
It has been eight years since the great Freddie Mercury died but the influence of the legendary rock band he fronted - Queen - lives on. Monday will see a significant moment in the band’s post-Freddie…
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SCARAMOUCH!
They brought pomp and opera to the masses, so as Channel 4 looks back on the career of Britain’s most flamboyant rock band, here are some facts taken from Phil Sutcliffe’s article that you never knew…