Emerson, Lake & Palmer are one of those favorite bands from my youth that, like The Beatles or Queen, I can pretty much talk about forever. For all the overblown pomp and ceremony that defined 1970s Progressive Rock, few bands dished it out bigger or better than the “super group” trio known as ELP. Keith [...]
Image Source As the surviving members of Queen continue their seemingly endless celebration of the band’s forty year anniversary – which kicked off with last year’s Deluxe Reissues of their entire catalog – an all new box set of Queen Tunes is about to be made available for fans who don’t mind throwing down $350: [...]
Earlier this past summer, British music journalist Mark Blake published his book Is This The Real Life?, an engaging biography of the band Queen. Blake’s book is crammed with amazing personal information on the band’s members – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor and Brian May – in addition to chronicling their success as a [...]
Image Source Twenty years ago today, on November 24, 1991, Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury passed away from complications due to AIDS at the age of 45. Let us give thanks that we had him for as long as we did.
With NBC’s wildly popular sitcom, The Office, now in its eighth season, only those living under rocks would deny that what started out as a two season, twelve episode series on the BBC has become one of the most successful sitcom franchises in TV history. The Office has been adapted for TV in France, Brazil [...]
In honor of Freddie Mercury’s 65th Birthday (9/5/11), Google UK has a very cool Freddie Google Doodle featuring Freddie in his various incarnations during Queen’s career. The Doodle will be up in the US on Tuesday, September 6th as a belated Birthday nod to Freddie, since we are technically “Celebrating” Labor Day in the US [...]
“We’ve Got Your Moustache” On September 5, 2011, late Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury would have celebrated his 65th Birthday. In remembrance of his life, UK-based Global AIDS charity, the Mercury Phoenix Trust is sponsoring the annual charity event, Freddie For a Day. Created by Liz Swanton, Freddie For a Day encourages participants to dress up [...]
On This Day in 1975: Queen began recording “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales. The song took three weeks to record and featured 180 separate overdubs.
Image Source Queen Guitarist Brian May was born on this day in 1947. Read a list of Brian May’s Top Ten Awesomest Guitar Moments at This Link. Happy Birthday, Brian!
Cover Art These days, Peter Hince is a well-respected photographer living in London. But back in the seventies and eighties, when Rock & Roll was still a dangerous and magical thing, Peter was better known by the nickname “Ratty,” and he worked for the rock band Queen; primarily as roadie to Freddie Mercury and Queen [...]
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