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JulianaDo you want to get a autographed Brian May’s guitar? So, check out the website, join in and cross your fingers!
Do you want to get a autographed Brian May’s guitar? So, check out the website, join in and cross your fingers!
Over on NME website is a poll to find “The Greatest Drummer of All Time” and Roger Taylor is nominated! Currently Roger is in 5th place with a score of 7,15 out of a possible 10.
It only takes a minute to cast a vote for Roger and seems you can vote daily!!!
Check out the website www.nme.com/rate/greatestdrummer/4
A bit old new, but…
Queen star Brian May did not realize his band mate Freddie Mercury was gay for years – because the flamboyant star had a string of girlfriends.
The pair were close during the early days of the band, but the legendary guitarist insists he had no inclination of Mercury’s homosexuality.
He tells Britain’s Daily Express, “No, I didn’t know. I don’t think even he was fully cognizant in the beginning. You’re talking to someone who shared rooms with Fred on the first couple of tours, so I knew him pretty well. I knew a lot of his girlfriends and he certainly didn’t have boyfriends, that’s for sure. I think there was a slight suspicion, but it never occurred to me that he was gay.”
And even when the frontman, who died in 1991, had come to terms with his sexual orientation, he became well versed at avoiding the issue when asked directly.
May adds, “I remember Freddie being asked if he was gay in one of his early interviews and he said: ‘Yes, darling, of course. I’m as gay as a daffodil’. It was a neat way of sidestepping the issue because actually, Freddie was no fool. I know that all through his life Fred didn’t think that whether he was gay or not was important. He loved music, he love his work, and he didn’t want anything to get in the way. Anyone who portrays Fred as purely a gay story is missing a lot of the point.”
After the popular success of the Bavaria Tour in 2007, montreuxmusic proudly presents the brand-new
Freddie Mercury’s Mountain Tour and its amazing new field of experience.
Discover where Freddie and Queen recorded some of their best work, have the same lunch package as the one PETER FREESTONE himself prepared for Freddie when he and the band could not leave the studio – in the very place where it all happened!
The mythic place of the former Mountain Studios, owned by QUEEN from 1979 until 1991, and then by David Richards until August 2002, after long negotiations with the casino, will be opened especially for you! In order to give all Freddie fans the possibility to discover this extraordinary place where Freddie and Queen recorded « Made in Heaven », « Jazz » and « Innuendo », montreuxmusic.com organises May 9th and July 18th, 2009 this exclusive experience with PETER FREESTONE.
Here, there’s a list of the greatest voices of rock’n roll, and Freddie Mercury got the second place, just lost to Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin.
01. Robert Plant (LED ZEPPELIN)
02. Freddie Mercury (QUEEN)
03. Paul Rodgers (FREE, BAD COMPANY)
04. Ian Gillan (DEEP PURPLE)
05. Roger Daltrey (THE WHO)
06. David Coverdale (WHITESNAKE)
07. Axl Rose (GUNS N’ ROSES)
08. Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN)
09. Mick Jagger (THE ROLLING STONES)
10. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
11. David Bowie
12. Jon Bon Jovi (BON JOVI)
13. Steven Tyler (AEROSMITH)
14. Jon Anderson (YES)
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. Joe Cocker
17. Ozzy Osbourne
18. Bono (U2)
19. Peter Gabriel
20. James Hetfield (METALLICA)
21. Janis Joplin
22. Chris Cornell (AUDIOSLAVE / SOUNDGARDEN)
23. Roger Chapman (FAMILY)
24. Phil Lynott (THIN LIZZY)
25. Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE)
26. Steve Perry (JOURNEY)
27. Jim Morrison (THE DOORS)
28. Alex Harvey (THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND)
29. Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST)
30. Ronnie James Dio (DIO)
31. Sammy Hagar (VAN HALEN)
32. Meat Loaf
33. Alice Cooper
34. Geddy Lee (RUSH)
35. Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
36. David Gilmour (PINK FLOYD)
37. Fish (MARILLION)
38. Dave Lee Roth (VAN HALEN)
39. Biff Byford (SAXON)
40. Neil Young.
QUEEN drummer Roger Taylor has proudly passed on his stick-wielding skills to hunky young son Rufus Taylor.
For Rufus is drummer in the live band for Queen musical We Will Rock You at Manchester’s Palace Theatre, playing along to a host of his dad’s classic back catalogue.
And while music is clearly running in the family, Roger reckons that Rufus has got one up on him straight away.
“He’s better looking than me!” He told The Diary.
“I’m really very proud of him. He fought for this job as drummer and he won it fairly and squarely.”
Rufus is certainly enjoying being a part of the first UK touring production of the rock extravaganza.
He said: “It’s great fun, I’ve never actually played all these songs before so it’s been good, it’s a great company to work with and everyone’s been really nice.”
Meanwhile Roger was full of praise for all of us Manchester theatre-goers who have been giving the show such an emphatic response. He said: “[Queen] have played Manchester many times and it’s the best audience of everywhere.”
Another one list 
This time with the bests guitar solos of the rock, and of course, Queen’s there with Brighton Rock. See the list here:
01. Pink Floyd – “Comfortably Numb”
02. Guns ‘n Roses – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
03. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Freebird”
04. Van Halen – “Eruption”
05. Guns ‘n Roses – “November Rain”
06. Led Zeppelin – “Stairway to Heaven”
07. Dire Straits – “Sultans of Swing”
08. Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”
09. The eagles – “Hotel California”
10. Deep Purple- “Child In Time”
11. Queen – “Brighton Rock”
12. Jimi Hendrix – “All Along The Watchtower”
13. Deep Purple – “Highway Star”
14. Wishbone Ash – “Throw Down The Sword”
15. Ozzy Osbourne – “No More Tears”
16. Cream – “Crossroads”
17. Guns ‘n Roses – “Paradise City”
18. Led Zeppelin – “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
19. Ten Years Aftes – “I’m Going Home (Woodstock)”
20. Jimi Hendrix – “Voodoo Chile”
A site made a list with the celebrity people’d go out. Our Freddie is in the list, as one of the favorite people to woman. I agree, he was an amazing singer and a gentleman.
The list has Johnny Depp, George Clooney and Elvis Presley.
I have added a gallery on Queen Rocks! Now, you can find (for a while now) Roger Taylor, Queen and Freddie Mercury pictures. See them here.
We have a new layout! You can see it’s more beautiful, in my opinion.
Hope you like this!!
