“I don’t believe in the words ‘progressive rock,’” Focus’ Thijs van Leer toldProgin 2019. ”I think the only progressive rocker we ever had, who unfortunately died, wasFrank Zappa, because he combined modern classical music, which he composed himself, with rock.” Perhaps his definiti...
The highlight of the last Queen album completed in Freddie Mercury's lifetime, Roger Taylor's "These Are the Days of Our Lives" worked as a devastatingly beautiful farewell. Prior toThe Miracle, Mercury had announced that he was leaving the road – ostensibly to break the tour-album-tour ...
The 1992 VMAs took place roughly nine months afterFreddie Mercurydied, and 12 years afterQueenearned their last platinum album in the U.S. Needless to say, the classic rock icons were not exactly a commercial force to be reckoned with at the time. But they enjoyed one of their many caree...
The 1992 VMAs took place roughly nine months afterFreddie Mercurydied, and 12 years afterQueenearned their last platinum album in the U.S. Needless to say, the classic rock icons were not exactly a commercial force to be reckoned with at the time. But they enjoyed one of their many caree...
The 1992 VMAs took place roughly nine months afterFreddie Mercurydied, and 12 years afterQueenearned their last platinum album in the U.S. Needless to say, the classic rock icons were not exactly a commercial force to be reckoned with at the time. But they enjoyed one of their many caree...
Freddie Mercury - Spiders As the frontman of Queen, Freddie Mercury had a fearless onstage persona. In his personal life, however, one thing gave the singer significant anxiety. In the book 'Mercury and Me,' Mercury’s former partner Jim Hutton recalled the rocker’s arachnophobia. “On many...
One of the most electric performances ever broadcast on live television — despite Queen’s being given just 18 minutes to perform on a star-studded Live Aid bill, and a throat ailment for Freddie Mercury that had doctors cautioning against the performance. They rose to the challenge. ...
Queen (1991):Freddie Mercury's subsequent death, and the realization that this would be his last album, worked to give 'Innuendo' a contextual sadness. But other than the contemplative U.K. No. 1 "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (which was written by Roger Taylor), you really don'...
Queen (1991):Freddie Mercury's subsequent death, and the realization that this would be his last album, worked to give 'Innuendo' a contextual sadness. But other than the contemplative U.K. No. 1 "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (which was written by Roger Taylor), you really don'...
In the final months before succumbing to AIDS in November 1991, Freddie Mercury worked diligently on the music that became 'Made in Heaven.' In the Queen documentary 'Champions of the World,' guitarist Brian May recalled the resolute spirit within the band, realizing they were "totally on bor...