Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock

289 Pages·2011·122.78 MB·English

by  Phil Sutcliffe

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-'FREDDIE MERCURY
"Their music was incredibly original in blending hard rock and
pop in a way that had never been done bifore ... obviously
of
they wrote a lot catchy tunes that will probably be
of
around forever. They seem to be the band that kind
created that rock/pop anthem that you hear at every
sports arena. So, yeah, I think they're af airly C
pinnacle band."
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"I think that they had an amazing sound. It was completely unique and nobody
could duplicate it, in the same way that the Four Seasons had their own sound,
in the same way the Beatles had their own sound. Queen had a sound that
people loved, and it was undeniable."
-'NEIL 'DIAMOND
"What I really like about them is they just didn't give a shit.
They're so ridiculous .... And musically they really are
phenomenal. Freddie Mercury was just a beautiful singer, and
they all are so great as musicians and have so many
great moments where it's like, oh my God, here's a
band that didn't hold back."
-WAYNE COYNE, 'FLAMING 'lIPS
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"I love them. I'm the biggest Queen fan ever.
My mother tells me the first time cried
I
without cryingjust to try to get something
is when Freddie Mercury died. They're the
kind ofband that's just in your DNA, really.
Everyone just knows who they are."
-ADELE
"Queen were quite sort of seminal in my youth, and I've always had a lot of
fondness for them. The first couple albums, bifore punk came along, were quite
noisy and really unique .... I was positively in love with them."
-'NORMAN COOK, AKA 'FATBOY SLIM
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"There is no band remotely like them. There aren't even
imitators that come within a hundred city blocks of
Queen, and that can be said about very, very few bands .
.. . It's one of the few bands in the history of rock music
that was actually best in a stadium. And miss Freddie
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Mercury very much."
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-TOM 'MORELLO,
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'RAGE AGAINST THE 'MACHINE
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THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE
CROWN KINGS OF ROCK
Voyageur Press
First published in 2009 by Voyageur Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing Company,
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Sutcliffe, Phil.
Queen: the ultimate illustrated history of the crown kings of rock I Phil Sutcliffe.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7603-3719-6 (hb wi jkt)
1. Queen (Musical group) 2. Rock musicians-England-Biography. 1. Title.
ML421.Q44S872009
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