Regardless, May asked Rodgers to sing lead vocals in a new collaboration, and Queen + Paul Rodgers was born. Up until this point, Rodgers had been best known as the vocalist in bands like Free and Bad Company, his masculine roars miles away from Freddie’s layered falsetto and eccentricities. From soulless reworkings of Queen hits with commercial pop stars to a superfluous (yet admittedly enjoyable) musical entitled We Will Rock You, the remaining half of Queen were willing to put their name to anything.Įnter Paul Rodgers. From here, however, May and Taylor (without bassist John Deacon, who wisely retired in 1997) didn’t so much push the envelope as rip it open, turn the paper into confetti and throw it over Mercury’s grave. It started with the posthumous Made in Heaven- pushing the envelope a little, certainly, but a nice enough send-off to the classic line-up. This has not stopped guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, however, from cashing in on Queen. Review Summary: Queen - Freddie Mercury + Paul Rodgers =/= rockin' good time.Īnyone with a functioning brain could easily tell you that Queen died with Freddie Mercury’s tragic passing in 1991.
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