Brian May

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Brian May: 'Taylor Hawkins single-handedly made Queen cool again' (Far Out Magazine)

After the tragic death of Taylor Hawkins last month, Queen's Brian May was among those to pay tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer.

May elaborated, “He and Pat Smear gave us an award at some ceremony – I can’t even remember what it was now – but it became obvious at that point really early on that they knew everything. He brought much of his admiration for Queen to his own performance. During Foo Fighters’ last performance at Lollapalooza in Argentina, Hawkins took over singing duties for a cover of Queen’s ‘Somebody To Love’ while Grohl sat at the drums.

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Brian May Says Taylor Hawkins 'Seemed To Be A Lot Cooler Than ... (MetalCastle)

Brian May once again sent respectful words the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and said he seemed much cooler than his band Queen.

I hadn’t realized [it], but he’s the most vociferous and devoted Queen fan in the World. Brian then said Taylor Hawkins was the greatest Queen fan around the world. I don’t know what it was that he had in his body, but it’s extraordinary. So, he was excited to come in and play. And that was always a shock to me, because he seemed to be a lot cooler than we were, you know. I was excited to have him in there. It was clearly hard to accept for Brian that the person he played side by side on his solo album had passed away. Brian May came to world prominence as a member of his co-founded rock band Queen, which was released in 1970. He also revealed his honest opinion on Foo Fighters and said they were awesome. In 1992, he debuted with 12-track Back To The Light. Six years later, in 1998, Brian May added one more album to his catalog and released his second solo studio album, named Another World. He also performed with remarkable musicians such as Brantley Gilbert, Kerry Ellis, Fito Paez, and Fight Finger Death Punch. “It was wonderful,” Brian said. Over the years, as he has been one of the nicest people in music, Brian May built great friendships in rock.

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Freddie Mercury and Brian May's 'terrible' arguments: 'What breaks ... (Fortnite)

FREDDIE MERCURY frequently clashed with Queen bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor, the legendary guitarist revealed in a throwback interview.

Brian said: “We had big, big dreams. “But within the band we did. “We sometimes said terrible things, but we got the best out of each other.” The first part of ‘Queen: A Rock History’ airs on Channel 5 at 9:15pm tonight, and is followed by ‘Queen: Live At The Odeon’, one of the band’s most iconic gigs recorded in Hammersmith on Christmas Eve 1975. The programme documents Queen’s rise to the top, focusing on key moments in the band’s history, namely the ‘A Night at the Opera’ album which brought them international recognition. “There was conflict, but we got there.”

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Freddy Mercury: Star was 'months' away from life-extending AIDS ... (Daily Express)

FREDDY MERCURY'S death due to AIDS was a bombshell for everyone but especially those closest to him including Queen co-star Brian May who recently said he ...

In a new interview on BBC Radio 2, May said he was still “struggling” with Mercury’s death. "Once, he showed it to us at dinner. The Queen co-founder tragically also shared how he was certain that Mercury “missed” treatment that allows HIV and AIDS sufferers to live a normal life by a “few months”. Freddy Mercury’s early death in 1991 due to AIDS complications sent rippled around the music world. Brian May even revealed to the Sunday Times that AIDS had cost the star his foot, which he was upset about because it left the Queen singer in “terrible pain”. FREDDY MERCURY'S death due to AIDS was a bombshell for everyone but especially those closest to him including Queen co-star Brian May who recently said he "lost" his "sense of reality" and suggested Mercury missed life-extending treatment by "months".

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