11. QueenA Night At The Opera

I get all the Queen records mixed up because there are so many neat songs but there never was, in my opinion, a consistent groove to one of the records where you could clearly identify a distinct period during those first few. But the operatic approach to Queen totally changed how I viewed heavy rock and I still think that Brian May was ahead of his time with his weird picking, guitar tones and harmonies. Of the later Queen material, I was listening to ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’ the other day and Freddie’s voice – every time I hear it, my eyes fill up. It’s so incredibly emotional and that’s what we, as musicians, want to elicit from the listener. Freddie and Queen were such a huge part of my life.