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Classic Rock April 2008

Classic Rock April 2008

An superb early shot of Freddie and the boys is one of four covers for Classic Rock’s April issue titled ‘The Best British Bands…Ever!’ (Out Tomorrow)

Queen get further mentions in the feature as follows:

Page 38/39: Flying The Flag interview with Joe Elliot

Did Queen have the biggest influence on Leppard?
“Queen taught us that you could take your music wherever you wanted to go…that bravado comes from Queen, who’d do everything from heavy stuff like Brighton Rock to a pop song like Radio Ga Ga.”
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Joe’s Top Five British Albums
Queen-Sheer Heart Attack – “It’s rock n’ roll with a bit more class.”

Page 40:The North East
Paul Rodgers on the musos from their next of the woods.

Page 64: The South
Status Quo’s Francis Rossi on the rock contingent from London and the South.

Queen
“Fantastic band. I was so envious of them for a while, particularly at the start, because such great things were said about them. They used things like 70 voice at a time, which we never did. But their records were incredible. Even now, there’s still nothing around to touch them.”

Page 66: The 65 Best British Songs
No.5 Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen
Typical English humour in a song that delights in the old Carry On belief that there’s something very alluring about ladies’ well-upholstered posteriors.

Page 98: Buyers Guide
Paul Rodgers: Free, Bad Company, Queen, solo artist.
Mentions the 2005 Tour, studio plans and the release of Say It’s Not True.

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