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Queen hated the drum sound on their debut so much that they “augmented” every beat for its reissue
By Jonathan Horsley published
Their eponymous debut is a stone-cold rock classic but Queen have never been happy with its sound, especially Taylor’s drums. For its “rebuilt” and renamed reissue, they forensically applied digital tech to transform the sound of each individual drum hit

“My guitar hero has always been Brian May”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts salutes Queen
By Paul Elliott, Amit Sharma published
She loves a guitar solo you can sing along to

“If Brian and I feel we have some good material, why not?” Roger Taylor teases new Queen material
By Will Simpson published
Could there be a new Queen album?

Brian May heads up a new stereo mix 'rebuild' of Queen's debut album
By Rob Laing published
"It is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you"

"Out of the blue, I didn't have any control over this arm": Brian May reveals he's suffered a stroke that left him unable to use his left arm
By Will Groves published
Queen reveals 'health hiccup' on his website

"When it comes down to chords, we don’t often spend much time talking about Brian May – until now": learn 4 from his Queen classics
By Leigh Fuge published
A crazy little thing called Dsus4

I Want It All: Sony snaps up Queen back catalogue
By Will Simpson published
Sony buy Queen back catalogue

A Murphy Lab Red Special from the Gibson Custom Shop? “It’s not out of the question,” says Brian May
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Queen guitarist reveals he is talking to Gibson and says it would be “wonderful” to have a US-made version of his iconic Red Special

Brian May has officially teamed up with Gibson – but what will their collaboration involve?
By Jonathan Horsley published
No, the Queen guitarist is surely not going to start playing Les Pauls but a signature acoustic might not be beyond the realms of the imagination, nor would a Gibson-built Red Special

“I never liked it, to be honest, the way it was mixed. But I do recognise that it works”: Brian May says Under Pressure sounded like The Who before David Bowie took out the heavy guitar parts
By Jonathan Horsley published
Brian May said he was “beaming” about the guitar on the early versions of Under Pressure. David Bowie was not
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