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Watch Brian May make a TV presenter's day with an unaccompanied Bohemian Rhapsody solo through his epic Vox AC30 rig
By Jackson Maxwell published
Iain Lee was like a kid in a candy store as the Queen guitarist demonstrated – up-close and personal – the magical, singing tone of one of his most famous solos
NAMM 2023: Vox pledges to make Brian May’s legendary tone “accessible to all” with two signature mini amps
By Matt Owen published
amPlug Brian May promises stadium-sized tones from a headphone amp, while the Nutube-equipped MV50 is so convincing the Queen icon is considering taking it out on tour
Brian May – the ultimate interview: the Queen legend reflects on his career highs and lows, songwriting with Freddie Mercury and 50 years of trailblazing guitar playing
By Chris Bird published
In this career-spanning interview, one of the all-time greatest guitar players talks through every era of Queen's career, and charts the evolution of rock's most singular band
The 10 coolest bassline samples ever
By Nick Wells published
How Sugarhill Gang, Eminem and even Vanilla Ice introduced new generations to the basslines of Ron Carter, Nathan East, Lee Sklar, John Deacon and more
Brian May on how Led Zeppelin inspired Queen: “I owe a lot to Jimmy Page”
By Matt Owen published
The guitar icon said he and his bandmates looked up to Led Zeppelin from a musical and industry perspective, and labelled Page “the master of the riff”
How Brian May broke a golden guitar recording rule during the tracking of Queen's debut album
By Sam Roche published
The guitarist talks disrupting conventional approaches to recording in the early '70s in a new interview with Total Guitar
Brian May: “The Face It Alone solo is very much in the moment. It’s me trying to be a voice next to Freddie's”
By Chris Bird published
May reveals the story behind Queen’s ‘lost’ classic – and the epic guitar solo he created for it
Brian May on unearthing an unreleased Freddie Mercury track and how The Beatles: Get Back inspired the reissue of Queen's 1989 album The Miracle
By Andrew Daly published
May dubs it “Queen's most cohesive album of the '80s” – here, he explains why the rock legends chose to reissue The Miracle some 33 years after its original release with a massive boxset featuring lost tracks, outtakes, live cuts and loads more
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