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Vox Brian May signature guitar amps

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

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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

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Grandmaster Melle Mel of Granmastrer Flash and the Furious Fiveand WOnder Mike of The Sugar Hill Gang join Living Colour backstage during The Million Man Mosh II at the Highline Ballroom on January 21, 2013 in New York City.

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

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Brian May and Jimmy Page

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”

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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

Music Releases
Singer Freddie Mercury and guitarist Brian May of Queen at the Rosemont Horizon on September 19, 1980 in Rosemont, Illinois.

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

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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

Music Releases
Charles Berthoud performs with Rockin' 1000

Watch Charles Berthoud lead 200 bass players in a magical cover of Queen’s Under Pressure

By Nick Wells published

What do you get if you put 200 bassists in a stadium and ask them to play a Queen classic? A kind of magic

Bassists
Brian May and Freddie Mercury

Queen share “lost” track featuring Freddie Mercury, Face It Alone, recorded over 30 years ago

By Matt Owen published

The rediscovered single was committed to record during the band's 1988 sessions for their 13th studio album, The Miracle, but never made the cut

Music Releases
Queen And Adam Lambert Rhapsody Over London

Queen and Adam Lambert announce Rhapsody Over London – a live stream extravaganza captured during their 10-night stint at the O2 Arena

By Matt Parker published

Brian May and co will also answer fan questions in a live Q&A session

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