24 March

If your familiarity with Queen is mostly the hits, one thing that can get missed is what a kick-arse rock and roll band they were. Just a short clip here, but listen to that power trio go. Brian May said they built a ‘wall of sound’ for Freddie to sing over, and you can hear it here. Roger Taylor’s cymbal work is so underrated, he was a percussionist in his thinking sometimes, more than a drummer, it fills spaces amazingly.