| Cherokeechili 19.12.2010 04:08 |
Is Gregory Finsley (Queen For a Day) and (Queen Nation) the best Freddie vocalist out there and if so will he ever join QUEEN for a Freddie Tribute Tour?Check out the video samples and let me know thanks Don Keep yourself alive Gregory w Queen for a Day Keep yourself alive Gregory w Queen Nation It’s Late Gregory w Queen Nation Get Down Make Love Gregory w Queen Nation Spread Your Wings Gregory w Queen Nation |
| emrabt 19.12.2010 10:15 |
Is Gregory Finsley (Queen For a Day) and (Queen Nation) the best Freddie vocalist out there =============================== He's one of the best liked, in my opinion Gary mullen is better. link ==================================== if so will he ever join QUEEN for a Freddie Tribute Tour? ======================================= Yes, 2012, brian and roger have stopped watching the xfactor and are currently finding this guy for a tour, Elvis Presley will be on Bass. |
| thunderbolt 31742 20.12.2010 00:25 |
Just gotta say I was at the Pechanga show, and It's Late was absolutely the highlight of the show for me. I never expected to hear that one live. I'll say this, Gregory Finsley is the best Freddie vocalist I've seen (in person or on Youtube, no offense to Joe Retta of course), and when he pairs up with Queen Nation, magic happens. The instrumentation is so technically-matched to Queen's and Gregory has an incredible ability to channel Freddie in his voice. As far as a Queen tour with Gregory Finsley...eh...as cool as it would be to see a one-off show with Gregory fronting Queen, I'm not a fan of the Ripper Owens/Arnel Pineda method of replacing your lead singer. I just don't see Queen fans accepting a Freddie soundalike in the lead role, regardless of how great the soundalike is. Please, don't take that as a slight to Gregory. I've seen him with QN several times now, and consistently walk away amazed at how well the shows are pulled off, and how awesome they sound. It's not that I don't think Gregory could pull off a show with Queen, just that I don't think many Queen fans would be willing to welcome him into the group. I do hope I'm wrong, though. |
| john bodega 20.12.2010 04:46 |
*shrug* I don't really think he is. I think the great thing about Freddie impersonators is that they all seem to (without coordination!) cover different aspects of Freddie's career pretty well. I'd say that Finsley is the go-to man for the 70's sound. Mullen has it all over him for the Wembley sound. It's the same deal with the other ones I've heard. To start with you have to be a pretty outstanding singer to attempt this material, so by no means would "he's not the best Freddie" ever be an insult. I do wish they'd do something with the guitarist's sound though. |
| inu-liger 20.12.2010 06:13 |
Agreed, Zeb. I have YET to see a Queen tribute band that has both a VERY good Freddie impersonator AND a guitarist who not only plays like Brian but also has the right BM/RS sound! I find it insulting they even use amps that aren't Vox AC30's! |
| john bodega 20.12.2010 11:03 |
Yeah - I'd feel kind of ripped off if I went and saw the band posted up the page, to be honest. It's like they just don't give a toss about the guitar, and Queen is one band where you're not going to get away with that philosophy :S |
| The Real Wizard 20.12.2010 11:17 |
Here's a band called Mercury .. both the Freddie and Brian are top notch - link |
| jamster1111 20.12.2010 14:47 |
SirGH: To me, anyone who doesn't play piano on the songs Mercury played piano on isn't a true Freddie tribute. Also, Greg Finsley is great because he sings most of the songs how Freddie sang them live and not how he sang in the studio which is much better and much more authentic for a live band. To me, the best Freddie vocalist is the singer from Dios Salve A La Reina (everything is perfect about his voice and style except he has an accent. If he got rid of the accent, he'd be the ultimate best): link link Also a drawback to this tribute band is they do the intro and opera part to borhap live |
| emrabt 20.12.2010 16:07 |
Here's a band called Mercury .. both the Freddie and Brian are top notch ================================================================= I saw them in 2005, and really wasn't impressed, I want to break free and we will rock you were sung very well, but the other songs sound like a drunk Freddie at the start of each line then trailing off by the end. Also it was out side, pouring down with rain. the guy playing Freddie slipped over and only 18 people turned up, so, to be fair they probably didn’t put their all in. Here’s a video: link They also try and do the full Bo Rap with intro, which sounds terrible. |
| master marathon runner 20.12.2010 17:26 |
Well you see, it's like this.......To us lot at Queenzone, Queen are our heroes, up there on some metaphorical celestial plane, to be gazed at from a great distance, never to get close to. Now this Gregory chap, he's not on that level, despite his talent he belongs down here with us, he's strictly cabaret. Actually play with Queen ? Don't talk so bloody ridiculous. Master Marathon Runner. |
| john bodega 21.12.2010 06:02 |
link I like this one a lot. The video itself is terrible, but one of my old comments has a generous number of green thumbs next to it, which made me laugh quite a lot. For my money, I've played for the best Freddie I'm likely going to meet - Tom Crane (good blend of 70's and 80's characteristics, damned talented fellow). The others are a good lot, but to be honest I find playing music more enjoyable than listening to it, so I dunno - short of flying around the world just to jam with Freddie impersonators and figuring out which jams the best, I find the comparisons kind of pointless. |
| emrabt 21.12.2010 07:21 |
The best Freddie vocalist is the singer from Dios Salve A La Reina ==================================================== I've always liked Pablo from Dios Salve a La Reina, if he invested in some lessons to cover his extremely thick Spanish accent he would probably be the best. other Spanish people probably don’t notice it, as it’s the accent they are used to. |
| arealqueen 21.12.2010 15:41 |
joe retta sucks!!! |
| Amazon 21.12.2010 18:42 |
I'm not a big fan of tribute bands, however for what they are, Gregory Finsley is pretty good. Still, I really wish that the musician who sang Brian's line had his voice. What I love about Brian on KYA, is that he sounded like he had a cold. :D |
| beautifulsoup 22.12.2010 00:00 |
Amazon wrote: I'm not a big fan of tribute bands, however for what they are, Gregory Finsley is pretty good. Still, I really wish that the musician who sang Brian's line had his voice. What I love about Brian on KYA, is that he sounded like he had a cold. :D ============================ Wow, and that's what I hate about Brian on KYA! :D |
| Amazon 24.12.2010 09:05 |
beautifulsoup wrote: "Wow, and that's what I hate about Brian on KYA! :D" :D I know! I mean, many people don't like it, which is one of the reasons I love it. That is, I have a thing for singing which isn't classically attractive. Alanis Morissette, Betty Davis, Meg White, Axl Rose, Brian on KYA etc... I don't simply like someone because they're classically unattractive (if they're a bad singer, I won't like them), and I love plenty of classically attractive singers (my all-time favourite singer is Freddie, with Otis Redding another of my absolute favourite singers), but I do appreciate certain singers who won't be winning any vocal beauty contests. |
| Cherokeechili 25.12.2010 00:26 |
One thing we do like about Gregory Finsley is the amount of Testosterone he seems to bring to the performance and the fact that he actually plays piano link Now I'm Here |
| Cherokeechili 25.12.2010 00:54 |
We also love Gary Mullen.......the stuff impromptu in the bar is some of the best around! |
| Susan51 10.09.2013 20:11 |
YOU ROCK US!!!! And We will rock you!!! Thank you Greg. you are beyond awesome!!! |
| dysan 11.09.2013 03:26 |
Not even close. Good bands on a couple of those vids though. |
| matt z 13.09.2013 01:06 |
I've only recently seen Finsley here in woodland hills. I was truly surprised at how well he mimics the vocalization of live Freddie (this time without any hoarseness) His prancing and act kinda do make me feel mmm like the whole thing is comical IN SPITE of the power and ridiculously great control he has of his FM voice Yeah the guitarist takes liberties with his sound and looks ridiculous ... and the band uses sample group vocals when live to accommodate the large choral effects. .... but they're pretty damn good. Only thing missing was the deafening loudness I've heard people speak of. Otherwise. ... close my ears and it's kinda like QUEEN- THE VEGAS years. His fm is kinda parody though with the ridiculous 70/80's hybrid Freddie look. 70's hat. 80's stache Also detracting is the fact that its not just a foursome PULLING it off. That and an adherence to some songs mimicking the studio tracks rather than the life experience. I enjoyed them but couldn't bring myself to sing along. Its a farce. Yet I understand why ppl live tribute bands Glad I've seen them |
| matt vee 24.05.2020 14:48 |
Greg is INCREDIBLE :D saw them locally last summer and although every tribute act that played was fantastic i think Queen Nation took the cake (judging by audience reaction its most certain) he's got the voice/stylings nailed ~ the whole band very solid, superb musicians :) i think that like Freddy, Gregory is one of the best vocalists ive ever heard... (and i say this as a vocalist/sometimes hack-job freddie imitation wannabe. try as i might i cant come close to mimicking freddies voice. i think Greg does that uncannily well. and out of the very few Queen tributes out there, IMHO Queen Nation has a very earth contagious groove/approach :) |
| matt vee 24.05.2020 14:49 |
how strange is this, i just joined the site and there is a 'matt z' above me?!? :) very odd indeed :) 'vee' is a shortcut to my real surname |
| matt vee 24.05.2020 14:52 |
and already ive committed a sin; 'Freddy' :D sorry got used to spelling it either way probably not a good habit |