| PTRACER 12.06.2013 19:45 |
I saw this band support The Darkness two years ago and I've been a MASSIVE fan ever since. Having seen Queen as being leagues ahead of any other band for nearly 15 out of the last 25 years of my life, I find this small, new American band Foxy Shazam coming and bridging the gap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DiNXH9Ov2k The Queen influence is obvious. The lead singer is a camp guy with a moustache and an incredibly unique voice and big vocal range, the band has a classically trained pianist, they play a huge variety of styles and the only thing that's really massively different is they have a trumpet player! In a rock band! Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgBKS4JCsec#t=0m58s What do you guys think? |
| L-R-TIGER1994 12.06.2013 21:58 |
Freddie is 1000000 years light ahead. |
| flash00. 13.06.2013 01:07 |
They do sound like early Queen without a doubt, that song Holy Touch sounds like the Darkness. Great band nice to see something new instead of the tripe that dominates the music world at the moment i.e Beyonce, Lady gaga etc |
| Nitroboy 13.06.2013 06:54 |
Sounds nothing like Queen to me |
| Band Forever 13.06.2013 07:50 |
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| Band Forever 13.06.2013 07:51 |
Not quite but he going to bring amateur gymnastics to the masses dearies. |
| AdamMethos 13.06.2013 08:18 |
I like Foxy Shazam, but Queen played/experimented with such diverse musical styles. I have yet to come across any band with that depth, and that's what I would need to see before I say anyone is the new Queen or the new Freddie. |
| Vali 13.06.2013 08:29 |
already discussed here a while ago: http://www.queenconcerts.com/queenzone/1341752.html but ... indeed, Foxy Shazam is a great band and Eric Sean Nally as brought back the lost flamboyance Freddie used to deliver to the rock'n roll scene :) |
| PTRACER 13.06.2013 09:54 |
AdamMethos wrote: I like Foxy Shazam, but Queen played/experimented with such diverse musical styles. I have yet to come across any band with that depth, and that's what I would need to see before I say anyone is the new Queen or the new Freddie. They certainly did. I didn't want to call these guys the new Queen, they are not trying to be Queen or sound like them and I don't think Foxy Shazam would be unique if they were exactly like Queen. HOWEVER I am saying they're something new, they're in the spirit of Queen, you can hear some influence in things like backing vocals and in the energy their live performances and that's good enough for me. I wouldn't want someone to copy the style of Queen, I'd want them to be unique in their own right. I mean this sounds nothing like Queen, but it's a sassy, big band jazzy rock mix which Queen certainly never did, but could have pulled off: link And their covers of Walking In The Air (the Christmas song) and Drain You by Nirvana are absolutely magic and show their diversity: link link Freddie would have loved these guys for sure. |
| Chief Mouse 13.06.2013 12:18 |
From what I just saw I'm starting to like them. |
| Vocal harmony 13.06.2013 12:32 |
What made Freddie so good and different was that he was never the new anyone. Their was never anyone like him before or since. Those who remind us of Freddie are just that, reminders of a small percentage of a far greater talent. The next anyone will never be the original. Talent is something you are born with, is copying that an equal talent? I would say not really as the blue print and half the work is already done for you. |
| Kacio 13.06.2013 15:35 |
Nate from Fun. is great vocalist link link link link |
| Wiley 13.06.2013 15:39 |
Well, it's hard for Queen fans to accept anybody being better than Freddie but I would be surprised if he wasn't unfavorably compared with people like Robert Plant when he first started. I don't have a specific quote but I guess it wouldn't be so hard to find a not so good review from 1973 that says something like this. Remember this is not "Live Aid" Freddie we're talking about, it's not "Bohemian Rhapsody-We Are The Champions" Queen. I'm talking about them before becoming huge, being a small band that just managed to launch their first album, with no hits under their belt. Same case with any new artist... Are "Muse" or "Fun." the next Queen? They've certainly been called that but what tells us that 20 years from now people won't be saying that someone is "the next Muse"? |
| Kacio 13.06.2013 16:00 |
We can't say that Nate or another singer is a brand new Freddie Mercury, the same can't said that Muse or the other band is the new Queen. Just some of these artists and bands inspired by the work of Queen and Freddie to some extent, what we can hear, but for example Nate is good singer. I don't compare Nate to Freddie, I never! :) Freddie is unique and no one can replace him Queen too. :) |
| PTRACER 13.06.2013 17:12 |
Kacio wrote: Nate from Fun. is great vocalist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFTiecd1c0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBzSAvhNsls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boqMW_EstG4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Sa799B1yI He is pretty good, some elements of multitracking in there like we see from Queen. It's just a shame it's so heavily autotuned, like some of The Darkness stuff. Makes it sound less...genuine. |
| flash00. 13.06.2013 19:55 |
Since PTRACER posted Foxy Shazam I cant stop listening to this band, and yes I agree we will never see another band like Queen and never!! another Freddie Mercury he was and still is an original and a pure genius who had an incredible voice, Good luck to Foxy Shazam on there journey |
| Kacio 14.06.2013 03:45 |
PTRACER wrote: He is pretty good, some elements of multitracking in there like we see from Queen. It's just a shame it's so heavily autotuned, like some of The Darkness stuff. Makes it sound less...genuine.Nate has a great voice, I hope that their next album will be more rock. |
| C_Matt 14.06.2013 04:30 |
I don't know if he will be the next Freddie, but the band already has a John Deacon: link |
| Brandon36 14.06.2013 11:43 |
They have an instrumentation I'm going to experiment with once I find a few guys in college. Obviously being a huge Queen fan I intend to cover a few of my favorite Queen songs and favorite jazz songs to test our studio, what people around my college like more, and other things before moving on with my own/band's own music. I've spent quite a bit of time thinking on it: -Guitar (If I went the jazz route I may or may not keep this, probably would) -Bass -Drummer -Piano -Trumpet? (I'm not sure how I'd incorporate this into some rock/pop songs if I went that route) -Vocals (I'd like my drummer or guitarist or whatever to be able to supply backing vocals on live songs, so Queen yeah yeah I know) -Alto and Tenor Sax, if I went a jazz route I am currently working on my Piano and vocal skills. At my first actual vocal lesson from an instructor/teacher, he was pretty impressed and was caught by surprise when I told him I had no prior singing experience or prior teaching. My range is about C2-C5, I say about because I've only hit C5 once, and Bb4 is just now becoming easy for me. I personally HATE the sound of my voice, but my instructor likes it. I've thought quite a bit on the process of setting my group up in college, hopefully it all works out. |
| Sebastian 15.06.2013 01:14 |
There can be only one. |
| john bodega 15.06.2013 02:59 |
A fair amount of content in the songs, which is great; it's one thing to dress up like you're from the 70's and try to ape the style, but to do it with actual songs is a lot more admirable. Doesn't sound anything like Freddie though - and that's absolutely fine. |
| justgreys 19.06.2013 15:40 |
You're kidding...right?? No one or any band can even come close to Freddie and Queen!! Not back then, not now and not in the future. Queen is in a class of their own and no one can even be compared to them. |
| john bodega 21.06.2013 04:32 |
You're going to look back on that post and laugh when you're an adult. Queen's my favourite band, but the world is full of great bands - plenty of which are comparable to Queen in any metric you choose. |
| Vali 21.06.2013 06:52 |
Zebonka12 wrote: You're going to look back on that post and laugh when you're an adult. Queen's my favourite band, but the world is full of great bands - plenty of which are comparable to Queen in any metric you choose..... so true :) |