QueenZone discussion #1464359
The Struts
| mike hunt 01.02.2017 18:10 |
Anyone hear this band? They get a lot of Queen comparisons, but I don't really hear it myself. The singer was obviously Influenced by Mercury and looks like him for sure. He would be the perfect guy to play Mercury in a movie. I Just don't hear Queen in the music, no vocal harmonies like Queen did. |
| Freddie rey 02.02.2017 07:47 |
I have his debut album and is nice. Is not so rocker than Queen at all, but is true that the singer Luke Spiller have a great voice. He did an album with my other hero, Mike Oldfield, a couple of years ago. Thanks to that I know about his band: link link |
| Costa86 02.02.2017 08:13 |
The singer's similarities to 70s Mercury are uncanny. |
| matt z 02.02.2017 08:27 |
hmm. while he can't exactly fake his features, his demeanor looks more deliberate than uncanny (copying Mercury) only difference being that this guy is clearly going bald. Mercury 's hair receded and he had a small measure of Friar Tuck-ism, (*the proper medical term) but never wound up full on bald. I'll give them a whirl at work. nice topic |
| mike hunt 02.02.2017 15:44 |
Yea I just gave them a quick listen. I'll check out more of their music and see If I hear anymore Queen Influences. Watching the videos it's obvious the singer not only looks like 70's Mercury, but also acts like him. His vocal style I'm not sure yet, but does get Mercury comparisons from people. Just seen an interview with him saying he was going for the role of Freddie but lost it somehow. That's a shame, he would of been perfect. |
| andres_clip 03.02.2017 04:34 |
It's just feels like this band was created to copy Queen just saying. |
| GonnaUseMyPrisoners 03.02.2017 09:06 |
mike hunt wrote: Anyone hear this band? They get a lot of Queen comparisons, but I don't really hear it myself. The singer was obviously Influenced by Mercury and looks like him for sure. He would be the perfect guy to play Mercury in a movie. I Just don't hear Queen in the music, no vocal harmonies like Queen did.I don't hear the resemblance either - I think people who do might be listening with their eyes. A lot of people do... Great band though, the singer really owns the material and they had a couple EPs before the latest full album. They appeared on morning TV in Chicago I think twice last year. Can't wait to see how their sound develops. |
| mike hunt 03.02.2017 10:27 |
I checked out more stuff from this band, pretty good music. Doesn't really sound like Queen. Definitely not a Queen ripoff, but I can hear a Mercury Influence in his Voice. Not many bands could get the Queen sound anyway, The Darkness did it, but they were never that good. Muse did it at times, but Those Vocal and Guitar Arrangements from Queen are hard to copy. Hopefully the struts singer gets the role if this movie is ever made! Think I'll email Brian about that. |
| noorie 03.02.2017 10:53 |
He does seem to be going for the Mercury thing (especially the way he rolls his rrrrrs), but one of the comments on the video for Could Have Been Me actually hit the nail on the head. He looks most like the love child of Joan Jett and Tim Curry! Would be quite good as Freddie in the movie (which I hope never gets made!) |
| Freddie rey 13.02.2017 17:34 |
well it seems that they have a queen cover: |
| bucsateflon 14.02.2017 12:16 |
Let me know when they've found a way to invent a BM-RD copy |
| dysan 14.02.2017 14:02 |
As with last time this band's equine singer was discussed here, a bit of sick comes in my mouth everytime I see the thread bumped. |
| flash00. 17.02.2017 04:56 |
Personally i thought that was a brilliant cover, many thanks for the upload Freddie rey wrote: well it seems that they have a queen cover: |
| flash00. 17.02.2017 05:02 |
Eric Nally from Foxy Shazam is another singer who gets the same comparison to Freddie Mercury, got to say there album The Church of Rock and Roll is a great album worth a listen. |
| GonnaUseMyPrisoners 17.02.2017 17:25 |
Freddie rey wrote: well it seems that they have a queen cover:Thanks - I almost stopped before the 40 second mark, which would have been a mistake.. They sound like they'd be great fun to see live. Good voice on the singer, nice crunchy rock sound. |
| mike hunt 17.02.2017 19:42 |
The key for them is growth. We'll see if the 2nd album is equal or better than their first. I do like his voice, the rest of the band is kind of lacking a bit. |
| mike hunt 17.02.2017 19:43 |
flash00. wrote: Eric Nally from Foxy Shazam is another singer who gets the same comparison to Freddie Mercury, got to say there album The Church of Rock and Roll is a great album worth a listen.I'll check them out. |
| Chopin1995 07.09.2017 10:56 |
Really nice list link |
| LOTV 07.09.2017 12:50 |
He's imitating Fred very blatantly in look and movement, even some delivery. Fair enough. He's a huge Queen fan and I can hear the influence. |
| mike hunt 07.09.2017 13:25 |
I don't think they will be big though. Somethings missing from their sound. Still a pretty decent band, and personall think he would of been the perfect choice to play Freddie. He's the perfect age, obviously would of been perfect for 70's Freddie, then could of made him look older with the Stache and makeup for the 80's. I know he wanted the part. |
| YAWN 07.09.2017 15:25 |
He made a good list, I'll be fair, but I don't like his band's work. They're often hailed in the media as the next Queen, but I think people are listening with their eyes. They're semi-manufactured and have teams of pop writers creating their sound. They take elements from top bands spanning the 60s to the 2010s, stick them in a blender and pretend to be fresh and original. Listening to their debut was like playing a game of "which artist is this nicked from" and they don't have a signature sound. I know nothing is original and everyone is inspired by some other artist before them, and I am well aware there are limited chord progressions for music, but it all seems highly contrived. Cleverly marketed though, I will give their management/publicists credit. Not long ago, Luke Spiller went beyond paying homage to completely ripping glam era Freddie off: The dyed black haircut, Zandra Rhodes batwing costumes, barefeet-with-kimonos, toasting/throwing flowers at the crowd, audience call/response copied straight from Live Killers, moving like him and finally, rolling his R's like him. Creepy. He even claimed to call his cats on tour as well as expressing a liking for all things Japanese. It got to the point he alienated part of his fanbase and there was a backlash on his instagram! He complained about the pressures of being compared to Freddie, but he brought it on himself with the costumes and constantly mentioning him. On top of this, he's expressed a desire to create vaudevillian rock a la Seaside Rendezvous. It wouldn't surprise me if The Struts take this direction with their second album. Having said that, he has now added other 70s artists to his repertoire of rip offs. (Moves identical to Jagger and Jackson have now been added to the Freddie act) So maybe he is learning to be himself. |
| c.jory 07.09.2017 15:49 |
This reviewer summed them up pretty accurately and he sees right through their marketing tricks: link The problem is, many non-hardcore fans of Queen only know Magic Tour Freddie in his yellow jacket and not Queen's classic era. So they don't know where he's getting his 'unique' looks from and think he's being innovative. Luke always says things like 'who would think of wearing something like this?' RE: his Zandra Rhodes pleated numbers! Uhhh Freddie Mercury? It's compounded by the fact that when magazines feature The Struts, they add images of Moustache Freddie or Bearded Freddie, thus throwing people off the scent haha. The 'ripping off' would be cute and cool if he wasn't trying to make money out of it. I've also seen his instagram and I've seen him blatantly copying Mick Rock images and posting pics of Moet Chandon, trying to evoke images of the dawning of the new Queen. Here are some examples: link I can't help but be cynical and think their marketing department has said 'Freddie is dead, there is a gap in the market for someone like you. Be him.' With his voice, I think he sounds more like Noddy Holder at times than Freddie, especially when he does the 'Baby baby baby!' growl. It's absolutely identical to the start of Cum on Feel The Noize. He is also a fan of Slade so it's no coincidence. |
| mike hunt 07.09.2017 17:46 |
I agree, everyone has influences that show in their music and performace. In the early days of Queen, Zep, Hendrix and the rest of the icons they took stuff they were influenced by, but in that process developed their own sound and Image. Let's face it, only Queen could make an album that sounds like Sheer Heart Attack And A Night At The Opera. The Struts don't have their own sound or Image, it's all been done already. |
| mike hunt 07.09.2017 18:01 |
And far as his voice, he doesn't sound much like studio Freddie, but I do hear the 1974 live voice a bit. |
| Penetration_Guru 07.09.2017 20:25 |
I quite like them, and don't over analyse the singer's Instagram feed.... |
| dysan 08.09.2017 05:47 |
I will say I liked his list. An impossible task, but the have Nevermore at number 1: Good work sir. |
| Sponge Caves 28.09.2017 08:59 |
I recently watched The Rolling Stones gig in Lucca and The Struts were the support act. He literally copies every dance move of Mick Jagger, so it was strange watching him, then the real thing. He used to do Freddie's moves, but some Queen fans gave him a bollocking and he stopped. Goes to show how he literally has no ideas of his own. Dodgy cover band and nothing more. |
| Sponge Caves 28.09.2017 09:01 |
Villiers wrote: He made a good list, I'll be fair, but I don't like his band's work. They're often hailed in the media as the next Queen, but I think people are listening with their eyes. They're semi-manufactured and have teams of pop writers creating their sound. They take elements from top bands spanning the 60s to the 2010s, stick them in a blender and pretend to be fresh and original. Listening to their debut was like playing a game of "which artist is this nicked from" and they don't have a signature sound. I know nothing is original and everyone is inspired by some other artist before them, and I am well aware there are limited chord progressions for music, but it all seems highly contrived. Cleverly marketed though, I will give their management/publicists credit. Not long ago, Luke Spiller went beyond paying homage to completely ripping glam era Freddie off: The dyed black haircut, Zandra Rhodes batwing costumes, barefeet-with-kimonos, toasting/throwing flowers at the crowd, audience call/response copied straight from Live Killers, moving like him and finally, rolling his R's like him. Creepy. He even claimed to call his cats on tour as well as expressing a liking for all things Japanese. It got to the point he alienated part of his fanbase and there was a backlash on his instagram! He complained about the pressures of being compared to Freddie, but he brought it on himself with the costumes and constantly mentioning him. On top of this, he's expressed a desire to create vaudevillian rock a la Seaside Rendezvous. It wouldn't surprise me if The Struts take this direction with their second album. Having said that, he has now added other 70s artists to his repertoire of rip offs. (Moves identical to Jagger and Jackson have now been added to the Freddie act) So maybe he is learning to be himself.Yeah it did get incredibly creepy. I am worried he will come up with the ragtime/music hall stuff on their next album and that I will actually like it! Those tunes are my shit! Who knows what he could come up with because he has a whole damn team of writers helping them create (Red Triangle Productions who write for One Direction and many other Simon Cowell type acts) |
| Sponge Caves 28.09.2017 09:07 |
What annoys me most about them is not the band themselves but the music press. I keep seeing phrases like "innovative" "genius" "new and fresh" thrown about for them. When if you read Queen newspaper cuttings from 1973-1974, people called them unoriginal, identikit rock, accused them of copying Led Zep, The Who, being teen glitter rock. The Struts literally are a teen glitter rock revival band who ape Sweet, Slade, T. Rex, Bowie, Queen and.......Oasis(!) then get hailed as 'reviving true classic rock'. Someone rich behind them is pulling the strings. People like Alice Cooper, Dave Grohl, the guys from Def Leppard and Motley Crue can't seem to see through it and are yapping on about the new geniuses on the block. For some reason real musicians can't see through it. They have pop writers. That's why their songs are so formulaic and catchy. Their latest song is a combo of The Jean Genie and Bohemian Like You (Dandy Warhols) so they're still up to their old tricks of taking elements from past hits, sticking them together, calling it new and getting away with it. |
| Dr Magus 28.09.2017 17:50 |
captainjory wrote: linkHe looks more like MIchael Jackson doing a Freddie impersonation. |