| FMBMJDRT 06.10.2019 20:26 |
New podcast with Peter Hince - "we are the road crew podcast" link He really doesn't like Brian May!! Amongst other things he confirms Brian was the only one who didn't take drugs - he was already on another planet! |
| queenfan09 07.10.2019 00:07 |
Thanks for posting! I've read his book and like hearing his take on things. I'm a big JD fan so it was cool hearing the nice things he said about John in addition to his thoughts on working with Freddie. |
| sahm 07.10.2019 06:04 |
enjoyed,thank you |
| Makka 07.10.2019 11:20 |
Thanks for that. Going to have a listen now. |
| dysan 07.10.2019 15:12 |
This is good thanks for sharing. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 07.10.2019 16:34 |
Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Ogre- |
| . 07.10.2019 16:53 |
Thanks. |
| Queen Fan MS 07.10.2019 17:39 |
Thank you for sharing this. |
| cobohall 07.10.2019 17:58 |
Really enjoyed this, thanks! Didn't get the impression that he doesn't like Brian, he just stated facts about his personality. Did enjoy his insight, he is obviously one of the best sources for Queen "reality". His comments on the movie are fair and valid. Why the hell would you not show the actual Live Aid set with the real Queen? The money spent on rebuilding the Wembley set could have been used to purchase the rights to include the actual show it in the movie. Well worth a listen. |
| Queenman!! 07.10.2019 18:05 |
Highlighs: Queen were wild and there parties too. Why? They worked their asses off in the seventies till 1982 ( album-tour-album tour) and need some outlet for the stress level. Queen wardrobe head (Phoebe??) was an alcoholic and responsible for the Auckland 1985 accident with Freddie’s trousers back to forward. Freddie and Brian had the most verbal fights and tantrums. There were only three Queen roadies on the payroll for 45 p. a week. Peter Hince, crystal Taylor and I think Brian Zellis. The rest was hired. The Bo Rhap movie had so many inaccuracies. They could have done it so much better. It’s the music that carries the movie made it a succes. The story was crap, details were crap, timeline was crap. However the actors were good according to Ratty. They didn’t contact anyone from the old Queen camp , besides Phoebe, to take a look at the instruments Etc. |
| cmsdrums 07.10.2019 19:33 |
Disappointing that they didn’t contact the old road crew if they were wanting period accuracy as they claimed....Roger even said on camera on the backstage footage at the Live Aid filming that they should contact his old roadie to get the kit set up right. |
| runner_70 07.10.2019 21:11 |
Ratty is spot on |
| Negative Creep 07.10.2019 21:46 |
I'd be pretty certain he DOESN'T like May. They've already had a public falling out: link Fragile ego or what! Completely complimentary about the band, but May clearly didn't like his comments on the Queen+ shite - unless his response is due to something in Hince's book. |
| FMBMJDRT 07.10.2019 21:50 |
I thought it was interesting he still had some (limited) contact with Mary Austin, I thought she had completely gone to ground. It plays into my current (poorly evidenced) conspiracy theory that there is a schism between Brian, Roger And Jim Beach on one side and various others who are less impressed with the post Freddie legacy on the other. |
| Sebastian 07.10.2019 21:55 |
I really like his point about 'it would've been really easy to get it right' (regarding gear and stuff). Again, it's not like they had to spend a billion quid and ten more years. A couple of grand to get some live witnesses to consult for a week or so and voila! |
| FMBMJDRT 07.10.2019 22:05 |
Maybe one of the reasons for his needling attitude to Brian is the film. He seemed to know a lot about the film's troubled history and succession of directors and screenwriters. Perhaps Peter was involved as an early consultant on the script and got bumped when Brian wanted a more family friendly, Queen friendly movie. |
| matt z 07.10.2019 22:41 |
damn, I can't play this thing... aaaaa.. shitty mobile browser!.... haha.. they only have a clip on youtube. I shall try another phone when I get back |
| Makka 08.10.2019 03:41 |
matt z wrote: damn, I can't play this thing... aaaaa.. shitty mobile browser!.... haha.. they only have a clip on youtube. I shall try another phone when I get backIf you have Spotify it's on there too! |
| dysan 08.10.2019 06:37 |
I think his comments are good humoured in that British way that so often gets confused for hatred by the young / non-native speaker. He self deprecates. It would be easy for him to say I knew they'd be huge but he admits he just didn't think they'd stand a chance and underplayed his qualifications for the job. He's OK. I read his book and I must've totally missed the Bowie connection / Ground Control / Robin Mayhew. It's funny that at the start they are talking at crossed purposes about the final 'Ziggy' Hammersmith gig. Mayhew sells an undoctored soundboard of it on his site, but the heavily fixed and overdubbed official release is obviously all the interviewer has heard. Little trivia there for you. |
| Queenman!! 08.10.2019 07:49 |
cmsdrums wrote: Disappointing that they didn’t contact the old road crew if they were wanting period accuracy as they claimed....Roger even said on camera on the backstage footage at the Live Aid filming that they should contact his old roadie to get the kit set up right.------------------------ Indeed! And the whole QP camp said: " The amount of details is astonishing. The work and effort put into this movie to get it right is above our dreams and expectations." |
| Dr Magus 08.10.2019 12:00 |
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| Deakys Mushroom Trip 08.10.2019 13:18 |
Great listen. I agree about the Brian statements. No love lost there. |
| The Real Wizard 08.10.2019 18:48 |
dysan wrote: I think his comments are good humoured in that British way that so often gets confused for hatred by the young / non-native speaker.Bingo. |
| Negative Creep 08.10.2019 19:37 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Or not. Brian has referred to Hince as a disgruntled ex-roadie with a warped view, and didn't want anyone promoting his book. At this point, most people would struggle to be good humoured about the guy with the fragile ego.dysan wrote: I think his comments are good humoured in that British way that so often gets confused for hatred by the young / non-native speaker.Bingo. |
| Helena Dax 08.10.2019 19:54 |
Did Hince's book say anthing bad about Brian? |
| FMBMJDRT 08.10.2019 22:18 |
Only that he was a young man when Brian's solos started... |
| cmsdrums 09.10.2019 12:22 |
Hince’s book was a refreshing read....nothing bitchy or sensationalist at all...(and I’m sure he would have some stuff like that); it wasn’t a Queen book ‘per say’ but his autobiography of his time as a roadie; his view of that life is an engaging read, and Queen were a large (but not the only) part of that. The way Brian reacted to it was way out of proportion to the book contents, and totally unwarranted - I can only assume he was having a very bad day when he wrote those comments. |
| FMBMJDRT 09.10.2019 18:12 |
I don't think the Brian / Peter dispute is about the book (unless it was because he went outside the agreed Queen approval process to write and publish it), I think it's more about Peter's sustained criticism of the post Freddie legacy and due to Peters obvious loyalty to John Deacon who has been largely written out. When I saw Freddie Mack's (Reinhold's son) review of the borhap film on Facebook, I got similar vibes, especially in his replies to comments about his posting. |
| DeHavilland 10.10.2019 00:42 |
I'm interested by the comment that he was the "head of the road crew by 25," because to my understanding that was never a thing for Ratty? Of the three personals, Crystal would have been the one closest to claiming a "head of the crew" status, by virtue of where he ended up by the Magic Tour, but even then the real head would have been Gerry Stickells. Any merit to that statement, or did Ratty just consider himself the "boss" between him, Crystal and Jobby because he was Freddie's roadie? |
| Vocal harmony 10.10.2019 11:04 |
DeHavilland wrote: I'm interested by the comment that he was the "head of the road crew by 25," because to my understanding that was never a thing for Ratty? Of the three personals, Crystal would have been the one closest to claiming a "head of the crew" status, by virtue of where he ended up by the Magic Tour, but even then the real head would have been Gerry Stickells. Any merit to that statement, or did Ratty just consider himself the "boss" between him, Crystal and Jobby because he was Freddie's roadie?A touring crew are answerable to the Stage Manager, in Queen's case it was a guy called Rick O'Brien. It is the stage manager who is responsible for getting the equipment set up and the band on stage. He is answerable to the tour manager (Gerry Stickells, back then) who's job was to co ordinate travel, venues hotels etc. Within a touring crew there are departments, sound, lights, set/stage, rigging, video ( not applicable to Queen in the 70's and 80's) catering, wardrobe and backline. Every department has a senior or head member. Ratty was a member of the backline crew and at 25 yes he was head of that department. Crystal ( Roger's tech) went on to become the band's personal assistant |
| DeHavilland 10.10.2019 12:52 |
Haha, thanks, I understand how a road crew works. It's the part where Ratty is the head of his department that I'm questioning. I've never seen him referred to that way before. And he has a tendency to self-aggrandize a little bit, so I was curious. |
| moonie 10.10.2019 17:34 |
Crystal Taylor has just announced his intention to write a book too. Looking forward to that one. |
| matt z 12.10.2019 06:45 |
Thanks for that awesome share. I'd had to split in a few minutes from my studio and realized that if I clicked the link to the next separate page, the podcast had a DIRECT DOWNLOAD OPTION!! so. Although I was going to post here, I'd rather they get the viewership"/"listeners" recorded there.(# count that is) However would it be wrong to share here? |
| Vocal harmony 13.10.2019 10:56 |
DeHavilland wrote: Haha, thanks, I understand how a road crew works. It's the part where Ratty is the head of his department that I'm questioning. . . .Sorry I wasn't sure. . . Ratty's claim is genuine. The job fell to him or Crystal, as longest serving crew members. Crystal apparently didn't want the hassle. If Crystal does write a book, I think it will be very interesting and could be very revealing. He is a great story teller and spent a lot of down time with Roger. A few years back he contributed some great tales to the QFC website. |
| Dougie 4 27.11.2019 04:34 |
Are Ratty and Crystal coming out with some books? Did they say so? |