JAW DROPPING "QUEEN" COVER

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he was great

sounded a little too pretty.

needs a little more grit.
 
He is good, but I have seen a video of another guy who gets even closer, imo.
 
I actually got a chance to see him perform a couple of weeks ago in the QUEEN EXTRAVAGANZA tribute show at Club Nokia in L.A. It was an "officially sanctioned by Queen" tribute band that included Marc Martel along with Jeff Scott Soto along with two other singers (Yvan Pednault and Jennifer something). I think they just wrapped up their tour.

Marc especially shined on Freddie's prettier sounding stuff (Love Of My Life- fuckin' spine chilling how much he channeled Freddie, the verses to Bohemian Rhapsody, etc.) Decent job as a frontman. I appreciated that they didn't throw a thick mustache on him and have him prance around with a mic stand sans base like other Queen tribute bands, but you could tell that he couldn't help but throw in a strong Freddie punch in here and there.

fuzzyguitars hit it on the nose when saying he needs a bit more grit to sound just like Fred... especially on his top end. But a more than respectable job overall.

As a Queen nut, I loved the show. 2 1/2 hours of Queen including some of the deeper cuts like You Take My Breath Away and March Of The Black Queen. They had a couple of great guitarists named Brian Gresh (who added a little shred flair to everything) and Tristan Avakian (who did more note for note Brian May stuff). Jeff Scott Soto sounded killer on Stone Cold Crazy and Save Me. There two other vocalists (Yvan and Jennifer) sounded decent, but not rock n roll- kinda like watching American Idol contestants on Queen nite.
JSS had the best frontman presence out of all of them.


Overall, it was a great celebration of their canon, but totally missing was the bravado that Freddie performed with.
 
Enjolras56":138f5z2d said:
I actually got a chance to see him perform a couple of weeks ago in the QUEEN EXTRAVAGANZA tribute show at Club Nokia in L.A. It was an "officially sanctioned by Queen" tribute band that included Marc Martel along with Jeff Scott Soto along with two other singers (Yvan Pednault and Jennifer something). I think they just wrapped up their tour.

Marc especially shined on Freddie's prettier sounding stuff (Love Of My Life- fuckin' spine chilling how much he channeled Freddie, the verses to Bohemian Rhapsody, etc.) Decent job as a frontman. I appreciated that they didn't throw a thick mustache on him and have him prance around with a mic stand sans base like other Queen tribute bands, but you could tell that he couldn't help but throw in a strong Freddie punch in here and there.

fuzzyguitars hit it on the nose when saying he needs a bit more grit to sound just like Fred... especially on his top end. But a more than respectable job overall.

As a Queen nut, I loved the show. 2 1/2 hours of Queen including some of the deeper cuts like You Take My Breath Away and March Of The Black Queen. They had a couple of great guitarists named Brian Gresh (who added a little shred flair to everything) and Tristan Avakian (who did more note for note Brian May stuff). Jeff Scott Soto sounded killer on Stone Cold Crazy and Save Me. There two other vocalists (Yvan and Jennifer) sounded decent, but not rock n roll- kinda like watching American Idol contestants on Queen nite.
JSS had the best frontman presence out of all of them.
Overall, it was a great celebration of their canon, but totally missing was the bravado that Freddie performed with.
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That sounds KILLER!!!
I Love Soto, he's a Monster singer.
I even dug the "Rockstar" movie soundtrack
that Jeff sang on. :rock:
I saw "One Night of Queen" a few years back
and Loved every minute of that.
I'm a HUGE Queen fan and was hoping to
hear some lesser Main stream Queen songs
(White Man, Ogre Battle, Father to Son, Spread your Wings,
The Prophet's Song) etc....
but it never happened, still a Fantastic show overall.
The Frontman was another Fantastic Freddie Clone,
his name is Gary Mullen and he looked, moved & sounded
just like Freddie. It was very enjoyable but I still
miss the Legendary Freddie Mercury!!

This is Gary Mullen:

 
He was great! No doubt about it. Whether or not he is the perfect reincarnate of freddie may yet to be determined but he has a great set of pipes and seems to be singing relatively without any strain. He definitely sounds very much like Freddie and any band would be lucky to have him as the lead singer.
 
He kind of resembles him as well.

He would have to work that mic a little harder and bring it in closer to his lips to be like Freddy. Maybe even smack his face with it a little.

All in all he was pretty good though :thumbsup:
 
There's a write-up about those guys in the most recent Premeir Guitar magazine. Looks like a pretty cool gig and a lot of fun. I would have liked to have seen the show, but I wasn't aware of the tour and they've already ended. I liked that they appeared to have played a lot of the older songs.
 
Motorpud":ze993b2s said:
He would have to work that mic a little harder and bring it in closer to his lips to be like Freddy. Maybe even smack his face with it a little.
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i lol'd.
 
danyeo":2u80uwtq said:
blackba":2u80uwtq said:
He is good, but I have seen a video of another guy who gets even closer, imo.
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This guy?

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That guy is good, but I was thinking of Gary Mullen who's video appears on this thread now.
 
dude even looks kinda like freddie

like em more than that gary fella but he was cool too, didn't look like the type with pipes like that
 
Inca Roads":2e9o06jb said:
That sounds KILLER!!!
I Love Soto, he's a Monster singer.
I even dug the "Rockstar" movie soundtrack
that Jeff sang on. :rock:
I saw "One Night of Queen" a few years back
and Loved every minute of that.
I'm a HUGE Queen fan and was hoping to
hear some lesser Main stream Queen songs
(White Man, Ogre Battle, Father to Son, Spread your Wings,
The Prophet's Song) etc....
but it never happened, still a Fantastic show overall.
The Frontman was another Fantastic Freddie Clone,
his name is Gary Mullen and he looked, moved & sounded
just like Freddie. It was very enjoyable but I still
miss the Legendary Freddie Mercury!!

This is Gary Mullen:

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Dude, you would have dug this show. They hit Death On Two Legs, Prophet Song (including a spot on excerpt from the a cappella vocal part), and In The Lap Of The Gods (the first AND Revisited)!

Yeah, I don't think the word got out enough on the show. Only way I found out was cuz I subscribe to emails from the Queen website.
 
Inca Roads":3u6bjjlh said:
This is Gary Mullen:

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That's the closest to Mercury's timbre that I've heard. Did they shoot that video at Hometown Buffet?

I've been listening to old Journey and Steve Perry's solo work lately and it's much the same in that there are a few people who in an isolated contexts (i.e. not side by side comparisons) can pull it off but we're still just talking about imitations. The people they're imitating have very unique styles, range and timbre so as good as these guys are they're still just a close imitation.

I do appreciate them nonetheless because what they're attempting is no small feat.
 
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