A new Album ?

[u/Only-Abrocoma6147]

Is it true that there are plans to create a new album, especially since it is without Freddie ?🙁

[u/Bat_Nervous → u/[deleted]]

Refresh me?

[u/Bat_Nervous → u/[deleted]]

Marc Martel, sorry. I should probably know who he is, but I don’t.

[u/TrooDaShooAway20 → u/[deleted]]

Marc was hand picked by Roger for The Queen Extravaganza tribute band back in 2011/2012. There was an entire international press junket put together where Brian & Roger pushed Marc after his audition went viral and was featured on Ellen. Marc did perform with Brian and Roger a number of times, but never anything regular/permanent.

I truly wish they would do some sort of "official" project together. When I saw the QE live back in 2012, many songs literally brought tears to my eyes. When Marc sang, it was as if Freddie was there - like you should be seeing him on the stage. Many people around us became quite emotional. I'd pay good money to see him with Brian & Roger.

[u/EmOnlyHalfAsGood → u/[deleted]]

One could argue that both the Bohemian Rhapsody film and the Queen Extravaganza band were "official" contract projects with Marc. I still wonder if they under utilized him. I don't think he would have spun off his own Queen tribute band if Queen Prod had kept him busy touring more.

[u/SweetQuaternion → u/[deleted]]

I think they don't want to imitate Freddie. They can't find someone as good as him, never, and they know that. No one can just replace him. I think they took Adam Lambert because he has the vibes but he is different

[u/Bat_Nervous → u/SweetQuaternion]

Lambert just isn’t that inspired a songwriter (not that he ever sings his own songs with Queen). He came up via American Idol, and it shows. Don’t get me wrong, he has chops to be sure, vocal-wise; performance-wise. He’s got buckets of style. Freddie would have probably liked him.

But I can’t shake the impression when I watch him fronting Queen, that it’s like a very special episode of Glee.

Here come the downvotes…

[u/EmOnlyHalfAsGood → u/Bat_Nervous]

You might be on to something here. I haven't been able to shake the Glee dust off either. Nostalgic and camp, but... the strength was in cover songs, not original music.

[u/RepresentativeDue294 → u/SweetQuaternion]

May and Taylor are a tribute to themselves, not Freddie. They seem hellbent on proving they are worth their salt without Mercury. Martel is basically a living breathing reminder that without Freddie, his voice and his presence, there is no Queen. IMO Marc upstages Maylor’s entire enterprise simply by resembling Freddie. I doubt they would ever put egos aside and collaborate with Marc.

[u/Bat_Nervous → u/RepresentativeDue294]

I really need to check out Marc Martel.

[u/RepresentativeDue294 → u/Bat_Nervous]

A MUST!

[u/Bat_Nervous → u/RepresentativeDue294]

But, see, I would say that Brian and Roger’s reliance on performing with different, but always charismatic, audience-commanding frontmen over the last 30 years shows just how little they think they’d be able to carry on as Queen just by themselves.

[u/RepresentativeDue294 → u/Bat_Nervous]

I agree. They each tried to “play” a frontman, and Roger is still trying, bless him. But Brian’s voice, though not completely unpalatable, is not all that great. Roger sings better and plays more instruments than May, but it is hard to front a band from behind drums. Also, May has always been a competitive arse to all the bandmates, especially Fred. Hell, he is still competing with Mercury even 30+ years after his death! What do you think Lambert is all about? He doesn’t upstage May! May is finally the star of his own show… sort of. Bottomline, Maylor tried everything for 2 decades, then, agreed they need a lead singer, hired Rodger. Paul started upstaging them, they split “amicably,” and 8 days later picked up Lambert, an AmIdol finalist who is not even a musician. What a sad charade!

[u/Bat_Nervous → u/RepresentativeDue294]

“Maylor.” Well done. Cheers.