BANDS SIMILAR TO QUEEN?
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Topic: BANDS SIMILAR TO QUEEN?
Posted By: captainbeyond
Subject: BANDS SIMILAR TO QUEEN?
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 12:05
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Hey All, I'm racking my brain and cannot come up with any truly satisfactory bands that have either a sound or an essence quite like Queen's. Anybody have any thoughts? |
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Posted By: luc4fun
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 12:12
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No band can ever reach Queen levels.. Anyway I have been impressed by Keane which in some songs especially vocalist has something in common with Queen songs, but I wud not dare to compare with Queen anyway.. ------------- Site Admin at www.progrockwall.com the first social network for Proggers! |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 12:19
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The Darkness? Uriah Heep (the "Heep Choir") Closest I could think of - and while I fully acknowledge that Heep preceeded Queen with the vocal choir thing, Queen did do it better... ...and I was joking about The Darkness...
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Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:03
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The great band City Boy was somewhat like Queen, but a
million times better. They even had two singers, which was kind
of cool Unacceptable remark edited out
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:05
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I was listening to STYX ... and i think it sounds a bit like Queen ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: frippertronik
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:25
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mmmmmm... queen is the perfect fussion of jimy hendrix and the beach boys, but i don't know any band that sounds like queen... the guitar of brian may and the choral arrangemants are uniques. ------------- a plague of lighthouse keepers |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:38
| THE DARKNESS |
Posted By: Astaroth
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:41
kind of an homofobic comment and .... million times better??? I don't think that any band could make music like queen and sound better than them ------------- "I need you more that you can know ... and if I hurt myself it's just for show" |
Flip_Stone wrote:
Posted By: DantesRing
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:43
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Not even Queen sounds like Queen anymore... There are only two bands I can think of that made me go "That really sounds like Queen" 80's hair-metal band Extreme (especially on III Sides To Every Story with the vocals and the grand sound. Check out 'Rest In Peace' on that album to hear what I mean) and early 90's alt band Spacehog (blended both Bowie and Queen into an unusual mix, too bad it couldn't have been more interesting. Check out 'The Chinese Album' for the most obvious sign of influence.) ------------- I'm the shadow man, the jumping jack The man who can, but won't look back |
Posted By: porter
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 13:53
stupidest post ever. ------------- "my kingdom for a horse!" (W. Shakespeare, "Richard III") |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:00
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Flip_Stone, the remark you made is unacceptable and I have edited it
out ... please consider the fact that we have members from all sorts of
racial/religious backgrounds, belief-systems and lifestyles. Thank you. Trotsky Admin ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: thrashaddiction
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:11
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i hate to break the news to everyone but "EXTREME" you know "that" band is very close when it comes to diversity....i know cherone can't touch freddy but he is good in extreme.....the only other band would be........maybe.....old spocks beard..gentle giant............ ------------- get what you can out of life before it gets what it can out of you |
Posted By: robertplantowns
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:31
| A.C.T. is like Queen, Saga, and Prog metal combined. Although the music might not be similar to Queen's, the vocals are very similar. |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:37
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Wasn't there some band called "Jelly" or something like that in the
90's? I remember hearing that they were heavily Queen-influenced. I
vaguely remember agreeing with that synopsis, to a point.
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Posted By: captainbeyond
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 17:21
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THANKS all for sharing. Still trying to wrap my ears around this one. Empathy: I think you're referring to Jellyfish, who I adore. Their approach is more playful and less melodramatic than Queen's, though beautifully played with blissful melodies and harmonies. RobertPlant: I have not checked out A.C.T. Definitely tell me more. Dante: thanks for the tip on Extreme. I never would have guessed. As for Spacehog, I kind of remember them from a bunch of years ago. I'll have to revisit them. Thanks.
IF ANYONE COMES UP WITH ANYTHING ELSE, PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING. BIG THANKS!!!! |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 17:47
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Hmm... Princess, Duchess, Empress, Czarina, Baroness, Thatcher, Queasy, Queue, Quest, Charles, Query, Querulous, Queer, Prince Andrew
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: viperjr98
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 17:56
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I've got a disc by a group called Rough Silk that kinda sounds like Queen, but nowhere near over-the-top. They're more like Queen in their straight-ahead rock moments like Hammer To Fall, Tie Your Mother Down, or I Want It All.
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Posted By: Saskia
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 18:47
| Valensia and Robby Valentine, both from Holland, are supposed to be a lot like Queen. |
Posted By: Astaroth
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 19:07
Valensia has a tribute disc to queen, nice voice  ------------- "I need you more that you can know ... and if I hurt myself it's just for show" |
Posted By: Dr Know
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 17:04
| Some of The Sweet (early 70´s) sounds a lot like Queen, especially the high harmonizing with the vocals. |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 17:21
| In a way, everyband is similar to Queen because they transcended so many genres, punk, glam rock, prog, 80s rock, disco, folk |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 17:40
Thanks man. I'll guess yours is second most stupidest.
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 18:10
| The Darkness, specially their last album "One way ticket to hell...and back". |
Posted By: Emiaj
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 18:21
| Jellyfish in their Sour Milk album..the first track and "Joining a fan club" are the most Queen sound like songs I've heard..vocals,guitars,drums even the booklet inside picture which reminds the JAZZ studio picture of Queen.. |
Posted By: Destrio
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 19:13
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supertramp? some of elton john's stuff |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 19:24
You must be joking!
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Supertramp and Elton John similar to Queen????!!!!Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 19:40
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Scissor Sisters. They lack Queen's operatic qualities, but their music has the same passion and energy of Queen's more aggressive tunes. ------------- 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: February 27 2006 at 23:52
Dang- you would think with a name Like King's X- it would be similar.  ------------- |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 00:08
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Not really Queen, exactly, but Image Freddie Mercury fronting Yes and you'll have a fine Chicago band named: RELAYER.
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=483 - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=483
I wrote some reviews and a tune to check out. I really wish these guys were still together, I liked their music. Any info on them would be appreciated. |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 00:35
| how about The Sweet or Slade? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 03:22
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Early Sparks records are very Queen-like Although you could never confuse them with Queen, Max Wabster was one of the more inventive hard-pop rock band around with a very wide scope in their songwriting One minute, these guys could sound like Sheer Heart Attack and the next minute , not far away from somebody To Love on ADATR And although they did not have the Hard Rock touch of Queen, 10CC had also that classy progressive pop touch ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 03:33
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TRY NEW TROLLS CONCERTO GROSSO I & II.IT SOUNDS A LOT OF QUEEN II . ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: White Queen
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 17:48
| No band sounds like Queen. That's what makes them so good. |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: March 06 2006 at 17:58
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There was a hard rock band in the 80's that went by the name of Grand Prix. Their singer was a dead ringer for Freddie Mercury.Later,Bernie Shaw sang for them before being drafted by Uriah Heep. Other than that maybe Magnum would qualify has Queen-like,especially their early albums. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 16:48
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Here we go... The most obvious one is Uriah Heep, who set the template for the harmonies that Queen would make famous. I always prefered Uriah Heep anyway myself, even if Queen made more coherent and consistent albums (earlier anyway)... Some may joke about The Darkness Sparks were indeed Queen-esque, with their epic, intelligently crafted, falsetto heavy pop/rock tunes (that occasionally verged on prog imo). I also agree than 10cc had a certain Queen-ness about them- 'The Original Soundtrack' and 'Sheet Music' particularly so. Other, later albums were not as inventive but still highly enjoyable... The Sweet have often been compared to Queen. However, tread carefully- singles like 'Fox On The Run', 'Blockbuster', 'The Six Teens' and 'Action' are very Queen-esque (but with the Sweet's own style), but their albums aren't like this at all. They are, in fact, the work of a very credible and inventive act indeed- more akin to Deep Purple than The Sweet. Great albums, but for Queen-ish sounds, get a best of the Sweet- there are many to choose from! Magnum I'm not so convinced of- 'Kingdom Of Madness' has elements of Queen's sound, but otherwise they have a strong individual sound. |
, but their new album 'One Way Ticket To Hell (And Back)', minus the overtly twee 'Girlfriend', is absolutely fantastic- it harks back to 'Queen II', with the same producer and some brilliant rock songs. It's much more ambitious and far better than their debut imo.Posted By: Fede
Date Posted: March 08 2006 at 17:31
You can't say that. I'm a Queen fan and I totally disagree. No band sounds like Queen. Ah, by the way...... |
Posted By: Jools
Date Posted: March 15 2006 at 08:15
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I think more recently Muse can sound Queenesque, especially on their Absolution album, listen to Time is Running Out for example. I think it's more accident than design though, they have a smilar spirit and eagerness to entertain.
I'm waiting for the cries of derision. ------------- Ridicule is the burden of genius. |
Posted By: bongofury
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 13:47
| Have to agree with Fede- NO band sounds like Queen. True originaters. That said, I also agree with Jools; Muse is a great band with Queen qualities, namely the vocals. Also, check out an American band called Ours. The singer is amazing. A cross between Freddie and Jeff Buckley, with heavy guitars and super-melodramatic songs(not prog though). I've seen them 3 times, and I have NEVER heard a vocalist replicate the album vocals so perfectly. They also used to do a cover of Bohemian Rhapsody in their live show...... |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:31
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I know a band that has been influenced very much by Queen: Rough Silk are they on PA? dont remember now... |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 26 2006 at 06:42
Sorry i don't think anyone comes anywhere near to Queen! They were unique! Every album different & no one can ever or will sing like Freddie,God bless him  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 26 2006 at 17:16
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Queen was absolutely unique, Freddies voice can't be compared with anybody else and Bryan May's guitar is also one on a kind. Styx and lets add ELO had great chorus also, but they were no match for Queen IMHO. Harry Hood wrote:
Hey man, whatever you'r smoking, sue your dealer, it's affecting you, Queen's stuff was original, and if you take the operatic characteristics it will no longer be Queen. ELO had oiperatic characteristics, STYX a few, and even when they are not remotely similar to Queen, are much closer than The Scissor Sisters. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: March 29 2006 at 01:00
MAGELLAN's "Impending Ascension" had some QUEEN like vocals, no? 
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: March 29 2006 at 01:09
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Janes Addiction perhaps...but less commercial. Someone quoted ' Keane"!!! The worst syrup pop around, sorry but true ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 30 2006 at 15:36
Thats because of the remarkable Freddie Mercury.Queen were ..well Queen.Everyone likes them.Even my sister does who thinks the Eighties were the height of good music taste |
Posted By: Cheesecakemouse
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:07
I know that Gentle Giant's song Knots on their album Octopus heavily influenced Queen's sound, also the Beatle's Abby Road album seems to me to have influenced Queen. I think you should seriously check these two out.
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Posted By: Dantallion
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 12:02
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There was a band in the late 1970's called "Aviary".
They had a Queen vibe to them. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 17:23
| I think Be Bop Deluxe's Sunburst Finish album in remarkably reminiscient of Queen (Queen being my favorite band ever, btw.) |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 21:48
Are you serious? Not only are they nothing like Queen, but any comparison is doing the other band a disservice. I first became aware of Scissor Sisters when I happened to see them on SNL. I couldn't believe how bad they were. And then was astounded to hear people say they liked them (sorry if this seems harsh, but it really took me by surprise). Some have tried to do what Queen did, but no one has been able to fully pull it off. At times they rocked as hard as anyone else, at other times they were like a cabaret act. Somehow it meshed wonderfully. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 23:20
| I haven't heard any band with similar sound to Queen, really. I hope there won't be any band with similar sound to Queen, because NOBODY can sing like Freddy Mercury. |
Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: May 31 2006 at 23:25
You must be joking !
 The Scissor Sisters are 'beegees-wannabees', IMO ....... |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 15:47
Listen to Canarios' Ciclos CD, Who am I, where am I, one of the singers in parts sounds just like Freddie Mercury.
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: June 20 2006 at 18:07
So, it wasn't just me going insane...  Yes, Gentle Giant's mullti-part vocal harmonies reminded me of Queen...on "Gentle Giant and "acquiring the taste" albums. And I dunno why, but Aphrodite's Child "666" reminds me of "Queen II" in a way. ------------- |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: June 21 2006 at 22:20
| The Sweet sound similair to Queen, though Queen were much cooler. The Darkness is also very Queen influenced, especially their second album, but don't expect too much. |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 11:41
| one time i listened one song of tigertailz very similar to some queen songs |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 15:29
| Wow... Thread necromancy. Anyway! Muse are rather similair to Queen. |