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Roger Taylor admitted his Queen bandmate Freddie Mercury sang like a ‘manic goat’ as he revealed how ‘dreadful’ the frontman sounded when they first got together.
The drummer, 75, explained how the late singer left his mother horrified when the band first started out.
Roger said thankfully Freddie ‘turned out to be wonderful’, but the distinctive vibrato for which he is known took some fine tuning.
Speaking at the launch of the band’s remastered debut album Queen 1, he said column: ‘I don’t think you realise how dreadful he sounded before.
‘I mean, he sounded like some manic goat. He sounded extraordinary, his vibrato. My mother’s face when she saw him…’
Roger Taylor admitted his Queen bandmate Freddie Mercury sang like a ‘manic goat’ as he revealed how ‘dreadful’ the frontman sounded (pictured left with Brain May in 2023)
The drummer, 75, explained how the late singer (pictured in 1985) left his mother horrified when the band first started out
Roger added: ‘He turned out to be our wonderful Freddie whom we will never forget. He became this colossal force who could reach to the back of any gig or a stadium in Argentina. He reached everyone.’
Despite Queen splitting after Freddie’s death in 1991, Roger and Brian May have continued to tour under the band’s name, with lead vocalist Adam Lambert.
The special launch event at London’s Ham Yard Hotel celebrated the newly mixed, mastered, expanded edition release of Queen’s iconic self-titled debut album.
Matt Everitt hosted the evening which included a Q&A with Brian and Roger, followed by an album playback.
Heading out afterwards Roger did the Can-Can in Soho with his daughters Tigerlily, Rory and Lola.
The family enjoyed a night out in London, with Tigerlily, 30, sharing the moment they decided to break out and dance down the street on Instagram on Friday.
The model showed off her long legs as she threw them into the air, with Roger also giving it his all.
Rory, 38, struggled to keep up, while Lola, 24, giggled in the short clip.
Roger said thankfully Freddie ‘turned out to be wonderful’, but the distinctive vibrato for which he is known took some fine tuning (L-R Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger, John Deacon)
‘I mean, he sounded like some manic goat. He sounded extraordinary, his vibrato. My mother’s face when she saw him…’ he explained (pictured in 2019)
After the special launch event at London’s Ham Yard Hotel Tigerlily Roger did the Can-Can in Soho with his daughters Tigerlily (centre), Rory (right) and Lola (left)
Tigerlily captioned the post: ‘Da da daaaa da da da daaaa BDE, big dork energy. Can-canning around soho with these freaks last night’.
She added about her sister Rory: ‘I can’t. The lack of coordination and look of confusion’.
Tigerlily is the daughter of Roger and his ex-wife Debbie, who were together for 15 years before splitting in 2004.
The exes also share daughter Lola and a son Rufus, 33 – who is a touring drummer for the Queen + Adam Lambert stage shows.
Roger is also a father to son Felix, 44, and a daughter Rory, who is a GP, who he shares with Dominique Beyrand.
