Brian’s new interview in July 2020 Total Guitar magazine reminded us of this one 22 YEARS AGO!! Still available to read (albeit a little creaky) as follows:
Total Guitar Christmas Edition 1998:
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BRIAN ON THE ROAD
Brian May Interview
EXTRACT: You’d think people like Brian May could take it easy, wouldn’t you? With 18 Queen albums under his belt and two of his own, he could be forgiven for siting back and feeling at least slightly pleased with himself. Not a bit of it. The words ‘perfectionist; and ‘workaholic’ seem scarcely adequate for a man who has taken six years to record his latest album, and doesn’t plan to take any time off from touring for the rest of the year. And his enthusiasm for gigging is obvious.
BRIAN MAY: “We’re touring Japan, by way of Russia, and that takes us up to the middle of November and then I’m not sure how long I want to be out for. The temptation, once you’ve started, is to keep going ’cause you’re all geared up, you’ve got all the right people and you’ve rehearsed.”
Tragically, ‘all the right people’ lacks one individual. Drummer Cozy Powell died in a car accident earlier this year [1998]… …
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THE DEACY AMP
BRIAN MAY’S RED SPECIAL:
– GREG FRYER’S REBUILD
– THAT BRIAN MAY SOUND
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BRIAN MAY CYBORG
TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN