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Queen‘s Roger Taylor just dropped a new song called “Chumps“, as per UCR. “Chumps” seems to be a protest song directed at President Trump, despite Taylor‘s lack of specific remarks. Taylor only says one sentence about the song in the YouTube description: “Gotta say something.” “Chumps” unites Taylor with other singers who are criticizing the present administration and, in particular, the ongoing dispute between federal ICE agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bruce Springsteen (“Streets of Minneapolis“) and Billy Bragg (“City of Heroes“) are two other artists that have created protest music. Springsteen, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and several other musicians played for a benefit event in Minneapolis earlier this month.
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, keyboard), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals) created the British rock group Queen in London in 1970. John Deacon (bass) later joined the group. The band’s early compositions were influenced by heavy metal, hard rock, and progressive rock, but over time, they included other genres including pop rock and arena rock to create more traditional and radio-friendly songs. May and Taylor had performed together in the band Smile before to starting Queen. As a fan of Smile, Mercury pushed them to try out more complex recording and stage methods. He joined in 1970 and suggested the name “Queen”. Before the band’s self-titled debut album was released in 1973, Deacon was hired in February 1971.
In a recent interview with the U.K. tabloid Daily Mail, Brian May appears to have closed the door on Queen‘s potential comeback to the United States.
America is a dangerous place at the moment, so you have to take that into account. It’s very sad because I feel like Queen grew up in America and we love it, but it’s not what it was. Everyone is thinking twice about going there at the moment.
