Editing Queen (band) (section)

===Influence===
[[File:Thom Yorke Nimes 2012.jpg|thumb|right|At 10 years old, [[Thom Yorke]] of [[Radiohead]] built a homemade guitar in an attempt to emulate Brian May.]]
Queen have been credited with making a significant contribution to genres such as hard rock and heavy metal.<ref name="trunk"/><ref name="rollingstone.com">"Queen, first non-blues based heavy metal band". ''Rolling Stone'', Dec 1973.</ref> The band have been cited as an influence by many other musicians. Moreover, like their music, the bands and artists that have claimed to be influenced by Queen or have expressed admiration for them are diverse, spanning different generations, countries, and genres, including heavy metal: [[Judas Priest]],<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/rob-halford-tells-nikki-sixx-that-adam-lambert-is-doing-an-extraordinary-job-fronting-queen/ | title= Rob Halford Tells Nikki Sixx That Adam Lambert Is Doing An 'Extraordinary' Job Fronting Queen | work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] | date=10 July 2014 | access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref> [[Iron Maiden]],<ref name="queencuttings.com">"Queen, 50 greatest songs as voted for by Maiden, Priest, Kiss, etc". ''Classic Rock magazine'', October 2006.</ref> [[Dream Theater]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Dream Theater: Dragon Attack – A Tribute To Queen |url=http://www.dreamtheater.net/disco_guests.php?s=dragon_attack |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920054827/http://dreamtheater.net/disco_guests.php?s=dragon_attack |archive-date=20 September 2010}}</ref> [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/trivium-frontman-if-it-weren-t-for-james-hetfield-i-literally-wouldn-t-be-here/|title=TRIVIUM Frontman: 'If It Weren't For JAMES HETFIELD, I Literally Wouldn't Be Here'|date=13 May 2010|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|language=en-US|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Megadeth]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/19891-dave-mustaine-megadeth-favourite-albums-interview?page=12|title=Baker's Dozen {{!}} Th1rt3en Best: Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth's Favourite Albums|work=The Quietus|date=16 March 2016 |access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]],<ref name="MP3 David Lee Roth interview">{{cite web |url=http://www.brianmay.com/downloads/DLR240106HiEDcmb.mp3 |title=MP3 David Lee Roth Queen review |access-date=2 June 2010 |archive-date=17 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217095217/https://www.brianmay.com/downloads/DLR240106HiEDcmb.mp3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Melvins]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-buzzo-interview/|title=Melvins' King Buzzo Talks About Queen's Influence in Exclusive Video|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=26 August 2014 |access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]],<ref>Sutcliffe. 2015. page 227. Corey Taylor: "The older I got, the more I got into Queen, and I got into the harmonies, which were just unreal ... It was one of those things where you go, 'Man I wish I would've started listening to this earlier.' I think Freddie Mercury was one of the best singers ever lived. I think he would look around at a lot of this stuff today and laugh his ass off 'cause it would be so funny to him. Then again, he'd probably be a god to some of these people because he was such a great frontman, such a good singer, and just incredibly gifted man."</ref> [[Rob Zombie]],<ref name="Forbes legacy"/> and [[Rage Against the Machine]];<ref>Sutcliffe. 2015. page 3. Tom Morello: "There is no band remotely like them. There aren't even imitators that come within a hundred city blocks of Queen, and that can be said about very, very few bands. It's one of the few bands in the history of rock music that was actually best in a stadium. And I miss Freddie Mercury very much."</ref> hard rock: [[Guns N' Roses]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ressner|first=Jeffrey|title=Queen singer is rock's first major AIDS casualty|magazine=Rolling Stone|issue=621|page=13|date=9 January 1992|url=http://queenzone.com/queenzone/article_show.aspx?q=96 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312060354/http://www.queenzone.com/queenzone/article_show.aspx?q=96 |archive-date=12 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Def Leppard]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Def Leppard on Queen and Their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/def-leppard-are-still-putting-in-the-effort-815449/ |access-date=8 June 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> [[Mötley Crüe]],{{sfn|Sutcliffe|2009|p=27}} [[Steve Vai]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/steve-vai-on-brian-may/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426002736/http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/steve-vai-on-brian-may/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 April 2016|title=Steve Vai On Brian May|access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref> [[the Cult]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://louderthanwar.com/the-cults-ian-astbury-still-seeking-in-this-amazing-interview-2/|title=The Cult's Ian Astbury still seeking in this amazing interview – Louder Than War|website=Louder Than War|date=19 January 2011|language=en-GB|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[The Darkness (band)|the Darkness]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/features/101232/the-darkness-talk-queen-freddie-mercury-+-adam-lambert---interview|title=The Darkness on the magic of Queen {{!}} Gigwise|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|website=gigwise.com|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> and [[Foo Fighters]];<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=17443 |title= They're back: And thank God for the Foo Fighters |author= Arjun S Ravi |date= 12 October 2007 |work= Screen Weekly |access-date= 2 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> alternative rock: [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-last-days-of-kurt-cobain-in-his-own-words-799011.html|title=The last days of Kurt Cobain, in his own words|work=The Independent|access-date=28 September 2014|location=London|first=Ciar|last=Byrne|date=21 March 2008}}</ref> [[Trent Reznor]] of [[Nine Inch Nails]],<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart2a.shtml|title= Nine Inches of Love|work=TheNINHotline.com|date=March 1992|access-date=7 December 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323084050/http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/xart2a.shtml|archive-date=23 March 2010|url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Muse (band)|Muse]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Fisher |first=Jonathan |url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/916414 |title=Muse talk to DiS: new album, Western films and WIN! WIN! WIN! / Music News // Drowned In Sound |publisher=Drownedinsound.com |date=17 June 2006 |access-date=2 June 2010 |archive-date=10 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610071715/http://drownedinsound.com/news/916414 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2011/08/chad-smith-3/|title=RHCP's Chad Smith {{!}} Modern Drummer Magazine|website=Modern Drummer Magazine|date=17 August 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Jane's Addiction]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/surfing-pinball-and-weed-perry-farrell-on-his-teen-years-in-miami-6441403|title=Surfing, Pinball, and Weed: Perry Farrell on His Teen Years in Miami|last=Caplan|first=B.|website=Miami New Times|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[the Flaming Lips]],<ref>Sutcliffe, 2015. page 2. Wayne Coyne: "Musically they really are phenomenal. Freddie Mercury was just a beautiful singer, and they all are so great as musicians and have so many great moments where it's like, oh my God, here's a band that didn't hold back."</ref> [[Kid Rock]],<ref>Sutcliffe, 2015. page 242. Kid Rock: "I love Queen. The more you listen to Queen, the more you realize, especially if you're a musician, how much of a genius Freddie Mercury was, and Brian May and those guys are."</ref> and [[Billy Corgan]] of [[the Smashing Pumpkins]];<ref>"Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins talks about the records that changed his life" (''Queen II''). ''Melody Maker''. 14 August 1993.</ref> shock rock: [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-mechanical-animals-album-anniversary/ |title=17 Years Ago: Marilyn Manson Goes Glam With 'Mechanical Animals' |author=Childers, Chad |work=[[Loudwire]] |publisher=[[Townsquare Media]] |date=15 September 2015 |access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> pop rock: [[the Killers]],<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-killers-channel-queen-meat-loaf-onstage-in-new-york-20060925 "The Killers channel Queen, Meat Loaf, for new album"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315070630/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-killers-channel-queen-meat-loaf-onstage-in-new-york-20060925 |date=15 March 2018 }}. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 13 July 2015</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=La Bella |first1=Laura |title=My Chemical Romance |date=2008 |publisher=he Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |page=24}}</ref> and [[Panic! at the Disco]];<ref name="Panic! At the Disco">{{cite web|title=Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie Talks the Influence of Bowie, Queen and Sinatra on Death of a Bachelor|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/1/18/panic-at-the-discos-brendon-urie-talks-the-influence-of-bowi.html|website=Abcnewsradioonline.com|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903083149/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2016/1/18/panic-at-the-discos-brendon-urie-talks-the-influence-of-bowi.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> country: [[Faith Hill]],<ref name="Forbes legacy"/> and [[Carrie Underwood]];<ref>{{cite news |title=Guns N' Roses joined by Carrie Underwood at London concert |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch-guns-n-roses-joined-by-carrie-underwood-at-london-concert |access-date=2 July 2022 |work=Blabbermouth}}</ref> pop: [[George Michael]],<ref>Michael sang several Queen songs in concert. This is mentioned in: Patrick Lemieux, Adam Unger. "The Queen Chronology (2nd Edition)" – Page 137.</ref> [[Robbie Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/robbie-williams-turned-to-freddie-mercury-1698408|title=Robbie Williams turned to Freddie Mercury for tour inspiration|last=People|first=Sunday|website=mirror|date=18 June 2011|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref> [[Adele]],<ref>Sutcliffe, 2015. page 3. Adele: "I love them. I'm the biggest Queen fan ever ... They're the kind of band that's just in your DNA, really. Everyone just knows who they are."</ref> [[Lady Gaga]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FEAR+FACTOR%3B+Lady+Gaga+used+tough+times+as+inspiration+for+her...-a0213005824|last=Dingwall|first=John|title=The Fear Factor; Lady Gaga used tough times as inspiration for her new album|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|pages=48–49|date=27 November 2009|access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> and [[Katy Perry]];<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schneider|first=Marc|title=Katy Perry Wants a 'Fucking Vacation' After Next Single|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488619/katy-perry-wants-a-f-ing-vacation-after-next-single|magazine=Billboard|access-date=8 June 2021|date=12 May 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713083643/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/488619/katy-perry-wants-a-f-ing-vacation-after-next-single|archive-date=13 July 2014}}</ref> and K-pop: [[Psy]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/arts/music/interview-psy-the-artist-behind-gangnam-style.html|title=His Style Is Gangnam, and Viral Too|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 October 2012 |access-date=31 August 2016|last1=Ryzik |first1=Melena }}</ref> and [[BTS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48487862|title=BTS are the first Korean band to headline Wembley Stadium|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=2 June 2019|publisher=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604153608/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48487862|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>

{{blockquote|Musicians have been saying for decades Queen are in the pantheon of all-time greats. In the countless interviews I have done over the years they have been name checked by numerous superstars. What is most impressive though is the diversity of artists they've influenced. Why Queen were able to cut across such an incredibly wide range of musicians is easy to see – they are one of the most versatile bands that rock has ever had.| source = Steve Baltin writing for ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine in January 2019: ''Queen's Greatest Legacy: Shaping The Last Two Decades Of Pop And Rock Music''.<ref name="Forbes legacy">{{cite news |title=Queen's Greatest Legacy: Shaping The Last Two Decades Of Pop And Rock Music |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2019/01/12/queens-greatest-legacy-shaping-the-last-two-decades-of-pop-and-rock-music/?sh=63bb49381a8c |access-date=13 June 2021 |magazine=Forbes}}</ref>
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In the early 1970s, Queen helped spur the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] genre's evolution by discarding much of its [[blues]] influence.<ref name=RS1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/queen-19731206|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=Queen|first=Gordon|last=Fletcher|date=6 December 1973|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171916/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/queen-19731206|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>''Classic Rock magazine'', October 2006.</ref> Queen's 1974 song "[[Stone Cold Crazy]]" has been cited as a precursor of [[speed metal]].<ref name="Jones BBC"/> [[Metallica]] recorded a cover version of "Stone Cold Crazy", which first appeared on the ''[[Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]]'' album in 1990, and they still performed it live in the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJZuG7nv4zs  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/BJZuG7nv4zs| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Metallica – Stone Cold Crazy [Live Nimes 2009]|date=14 April 2010 |publisher=Youtube |access-date=2 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Swedish guitarist [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], a pioneer of "[[neo-classical metal]]", listened to Queen as a kid, and spoke of Brian May being "very inventive when it comes to tones and having all those pickup configurations. Brian tends not to stick to just pentatonics, either; he mixes it all up, which is how I like to think, too."<ref>{{cite news |title=Yngwie Malmsteen: the 10 guitarists who impressed me most |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/yngwie-malmsteen-the-10-guitarists-who-impressed-me-most |access-date=20 March 2020 |website=MusicRadar}}</ref> [[Thom Yorke]] of [[Radiohead]] received his first guitar at 7 years old, encouraged after seeing May in a broadcast of a Queen concert.<ref name="radiohead">{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/18/9 | title = All messed up | newspaper=The Guardian | location = London | date = 18 June 2006 | first=Craig | last=McLean}}</ref> At 10 years old, Yorke made his own homemade guitar, trying to imitate what May had done with his Red Special, but he was not satisfied with the result.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnyc.org/deprecated/story/278417-thom-yorke/transcript/ |title=Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin: interview with Thom Yorke |work=WNYC |date=1 April 2013 |access-date=22 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621023101/http://www.wnyc.org/deprecated/story/278417-thom-yorke/transcript/ |archive-date=21 June 2015 }}</ref> Subsequently, Queen became one of the first influences of his band.<ref name="radiohead"/>