Posted in Listening Booth, Music Listening Booth — Queen, “High Voltage” (London 1974) Chris Holmes posted on April 28, 2011November 5, 2013 Comments Off on Listening Booth — Queen, “High Voltage” (London 1974) The listening booth offers up a gem of a bootleg concert from Queen's early days. It captures the band live in London, 1974, on their Queen II Read More
Posted in Listcruft, Music Platters that matter: 20 albums that changed my life (#20-#11) Chris Holmes posted on August 16, 2010June 16, 2014 2 Comments The first part of a countdown of the Top 20 albums that have made a huge impact on my life, feat. Queen, Iron Maiden, Rush, and Miles Read More
Posted in Music Gray Flannel Mixtape: The mellow side of prog Chris Holmes posted on March 2, 2009June 12, 2013 5 Comments To no one’s surprise, last year’s round of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees included not one progressive rock act. This despite the millions of albums sold, the countless musicians Read More
Posted in Album Cover of the Week, Music Album cover of the week: News of the World Chris Holmes posted on May 26, 2008February 10, 2015 Comments Off on Album cover of the week: News of the World Chris Holmes looks at the album art for Queen's seminal 1977 album News of the World, as well as the sci-fi art by Frank Kelly Freas that inspired Read More
Posted in Music Deep Cuts: Queen Chris Holmes posted on March 27, 2007April 27, 2011 2 Comments In this edition of Deep Cuts, Chris Holmes compiles a list of 11 great Queen songs that only fans may Read More