Brian May and Roger Taylor reflect on that historic day in a new interview with Radio Times, and May recalls that his ...

The prog superstars who tried to steal drummer Roger Taylor from Queen. Classic Rock. Sat, May 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM UTC. ... Queen spent their first few years playing the club circuit.

If the guitars needed some TLC, Taylor’s drum sound was a different matter. That demanded a more radical intervention. He tracked his parts on the studio’s drum kit and it was a horrible experience.

Roger Taylor has detailed his frustration about the drum sound on Queen's first album, which the band finally fixed when revisiting the recordings for last year's 50th anniversary Queen I box set ...

Brian May and Roger Taylor discussed remixing the drums on an expanded edition of Queen's self-titled debut in October 2024. ... We always hated the fact that Roger wasn't playing his own kit.

The Queen drummer lamented: “I didn't even have my proper kit in there. I had to play this sh***y little kit. It was just awful. We were told: ‘This is the Trident sound’.

Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor have spoken about ... The 77-year-old rock icon revealed he's on the road to recovery after regaining enough movement to be able to play ... The drummer revealed ...

Kodo Drums. Roger Taylor (Queen) Vinnie Colaiuta (Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Sting, Jeff Beck) Ice Dob (The Molotovs) Eric Manegold (Chuck Berry, Merrie Lee Rush) ...

Roger Taylor, 75, has performed as Queen's drummer since the band formed in the early 1970s. Getty Images Queen, pictured here in 1981, shot music videos in the mansion's backyard.

Queen drummer Roger Taylor said he and Sir Brian May felt “so proud” as they picked up the Polar Music Prize. The King of Sweden presented the award to rock band Queen, US jazz musician Herbie ...

Roger Taylor has teased brand-new music from Queen ... drummer Taylor was asked if Queen could potentially record and release any new material. ... We can still play. We can still sing.