Queen‘s Roger Taylor has admitted that he was “tempted to laugh” the first time Freddie Mercury auditioned for the band.The sticksman met guitarist Brian May and the late charismatic frontman at college in London in 1968.Taylor and May were originally in a band called Smile with bassist-and-singer Tim Staffell.
When Staffell decided to leave, Mercury asked to join the band.“He was so extreme, one was tempted to laugh at first, because he hadn’t developed his voice; he didn’t have the control he had later,” Taylor told The Daily Telegraph.“But he had this thrusting energy and zeal for everything.
And, really, a massive array of hidden talents. We were big pals.”Taylor continued: “We had a stall in Kensington Market and he was so delightful,.
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