“The 10-year-olds and seven-year-olds that are discovering Queen now…. YouTube and Tik-Toks have introduced the famous group to newer, younger listeners. Over the years, Queen’s legacy has lived on, thanks in part to nostalgia as well as film including “Bohemian Rhapsody” which came out in 2018 starring Rami Malek as Mercury. That’s why some people when they discover Queen now, they go crazy.” The quality of the songwriting was great. Some people take their writing for granted. “People remember Queen as being great performers and great videos and a great collection of people but they are fantastic writers. “It’s amazing how much craftsmanship and songwriting there is when you play every one of those tracks,” Myers said. Only when he started singing them did Myers realize how powerful they are. It’s one thing to listen to Queen’s songs but it’s been another to play them. That was the first time I heard Queen music live when we were performing it, which is weird.” “ It remains vivid even though it was a long time ago. “We went out and did our best and did that first show and it remains one of the best nights of my life,” Myers said. We just weren’t sure.”īut after going out and performing their first concert, the rest would soon become history. But we also wanted to be fun and humorous at the same time. “We were fans of Queen and we wanted people to accept us as a genuine tribute to Queen. “We didn’t know if the people would want this,” Myers said. It was in the air but it wasn’t there.”īecause of that, Myers said they weren’t sure if people would be accepting the group as a tribute. The idea that there would be a whole industry about that wasn’t really happening. “There were tribute bands for the Beatles and ABBA but that was about it at the time. “There wasn’t really a scene for tribute bands at the time,” Myers said of his group’s beginning. That was around the time Killer Queen was formed in the early 90s. Tribute concerts and groups have been all the rage for years now but believe it or not, there was a time when they weren’t as big as they are today. “You can never do it the same as Queen but you can get all those ingredients, the costumes, the looks, the vocal styles, the movements and the atmosphere, you can get a bottle of those elements and then give it to an audience and let them decide if they want to pretend they’re at an impossible concert.” So when it came time for Killer Queen to put together, Myers and the rest of his group grabbed some clothes and tried to look as close to the actual Queen as they could. You want to shout and you want to scream.” “You want to be there with your hands in the air. “A queen concert is like a rite of passage,” Myers said. When Myers and his friends started the tribute group, he said it was a way about trying to make up for that. That was such a big secret that was always kept quiet. “We never saw Queen with Freddie because they stopped touring when Freddie passed away. “When I was a kid, we had just missed seeing Queen,” Myers said. In November 1991, Mercury - the rock front man of the group - died of AIDS at the age of 45. Myers never got the opportunity to see Queen or Freddie Mercury in person. Their first public shows were at London University, following in the footsteps of the real Queen who had played their first shows there 21 years earlier. Killer Queen was formed back in June 1993. The band is coming off a performance at Lava Cantina in Colony and Austin City Limits in Austin. We’ve saved all of our Texas dates until the end of the tour so that we can go out with a bang.”Īfter Midland, the group will perform at Dosey Doe in Houston on July 28 and Brewster’s Ice House in Corpus Christi on July 29 before finishing up at Payne Arena in Hidalgo. “They just love rock and roll and they love having a really good time. “What we’ve discovered about playing in Texas is that it’s such a big kick for us because the audience is always there,” Myers said. ![]() However, they saved the best part of the American tour as Myers says they enjoy playing in Texas. That’s what we’ve discovered about playing in America.” “We’ve been doing 20 weeks altogether this year so it’s quite a long time. “It’s been a fantastic tour in America,” Myers said. Myers says the group has enjoyed going around the country on tour. “We’re looking forward to it,” Myers said of Tuesday’s performance. It’ll be the first time the tribute band has performed in the Odessa-Midland area.
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