Drummer Roger facts
While investigating facts about Drummer Roger Taylor and Drummer Roger Hawkins, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Roger Taylor, Queens drummer, has the same 4 octave vocal range as Freddie Mercury and Aretha Franklin
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The high opera note in Bohemian Rhapsody was not sung by Freddie Mercury, but drummer Roger Taylor
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Freddie Mercury doesn't sing the high note in Bohemian Rhapsody (for meee!),but the drummer, Roger Taylor does.
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Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) locked himself in a cupboard until Freddie Mercury agreed to have his song as a b-side of Bohemian Rhapsody. When the single became a hit, Taylor received equal royalties as Mercury did for Rhapsody.
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Taylor Hawkins, drummer of Foo Fighters, is an accomplished singer, much like lead singer Dave Grohl, former drummer of Nirvana. Here's "Under Pressure" (Queen) sang by him with drummer Rufus Taylor, son of Queen's drummer Roger Taylor. [A Drummer story]
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In 1989 Darren Atkinson, a The Who fan, trespassed singer Roger Daltrey's property and told him that he wanted to be The Who's drummer. Daltrey greeted him warmly, but guitarist Pete Townshend told Darren “I don’t give a fuck” after learning about his plans. Atkinson is now the CEO of Hiwatt.
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Queen drummer Roger Taylor locked himself in a cupboard until Freddy Mercury agreed to put Taylor's song "I'm in Love With My Car" as the B-side to Bohemian Rhapsody
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Jeff Porcaro (drummer w/ Toto, Boz Scaggs, Michael Jackson) played on Pink Floyd's 'Mother.' Nick Mason had trouble w/ the 5/4 time sig and other tempo changes "his brain doesn't work that way", Roger Waters said.
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Roger Taylor turned down the offer to become the drummer in Genesis, joining Queen instead
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Queen's drummer, Roger Taylor, really wanted his song "I'm in love with my car" on the B-side to the Bohemian Rhapsody single, so much so that he locked himself in a cupboard until Freddie Mercury said that it could.
