Dragon Attack-Tribute to Queen

What a great album! It's a who's who of hard rock and heavy metal laying down some awesome Queen tracks. If you're a fan of Queen or a metal-head in general, you need this in your collection.

I see these stuck up snobbish fans denounce any tribute to Queen stating that it is no where as good as the original. Well duh! If you want the original buy the original! Of course no one is better than Queen, or even as good, at doing their own songs. But take a tribute for what it is: A Tribute! These people love Queen, they acknowledge that Queen is an incredible inspiration and they wish to show their love and admiration by covering a song, or making a cover CD. I like hearing different interpretations of Queen songs. How would other people have done it? This CD is amazing in my eyes. Hearing the different styles mixed together. Not just different bands, but different members of various bands coming together to pay homage to the most wonderful band, Queen. I give it a 4 though for two reasons. Lemmy should not sing in the first place, let alone attempt a QUeen song. His gutteral moanings of Tie Your Mother Down makes a person cringe. No matter the song, Lemmy should be mute! And then there is Yngwie Malmsteen...His is not an homage or tribute, but just another chance to try to emphasize that he is a god of guitar...in his own mind anyway. To me a cover song should at least still be recognizable, but when Yngwie does his solo on his song he twists it into something that is not QUeen at all. Otherwise, my most favorable impression of the album is James LaBrie of Dream theatre. A truely remarkable singer in his own right, highly influenced by Queen himself. This album is worth getting, just keep in mind that it is a tribute, and it is not Queen. :)

This collection feature some metal and rock masters, like Doors' Robbie Krieger, Ted Nugent, Glenn Hughes, Marty Friedman, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Chris Impelliteri, Eric Singer, Bruce Kulick.... The first track, I want it all, sound much heavier that the original. Robin Mc Auley doesn't sound like Freddie (of course no one does), but his voice works good with the song. Impelliteri overplays a little. For "Sheer Heart Attack" we have Dream Theater's James Labrie on vocals and Marty Friedman on guitar. They sound good, but this is not the song for them. Another one bites the dust sounds like a metal tune instead of the funky sound of the original, the guitar fills of Petrucci are worthless for the song. He's a fantastic guitarist, but he screws up the song. The bass tone is also inapropiate. Save me is by far the best track of this tribute. Bruce Kulick does a fantastic job with both acoustic (with the great extended acoustic solo) and electric guitar. Jeff Scott Soto's vocals sound too raspy for this particular song, but still the song sounds great. We will rock you and We are the champions are ruined by Paul Shortino's vocals. His voice is not for covering Queen. Robbie Krieger's solo in We are the champions is really good, but his guitar doesn't have a natural sound. You may like or not Tie your mother down. If you like Motorhead's Lemmy vocals you'll love the song. If you don't like Motorhead at all, you may not be fascinated with the track. Nugent's guitar gives some power to the song. Get down make love lost most of it's psychedelic feeling here. Yngwie Malmsteen seems like he is making fun of Queen covering Keep Yourself Alive. His guitar sound very out of place. He doesn't show his unique sweet guitar sound. If you don't know Yngwie, you may think he plays bad thrash metal. If you happen to know his work, you'll be dissapointed, because it is for sure that he can do a lot better that what he did with Keep Yourself Alive. One vision is well covered, with LaBrie in vocals again. He does a great job here. It's late sounds too heavy, and John Bush's vocals sound like someone singing in the shower (he may be good for thrash, but singing a ballad type song he sucks). The guitar sound is too heavy for the song too.Some of the tracks that should have been covered are of course Stone Cold Crazy (Metallica did a good job covering it in 1991), Modern Times Rock and roll, I'm in love with my car, Death on two legs, Hammer to fall and maybe Spread your wings (Bling Guardian has a good cover of this one)As a tribute, it works good, nothing spectacular, but still good and enjoyable.

Buy it because the world's best rock stars are on it: Ted Nugent & Lemmy. Disagree? You're stupid.

...this isn't a bad tribute. I bought this because there are some recognisable musicians here who have done their best to sing and play Queen. Ain't nothing wrong with that. Great songs are great songs even if these guys don't sound like Freddy. I didn't buy it expecting they would. What captures the Queen spirit though is Lemmy's version of Tie Your Mother Down. Most people don't get it, but Lemmy personifies the song. And Ted Nugent blazes on the guitar. Here's to Queen anyways....