No, I'm not. I don't consider myself superior to other people and my parents had already married by the time I was conceived (and, as a result, long before I was born). So there: neither arrogant nor a bastard.
The exact dates of Sex Pistols recordings can help us trace a more precise possible timeline for the incidents:
'Anarchy in the UK' was recorded on November the 11th 1976, suggesting the incident of Johnny Rotten interrupting Fred while he was playing piano might have happened around that time. By then, Queen had almost finished 'Races' and were basically giving final tweaks to the mixes.
'Seventeen' and 'Body' were recorded in May and June 1977, respectively. By the time Queen went to Wessex, the Pistols had already left (they did a couple of demos four miles away in Soho), which suggests the 'Simon Ferocious' episode took place either before the actual 'News of the World' recordings (maybe Queen were there just rehearsing, or Fred was visiting Roger during the 'Testify/TV' sessions or working with Peter Straker or someone else) and/or after the 'Bollocks' ones (Pistols went there to pick-up a tape or something)... or maybe it didn't happen in Wessex at all, but somewhere else (e.g. EMI offices before the Pistols were dropped).
>>'Seventeen' and 'Body' were recorded in May and June 1977, respectively. By the time Queen went to Wessex, the Pistols had already left (they did a couple of demos four miles away in Soho), which suggests the 'Simon Ferocious' episode took place either before the actual 'News of the World' recordings (maybe Queen were there just rehearsing, or Fred was visiting Roger during the 'Testify/TV' sessions or working with Peter Straker or someone else) and/or after the 'Bollocks' ones (Pistols went there to pick-up a tape or something)... or maybe it didn't happen in Wessex at all, but somewhere else (e.g. EMI offices before the Pistols were dropped).
I never believed this story from the minute Freddie was quoted. It's a cracking quote and just the sort of thing that would GUARANTEE some column inches at the time.
Wikipedia claims 'Bodies' was recorded in August 1977, which would potentially correspond with mid-'News' sessions. Needless to say, anyone could've added that datum without it necessarily being true and, unsurprisingly, no sources are given for it.
Surely there is, but I ignore it. Lately, I've been thinking about buying Adrian Kerridge's book, which is partly about Lansdowne Studios, just to see if he mentions Queen's involvement.
It was actually News Of The World Queen were recording in 1977. The extras on NMTB talk about Johnny Rotten & Sid Vicious meeting Freddie in the studio. Brian, Roger Steve Jones and John Lydon have talked about this since it seems the two bands actually got on really well. Roger played a Pistols track when he DJ'd on BBC Radio 2 a couple of years back.
i'm mates with Captain Sensible of The Damned and he's told me Roger was a regular with Robert Plant & Jimmy Page at Damned gigs and when he met Queen at the BBC they all seemed grounded and friendly guys not what he expected at all.
