Is Queen a 90's band..?

With Queen's very brief flirt of the 90's, along with it, just managing to span three decades, a band that lead the way in 70's and 80's and had such a huge influence of the then and todays music and then to go out in such a spectacular way (as in a original 4 piece) releasing an epic album, which was basically written on a mans death bed (how many todays musicians would do that?) and also release a album made up of what was Freddies last ever vocals and a selection of songs to complete the album. How far would you go as to say Queen a "90's" rock band or their influence of the 90s?
Why I ask that, is here in NZ on MTV/Classic music channels... When there is a 90s theme, there is always no Queen...? and the Rock Radio station had a week where they spent each day playing only songs from that decade starting from the 70's through to 2010's (Funny how when it came up to the 2010's they made up an excuse that being so early in this decade there ain't much selection.. haha in 74, 84 and even 94 there was already a saturation of freakin good music!!)
Of course when The Rock fm did the "through the decades theme" Queen was frequent in the 70s described as the "glam hard rockers of the 70s" and the "Pop rock icons" of the 80s... but when it came to the 90s.... No Queen..? I totally understand that the 90's will always been known as the grunge/alt/nul rock era Nirvana/STP/Soundgarden/Korn, which it was of course... But when they played Metallica, a band where the hard core fans often stated "the day they released the black album was the day metallica died..." Why not play Megadeth a band that had it's best albums were from 90's rust in peace and countdown to extinction, Iron Maiden was also not present... although they released some good albums, they were not quite like what they were in the 80s, Deff Leppards adrenalized was an amazing album an album which marked them at the end of their peak "one would say" and many more great bands of the 80s that also made it big in the 90s and of course.... Queen a band that influenced all of these bands and what ended up being their final album innuendo... why not play some of those epic and just as heavy and hard rocking songs?
Has anyone heard Queen on the radio or seen them on music channels when its a 90s theme..? And just how much of an impact did Queen have with its very brief stint of the 90s?

Not one of the biggest bands in the 90's for sure, but they did keep having hit singles & albums, so yes any 90's music show should include innuendo etc.

[QUOTE] [b]fras444 wrote:[/b]With Queen's very brief flirt of the 90's, along with it, just managing to span three decades, a band that lead the way in 70's and 80's and had such a huge influence of the then and todays music and then to go out in such a spectacular way (as in a original 4 piece) releasing an epic album, which was basically written on a mans death bed (how many todays musicians would do that?) and also release a album made up of what was Freddies last ever vocals and a selection of songs to complete the album. How far would you go as to say Queen a "90's" rock band or their influence of the 90s?
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i don't think you can say they led the way in the 70s. Zep, Floyd, purple and the Who would have much to say about that...perhaps they were among the leading pack during the 70s.
as for the 90s....they were a a well and truly extinguished fire which they periodically try to reignite using spent matches

They had more number ones singles in the UK in the 90s than any prior decade!!

They did not set trends in the 90s, thou. Just closed the decade and turned off the lights on the 80s. Innuendo passed the torch to bands like Nirvana, which debuted around the same time on MTV. As I recall, MTV seemed to have a face off: Innuendo, Smells like Teen Spirit, and Red Hot Chili Peppers... musinc moved on to grunge until boys band and spice girls showed up.

^^^ don't think Innuendo was doing any "torch passing" - and in any case certainly NOT to Nirvana and grunge...
the whole grunge movement
Soundgarden were already in the mainstream before Innuendo was was released.
Grunge was supposed to be a reaction against the hair-metal tide of the 80s

Innuendo ? Grunge ? Come on !

If you recall, MTV played Innuendo and Teen Spirit almost constantly around the same time. By passing the torch, I mean one era ended another began in music. The soft 80s pop went out the door and for a good 5-6 years we had grunge and heavier sounds in the main stream, before boys bands killed it circa 1996.

Good analysis luthorn, respect.

one point of order. don't suppose you knew that for a tune that was played "almost constantly"
'Innuendo' was (at that time) joint second in a list of number one singles with fewest weeks on UK chart, with just six weeks

so perhaps it just seemed like you remember it that way...because six weeks on the UK chart for a number one single hardly merits
"almost constantly" being played...esp when you consider it entered the UK chart at no1, was only at the top for one week then spent the next five weeks
on descent to exit the top 75. that's almost what you'd call the briefest of encounters with the charts - as far as no1 singles go

to give you some comparators (UK charts obviously)
title                               peak           weeks on chart
thank god it's xmas       21              6
friends will be friends    14              8
now i'm here                  11             8
las palabras                  17              8
body language              25             6
seven seas of rhye       10             10

bo rhap (75)                  1              17
under pressure             1               11
bo rhap (91)                  1               14
five live ep                     1               11

Fair point Brenski, but I also remember Innuendo being played a lot, along with Enter Sandman and Smells Like Teen Spirit. I would never say Queen were a 90s band though. They simply enjoyed a lot of success, largely due to Freddie's untimely death and Wayne's World. However, I must still give it to the band that they fitted in pretty well with their two major releases of the 90s - Innuendo and Made in Heaven. The former having a rockier, back to the roots sound and the latter a poppier, more balladry sound which boded well with the respective parts of the 90s.

Maybe the decade refers to when a band came to prominence..

I agree that the 90's were the twilight period for Queen. I think it's a bit misleading to compare that sort of band with the current craze. Innuendo's short stay tends to suggest that while sales were significant, they were not necessarily across a wide part of the population. Mind you, Made in Heaven's quadruple platinum sales does seem to suggest something quite different.

Innuendo signifies the end of an era.
Although released in '91 it is more related with the small space "farewell to the 80's, what is next? ".
Made in Heaven was an echo from the past.Refreshed, but still an echo.
Also the 90's were the decade were Queen became iconic.
It had less to do with their music per-ce, and more with their legacy and how it was shaped for the years ahead.

So i am leaning towards NO, musicaly they were not a 90's band.

But i flip the question "was the 90's a Queen's decade?" i lean towards YES, because so much around the Queen concept happened along those years.

Of course they are a band from the first 90's, with Innuendo.
And remember, all grunge bands loved Queen. Chris Cornell did it, Mother Love Bone, Kurt Cobain and Ghrol for sure, some rappers...The influence were there, but only with Innuendo, Queen is a 90's band. The album was recorded also in the 90's, and not forget the three songs from Made In Heaven recorded in 1991. It was the end of Queen, but the tragic death of Mercury was a deep impact in the 90's, like Kurt Cobain suicide.