Freddie and steroids for singing

Can ayone elaborate on this?
I remember reading that he may used steroids when he had problems with his vocal chords during tours.
Also in the "AIDS-phenomenal voice" era there was some reference here, that drugs ( not necessarily steroids) may have helped. Especially on some super-human performances like Show Must Go On.

When we are talking singers and steroids are we taling about Cortizone ?
Is it some popular rescue technique for singers in bad days having to sing ?

I know that Rod Stewart used steroids occasionally.

Steroids would have helped with lung capacity meaning he could carry a tone for longer.

[QUOTE] [b]Stelios wrote:[/b]

Can ayone elaborate on this?
I remember reading that he may used steroids when he had problems with his vocal chords during tours.
Also in the "AIDS-phenomenal voice" era there was some reference here, that drugs ( not necessarily steroids) may have helped. Especially on some super-human performances like Show Must Go On.

When we are talking singers and steroids are we taling about Cortizone ?
Is it some popular rescue technique for singers in bad days having to sing ?[/QUOTE]



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Those steriods were not just steriods, they were parts/ingredients of the cocktails / AZT- drugs he used to take when fighting the AIDS disease.

^Good point. Freddie must have been on quite a large array of medications during The Miracle and Innuendo eras, and a lot of these would have been specifically for his symptoms (rather than the virus itself), so some might have had a contribution to his voice.

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

I know that Rod Stewart used steroids occasionally.[/QUOTE]

I was at a Manic Street Preachers concert were James Dean Bradfield took some during the show.
Was some sort of spray.
He joked about it, later in the show.