Glad to see this being debated - as it was in a magazine sold to musicians it was not as widespread as the 'standard' music press, so I did think that it may not be overly common.
I can see why Roger would play down the importance of Queen and that he was far more hungry for his new band to be publicised and taken seriously, but it is stark to see his apathy and lack of warmth about 'the Mothership' down in black and white.
i think I still have my copy of that somewhere, at the time I was very sad about his comments about spending less time with Queen but in hindsight you can see that Freddie's situation had changed everything for the band.
i liked his comments about the Yamaha drums, but I still struggle to understand why he chose them? if they sounded rubbish unmic'd I'm surprised he went on to even test them mic'd for a whole tour, but I have to agree, yamaha kits do sound very dead compared to the old 70's Ludwig kits that just ring out and resonate, sadly newer Ludwig kits dont do the same, but I can see what he meant.
Everybody talks about how Live Aid revived Queen, but the "A Kind of Magic" album was not that good and the Magic tour was a struggle for all 4 members. Queen was popular, but the band was falling apart.
At the time of this interview with Roger the Miracle recording sessions hadn't started yet and the future of Queen was unclear.
Somewhere in '88 the band regrouped, soon they would discover they had limited time left together.
