Which two band members argued or fell out with each other the most and why?

Guitarists are notoriously difficult to work with.

Anyone that's rehearsed with one will tell you that they take fucking ages to set up and then can't resist twanging away whilst other members of the band have important ideas and issues to raise. They're asked to play in a certain way and, inevitably, when they're told that they haven't, they have a hissy fit because they think it's their raison d'etre to be creative and "play the blues, man". They'd also DESPERATELY love to be front-men but simply don't have the voice, chest hair or bulge.

I'd reckon that Brian, when pissed and / or high, would be a fucking disaster to work with given his superiority complex and clogs. ;-)

I'd also reckon that - as non-members of Smile, Freddie and John were reasonably understanding of each other as "outsiders" and their love of booze and the old Marching Powder an off-stage "thing" together.

Freddie and Roger would have been forgiving of each other after their Kensington Market days together and Freddie understanding ad relating to Roger's promiscuity.

Roger and John would have been pretty tight as a rythm section tends to be.

They argued about disco music

I think this is the worst right they ever had: [url]http://queenlive.ca/queen/86-08-03[/url]

A film just of Queen's fights would have been mighty entertaining, I fancy.... if everyone were able to be fully honest about their own characters for good and ill!!

I think this is the worst fight they ever had: [url]http://queenlive.ca/queen/86-08-03[/url]

The greatness of Mr May had been underestimated for far too long by far too many people - thinks Mr May. A few scenes in the movie made me think: Were they deliberately written to show the world what a genial character he was/is? All four of them probably had huge ego problems which made it impossible for them to really get along with each other. But Brian May has a tragic stubbornness attached to his ego, which could have made it more difficult to having worked with or alongside him.

I saw an interview where Brian says that it was he and Roger who did most of the fighting, and that Freddie was actually the peacekeeper.

It was Brian and Roger.Freddie himself told me that when we met them at Olympic Studios in 1988,half joking possibly.Roger had phoned in sick,and Freddie said something like 'at least he can't moan about Brian's guitar parts for a day'.Thought we would get maybe a few minutes with a band member having won a fan club competition to meet them recording The Miracle.They had kind of vanished since the Magic Tour that I saw them on in 1986.Freddie wouldn't talk to journalists,but was quite happy to spend time with fans.Anyway he was first out,superbly dressed in all white,you had to double take,as you couldn't believe that this softly spoken polite guy was the same one I saw on stage.Brian chatted to some of us about guitars and AC30'S and all that,I spoke to John and Freddie who got on so well,not surprised John looks depressed today.This great Rock star wanted to know about our lives,what we liked etc(there was a glare when I said a Night at the Opera as my fave...)we got a fab sausage roll cooked by his chef Joe(had no idea who Joe Fanelli was then) and had a great day all told.Hard to believe in three years this great man was dead.RIP Freddie x

Are you the lucky fans who were photographed and then appeared on the fan club magazine? If so, any chance you remember the exact date you visited the studios?

Jrd1951, do you remember the exact date of this meething with the band? Was anything about The Miracle album mentioned? Did you had an opportunity to see the band working in the studio? I find it interesting. I tried to find the date in the winter issue of the Fan Club Magazine 1988 but I can't see it anywhere. I remember you wrote a post in the past about this meeting and a conversation you had with Freddie about the Barcelona album.

Some of the 1984/1985 interviews with the band always made me wonder if Brian and Roger had a thing going on between them. For example the live aid rehearsal interview and the "limo-interview" from LA 1989. Roger particulary seems to be quite irritated. But many times during 1989-1991 they gave a lots of tv interviews together and were just fine. So maybe it was old friends having a thing here and there...like old married couple.

Hahaha, Seb you wrote your post while I started to write mine :)

[QUOTE] [b]ploughman wrote:[/b]

Some of the 1984/1985 interviews with the band always made me wonder if Brian and Roger had a thing going on between them. For example the live aid rehearsal interview and the "limo-interview" from LA 1989. Roger particulary seems to be quite irritated. But many times during 1989-1991 they gave a lots of tv interviews together and were just fine. So maybe it was old friends having a thing here and there...like old married couple.[/QUOTE]

Brian and Roger's relantionship was far from ideal in 1992/93:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz-R6XHG5ic

I am guessing this is around June 1988,as it was when I was preparing to leave college,the memory is a bit hazy,i am nearly 50! god knows where the years of gone.....my favorite member was John,as i played a bit of bass guitar and hence my username.He explained that they had set themselves up to play together as a band again,to try and get a 'Live' feeling.No we didn't get to see them jam or record(damn),but at the time John said they were working on one of Brian's songs(I want it all?)hence the comments of Roger not moaning about his guitar parts.Anyway,the thing I cherish the most was that each member had the same importance,the movie talks about 'The Family' and you just could sense that bond there.Freddie vanished after signing a few things and a brief chat,John said he had popped out for a pizza but i highly doubt it! Brian seemed so keen to go out on tour again.Would love to have met Roger,but he was apparently ill that day.

And sorry to crow on....but i amazingly bumped into Brian again in late 1989 in the arcade just off Camberley high street where his son Jimmy was playing on the arcade machines,Brian was at the kiosk thing getting some change and munching on some beef crisps(!).I mentioned the touring thing as The Miracle had been such a huge success and he hesitated before saying that they wanted to but Freddie was reluctant.I blurted out that I would sing for them(nerves i think) to which he said ok and shook my hand,my name by the way is Adam.That night I had heard that a traffic warden had ticked his Mercedes Estate parked outside the arcade and that he launched into abuse,so i knew then that something was VERY WRONG.Thank you for reading x