Brian vs trashing guitars

Fenderek 17 December 2003 06:01 · Member since July 2003

Have Brian ever trashed some guitar on stage...? Heard sth like that, was supposed to be one of the copies or something... True...?

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Jjeroen 17 December 2003 06:05 · Member since May 2002

Yeah, he supposed to have thrown a guitar off stage once out of frustration. I'm sure it was not the original Red Special!

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Fenderek 17 December 2003 06:07 · Member since July 2003

OK- I've heard that it was somewhere during HOT SPACE tour...

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iGSM 17 December 2003 06:40 · Member since May 2003

I'd like to have seen Freddie trash a piano.

Freddie: Blasted piano! *Ungh* *Ugh* Oh, bugger that *smokes*
John: Freddie! You said you'd give up on those! You're always like this when we go out!
Freddie: Shut up, you prat.
Brian: Can we have another sandwich?
J&F: NO!
Roger: ZzzZZzzzZZZz

So there you have it a fool proof explanation about why Brian doesn't want any Christmas mail/presents.

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FriedChicken 17 December 2003 06:42 · Member since July 2001

It was the Birch replica of the Red Special, it was gold, instead of red (and you can see it in the We Will Rock You and Spread your Wings video)

Brian became angry with it and threw it off the stage

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Mr. Scully 17 December 2003 07:03 · Member since July 2001

Hm, IMO the real "golden" colour looks different than this but basically FriedChicken is right :-)

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Fenderek 17 December 2003 07:34 · Member since July 2003

When exactly it happened...?

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ogre t raylot 17 December 2003 07:51 · Member since July 2001

"When exactly it happened...?"

On the Hot Space tour - he threw it off a very high stage and it was smashed to pieces.

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Fenderek 17 December 2003 08:18 · Member since July 2003

exactly...?

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Togg 17 December 2003 10:27 · Member since December 2003

I think it was before the Hot Space tour but not sure, apparently the neck snapped and it not possible to repair it.

It was later sent to Guild so they could measure it when they made a copy, however it was nicked from the Guild factory and never seen again.

So it's out there somewhere!

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ogre t raylot 17 December 2003 11:13 · Member since July 2001

"I think it was before the Hot Space tour but not sure"

If memory serves - he can be seen playing the Birch copy during Dragon Attack on The Tube special (Milton Keynes) - I'm sure he played the Birch copy at the same point at Elland Road.

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Togg 17 December 2003 11:19 · Member since December 2003

Really? I was there but I must have missed that one, I'll have a look ad the video.

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ogre t raylot 17 December 2003 11:24 · Member since July 2001

it was smashed before '83

http://www.pemcom.demon.co.uk/queen/articles/bhm8301.html

See the 'Are You A Guitar Collector' question.

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Brian's sweet sister 17 December 2003 16:01 · Member since October 2003

I've seen Freddie trash a guitar but not Brian.
And I've read that Roger trashed his drumkit, but I never would have thought that of Brian. I thought he rarely got in to tempers. Tut-tut if so.

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Iam the one 17 December 2003 16:10 · Member since December 2002

Roger trashed his drumkit at the Saarbuck festival 1979.

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