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Post by james on Jul 7, 2006 8:25:35 GMT
Everybody in Queen was fully supportive of Roger's venture, as they all made contributions to Shove It, uncredited. But once it was up and running, it was Roger's baby. Just like Freddie's solo venture "Mr Bad Guy", which states on the sleevenotes "Thanks to Brian, Roger and John for not interfering". I guess you need that space when you're in a band with three other guys that long. And the Cross made no difference to Roger's contributions to Queen (indeed, he was probably at his writing peak around MBADTK, which is why he contributer very little to the Cross' second album).
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Post by james on Jul 7, 2006 8:25:35 GMT
Everybody in Queen was fully supportive of Roger's venture, as they all made contributions to Shove It, uncredited. But once it was up and running, it was Roger's baby. Just like Freddie's solo venture "Mr Bad Guy", which states on the sleevenotes "Thanks to Brian, Roger and John for not interfering". I guess you need that space when you're in a band with three other guys that long. And the Cross made no difference to Roger's contributions to Queen (indeed, he was probably at his writing peak around MBADTK, which is why he contributer very little to the Cross' second album).
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Post by james on Jul 20, 2006 8:01:35 GMT
I think the sad fact is Roger has it right - more people are interested in him as a member of Queen then as a solo artist, or in the case of the Cross, lead singer. The Cross got a decent push for Shove It profile wise - they were on UK TV three times and all the usual media provided reasonable reviews for the album, and it managed no. 74 I think in the UK album chart. There wasn't a Queen product in sight when that album came out. Roger's solo material sold better than that, but Roger solo was never big enough to really launch him.
After Shove It didn't fare that well, MBADTK was released virtually silently in the UK. And Blue Rock wasn't released at all. Compare that to the push Roger gave his solo career for Happiness, where Foreign Sand was briefly shown on Top Of The Pops, and then Electric Fire, where Roger made TV appearences, most notably on TFI Friday, the Cyberbarn gig, launch of his official website.... and after all that, his album sales remained much as they always had, spelling out to Roger that his loyal fans bought his albums, but he couldn't crack the bigger market.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, but Roger's affiliation to Queen is what attracts people, and he didn't really want to use that for the Cross, so they were always going to be in Queen's shadow from a record company's point of view. The Cross were simply a great band that passed by without a lot of people hearing them, sadly joining an ever increasing list in the music business.
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Post by james on Jul 20, 2006 8:01:35 GMT
I think the sad fact is Roger has it right - more people are interested in him as a member of Queen then as a solo artist, or in the case of the Cross, lead singer. The Cross got a decent push for Shove It profile wise - they were on UK TV three times and all the usual media provided reasonable reviews for the album, and it managed no. 74 I think in the UK album chart. There wasn't a Queen product in sight when that album came out. Roger's solo material sold better than that, but Roger solo was never big enough to really launch him.
After Shove It didn't fare that well, MBADTK was released virtually silently in the UK. And Blue Rock wasn't released at all. Compare that to the push Roger gave his solo career for Happiness, where Foreign Sand was briefly shown on Top Of The Pops, and then Electric Fire, where Roger made TV appearences, most notably on TFI Friday, the Cyberbarn gig, launch of his official website.... and after all that, his album sales remained much as they always had, spelling out to Roger that his loyal fans bought his albums, but he couldn't crack the bigger market.
That's nothing to be ashamed of, but Roger's affiliation to Queen is what attracts people, and he didn't really want to use that for the Cross, so they were always going to be in Queen's shadow from a record company's point of view. The Cross were simply a great band that passed by without a lot of people hearing them, sadly joining an ever increasing list in the music business.
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Post by james on Jul 5, 2006 9:49:30 GMT
I thought Foxy Lady was well covered, in keeping with the Hendrix original but still sounding like the Cross. Live it was a little more bombastic, but not much. Roger's done sopme great covers - two of my favourites being "Keep On Running" and "Keep A Knocking".
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Post by james on Jul 5, 2006 9:49:30 GMT
I thought Foxy Lady was well covered, in keeping with the Hendrix original but still sounding like the Cross. Live it was a little more bombastic, but not much. Roger's done sopme great covers - two of my favourites being "Keep On Running" and "Keep A Knocking".
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Post by james on Jul 5, 2006 10:22:19 GMT
I think the bottom line is if Roger wanted one, there would be one. I know when his site was launched when Electric Fire came out it was supposed to have a Q&A segment, and downloads and all sorts. I think Roger asnswered about 6 questions, and when the tour for the album was done the site was abandoned.
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Post by james on Jul 5, 2006 10:22:19 GMT
I think the bottom line is if Roger wanted one, there would be one. I know when his site was launched when Electric Fire came out it was supposed to have a Q&A segment, and downloads and all sorts. I think Roger asnswered about 6 questions, and when the tour for the album was done the site was abandoned.
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