Freddie Mercury Put Sid Vicious in His Place Indeed, Brian May later recalled the Sex Pistols singer "was always very respectful" when they crossed paths. Could you make sure he doesn't do it again?'"ĭespite the strange behavior, Lydon had at least been polite. One of the band members just crawled on all fours across our studio up to the side of the piano, said, 'Hello Freddie,' and left on all fours. "And as he said it, there was a tap on the door, Queen's producer said, 'Freddie was playing piano. "Johnny came back and said, 'I've been to see Freddie,'" Price recalled in the BBC cocumentary series Classic Albums. READ MORE: Why Queen Scaled Things Back on 'News of the World'īill Price, the engineer who was working with the Sex Pistols on their debut album at the time, knew this probably wasn't a smart move. According to Queen roadie Peter Hince, the frontman "crawled on all fours across our studio up to the side of the piano, said, 'Hello Freddie,' and left on all fours." Their first Sex Pistols visitor was not Vicious, but rather John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten. Queen was busy working on what would become News of the World when their initial uninvited guest stopped by. Johnny Rotten Crawled Up to Freddie Mercury The groups were working in separate studios, but that didn’t stop Freddie Mercury and Sid Vicious from sparking a brief rivalry. So perhaps it was fate that brought both acts to Wessex Sound Studios at the same time in the late summer of ‘77. READ MORE: Revisiting Sex Pistols' Anarchy on the TV The Sex Pistols replaced them, resulting in one of the most infamous interviews in television history. In December of 1976, Queen pulled out of a television appearance on the London-area magazine show Tonight.
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