Gary Mullen
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 Gary Mullen
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| Background information | |
| Genre(s) | Hard rock, Progressive rock, Pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Vocalist, Musician, Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar |
| Voice type(s) | Tenor |
| Website | http://onenightofqueen.com |
Gary Mullen Is a British singer and song writer best known for closely impersonating Queen front man Freddie Mercury with his band The works.
Gary Mullen became a fan of Queen at a very young age and had always been a keen singer. Eventually his love of singing led to him joining a couple of local bands where he cut his teeth playing live at various clubs around the country. Being a big karaoke fan he found much enjoyment in visiting The Horseshoe Bar in Glasgow where his uncanny performance of Queen songs always seemed to wow the crowd. Although writing lots of his own original material before hand, Gary shot to fame after appearing on British TV talent show Stars In Their Eyes as Freddie Mercury, winning both the live grand final and going onto represent the United Kingdom in the euro grand final versions of the show.[1]
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[edit] One Night Of Queen
Since winning Stars In Their Eyes Gary Mullen has toured with his band The Works, putting on a sell-out two hour tribute act known as ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN. The show takes references from many 1980 queen tours, using a modified custom built lighting rig, made to emulate the lighting rigs used during Queens 1982 hot space tour.
Gary’s performance as Queen front-man Freddy Mercury is considered by many fans to be completely astonishing and accurate some have even called Gary the perfect replica. Brian May himself has written "Gary bears a remarkable likeness to Freddie, Not only in emulating Freddie’s unique stage persona but also accurately reproducing Freddie’s live vocal style and range."
When asked about his opinions on One Night of Queen, Queens Drummer Roger Taylor jokingly said that Gary puts more Freddie into a show than Freddie himself did, and he hopes Gary won't put the real queen out of a job.
Gary Mullen and the works have taken there tribute show on numerous tours across Europe, New Zealand, and America.[2] [3]
In 2006 one night of queen was voted "Greatest Queen Tribute Act" by People voting in by phone and on the website of music magazine SongLines. In 2007 The same magazine Voted Gary Mullen as best Freddie mercury sound-alike. [4]
[edit] The Works
GARY MULLEN : VOCALS
DAVIE BROCKETT : GUITAR
BILLY MOFFAT : BASS
JONATHAN EVANS : DRUMS
MARTIN CAMPBELL : PIANO
[edit] Albums
- LIVE IN EDINBURGH 2007
| CD 1 | CD 2 |
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| Flash | One Vision |
| Tie Your Mother Down | Keep Yourself Alive |
| Seven Seas Of Rhye | Fat Bottomed Girls |
| Liar | Love Of My Life |
| Tear It Up | Jailhouse Rock |
| A Kind Of Magic | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| Somebody To Love | Hammer To Fall |
| Under Pressure | Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
| Another One Bites The Dust | Radio Ga Ga |
| I Want To Break Free | We Will Rock You |
| Now Im Here | Friends Will Be Friends |
| Dont Stop Me Now | We Are The Champions |
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
- One Night of Queen Official Site
- One Night Of Queen Offical German Site
- Video of Gary Mullen and The Works Live on the BBC
- Offical Myspace page
