Book tip - music history rock group QUEEN
"Queen intimate. Groupies, gin and glitter - On tour with Queen" by Peter Hince and Collector's photographs in Munich and the concert QUEEN-Live with Marc Martel from "Bohemian Rhapsody" in Hanover
From the opening act of "Mott The Hoople" to the most successful rock band of all time (GERMAN)
London - Munich - Hanover - Montreal. Peter Hince was Freddie Mercury's chief roadie and experienced a "hot time" in the truest sense with the band QUEEN! The author experienced how Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon wrote rock history together with Freddie Mercury, the legendary frontman, lead singer and composer of QUEEN, partying the night away in Munich nightclubs and so on. Freddie Mercury's apartment in Munich's Glockenbachviertel is also legendary; Freddie felt comfortable in Munich, where he could go for walks and party unmolested. - What was Queen in Concert like? On October 25, 2024 you can experience a QUEEN concert live in the Swiss Life Hall in Hanover; With "ONE VISION OF QUEEN" the singer "Marc Martel" comes to the capital of Lower Saxony: Swiss Life Hall, Ferdinand-Wilhelm-Fricke-Weg 8, 30169 Hanover. The Canadian singer, guitarist and pianist Marc Martel (* 1976 in Montreal) became world famous in the film Bohemian Rhapsody in the role of Freddie Mercury. Martel received a Golden Globe in 2019 for his role in the film.
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| Book: Peter Hince "Queen intimate", photo: Helga Waess |
Peter Hince's book was published in 2015
"QUEEN INTIM. Groupies, Gin and Glitter - On tour with QUEEN" at the German Book Market (English title "QUEEN UNSEEN",
which is highly recommended at this point.
English version:
Peter Hince
"Queen Unseen: My Life With the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century"
The paperback contains exclusive photos of the band and allows a very personal insight behind the band's scenes. With around 320 million records sold, QUEEN is probably one of the most successful and popular rock bands of all time. Peter Hince first met the group in 1973; At that time they were the opening act for the band "Mott The Hoople" and it took less than two years until he went on tour with QUEEN as head roadie.
“Queen intimate” is a must-read for Queen fans
Anyone who grew up with the music of the seventies and eighties has experienced those moments when a new single or LP came onto the market. People were looking forward to the concerts and many people still have those tickets today, the ones that meant freedom back then - at least for the duration of a concert. A contemporary document.
From 1979 to 1985, Freddie Mercury (whose real name was Farrokh Bulsara) lived off and on in his apartment in Munich, met with the other band members of the group in Reinhold Mack's Musicland Studio for recordings and celebrated parties in the clubs and hotels Bavarian state capital.
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| Peter Hince hanging his photographs, Stephen Hoffman on the ladder,
photographer Markus Schlaf from MerkurTZ Munich, here: in the Galerie Stephen Hoffman - Fine Art Photography an der Rückseite des Hotels Bayerischer Hof in Munich, photo: Helga Waess (archive, 2021) |
Peter Hince experienced the rock band QUEEN every day, both privately and professionally
Freddie - or rather, "Fred", as Hince calls him in the book, often had his "legendary outbursts of temper" and Hince, who everyone called "Ratty", always came up with something to counteract them.
In this book, Peter Hince lets the reader experience his everyday life at Queen and tells in easy reading what it was really like for him. The reader becomes a spectator...
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| Peter Hince with the photo "Freddie Mercury - Augustinerbräu" - in the shop window of the Stephen Hoffman gallery in Munich's old town, Galerie Stephen Hoffman in der Münchner Altstadt, photo: Helga Waess (press photo archive) |
Tantrums and swapping guitars: That's what it was really like on tour with Queen
For more than ten years, Peter Hince toured the world with Queen and experienced "Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll". On and behind the stage, in the recording studio or at a lavish party in a Munich bar. As head of the road crew, he was responsible for ensuring that Freddie Mercury was able to deliver his phenomenal performances again and again.
Those legendary performances that many still remember today - it wasn't just the technical support that was in demand, but often also his psychological support.
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| In 2021, Peter Hince hangs the photographs for his exhibition "Queen in
Munich" in the Stephen Hoffman Gallery, Galerie Stephen Hoffman, on Prannerstrasse at the back of
the Bayerischer Hof Hotel, photo: Helga Waess (press photo archive) |
Hince relives his time with Queen with wonderfully dry humor
It's the seventies and a young rock band travels to the USA. The girls like the British boys because they have a “sweet British accent,” says Peter. They were still allowed to smoke on the plane and the disease called AIDS does not yet exist. The illness that would tragically end the life of rock legend Freddie Mercury.
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| Buch: Peter Hince "Queen intim", photo: Helga Waess |
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| Buch: Peter Hince "Queen intim", Foto: Helga Waess |
Peter Hince "Queen intim. Groupies, Gin und Glitter - Auf Tour mit Queen",costs in bookstores 19,99 €
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| Spine: Peter Hince "Queen intim", photo: Helga Waess |
