There is a reason why there have been countless books penned over the years about Queen and their legendary singer, Freddie Mercury - they were unquestionably one of the greatest and most universally beloved rock bands of all-time. However, most of these books can be neatly filed into one of three categories - a recounting of the band’s history, an examination of the singer’s life story, or a collection of photographs. Long Live Queen: Rock Royalty Discuss Freddie, Brian, John & Roger is the first-ever book to be comprised solely of interviews conducted with renowned musicians, who discuss what they admire most about Queen, their favorite songs and albums, and other standout Queen-related memories (attending shows, meeting members, etc.) from throughout the years. The result is a book that uncovers facts, insight, and analysis, and adds a new spin on what truly makes Queen the champions of the world. "Greg' s done a really cool thing here, in tribute to what he calls his favourite band ever. Long Live Queen is totally innovative as well, but then that 's what we 've grown toexpect from Prato, who has not only been prolific with rock books, butis turning the genre inside out with new concepts seemingly every sixmonths. What he's done here is simply this simple, but no one' s doneit - solicited commentary from Queen from rock stars, and then, havingcollected so much rich material, sorted it into nine categories, or acts. So we get discovery, seeing the band live, production...man,everything talked about, gems on every page, which it doesn' t matterwhere you open the book, you are instantly engaged, no need for backstory, and you find yourself just mowing forward from that point.Personally, having gone through a slightly similar exercise myself withQueen and four other bands, with the Album by Album series, I can see spots where I would have tightened up the text, maybe resulting in a 10% trim overall, but man, minor issue. In any event, what falls out of the experience in the aggregate, after so much expert opinion, is amassive amount of Queen knowledge and appreciation, so missionaccomplished. Man, I hope Greg s got more of these comin' ." --Martin Popoff (author of Queen: Album by Album book) "With Queen now infecting the next generation, Greg's compilation of people that were weened on the band, and seen it first-hand, is a must for anew or the old fan - to educate or simply bring back the memories. There will never be anything ever again like Queen. Tremendous companion for any Queen fan!" --Keith Roth ( Host of Ozzy's Boneyard and Hair Nation on Sirius Radio, host of Electric Ballroom radio show) "It's interesting to read how muchinfluence the band has had on the world of music from the perspective of those within that same world." --Screamer Magazine