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QUEEN's BRIAN MAY: 'We Feel Very Close, Spiritually, To The FOO FIGHTERS'

November 5, 2014

QUEEN guitarist Brian May recently explained to UK's NME why QUEEN is very "spiritually close" to FOO FIGHTERS and what he loves about Dave Grohl's band.

May said: "They're [FOO FIGHTERS] dangerous, they keep their danger, and I think that's great. They're very unusual in the way it's sort of riff-based music but very melodic as well. And you have Dave Grohl screaming melodies at you. The whole band is very accomplished. And they have this kind of similar spirit to what we had and what we have, I suppose.

"They're very good friends. Taylor [Hawkins, FOO FIGHTERS drummer] is a very old friend, and he's very inspiring to me, because I sort of see a mirror in Taylor Hawkins to what what we were and what we are, I suppose.

"When the question comes up, 'Do you wanna tour again?' You think, 'Ah, my God. I have my life. It's fairly peaceful and I have everything that I need. I wanna be with my family,' etc. etc. But the call of the wild is there, and you think, 'Okay, this is actually what we do. We do play music. We go out. We take risks. We play without a safety net.' And the FOO FIGHTERS are exactly that. That's what we always come back to. So we feel very close, spiritually, to the FOO FIGHTERS."

FOO FIGHTERS' new album, "Sonic Highways", arrives on November 10.

The "Sonic Highways" series follows the FOOs to eight different American cities, where they record a track for the album that's influenced by the local scene and musicians. The series premiered on October 17 on HBO.

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