Brian Could has revealed a favourite reminiscence involving a Queen live performance, Eddie Van Halen and a bottle of Southern Consolation.
“I remorse terribly that I didn’t be in contact extra with Ed Van Halen,” Could admitted in an interview with Classic Rock, considering again to a fond second alongside the late Van Halen guitarist.
“I’ve quite a lot of favourite reminiscences, however I do bear in mind one time him coming to see [Queen] play,” Could recalled. “We went again to the lodge afterwards. He’d introduced a bottle of his favourite drink with him, which I feel was Southern Consolation. Anyway, he’s knocking it again, and so I began knocking it again, and I fully misplaced it. The following factor I bear in mind I used to be on the ground within the toilet, having fallen down and cracked my head on the washbasin. I don’t even bear in mind going into the toilet. It’s one of many few occasions in my life the place I’ve gotten uncontrolled.”
The artists first met backstage in Munich early in Van Halen’s profession as their respective bands opened for Black Sabbath. They bonded over their mutual love for guitars, later swapping two of their custom-made devices throughout the making of Could’s 1983 Star Fleet Venture mini-LP. “I gave the impression of me on his guitar and he gave the impression of him on my guitar,” Could stated with amusing in a 2020 interview with Guitar World.
The thought for the Star Fleet Venture was born after Could obtained hooked on the Japanese TV present X Bomber (renamed Star Fleet within the U.Ok) and have become impressed to rerecord the present’s theme track with the assistance of a number of musician pals. “I do know Edward performed the solo on Star Fleet thrice,” Could stated in an interview final yr with UCR. “Every time it was unimaginable. Every time it was totally different.” The venture turned out to be a collaboration of rock titans and a uncommon journey outdoors of Van Halen for the band’s namesake guitarist.
“Van Halen” could also be probably the most recognizable names in rock music, however the late founder wasn’t at all times a fan of the moniker that grew to become connected to him personally, in response to Could. “I don’t prefer to name him Eddie,” the Queen guitarist stated within the UCR interview. “He at all times used to say, “I don’t like this ‘Eddie Van Halen’ factor! I’m Edward!”
Could, who reissued his 1992 solo debut Again to the Gentle final yr, can be on Queen’s Rhapsody Tour this summer season, which begins Friday in Glasgow.
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