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Oh my GOODNESS! You DIDN'T!!! How cool is THAT.
If you could indulge me and tell me all about it... I would so love to hear that story. PM is ok if you want. How were they as Smile? Without Freddie? (Or John!) That was with Tim Staffell then, right?

That was waaaay back. I may not have been born yet.

I always thought changing the name from Smile was a good call. LOL.

"Queen" was Freddie's idea all the way - and convinced the other guys in classic "Freddie fashion," by calling them up and telling them each that someone else said it was OK, until they all agreed, "Well, if Roger's fine with it I guess I am," "Well if John says..." "Well, if Brian's OK with it..." etc.

I haven't read that bio - I'm trying to find the "official" sources and just read those - I don't like the ones by some so-n-so just looking to make a buck off some hearsay - but it's hard to tell which is which offhand - and some of the books are hard to find in the U.S.
I have the new photo journal by Mick Rock though. It's very cool. He writes well. It only goes to 1975 though.

Anyway... so I haven't read the bio you mentioned, but I know way more trivia about them than I really ought to. LOL.

I wish they would write a "Hard Day's Write" or "U2 by U2" sort of book.

Oh! And one more piece of trivia - today is Brian May's birthday. I can remember it 'cause it's the day after my oldest daughter's.

OK... enough thread-jacking by me... but that is very very cool that you got to see them when they were unknown. Thanks for sharing that!

Linda