Queen: The Guitarist
Mick Houghton, Sounds, 22 January 1977
QUEEN ARE a much maligned group. There can't be any criticism that hasn't been hurled at them during their lifespan. Certainly it's to be expected that any enourmously successful group is going to be a target, but Queen have suffered critical brickbats right from the word go.
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