Brian May has made another special appearance at Slovakia's STARMUS festival, following his . This time, he joined punk rock legends The Offspring for a special performance of and Queen's . The audience was treated to an orchestral arrangement of the band's 1997 hit , which accompanied Dexter Holland's solo vocals.
Midway through the song, the rest of the band, along with May, joined Holland on stage. As expected, the Queen guitarist put his own spin on the song's original , with a little help from his trusty Red Special. In the video recorded by fans, Holland is seen saying: “Brian, so nice of you to join us.
So nice [of you] to hop in on this one! What a treat." The Offspring plus May then went on to perform Queen's from the 1974 album . “OFFSPRINGMANIA !!!! I am so happy !!! If it never gets any better than the dressing-room run-through we just did, it will STILL be one of the most joyous moments of my ol' life !!! STARMUS and Bratislava are in for a treat,” posted Brian May.
In an interview with May revealed how , known for its punk-rock drumming and quasi-thrash metal sensibilities, came about and unexpectedly gave birth to a new subgenre. “Freddie had written the lyrics with his old band, and the original riff was very different – it sounded like the riff in [from 1984 album ]. So that original version of sounded like a lot of other things which were around at the time.
“But I thought: these lyrics are kind of frenetic, so the music should be frenetic as wel.