Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins and Mike Shinoda are among the music stars sharing their thoughts on the legacy of Queen.
The British rock band formed in 1970 continues to inspire and influence.
Ahead of the opening of the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, iHeartRadio partnered with 20th Century Fox to ask some of today's biggest artists about how the band has influenced them.
Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins
"[It's] kind of a bummer when Queen's your first concert because it's kinda only downhill from there. [It was] 1982, I was 10 years old, and I'll never forget it. I just saw my life flash before me at that concert. We're carrying the Queen flag everywhere we go, and they're always a part of us. And that's just poetic, I think.”
Lynyrd Skynyrd
“They were one of the most innovative bands for their time. You know, way out front.”
Mike Shinoda
“They came out, and they just plowed their way through massive songs, and the way they mashed them together, you know, you just left exhausted. The band had so much energy and power and great songs.”
The Struts
“Queen's music came into my life and everything changed. Just the way they approached the music. It's kind of impossible to keep track of who hasn't been influenced by Queen at one point in their life.”
5 Seconds of Summer
“They intertwined crowd participation into their music. They also were a people's band. They felt that anyone could go and see them.”
Compiled by Nicole Mastrogiannis at iHeartRadio