Queen has influenced countless rock bands over the years – but do the legendary British rockers deserve credit for inventing thrash metal?
Brian May says they just might, thanks to the band’s 1974 song “Stone Cold Crazy”. He told Guitar World, “I put this riff on it, which people are telling me is the birth of thrash metal or something! I don’t know about that…”
He might be on to something – “Stone Cold Crazy” was actually covered by Metallica as a b-side to the “Enter Sandman” single.
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