'It was over' Brian May thought 'Queen was dead and gone' as he talks Adam Lambert change

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Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he believed Queen to be "dead and gone" following the tragic death of the band's lead singer, Freddie Mercury.

In an unearthed interview, the musician, 74, told of his devastation at losing his close friend and the rock band's frontman, believing that he would never play again until he and the band joined forces with Adam Lambert, 40, a decade ago.Musical genius Freddie died of bronchial pneumonia in 1991 following complications from AIDS.Following the tragic news, Brian candidly told how he thought he would never play in a band again.He said: "I was completely convinced it was over."I remember driving past all these arenas that we used to play and thinking, ‘That’s gone.

I’ll never do that again.'"The star explained that his bandmate's death left him feeling like a "small" person.Brian continued to play guitar for himself in the wake of Freddie's death, but was convinced that the band would never reform.He admitted to The Guardian: "I was making my music, but I thought Queen was over and dead and gone forever."Addressing the singer's death, the guitarist told how he and his bandmates, John Deacon and Roger Taylor, were left in a state of "disbelief".He said: "We didn’t get over it for a very long time, I’m not even sure we’re over it now, but there was a two-year period where we were grieving and behaving irrationally, almost denying the existence of Queen."However, 30 years after the star's death, the band have now accepted the loss of Freddie and have continued to make music."But you do get over it to a point.

And now I realise that Queen is in me and I am in Queen, and that can’t change," he explained.In 2011, American Idol star Adam joined Queen for a performance at the.