According to Rolling Stone magazine, the Canadian musician Mark Martel is incredibly similar to Freddie Mercury's vocals. His participation in the tour project "The Queen Extravaganza" was the result of a victory in online listening. The singer performed vocal parts in the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody".
The drummer of the famous band "The Queen" Roger Taylor and guitarist Brian May proposed an incredible tour project in 2012. "The Queen Extravaganza" was intended to celebrate the anniversary of the group. One of the participants in the audition was Mark Martel.
Way to the top
The biography of the future celebrity began in 1976. The baby was born in Montreal on November 16. Passion for music has always distinguished the boy’s family. Interest in her and Mark passed on.
After school, the graduate decided to get an education in a seminary. He went to study in Saskatchewan. With friends during training, the young man founded the group "Downhere". They chose Christian rock as their direction. The guys performed at local events.
Gradually, the skill of the musicians became higher. A few years later, students decided on a tour outside the country. The team then signed with Word Records and set to work in Nashville, settling in the United States. The group recorded and presented to fans 10 albums.
In September 2011, Mark heard about the Queen’s online qualifying competition for the Queen Extravaganza project. Martel recorded the song “Somebody to Love” on video. The video scored over a million views in a few days. Mark became one of the winners and set off in 2012 with the organizers for a concert tour, which lasted a month and a half.
After the tour ended, Roger Taylor decided to listen to the songs recorded during the tour at rehearsals. As soon as Martel performed "Bohemian Rhapsody", he sang a few notes when the musicians performing in Mercury realized that they heard Freddie himself, the sound of the original was so much like.
Finest hour
More than once, even the musicians themselves wondered if the song could have been previously recorded from the voice of Freddy himself. Mark took part in several projects requiring similar execution. Invariably, all concerts were held with great success.
The musician left the band "The Queen Extravaganza" in 2017. He began a solo career. The singer also collaborated with the bands "Black Jacket Symphony" and "Ultimate Queen Celebration". The vocalist performed in 2018 the songs of the legendary band "The Queen" at a concert in May 2018.
For the first time in September 2010, information appeared about the start of work on the film "Bohemian Rhapsody." The final composition of the participants was approved by November 2015. In June 2018, journalists confirmed information about Martel’s consent to work on the film. In the film about the formation of the group and its soloist, he had to perform part of the parties.
True, it was also mentioned that most of the scenes were based on archival materials. But to distinguish them from the voice of Martel could only the most sophisticated music lovers with absolute hearing. Acting actor Rami Malek did not sing, so the filmmakers contacted the authors of the project "The Queen Extravaganza".
With their consent, work began in the studio "Abbey Road" to record vocals for a picture with Rami and Mark. First of all, they wrote fragments that were not preserved in the records. According to the producer of the picture, without Mark, the shooting and the premiere simply would not have taken place. However, all information about where Martel sings, and where the original sound is, is kept secret.
Cinema and solo career
The action begins in the 1070s. Student designer Farrukh Bulsara, moonlighting at the airport as a loader, gets to the concert of the Smile band. After the performance, the guy meets with the musicians and finds out that the group was left without a soloist. Farrukh offered himself instead of the departed. The decision was approved by May and Taylor. For the stage, Farrukh took the subsequently renowned pseudonym Freddie Mercury.
With the filing of a new vocalist, the team took the name "The Queen" and began touring the UK. The soloist began an affair with Mary Austin working in a fashion boutique. Guys are selling a concert minivan to record their first album.
The attention to the guys working in the studio was drawn by the EMI manager. He handed the Elton John agent, Reed, a team demo. The agent liked the execution. He met with musicians and offered collaboration. Success came in 1975. Tours overseas began.
Work on the groundbreaking single "Bohemian Rhapsody" took a particularly long time. The guys achieved an unusual harmony in the sound of the 6-minute track. However, representatives of the record company of an unusual format refused to include in the album "A Night at the Opera". The song was first played on the radio. She quickly turned into a hit, making the group famous too.
Freddie and Mary could see less and less with the start of a new tour. Then the relationship came to naught. By the beginning of the eighties in the team conflict began to brew. Freddy's bisexuality came to the fore. After a real flurry of questions from the press, the soloist decided to leave his colleagues to start solo performances. After a contract with CBS Records, he introduced the album Mr. Bad Guy in 1985.
