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guitarist

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for touring in promotion of his studio albums.

History

The rhythm section for the band were

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and Neil Murray, who had previously worked together in

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, who was the tour keyboardist for Queen between 1984 and 1986 took the keyboard spot. The band was originally formed in October 1991 for May's performance at '' Guitar Legends'' guitar festival in

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, Spain. The band soon went on a tour of the United States, Europe and Japan. The tour ended in December 1993, when May returned to the studio with fellow Queen bandmates

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for Queen's final studio album, ''

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''. Meanwhile, Cozy Powell and Neil Murray returned to work with Black Sabbath, and both later joined Peter Green's Band. The band reunited in 1998 to promote Brian May's '' Another World'' album.

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, of later

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fame, was brought as the last minute replacement for Cozy Powell, who had died in a car accident earlier that year. In 2005, both

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and Spike Edney joined the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration on their worldwide tour. The band's only release was the live album, '' Live at the Brixton Academy'' in 1993. Several live tracks were also released on "

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" single and ''

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'' mini-album. After the band's tours in 1993 and 1998, members went on to contribute to various projects. Most notably, Moses, Edney, Murray and Powell formed the original line up of the SAS (Spike's All Stars) Band, a band which was also joined by Susie Webb and Zoe Nicholas on later tours, and which Edney and Moses still perform with.

Discography

*'' Live at the Brixton Academy'' (1994)

Touring Band

Members for the 1992 South American Tour: *Drums:

*Guitar: Mike Caswell *Keyboards, backing vocals:

*Bass: Neil Murray *Backing Vocalists:

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and Chris Thompson Members for the 1993 '

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' World Tour: *Drums: Cozy Powell *Guitar, backing vocals:

*Keyboards, backing vocals: Spike Edney *Bass: Neil Murray *Backing Vocalists:

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Members for the 1998 ' Another World' World Tour: *Drums:

*Guitar, backing vocals: Jamie Moses *Keyboards, backing vocals: Spike Edney *Bass: Neil Murray *Backing Vocals: Susie Webb and Zoe Nicholas

Timeline

References

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