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QUEEN A Night at The Odeon – The Before and After Moment

On December 24th, 1975 QUEEN recorded a live show at the legendary Hammersmith Odeon in London. The was not released until 2015 and it’s a must listen and see for any QUEEN fan. The set is of course amazing with the first 2 albums featured heavily, but what is really captivating this show is the “before and after” moment for the band. They had peaked at #12 on the US Charts with Sheer Hear Attack and have just released the A Night at the Opera album. Bohemian Rhapsody is featured in a melody of song snippets with no particular fanfare, giving no hint of how the lives of the band would change over the next year. Once A Night at the Opera and the mania of Bohemian Rhapsody takes hold, QUEEN is not longer that super cool progressive rock band that early fans had to themselves….they become one of the biggest recording/live acts in the world. A bitter sweet before and after moment for the fans that were there at the beginning.

KnuckleBonz is currently working with QUEEN and are coming to the end of our initial Rock Iconz Statues for the band. As you know, all KnuckleBonz work are officially licensed limited edition. Check out Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon  circa 1982 here.

We are beginning to design the new QUEEN Rock Iconz statues for tentative release late in 2022. KnuckleBonz is thinking of going back to this QUEEN A Night at The Odeon era for inspiration. Sound off here and let us know what QUEEN fans would like to see.

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QUEEN Rock Iconz Statues NOW SHIPPING from KnuckleBonz !

QUEEN Rock Iconz® for Freddie Mercury,  Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon have landed at the KnuckleBonz USA warehouse and will start shipping the week of September 20th. As always, KnuckleBonz® pre-order Superfans have priority and these orders will go out first, based on the order they were received. Once those orders have all been filled, we will start shipping orders per our usual in-stock methods that usually process within 48 hours of an online order at www.knuckleBonz.com. Note: Very limited inventory remains for additional sales for 2021…Don’t miss out.

The KnuckleBonz QUEEN Rock Iconz set captures the band circa 1982. You can get a great live look at the stage-wear of the band on the QUEEN “Live in Montreal” concert film that has been recently remastered. It might be some of the best DH footage of the band from that early 80s era.

Order you QUEEN Rock Iconz Limited Edition Statues here.

Also take a look at the QUEEN Rock Iconz launch video here.

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Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury, Rock Iconz of QUEEN

Happy Birthday Freddie Mercury, Rock Iconz of QUEEN. He would have been 75.

The life of Farrokh Bulsara began on the East African island of Zanzibaron September 5, 1946. 25 years later in London under the name of Freddie Mercury, he was fronting the now legendary rock group named Queen.

The Bulsara family moved to Middlesex in 1964 and from there Freddie joined up with a blues band called Wreckage while studying graphic design courses at Ealing College of Art. While singing for Wreckage, a fellow student introduced Freddie to Roger Taylor and Brian May, founder members of a band called Smile. Smile metamorphosed into Queen when Freddie joined Roger and Brian as the lead vocalist. The final member of the band, which was to stay together for the next 20 years, was bassist John Deacon, who joined the band on 1st of March 1971.

The rest is rock history. EMI Records and Elektra Records signed the band and in 1973 their debut album Queen was released and hailed as one of the most exciting developments ever in rock music.

Very soon Queen’s popularity extended beyond the shores of the UK as they charted and triumphed around Europe, Japan and the USA where in 1979 they topped the charts with Freddie’s song Crazy Little thing Called Love.

Freddie Mercury, who majored in stardom while giving new meaning to the word showmanship, left a legacy of songs, which will never lose their stature as classics to live on forever. Despite twenty years having passed since Freddie lost his life to HIV complications, he remains in the minds of millions throughout the world as one of the greatest artists we will ever see.

KnuckleBonz ® is in the final days of Pre-Orders of our QUEEN Rock Iconz® Ltd. Edition Statues for Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. You check them out and Pre-Order here.

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QUEEN Freddie Mercury “On Stage” with His Rock Iconz Color Box

The QUEEN Rock Iconz Statues have just hit the port of Oakland and are in-line to offload and make the short trip to our USA warehouse. If you have not pre-ordered the Rock Iconz®Ltd. Edition Statues for Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon, better get in line. This is one of the hottest sets in KnuckleBonz 19 year history bringing you the coolest collectibles from all the great music performers.

Pre-Order QUEEN Rock Iconz Limited Edition Statues here.

These QUEEN Rock Iconz designs are from circa 1982 era…think “QUEEN In Montreal”

In the blog as a quick shot on the lighted stage with Freddie Mercury and his Rock Iconz color box design.

AS always, see all the latest Rock Iconz, 3D Vinyl® and On Tour™ KnuckleBonz Collectibles here.

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Birthday Wishes to Rock Iconz John Deacon of QUEEN

A “We Will Rock You” happy birthday to “Deacy”  from all of us here at KnuckleBonz. John Deacon of QUEEN turns 70.

John’s interest in music was growing at an incredibly early age and he took the decision to learn how to play the guitar. He was soon well practiced enough to form his first band, The Opposition.

Over the next few years, The Opposition went through numerous line-up changes and played many gigs. The Opposition’s bassist left the band, it fell to John to fill the gap. John was now playing the bass.

In October of 1970, John went to see a performance by a new band called Queen. Several months later, in early 1971, John again encountered Queen, when he was introduced to Brian May and Roger Taylor. Queen had just lost their seventh bass player and they asked John if he was interested in auditioning. Days later John found himself at a lecture hall at Imperial College where the band was rehearsing. Not long after, on 1 March 1971, John Richard Deacon became the fourth and final member of Queen.

John’s image as ‘the quiet one” began to evolve on the band’s third album, Sheer Heart Attack. His first song first composition for Queen appeared, with the rather catchy Misfire. John’s writing skills flourished in the recording sessions which followed. He would go on to compose some of Queen’s biggest and most popular hits including You’re My Best Friend, I Want To Break Free’ and Another One Bites the Dust, propelling Queen’s career to new heights.

Today John lives a life retired from Queen but still takes an interest in the continuance of the legacy of the band, and remains in contact with former bandmates, Roger Taylor and Brian May.

Pre-Order our Rock Iconz® Limited Edition Statues from John Deacon and the entire QUEEN band, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor here. 

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KnuckleBonz Production Update “August 2021”

Here’s all the latest info for Rock Iconz, 3D Vinyl and Rock Iconz On Tour Collectibles at KnuckleBonz, Inc.…

PRODUCTION HAS WRAPPED !!!  – A 2nd wave of Production has been completed on the following products:

QUEEN Rock Iconz Limited Edition Statues – On the way to US warehouse. Production in complete on Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. Sales are super hot on these Rock Iconz. Pre Order here to reserve these limited editions.

Scorpions Blackout 3D Vinyl® –  Blackout production is complete and on the way to our US warehoiuse. Pre-Order Here, this will be the only production run before this item is 3D Vinyl® is SOLD OUT

*AC/DC Cannon and Highway to Hell Road Case “On Tour ™” Collectibles – On the way to US warehouse. This is the 2nd wave of production. Get in the Back Order Queue Here. Orders are filled in the order they are received.

KiSS “On Tour” Sign and Roadcase – On the way to US warehouse. This is the 2nd wave of production. Get in the Back Order Queue Here. Orders are filled in the order they are received.

Pantera Far Beyond Driven 3D Vinyl® Limited Edition Statue – On the way to US warehouse. This is the 2nd wave of production. Get in the order queue here. These are on back-order. Orders are filled in the order they are

Tony Iommi Rock Iconz Statue – On the way to US warehouse. This is the 2nd wave of production. Get in the Back Order Queue Here . Orders are filled in the order they are received. This is close to SELL OUT. No FoMO. ***We are beginning to look at designs for a new Tony Iommi design…tell us what you would like to see.

GHOST Nameless Ghoul White Guitar – On the way to US warehouse. Get in the order queue here. These are on back-order. Orders are filled in the order they are received. Reserve your Nameless Ghoul Here.

Pink Floyd Pig “On Tour” Collectible and Road Case – On the way to US warehouse. Get in the Back Order Queue Here. Orders are filled in the order they are received.

AC/DC Hell’s Bell “On Tour” Collectible and Road Case – On the way to US warehouse. Get in the Back Order Queue Here. Orders are filled in the order they are received.

Randy Rhoads III Rock Iconz – On the way to US warehouse. Randy Rhoads 3 Rock Iconz Limited Edition Statue 2nd wave of production is complete. You can get in the Back Order Queue Here. The 1st wave of production was sold to pre-order customers before it even landed. Randy Rhoads’s fans are the craziest!

Twisted Sister Rock Iconz –Twisted Sister Dee Snider and Jay Jay French production has completed and is in route the our USA warehouse.You can Pre-Order Here, but note, we have very low inventory on these Rock Iconz.

STILL IN PRODUCTION

These projects are going well and will be wrapping soon to begin shipping to KnuckleBonz USA warehouse.

Bon Scott – The 1st wave pf production SOLD OUT aslmost immedat;ey asfter landing in the US. A 2nd anf final wave of production on the AC?DC frontman is in the final stages of production. Get in the Back Order queue here.

AC/DC Angus Young and Brian John Rock Iconz – Production is in the final stages and all is looking good. Hope to finishing up over the next 30 days. Pre Order Angus and Brian here.

® – Production is underway and off to a good start after some small mold revisions. While it’s early on production, things still look on track for the Dec/Jan ship date. Pre Order Here.

GHOST Color Variant – A special Ghost color variant is in production. The previous variants we release for Cardinal Copia SOLD OUT in the fist 2 days after they were release. Stay tuned for updates this fall.

As always thanks for the support of KnuckleBonz work and all these great bands and performers !!

 

 

 

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QUEEN’s “Frank” the Robot Coming to KnuckleBonz 3D Vinyl®

If you have been paying attention, you might have caught glimpses of this since we announced our QUEEN Rock Iconz® Limited Edition Statues for Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon some weeks ago. The beloved metal behemoth that graces the cover of QUEEN’s News of the World album sparked by Rogers’s love of Sci-Fi and the cover of Astounding Science Fiction’s story by Tom Godwin, “A Gulf Between” is coming to our 3D Vinyl Series® this Fall.

We decided that this particular design would be better served by a full statute figure, rather than the 12X12 format we have used for other 3D Vinyl Limited Edition Statues like Ozzy Osbourne’s Diary of a Madman or Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power. Excited to share that the statue is well into production for a very limited run in 2021. #staytuned here and via our email list for launch specifics.

You can Pre-Order the QUEEN Rock Iconz Statues Here: https://knucklebonz.com/product-category/queen/

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KnuckleBonz Rock Iconz Grace QueenOnline.com and Official Band Socials

We are so fortunate to have the support of KnuckleBonz® Rock Iconz® Ltd. Edition Statues by the band Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon) on their official website and social media.

When launching a new products, we always get the word out through our online sites and social media, as well as our great International distributors around the world. We have built a dedicated following of Superfans and collectors over the past 18 years. Many have the full KnuckleBonz line dating back to our original Randy Rhoads I “Diary of a Madman” era design in 2003. However, there is no more powerful way to bring info about a new Rock Iconz, 3D Vinyl® or On Tour® design than official band websites and social media. These news items and social media posts let fans know the band is behind the work and they are officially licensed. KnuckleBonz has never, and will never, never release anything that does not have band approval.

Check out our Queen Rock Iconz news story and social media posts at the band official sites today.

Pre-Orders are happening now.

Make sure to snag a piece of this limited edition for Queen from their early 80s era here at www.knucklebonz.com

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KnuckleBonz Actually Has Apparel for Rock Iconz

While KnuckleBonz is known for bringing music Superfans high-end collectibles in the Rock Iconz, 3D Vinyl and On Tour Collector Series, we do have Tee Shirts, Hats and other cool apparel for all the bands we work with and more. Before you check out of www.knucklebonz.com on your next visit to the store, go to the apparel section in the dropdown menus or use this link: https://knucklebonz.com/product-category/apparel/

We have officially licensed apparel for: Jimi Hendrix, Queen Freddie Mercury, Queen Brian May, Queen Roger Tayor and Queen John Deacon, Ghost Papa Emeritus, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd, AC/DC and Angus Young, Bon Scott, Metallica, The Misfits, Motorhead, Lemmy Kilmister, Ozzy Ozbourne, Randy Rhoads, Pantera, Dimebag Darrell, Guns N Roses, Billy Idol, The Scorpions, KISS, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Dedbbie Harry of BLondie, The Ramones, Johnny Ramone, Aersosmith, Def Leppard, Megadeth and more…

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SOLD OUT and and Back Order Blues – KnuckleBonz Rock Iconz and On Tour Collectibles

SOLD OUT and and Back Order Blues – KnuckleBonz®

Rock Iconz® continue to be some of the most sought after collectibles in music and entertainment. As you know, all of our products are limited editions. Here’s an update on some recent availability…don’t miss out of you are a Superfan on any of our bands.

KISS® Alive Rock Iconz “SOLD OUT”– Gene Simmons “The Demon” and Ace Frehley “The Spaceman” are now SOLD OUT. Soon to follow will be the rest of the KISS Alive Set fot Paul Stanley :The Strachild” and Peter Criss “The Catman.”

Mercyful Fate King Diamond Rock Iconz – Gone forever is our King Diamond Mercyful Fate Rock Iconz Statue. This was the 2nd working witn KIng Diamond. The original solo era Rock Iconz for King is SOLD OUT as well.

AC/DC Hell’s Bell On Tour “Back Order” – The initial production units are now gone and the Hell’s Bell is going on back-order. More units are under production and will ship later this year. Don’t miss out! https://knucklebonz.com/product/ac-dc-hells-bell-rock-iconz-on-tour-series-collectible/

Pink Floyd “Pig” On Tour “Back Order” – The Rock Iconz “On Tour” Collectible of the Pink Floyd Pig and “Animals” era Road Case has sold -thru the current inventory. You can back-order here https://knucklebonz.com/product-category/pink-floyd/ to make sure you have a chance to own this iconic piece of Pink Floyd legacy.

Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath Rock Iconz “Back Order”– Iommi’s Rock Iconz sold thru the last in-stock unit and has gone on back order. This was gone within days of landing the initial production wave. Get in the back-order queue to have any chance of owning this Black Sabbath / Tony Iommi history. Back Order Here – https://knucklebonz.com/product-category/tony-iommi/

“The Show Must Go On ! ” and it will next week. Tune in for a “Killer” Rock Iconz announcement.

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