Frank Sidebottom - Queen Medley

Watched the wonderful and highly recommended 'Being Frank - The Chris Sievey Story' last night, an everyday tale of a bloke who donned a paper mache head and peg on his nose, covered well known pop songs in an utterly unique way (see the evidence above) and created his own little universe that eventually landed him a TV show, record deal and slot at Reading 1992 (attended by over 10,000 fans).



Sievey, the ever so slightly tortured/unhinged genius behind Frank, started out trying to make it in the music biz in a more conventional way, fronting The Freshies, but when that didn't work out Frank was born and seemingly took over his entire life. Whilst Sievey clearly had a number of demons (drink, drugs, philandering...Little Frank) he still comes across as an incredibly likeable soul with an almost unbelievable commitment to his art. Sadly, as his 5 year comeback plan was reaching its climax in 2010, he succumbed to cancer at just 54 playing his last show as Frank a mere 10 days earlier.

It sounds like a cliche to say that we won't see his like again but in this case I'd be prepared to bet a week in Timperley on it.