Barry Mitchell, Queen’s second bassist, has died.<\/p>\n
The group’s official archivist, Greg Brooks, announced Mitchell’s passing in a Facebook post. <\/p>\n
“Terribly sad news just received that early Queen bass player, Barry Mitchell, has passed away,” he wrote alongside a throwback black-and-white photo of Mitchell. “His anecdotes at the convention were fascinating and offered rare insight. He will be greatly missed.”<\/p>\n
Mitchell’s age and cause of death have not been publicly disclosed. <\/p>\n
Mitchell replaced Queen’s original bassist Mike Grose in 1970, but his time with the band was short-lived. He only performed 13 gigs alongside legendary members Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor between August 1970 and January 1971. <\/p>\n
After his departure, the trio performed with Doug Bogie for two gigs before John Deacon joined them in February 1971, completing the We Will Rock You band’s most famous line-up. <\/p>\n
During an interview with Rolling Stone in 2018, Mitchell was asked why he left the now-legendary group, and he initially joked that he was “fired because they thought I was useless”. <\/p>\n
He then conceded that he “wasn’t enthusiastic enough about their music” during those early years. <\/p>\n
“This didn’t necessarily go in the direction I wanted to go,” he explained. “At the time, they weren’t at all the cult band you all know. I didn’t see the potential. It’s crazy to say this now but it’s the truth.”<\/p>\n
Before Queen, Mitchell played in the band Crushed Butler, later named Tiger. <\/p>\n
He is survived by two daughters, according to his Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barry Mitchell, Queen’s second bassist, has died. The group’s official archivist, Greg Brooks, announced Mitchell’s passing in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[13117,8814,4968,13097,13147,3456,13104,1619,13113,13135,13132,13125,13107,2878,13121,13149,13156,13155,13123,13100,13143,5362,1117,13139,13146,13152,13153,13116,13141,2555,10285,122905,11301,13148,13099,13108,1123,599,13115,13103,13112,5312,13118,1472,13129,13119,13098,9799,13151,13138,5415,13096,13110,13154,13122,9,24,12,13133,63,13109,13120,600,13124,13140,13131,122,124,123,4956,13102,7178,13106,3354,13150,13127,601,13105,2895,13142,13128,13101,13134,13137,13136,13130,2114,7781,13126,13114,13111,1115,13144,13145],"class_list":["post-326567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-nsync","tag-8814","tag-albums","tag-alternative","tag-angst","tag-artists","tag-ash","tag-audio","tag-backstreet-boys","tag-beatles","tag-beck","tag-blink-182","tag-blur","tag-books","tag-britney-spears","tag-buy-tickets","tag-cd","tag-cds","tag-christina-aguilera","tag-classic","tag-competitions","tag-concerts","tag-dance","tag-david-bowie","tag-e-cards","tag-e-mail","tag-email","tag-eminem","tag-fifty","tag-films","tag-foo-fighters","tag-former-queen-bassist-barry-mitchell-dies-music","tag-free","tag-gigs","tag-hardcore","tag-hendrix","tag-hip-hop","tag-indie","tag-korn","tag-lennon","tag-limp-bizkit","tag-live","tag-madonna","tag-magazine","tag-manics","tag-marilyn-manson","tag-metal","tag-metallica","tag-microsoft-media-player","tag-moby","tag-music-news","tag-music-news-reviews","tag-muzik","tag-my","tag-nelly","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nirvana","tag-nyc","tag-oasis","tag-pearl-jam","tag-pop","tag-prince","tag-prodigy","tag-pulp","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-quotes","tag-rb","tag-radio","tag-radiohead","tag-rap","tag-real-audio","tag-rem","tag-rock","tag-sex-pistols","tag-shop","tag-singles","tag-smashing-pumpkins","tag-soul","tag-stereophonics","tag-stone-roses","tag-suede","tag-supergrass","tag-tickets","tag-top","tag-travis","tag-u2","tag-underworld","tag-video","tag-webcasts","tag-webchats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}