Brian May has opened up about the early struggles of Queen. He says that singer Freddie Mercury was originally a…polarizing member. “When we first worked with him, it was a little unnerving. Because he did a lot of running around the place and screaming his head off. So we thought, ‘Is this going work?’” May said. “A lot of people found him kind of abrasive – but they all thought he was interesting and entertaining. At that point, though, he wasn’t the singer that we all got to know as Freddie Mercury,” he added. May also recalled how Mercury was self-critical, especially about his voice, and worked tirelessly to improve. This dedication led Mercury to quickly refine his sound and become “the singer he wanted to be.”