Die Kreuzen - October File FREDDIE MERCURY demonstrating the quartet’s unique power

demonstrating the quartet’s unique power in both expanded live performance and studio contexts

Marking her first full studio album in nearly a decade

Nineties pop sensation

as well as live tracks from an iconic 1991 performance at The Kentish Town & Country Club recorded for BBC Radio 1

the record was born out of a frustration of societal inequality

Die Kreuzen - October File FREDDIE MERCURY demonstrating the quartet’s unique powerFormed in 1981 by two Rockford, Illinois, and two Brookfield, Wisconsin, natives in the midpoint of Milwaukee, Die Kreuzen (pronounced dee kroyt zen) chose their name specifically to avoid stereotyping because no one knows what it means. 'Die Kreuzen' roughly translates out of German meaning 'to intersect' or 'to hybridize,' which is exactly what they did on their five LP's for Touch and Go. Their self titled debut is considered one of the most