Star Fleet Project is a solo project of Brian May, Queen's guitarist, and a mini-album of the same name. Released as the work of Brian May + Friends, the album features May, guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer (then of REO Speedwagon), Phil Chen (session bassist who played with Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart), and Fred Mandel (keyboard player for Alice Cooper and additional keyboard player on Queen's Hot Space Tour and The Works).
Brian May – guitar, vocals, production, keyboards Edward Van Halen – guitar, backing vocals Alan Gratzer – drums Phil Chen – bass guitar Fred Mandel – keyboards Roger Taylor – drums, backing vocals on "Star Fleet", added and mixed at SARM Studios Mack – mixing Mike Beiriger – engineering Nicholas Froome – additional engineering
Star Fleet - single
Star Fleet is the debut solo single by English musician Brian May, the lead guitarist of Queen. It is taken from the end theme of the cult science fiction puppet series Star Fleet.
It was also taken from the mini-album Star Fleet Project, which started out as a jam session involving May, Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer, bassist Phil Chen and keyboardist Fred Mandel over the days 21 and 22 April 1983.
Aside from the main participants, the title track also included drums and backing vocals by Queen drummer Roger Taylor.
Brian May - guitar, vocals, production Eddie Van Halen - guitar, backing vocals Alan Gratzer - drums Phil Chen - bass guitar Roger Taylor - backing vocals, drums Fred Mandel - keyboards Reinhold Mack - mixing Mike Beiriger - engineering Nick Froome - additional engineering
