It's just a name, it's brand, it's an industry. I mean Axl still calls it Guns n' Roses altough it's freakshow. WOuld anyone go to his show if it was called Axl and The Ugly Ones? Probably not! Now Brian May and Roger Taylor have found a guy who they think is a good singer for what Queen was supposed to be when they started off. Paul Rodgers said it a xillion times that he is not trying to replace Freddie as this is impossible. Fair enough. They will write some Queen-type of songs - bombastic choruses, annthemic lyrics, mind-blowing guitars. There's going to be a different voice, yes, but if they feel they can be QUEEN than let them try. Fans, critics and posterity in general will judge them.

However, no matter if the album is great or a total flop, QUEEN's rock-legend image will take no harm. It will be Brian May and Roger Taylor who have failed, no way the allmighty QUEEN.

this being said, I am actually looking forward for some new Queen rythms.