Introduction

Queen is a british rock band composed by:

Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bomi Bulsara): voice and piano


Brian May: solist guitar



John Deacon: bass guitar


Roger Taylor: drums

History
At the beggining, the name of the group
was Smile, but the singer(Tim Stafell) left
the band. Then, Roger and Brian found
Freddie. They wait to years because they
have to finish their careers. Later, they
look for a bass guitar and they found John.
In 1972 they signed a contract with Trident
studios and, from this moment, started the
success of the band.
Interesting facts
The logo of the band was designed by Mercury. It consists of four animals, two fairies
and a Q . The animals represent the following:
-Brian May-Cancer, a crab.
-Roger Taylor-Leo, a lion.
-John Deacon Leo, a lion.
-Freddie Mercury-Virgo, two fairies.
-The fenix- phoenix is immortal, the group is immortal.
Represents the zodiacal signs of the group.

Freddie became an illustrator and graphic designer,
Brian studied astrophysics and became Astronomer for
four years and also taught at Comprehensive School,
Roger studied in a University of Dentistry and John
Electronics.
Queen became one of the bands to see live, his
performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert (a benefic
concert) was memorable and recognized worldwide.
Although he was gay, Freddie Mercury was married with
a girl (his best friend) and the song Love of my life was
dedicated to her.
Freddie was born in Zanzbar, Tanzania and when he
was a child won a lot of championships of ping-pong and
boxing.
Mercury died in 1991 by SIDA and John Deacon is
retired, but the band continues active.


They composed the song Bicycle race after the saw le
Tour de France passing from the window of their hotel
Brian May could touch a very fast guitar solo of the song
The happy hendricks polka from the Sputnik. Later, he
discovered that the song was accelerated by computer.
When Brian May was young wanted a guitar Fender
Stratocaster, but it was to expensive and he made his
own guitar, Red Special, which a few years later he
gived to George Harrison, his idol. For made it he used
the wood of the framework of his smokestack
The videoclip of Bohemian Rhapsody was the first
promocional video of the history

Most famous songs and records
Records: A night at the opera, a day at the
races, a kind of magic and made in heaven
(P.M. Freddie)
Songs: Bohemian Rhapsody, Another one bites
the dust, We will rock you, We are the
champions, Innuendo, A kind of magic, Seven
seas of Rhye, Save me, Tie Your Mother Down,
Dont Stop Me Now, Bicycle Race, Breakthru,
Brigton Rock, Crazy Little Thing Called Love,
Friends Will Be Friends, Flash main theme,
Hammer to Fall, I Want to Break Free, One
vision, 39, Killer Queen...