General information:

 Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970. Their

classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and piano), Brian
May (lead guitar and vocals), Roger Taylor (drums and vocals),
and John Deacon(bass guitar). Their earliest works were influenced
by progressive rock, hard rock heavy metal and opera, but the band
gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works
by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock.
 History:
In 1968 Brian May, Roger Taylor and Tim Staffell
created a band named “Smile”. It was their first
attempt to create a rock band. At a concert Tim
Staffell became friends with Farrokh “Freddie”
Bulsara a fellow student from Zanzibar of Indian
Parsi descent.
In 1970 Staffell left the band for another one and
Freddie that changed his name to Mercury became
the vocalist of the group and proposed the name
“Queen” which was accepted.
In 1971 John Deacon was settled in the band as a
basist guitarist and they began to record their first
PRS for
album “Queen”. It contained 4 songs but no one
Music heritage award
was interested in it.
commemorating
 On 2 July 1971, Queen played their first show in Queen's first
the classic line-up of Mercury, May, Taylor and performance, Prince
Deacon at a Surrey college outside London. Consort Road, London
 In 1973 they signed a two-year contract with Trident Audio
Productions, and worked at their first album. Even if they were
violently attacked by the press, Queen analyzed their listeners
and launch their first album that was warmly accepted by the
critics.
In 1975, their greatest ,
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
took the 1 place in all
Britain’s tops for 9 weeks.
 It was written by Freddie
Mercury for the album A
Night at the Opera. It is a
six-minute song that
contains an intro,
a ballad segment, a guitar
solo, an opera passage,
a hard rock part and a
reflective coda. Later it
became one of the best-
The statue of Freddie Mercury, Geneva selling singles of all
Lake, Switzerland time selling over six
million copies worldwide.
And in 2004, "Bohemian
 In the mid 80’s, Freddie started
concentrating on his solo career. In
this time the band was broke up.
Freddie realize that he is a
homosexual and because a lack of
friends he made at his home parties
with other homosexuals and cocaine.
In this period he infected himself
HIV/AIDS and realized that his single Queen’s statue on
friend betrayed him and tangled the Hollywood Walk of Fame
band’s reunion.
After he tried a lot he succeeded
to reunion the band. In January 1985,
Queen headlined two nights of the
first Rock in Rio festival at Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, and played in front of
over 300,000 people each night  and
in front of the biggest-ever TV
audience of 1.9 billion. The Boston
Globe described it as a "mesmerising
performance". Highlights from both
nights were released on VHS
as Queen: Live in Rio, and was
broadcast on MTV in the US.
 On the evening of 24
November 1991, Mercury
died at the age of 45 at
his home in Kensington.
The cause of death
was bronchial
pneumonia resulting
from AIDS. After his
death only 2 members
remained in band and
tried to keep it alive.
 Most popular song:
 Bohemian Rhapsody
 We will rock you
 We are the Champions
 Radio Ga Ga
 I want to break free
 Another one bites the dust
 Show must go on
 Etc.
 Facts about Queen:
 The bands  first compilation album, titled Greatest Hits,
is the best-selling album in UK Chart history, and has
spent 450 weeks in the UK Album Chart.
 In 1999, England honored the Queen band by releasing
a postage stamp commemorating Freddie Mercury.
 Queen Band’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” led to a fan club
which is the world’s longest running fan club for a rock
group according to Guinness World Record.
 Also, Queen’s albums had spent a total of 1322 weeks
i.e. 26 years on the UK Album chart creating the record
of the longest running album of  a rock band on the UK
album chart.