Achievements

Queen's greatest achievement might be that they have spent 1,322 weeks, or 26 years, on the UK music charts.  They have the number one album in the UK, even more albums sold  than The Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club".  In a poll "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted Britain's number one song of all time.  They also have over 300 millions albums sold worldwide.






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Queen After Freddie Mercury

After Freddie Died, Queen held a huge tribute concert for him where other artists, like Elton John, David Bowie, and Metallica, performed.  Over 1.2 billion people watched the rock concert making it one of the biggest rock shows of all time.  They also raised over 33 billion dollars for AIDS charities.  Queen later went on one more tour with Paul Rogers called Queen + Paul Rogers.  Roger Taylor and Brain May still perform on occasion together.

Queen's Influences

Queen was mainly influenced by British bands around the same time that they were.  Bands like Pink Floyd, The Who, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and David Bowie.  Their main genres they played were hard rock,  progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and pop rock.  On a lot of their songs all three, May, Mercury, and Taylor, all performed on vocals.  Most of the credit for Queen's success is given to Mercury, but you could also give credit to their producer, Roy Baker, and their sound engineer, Mike Stone.

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury was the main vocals of the group and his personality was always displayed when talking to media.  He was an open bisexual.  Freddie wrote Queen's greatest single “Bohemian Rhapsody”.    In late 1991 Freddie told the world he had AIDS and only day later on November 24, 1991 h3 passed away from complication from AIDS and pneumonia.Freddie changed the world forever with his voice and music that still lives on.


  
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"Freddie Mercury - Biography." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Web. 20 Feb. 2011. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006198/bio>.

John Deacon

John Deacon is known around the world as Queen’s bass player.  Queen went trough 3 bass player before they found John  The two biggest hits that John wrote for Queen were “Another One Bites the Dust” and “I Want to Break Free”.  John was a big part of Queen's sound of their music because he co-produced 12 of their albums.  Today, John is fully retired from music.

"John Richard Deacon - Biography." 31 Dec. 2010. Web. 20 Feb. 2011. <http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/biography/john.htm>.

Roger Taylor

Roger Taylor was Queen’s drummer.  He contributed some vocals to the group also.  He also wrote some of Queen’s biggest hits like “Radio Ga Ga” and “A Kind of Magic”.  He also released four solo albums throughout his musical career.

"Roger Taylor Biography." Queen. 7 Feb. 2010. Web. 20 Feb. 2011. <http://www.queenonline.com/en/news-archive/new-roger-taylor-biography/>.

Brian May

Brian May was Queen's Guitarist and is considered one of the best guitarist in the world.  He helped contribute to the band but writing song like " We Will Rock You" and "I Want It All".  After Queen he went into theater and wrote a few different plays including "We Will Rock You".

Image from Google images

"Brian May Biography." Brianmay.com  Nov. 2007. Web. 20 Feb. 2011. <http://www.brianmay.com/brian/biog.html>.

how they got started

In the beginning, guitarist, Brian May, and drummer, Roger Taylor, formed a band called Smile in 1968 with Tim Staffell, who was actually Freddie's roommate.  In 1970, Tim left the band and that lead the way for Freddie Mercury to take over as the lead singer.  About a year later bassist, John Deacon joined the band and Queen was   formed and the rest is history. 

"Queen Biography” Free Sheet Music on 8notes.com. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. <http://www.8notes.com/biographies/queen.asp>.