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    Queen was a British rock band formed in 1970 consisting of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums). The band gained success in the 1970s with hit songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You". Freddie Mercury's powerful vocals and theatrical performances were a hallmark of Queen's live shows. The band produced popular albums like "A Night at the Opera" and remained active until Freddie Mercury's death in 1991 from AIDS complications.

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    Queen was a British rock band formed in 1970 consisting of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums). The band gained success in the 1970s with hit songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You". Freddie Mercury's powerful vocals and theatrical performances were a hallmark of Queen's live shows. The band produced popular albums like "A Night at the Opera" and remained active until Freddie Mercury's death in 1991 from AIDS complications.

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    Queen was a British rock band formed in 1970 consisting of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums). The band gained success in the 1970s with hit songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You". Freddie Mercury's powerful vocals and theatrical performances were a hallmark of Queen's live shows. The band produced popular albums like "A Night at the Opera" and remained active until Freddie Mercury's death in 1991 from AIDS complications.

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    Queen was a British rock band formed in 1970 consisting of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums). The band gained success in the 1970s with hit songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You". Freddie Mercury's powerful vocals and theatrical performances were a hallmark of Queen's live shows. The band produced popular albums like "A Night at the Opera" and remained active until Freddie Mercury's death in 1991 from AIDS complications.

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    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...

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