Queen

Queen are an English rock band formed by Brian May, Freddie Mercury, and Roger Taylor in London, England in 1970 from the remains of Smile with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. more...

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Britain's most successful band of the past three decades, the band became popular during the mid-to-late 1970s and still retain an extremely large international fan base. Although they were largely dismissed by the majority of music critics, especially those in the United States, Queen have more recently been recognized as making significant contributions to genres such as arena rock, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, and pop rock, amongst others.

In the Music Of The Millennium poll conducted by Channel 4 in 1999, Queen were voted the second greatest band in music history. In 2001, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio and in 2003 Queen became the first and only band to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2004, the band was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame and in 2006 Queen was the first inductee into the VH1 Rock Honors. Queen have also been inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame (at Guitar Center on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard) and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Moreover the band has been cited as a major influence by many other artists and performers.

Queen have released a total of eighteen #1 albums, seventeen #1 singles, and eight #1 DVDs worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists.

Members

John Deacon (born 1951) bass: Deacon was the bass player of the group. He auditioned for the role after the band went through three other unsuitable bass players and is the only member to never sing lead vocals on a studio album. In later years, he became more heavily involved in the financial and managerial side of Queen. In the late 1990s, Deacon retired as a musician and has chosen not to participate in the current Queen + Paul Rodgers tour. He composed a number of Queen's most famous songs e.g. "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites The Dust", and "I Want To Break Free".;

Brian May CBE (born 1947) guitar and vocals: May is the lead guitarist of the group. As a teenager, he and his father built the so-called Red Special which is the electric guitar he continues to use to this day. He occasionally sang lead vocals on some of the quieter tracks that he had written e.g. "'39", "Sleeping On The Sidewalk", and "Sail Away Sweet Sister" although none were released as singles. Also he wrote many of Queen's widely recognisable songs e.g. "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You", "Fat Bottomed Girls", and "Hammer to Fall".;

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