Queen
Queen Biography
Queen is a British rock band formed in 1970 in London by vocalist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon. While casualties have two members (Mercury, who died in 1991, and Deacon retired from the music industry), the fact is never Dissolved That artistic society.
The group enjoyed great success in Britain in the mid-1970s with albums Sheer Heart Attack in 1974 and A Night at the Opera the Following year. This latest album called attention-internationally, putting Queen at the forefront of the music scene. They had a significant impact in the United States until the mid-1980s, and with a large repertoire of hits. It is Noted for Their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements and Vocal harmonies. They are Considered a band of great Influence on the development of hard rock and heavy metal, Incorporating elements of glam rock, progressive rock, folk, blues and pop. It was the first musical group to Make Their concerts showy performances by using smoke bombs, flashpots, moving lights and the main component, the charisma of Freddie Mercury, as well as to Involve the public of recital. Precisely Have Been Recognized as performances at Live Aid in 1985 or the famous Wembley Stadium concert of 19865 as the best rock concerts in history. Although the quartet has always found a very large acceptance, Popularity and commercial success at the time, the criticism is not taken seriously at all, as for example, When the publication Rolling Stone Album Jazz critic calling it "fascist."
They have to Their credit to all of fourteen studio albums, five live albums and Numerous compilations. Since Mercury's death and Deacon's retirement of the musical world, May and Taylor Have Been presented together occasionally at special events and TV shows as guest musicians and other artists and / or bands. From 2004-2009 worked with Paul Rodgers under the name Queen + Paul Rodgers.Con over 300 million albums sold, Queen is One of the most successful of all time, her first compilation album, Greatest Hits (1981) is still the best selling album in the history of the United Unidocon 5.8 million copies. Queen was named the thirteenth best hard rock artist of all time in a list compiled by VH1 (VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list).
Tribute
Concert
We
performed a tribute to Mercury on April 20 of 1992 , in Wembley Stadium ,
London . Among the guest artists were Annie Lennox , David Bowie , Def Leppard
, Elizabeth Taylor , Elton John , Extreme , George Michael , Guns N 'Roses ,
Ian Hunter , Lisa Stansfield , Liza Minnelli , Metallica , Mick Ronson , Robert
Plant , Roger Daltrey , Spinal Tap, Tony Iommi and Zucchero , along with the
three remaining members of Queen, playing some of the biggest hits of the band.
The concert is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as "the most
star-studded benefit concert rock". was raised for more than £ 20 million
to charity for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS awareness and fund education
established by the members of the group and their manager, Jim Beach.
concert was attended by 72,000 people and was seen on television by billions of
viewers around the world.
Video of Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Discography
1973: Queen
1974: Queen II
1974: Sheer Heart Attack
1975: A Night at the Opera
1976: A Day at the Races
1977: News of the World
1978: Jazz
1980: The Game
1980: Flash Gordon
1982: Hot Space
1984: The Works
1986: A Kind of Magic
1989: The Miracle
1991: Innuendo
1995: Made in Heaven
1973: Queen
1974: Queen II
1974: Sheer Heart Attack
1975: A Night at the Opera
1976: A Day at the Races
1977: News of the World
1978: Jazz
1980: The Game
1980: Flash Gordon
1982: Hot Space
1984: The Works
1986: A Kind of Magic
1989: The Miracle
1991: Innuendo
1995: Made in Heaven