Queen: Another Legend of Rock!

• Queen, is the leading rock band in London, started in 1970 by guitarist Brian May as a leading voice Freddie Mercury, drummer Roger Tailor and bassist John Deacon. The band was notable for its musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements, vocal harmonies, a musical complexity that was manifested in his early albums and the creation of sub-metal like Thrash Metal and Power Metal, refined posterirmente bands as Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth and Helloween as taking a Queen influence in his subsequent work. Queen was born in Britain in the early'70s with the albums Queen and Queen II, but with the release of Sheer Heart Attack in 1975 and the following year was that the band reached international success. Released 15 studio albums, 5 studio albums, 5 live albums and numerous compilations. After many tests in 1973 recorded their first album, QUEEN which was influenced by heavy metal and aggressive rock. The songs in this album Freddie religiosity mixed with typical rock.

• The album Queen II was released in 1974. The album reached number # 5 in the British lists, while the main single Seven Seas of Rhye, written by Freddie Mercury, reached number # 10 in the Great Bretaña.Dando banda their first success.

• This album is his first publication features heavy, dark had long and complex instrumental traits, no common letters and great musicality. During this period the band went on tour as teloneros Mott the Hoople in the United Kingdom and United States, starting to make news. In 1975 the band began its first tour in United States alone, having to do two shows daily at the success achieved. In April, began a tour in Japan, where they were greeted at the airport by thousands of fans. In 1975 they released the single 'Bohemian Rhapsody', which became a huge success. Was at number one for nine weeks. When A Night at the Opera came to market, quickly became a success, giving them their first platinum album. "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been chosen many times as "the best song of all time

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  In 1976 revealed a new album, A Day at the Races Day in October 1977 and the fan club members were called to form part of one of the videos, We Are The Champions recorded in the New London Theater. After recording, the group gave a free concert to thank his fans.

• In October 1977 launch to the market News of the World, containing many songs appropriate for live, including We Will Rock You and the rock ballad We Are The Champions and a year later published Jazz. Meanwhile had also released the album The Game, the first to use synthesizers. Launched in June 1980 and was a best-and the single 'Another One Bites The Dust, "which became his best selling single in the world. Queen began the'80s with The Game. The album sold over four million copies, and also marked the first appearance of a synthesizer on a Queen album.

• In 1981 Queen was the first rock band of weight launches a tour of South American countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Brazil record breaking attendance.

• In October 1981 they released Greatest Hits' Greatest Flix '(video collection) and' Greatest Pix (a biographical book with pictures of the group).
• In 1982 and launched in 1984 Hot Space The Works, whose Radio Ga Ga Ga song became a huge success, and 'I Want To Break Free', whose video featured members of Queen, dressed as women, trying to ridicule a series of British television in those days.
• In 1989 came a new album from Queen: The Miracle quickly became another great success using a pop-rock sound mixed with some heavy shades. At that time, I knew that Freddie was dying. With the end of the decade, Queen was voted the best group of 80.
• In 1991 they released a new single, 'Innuendo', almost seven minutes. Innuendo album came out shortly after and was a success more easily. Freddie Mercury's disease have an influence on the discs that the band and their lyrics speak of the arrival of a final Freddie itself on this but no one knew.
• At the end of 1991 released on Grates Hits II.
  On November 23, 1991, in a prepared statement on his deathbed, Mercury has confirmed that he had AIDS. Almost 24 hours of issuing the statement, Freddie Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, which was caused by AIDS.

• As a tribute to Mercury launched a double with two simple themes: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'These Are The Day Of Our Lives'. The money went to an organization for the fight against AIDS.

• Queen as banda never officially disbanded, although their last album of new material, titled Made in Heaven, was published in 1995, four years after the death of Freddie Mercury, where he attended the months before his death. Already in late 1995 removed the last of the banda album, 'Ultimate Queen', a luxury box with twenty discs Queen.

Queen Discography

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