Band Of The Week - Queen

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Alright... back to my usual business, this weekend my selection of classic band is QUEEN. I guess most of you heard this band or their songs before. 'We Will Rock You'... this song still rock until present days, many bands did the cover song somemore. 'We Are The Champion'... used to play on almost every sport games such as Olympic, World Cup, etc. My personal favorite tune is 'Bohemian Rhapsody', this song mixed with all kind of musics, very interesting indeed. My other favorite tunes are 'Another One Bites Dust' and 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'.

Queen

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Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody


Queen - We Will Rock You


Queen - We Are The Champion


Queen - Another One Bites Dust


Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

About Queen (source from wikipedia)

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. 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 having made significant contributions to such genres as arena rock, glam rock, hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock, and progressive rock, amongst others.

From left: John Deacon, Roger Taylor, Brian May and Freddie Mercury

History

Brian May and Roger Taylor were playing in a semi-professional band called Smile with Tim Staffell. Freddie Mercury (then Freddie Bulsara) was Staffell's roommate at Ealing Arts College and followed Smile's music closely. As the singer in other bands, such as Ibex in 1969 and Sour Milk Sea in 1970, Mercury was very eager to share his ideas so Smile could develop. Staffell would leave the band to join another band, Humpy Bong, and Smile split up. Mercury persuaded May and Taylor to continue, however, changing the band's name from "Smile" to "Queen" in the process. John Deacon would join the lineup in February 1971.

Their first chart entry was the 1974 single "Seven Seas of Rhye." More notable was "Killer Queen" from their third album Sheer Heart Attack, which climbed to #2 on the charts. Their greatest success came in 1975 with "Bohemian Rhapsody", a single from A Night at the Opera. In United Kingdom, it spent nine weeks at #1, and was also a worldwide hit. For the next sixteen years, Queen would remain active, producing numerous other hits such as "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", "Another One Bites the Dust", and "Radio Ga Ga." In the 1980s, their popularity waned in North America, though they continued to be a successful act in other parts of the world.

Brian May with his own made guitar

In November 1991, Freddie Mercury died of complications from AIDS. The band would experience a resurgence in popularity the next year in North America after "Bohemian Rhapsody" appeared prominately in the hit comedy Wayne's World. After the release of their 1995 album Made in Heaven - composed of Mercury's leftover recordings from before his death - Queen became relatively inactive. John Deacon would retire from the music business in the late 1990s, and it wouldn't be until 2004 that Queen + Paul Rodgers - a collaboration between May, Taylor, and Free/Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers - began.

The best ever singer... Freddie Mercury


Queen in live concert

Queen... The best ever legendary classic rock band!!!

HAPPY WEEKEND!!!