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If you're a heavy metal band you're meant to look and sound like a heavy metal band but you can't really call Queen anything. They could be a pop band one day or the band that wrote 'Bicycle Race' the next and a full-blown metal band the next.
Sep 4, 2024 · Queen, British rock band whose fusion of heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics made it one of the most popular groups of the 1970s. The band was known for the hit songs ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘We Are the Champions,’ ‘We Will Rock You,’ and ‘Another One Bites the Dust.’.
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- The original members of the British rock band Queen were Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor.
- The Game (1980), which featured "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust," was Queen’s first number-one album in the United...
- The rock band Queen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
- The rock band Queen’s formation and its rise to stardom are the topics of the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody.
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- Silver Salmon (unreleased, c.1972) An extremely rare acetate of a song originating in Brian May and Roger Taylor’s former group Smile (written by frontman Tim Stafell), this cryptic, dusky ode to a spaceship has a thrillingly raw, underground garage-demo sound wholly removed from Queen’s usual meticulous studio wizardry, plus a proto-NWOBHM riff, pummelling drums and a cracked scream from Freddie Mercury that’s completely unique (and weirdly reminiscent of Dani Filth).
- Son And Daughter (1973) Rumbling seductively on a gargantuan Tony Iommi-school doom riff (later half-inched by sludge hooligans Iron Monkey for their song House Anxiety), Brian May’s Son And Daughter is a dirty stoner blues metal snarl with an impassioned thud and unusually direct lyrics (“The world expects a man to buckle down and shovel shit”).
- Ogre Battle (1974) Lyrically Queen’s first two albums were based around Freddie Mercury’s epic, fantastical bespoke mythology of kings and queens, senators and messengers, fairies and ogres.
- Stone Cold Crazy (1974) Introduced to a new generation of young metalheads when Metallica covered it on the B-side of Enter Sandman, Freddie’s vocal on the 1974 original (the only Queen song credited to the whole band until the late ‘80s) was rather more playful and camp than James Hetfield’s, but that ripping machine-gun riff and speedy head-banging tempo still mark this out as an early metal classic.
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Queen are a British hard rock/heavy metal band formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and piano), Brian May (lead guitar and vocals), Roger Taylor (drums and vocals) and John Deacon (bass guitar). Their earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock.
Before forming Queen, May and Taylor had played together in the band Smile. Mercury was a fan of Smile and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques. He joined in 1970 and suggested the name "Queen". Deacon was recruited in March 1971, before the band released their eponymous debut album in 1973. Queen first charted in the UK with their second album, Queen II, in 1974. Sheer Heart Attack later that year and A Night at the Opera in 1975 brought them international success. The latter featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", which stayed at number one in the UK for nine weeks and helped popularise the music video format.
The band's 1977 album News of the World contained "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", which have become anthems at sporting events. By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world. "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980) became their best-selling single, while their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits is the best-selling album in the UK and is certified eight times platinum in the US. Their performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert has been ranked among the greatest in rock history by various publications. In August 1986, Mercury gave his last performance with Queen at Knebworth, England. In 1991, he died of bronchopneumonia - a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. Since 2004, May and Taylor have toured under the "Queen +" name with vocalists Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert.
Estimates of Queen's record sales range from 170 million to 300 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. In 1990, Queen received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music from the British Phonographic Industry. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Each member has composed hit singles, and all four were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2005, Queen received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. In 2018, they were presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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•Queen (1973) •Queen II (1974) •Sheer Heart Attack (1974) •A Night at the Opera (1975) •A Day at the Races (1976) •News of the World (1977) •Jazz (1978) •The Game (1980) •Flash Gordon (Original Soundtrack) (1980) •Hot Space (1982) •The Works (1984) •A Kind of Magic (1986) •The Miracle (1989) •Innuendo (1991) •Made in Heaven (1995)
While Queen’s early compositions drew inspiration from progressive rock, hard rock, and heavy metal, the band evolved over time, seamlessly incorporating elements of arena rock and pop rock into their repertoire, producing music that resonated both conventionally and on the radio.
Mar 19, 2019 · Queen certainly weren’t a “metal band,” and their influence extends to many other corners of the rock and pop universe. But the mark they made on metal groups to come with their pair of 1974 albums is unmistakable.
Mar 19, 2019 · Queen certainly weren’t a “metal band,” and their influence extends to many other corners of the rock and pop universe. But the mark they made on metal groups to come with their pair of...
