Queen formed in the early 1970's with
Brian May (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums),
Freddie Mercury (vocals) and John Deacon
(bass). They signed with EMI Records in 1972
and their first release was the single,
"Keep Yourself Alive", folloWed by a
self-titled album, neither of which Were
commercial successes. Their next single and
album, "Seven Seas Of Rhye" and Queen II
Were both hits and the follow up, 1975's
Sheer Heart Attack continued their rise.
"Killer Queen" from the album was their
first American hit. Queen's success
continued with the huge hit "Bohemian
Rhapsody", and more hit singles and albums
such as A Night At The Opera, A Day At The
Races "We Will Rock You/We Are The
Champions", News Of The World), "Crazy
Little Thing Called Love", "Another One
Bites The Dust", The Game, the soundtrack to
Flash Gordon, and 1981's "Under Pressure"
(with David Bowie).
Queen took a break while the member's
worked on solo projects and returned in 1984
with the hit "Radio Gaga." At this point,
their success began to lag in the US, but
they remained hugely popular in the UK and
much of the rest of the world with the
albums A Kind of Magic and The Miracle.
1991's Innuendo was a bit of a comeback for
the band in the US, going gold in America.
HoWever it would be their last new album
proper as Freddie Mercury died in November
1991 of AIDS. The song "Bohemian Rhapsody"
was re-released in 1992 after appearing in
the movie Wayne's World and became a US hit
again, charting higher than it had
originally in 1976. One last Queen album,
Made In Heaven, was released in 1995 with
the band finishing off vocal tracks Mercury
recorded while ill.
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