Queen FAQ
eBook - ePub

Queen FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Britain's Most Eccentric Band

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Queen FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Britain's Most Eccentric Band

About this book

Whether you think you know everything about Queen already or if you're new to the band and want to learn more, Queen FAQ will walk you through every aspect of one of the music industry's strangest, longest, and most successful bands of all time.



Queen is the quintessential stadium-filling live act with an impeccable musical pedigree and a penchant for extreme partying; Queen was, and still is, a complete one-off. Discover the journey from long-haired rockers obsessed with mythology to creators of slick chart-toppers, and their unexpected second life after the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991, taking them right up to date with sell-out world tours and an Oscar-winning movie to their name.



The story of Queen has been told so many times, but never quite like this: taking an exhaustive approach to every aspect of every band member, this unique book will answer all the questions you've ever wanted to ask about Britain's biggest band. Did Freddie Mercury really sneak Princess Diana into a gay bar? What is Brian May's guitar made of? Why did Roger Taylor get so many royalties for "Bohemian Rhapsody"? And what ever happened to John Deacon?



Queen is the band who conquered the US singles charts with "Another One Bites the Dust" and stole the show at Live Aid, but they're also the band that turned their songs into a hit musical and have somehow doubled the length of their career after the death of their lead singer. Frankly, there's no other band like them: this book reveals why.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Queen FAQ by Daniel Ross in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Music Biographies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction: The Rehearsal Room
  3. 1 What Did Queen Do before They Were Queen?
  4. 2 Which Artists Influenced Queen?
  5. 3 Doing All Right: From Smile to Queen
  6. 4 Murky Beginnings: Queen’s First Record
  7. 5 Mercury Rising: Larry Lurex
  8. 6 “. . . And Nobody Played Synthesizer”: Queen the Engineers
  9. 7 Becoming Iconic: Queen II
  10. 8 Sheer Heart Attack: How Did Queen Enter the Mainstream?
  11. 9 How Metal Was Queen?
  12. 10 Pop and Circumstance: Queen’s Imperial Phase
  13. 11 Is This Just Fantasy? An Attempted Explanation of “Bohemian Rhapsody”
  14. 12 Day Follows Night: Queen Coasting
  15. 13 Spread Your Wings: When Did Queen Truly Conquer?
  16. 14 Greatest Hits: Queen as a Singles Band
  17. 15 “Is This Man a Prat?” Queen and the Press
  18. 16 Jazz, Not Punk
  19. 17 Mountain Studios: Queen’s Sanctuary
  20. 18 Winning the Game: Queen on Top of the World
  21. 19 Another One Bites the Dust: John Deacon Saves Queen
  22. 20 Who Really Wrote the Music from Flash Gordon?
  23. 21 Hot Space: Is It Really That Bad?
  24. 22 “I’ll Pay the Bill, You Taste the Wine”: Queen at Leisure
  25. 23 Let’s Give ’Em the Works!
  26. 24 Video Ga Ga: Queen’s Greatest and Strangest Music Videos
  27. 25 Live Aid: Was It the Greatest Rock Performance of All Time?
  28. 26 Queen Reenergized: A Kind of Magic
  29. 27 Queen Becomes Equals
  30. 28 Heading Out to Sea: Innuendo
  31. 29 Too Much Love Will Kill You: The Death of Freddie Mercury
  32. 30 The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Who Played?
  33. 31 Made in Heaven: How Did Queen Record an Album without Their Singer?
  34. 32 Queen In-Between: What Did the Band Do from 1995 to 2005?
  35. 33 We Will Rock You: The Queen Musical
  36. 34 How Do You Replace Freddie Mercury? The Birth of Queen +
  37. 35 A New Muse: Adam Lambert
  38. 36 Is This the Real Life? The Queen Movie
  39. 37 The Music of Freddie Mercury
  40. 38 “Give It to Me One More Time!” The Greatest Voice in Rock?
  41. 39 The Music of Brian May
  42. 40 The Music of Roger Taylor
  43. 41 The Music of John Deacon
  44. Afterword: I Still Love You
  45. Bibliography