** QUEEN ** The Queen is the result of the meeting of four unique personalities that are characterized based, despite appearances, the harmony of their artistic potential, a great friendship and respect for each member of the band, seeking to create sound royal and unique. The awareness of the importance of this link is what has allowed Brian May, Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury and John Deacon to establish itself as a group among the most important and famous of rock history and is the only reason the name Queen ceased to exist following the tragic and untimely death of one of its members. The death of Freddie Mercury scored so irrevocable by the end of a journey that lasted two decades, studded with resounding success as difficult times, and scorching criticism of enthusiasm, started by accident in the streets of London in the late '60s, which helped to influence decisively the evolution of rock music.
Brian Harold May was born July 19, 1947 in Hampton, arrives in London inspired by the hope of finding its way nell'effervescente musical environment of the capital. He carries with him the guitar he built himself in 1963 using wood from an old fireplace and other materials found in the house and it sounds like using a pick sixpence: the legendary "Red Special" that accompanied him in all hard and in every live appearance of the Queen. With his group, called 1984, began playing in London clubs. After a period spent on study, Brian is looking for a drummer and the announcement was welcomed by Roger Taylor.
Roger Taylor, born July 26, 1949 in King's Lynn, is a medical student came to London in '67. Roger arrived with the intention to enter in a rock band and background, armed with a flamboyant character and a great confidence in himself. He has already collected some success in Cornwall with Reaction, a soul cover band (where he played drums and sang in a while too!) Which subsequently turns out to psychedelic blues rock genre. In September 1968 the group broke up in London and Roger look for the opportunity of his life.
The two make contact. Brian has a clear idea about the type of music you want to play and is serious about putting together a team with career opportunities that come out of the circuit of cover bands and universities with their own songs and to propose a precise physiognomy. They are ambitious, motivated and devoted to good music and take them with a great confidence and sympathy. With them there is also Tim Staffel, a great friend of Brian.
April '69 Tim Staffel and Roger Brian has an eccentric classmate, Freddie Bulsara, who, excited about the sound of Smile and soon became great friend of the group, accompanying them at every concert and is generous with advice on how to play and how to present yourself on stage. In 1970 Tim Staffel left the band to enter the Humpy Bong.
Freddie Mercury (real name: Farooldì Bulsara) was born September 5, 1946 on the island of Zanzibar, spent wealthy childhood in Bombay, he attended high school in Feltham, Middlesex, not far from the future friend Brian , is then admitted at Ealing College of Art and in 1966 he moved to London. Although he had not even money to eat is always dressed in fashionable and always moved by taxi. It was also a person of boundless generosity and extremely sensitive.
April 1970 Brian, Roger and Freddie decide to form a group together and they start looking for a bass player. In this period changes his name to Freddie Mercury and creates as Queen: "It's a short, simple and easy to remember and then deliver what we want to be majestic and regali.Il glam is part of us." After changing two bass players during the early appearances as Queen Brian and Roger, at a party, meet John Deacon.
John Deacon, born in Leicester 19 August 1951, a student of electronics, very quiet and shy, has already had experience as a bassist in the group R & B. After a preliminary hearing becomes the fourth member of Queen. "We were very well together and we had a pretty strong personality, and we thought that, being a guy, so calm, he could join the group without trauma. It was a great bass player and the fact that it was also an electronics genius was certainly a decisive factor, "says Roger.
's first appearance with the formation of the final is July 1971.
Although they were committed to finish their university studies (all four plan to graduate), the Queen will embark on a long tour in Cornwall to familiarize themselves with the stage. In the months following the four embark on a series of concerts in clubs to perfect their sound and especially the way of being on stage, experiencing all kinds of solution stage and clothing.
Freddie wants to play every concert a work of art, a dance, singing and acting and develop an original style which will in future be the hallmark of the group, able to ignite the crowd like few others. In particular, take the Queen at this time the theme of black and white, who accompanies them as a solution in the production of theatrical and theme throughout the first period, Freddie and Brian begin to appear on stage with makeup and nails painted in white and black respectively .
The style of the Queen, based on the sharp riffs of Brian, aggressiveness and clarity of the vocals of Freddie and precise rhythmic and compelling, is overrun by this kind and will have great influence on the evolution of rock through the '70s. Freddie Mercury, in particular, was always reluctant to meet the press, particularly hostile towards him, and they are very rare interviews he granted. The Queen immediately instead establish a close relationship with the public, primarily through live appearances ever greater involvement that attract hundreds of devoted fans and are characterized by an atmosphere and enthusiasm out of the ordinary.
Since the 70s, at the suggestion of Freddie, each band member is used to write and propose a song, showing exactly how the other members want it to be played, and this creates many problems and major disagreements, especially on the choice of the individual, as well as an excessive individualism in the way of working. Every song is credited to Queen, with no indication of who is the original idea, and all the compositions are discussed and implemented by all elements of the group.
DISEASE FREDDIE
The absence of any plans for a tour fuels rumors about the health of Freddie, who also appears in good shape in the video of THE MIRACLE. AIDS has already begun to undermine the health of the singer who, wishing to maintain absolute confidentiality and knowing the methods of the tabloid press, he decided not to reveal anything not to alarm those around him and concentrates on his work. In fact, the Queen fill even the pages of newspapers for their excesses.
now greatly weakened by the disease, Mercury has concentrated all his energies on recording the album, which is an encouragement to continue their battle. The result of this moving force of will is Innu, an absolute masterpiece in which the voice of Freddie and the whole group create unprecedented.
Innuendo is a long and contrasted musical and poetic discourse on issues of life, love, a search for more real and precious values \u200b\u200bthat can give peace and serenity. It is not entirely justified to look for in each song hints at Freddie's disease, because the original ideas in some cases date back a few years before, but of course the album is imbued with a melancholy and seriousness that makes it very emotionally intense. The Show Must Go On Freddie's will not because it was written by Brian May in honor of Mercury itself, but reflects the dramatic situation in which they are found inside the Queen during the difficult preparation of the album, which has strongly Freddie wanted to complete, as they watched the inexorable decline of their great friend and tried not to think about the pain suffered to fulfill his last wishes.
DEATH
On November 23, 1991 Freddie Mercury disseminate a press release that are officially declared to be sick with AIDS and says it will help the search for by the terrible evil, inviting friends and fans to do likewise. On 24 November 1991, at seven in the evening, the man loses his long battle. He died peacefully at his home in Kensington, died of pneumonia caused by the AIDS virus. world rushes there in pain, hundreds of fans gather for the whole night in tears in front of his home and wherever the news fills the pages of newspapers. His body was cremated according to the Zoroastrian rite, the religion practiced by parents.
few months later he wrote to members of the Brian May Fan Club: "Freddie fought AIDS for many years. The art and friends were the most important thing for him and he devoted himself to both with great force. Do not wanted that nothing would spoil our music and to address the pain decided to continue until the last working on the new disks, without listening to our prayers and miraculously singing louder and louder. Freddie never wanted sympathy, but just what the fans have always given, trust, support and companionship along the difficult road that we, the Queen, we tried to go. You the help you gave to be the great free spirit that was and still is. Freddie, his music, his brilliant creative energy, these things are forever .
On April 20, 1992 held at Wembley Stadium the biggest concert in recent years, the Freddie Mercury Tribute. "Overcoming despair , Brian, Roger and John go up on stage for the last time to celebrate the life and art of Freddie Mercury in the company of the leading names in the rock world. The concert will open the exhibition at Extreme, Metallica, Guns N 'Roses, Def Leppard, Bob Geldof. At six in the evening is the turn of Brian, Roger and John: a host of extraordinary artists joins them to sing the songs of Queen and express their thoughts on Freddie Mercury and AIDS. George Michael, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Elton John, Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter, Annie Lennox and many others give birth to a legendary concert, broadcast live across Europe. David Bowie sings, perhaps for the last time and at the end of Heroes piece kneel and say a prayer for all victims of AIDS, reducing to silence the entire stadium. The evening ended with a wonderful interpretation of We Are The Champions by Liza Minnelli that unites all the artists for a great final chorus. Roger Taylor on the last note, real engine of the event, pick up the microphone and shouting to the sky in London: "Goodnight Freddie, we love you."
