Queen: Queen

Queen, a British rock band formed in 1967 with his first name Smile that with the input and output members of this band then signed with Mercury Records in 1969, in 1970 the band members decided to change the name to Queen. In 1971 Freddie Mercury (band member) design the famous logo of Queen called Queen crest, shortly before the release of the first album of the band. The logo combines the zodiac signs of the four components of the set: two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor representing), a crab for Cancer (representing May), and two fairies for Virgo (representing Mercury). The lions are embracing a letter Q, the crab rests on the letter, he raised some flares, and two fairies under each lion. Inside the Q is a crown, the logo is overshadowed by an enormous phoenix.

In 1972 Queen was the only group that had not signed a record label, then after refusing to Chrysalis Records in late 1972 and Queen I sign with Trident, after signing with Trident, the Queen offers a new recording and new instruments to record their first album, after recording the album Trident located in EMI album, which he edited and published until the July 13, 1973, that album was called Queen and was heavily influenced by heavy metal and progressive rock of the time.

In 1974 the group toured Australia in that year formed the Queen fan club, which the Guinness Book of Records was one of the centers associated with more fans in the world, this year was promoted idea of another album, this was done despite delays by a typo on the cover and also the United Kingdom had been the victim of the oil crisis, which meant that there was a three-day working week, finally the March 8 of 1974 is released the album Queen II, with this success with it for the first time a tour of the UK. In 1975 there was a rift between Queen and Trident, which caused the cancellation of the U.S. tour, Queen signed a separate agreement with EMI and Elektra, but Queen did not have a manager and they decided to hire John Reid, this put one hundred thousand pounds to terminate the agreement, in addition to hiring Peter Beach as a lawyer to negotiate the existing contract with Trident. On November 21, 1974 was published the album A Night at the opera, being the most expensive album ever produced.

In early 1986 Queen they release the album A Kind of Magic, which was No.1 for 63 weeks, and many of his songs were used in movies, making it a commercial success. On November 25, 1991 the star dies vocalist Freddie Mercury Queen, for the disease AIDS, in 2002 Queen had a place in the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, in late 2004 May and Taylor announced that the two would meet and touring again in 2005 with Paul Rodgers all with the name of Queen + Paul Rodgers, the group which was separated amicably official May 12, 2009.

Members of Queen

Historical formation

 Freddie Mercury: vocals, piano, guitar (1970-1991)

 Brian May: guitar, keyboards and vocals (1970-1997)

 John Deacon: bass, guitar, piano (1971-1997)

 Roger Taylor: drums, percussion and vocals (1970-1997)

Queen + Paul Rodgers Training

 Brian May: guitar, keyboards and vocals (2004-2009)

 Roger Taylor: drums, percussion and vocals (2004-2009)

 Paul Rodgers: vocals (2004-2009)

Discography

 1973: Queen

 1974: Queen II

 1974: Sheer Heart Attack

 1975: A Night at the Opera

 1976: A Day at the Races

 1977: News of the World

 1978: Jazz

 1980: The Game

 1982: Hot Space

 1984: The Works

 1986: A Kind of Magic

 1989: The Miracle

 1991: Innuendo

 1995: Made in Heaven.

FOUR FACTS ABOUT FREDDIE MERCURY

THE LEADER OF A FAR COUNTRY

His real name was Farrokh Bulsara. He was born in Tanzania but raised in India. Proud of his Persian descent, practiced thje Zoroastrian religion, wich recognizes as divine and only creator Ahura Mazda.