In the final months before succumbing to AIDS in November 1991, Freddie Mercury worked diligently on the music that became 'Made in Heaven.' In the Queen documentary 'Champions of the World,' guitarist Brian May recalled the resolute spirit within the band, realizing they were "totally on bor...
In the final months before succumbing to AIDS in November 1991, Freddie Mercury worked diligently on the music that became 'Made in Heaven.' In the Queen documentary 'Champions of the World,' guitarist Brian May recalled the resolute spirit within the band, realizing they were "totally on bor...
As for who plays on it, you've got the full Queen lineup and nobody else, so that means: Freddie Mercury on lead and backing vocals, and piano, Brian May on electric guitar and backing vocals, Roger Taylor on drums and backing vocals, and John Deacon on bass guitar. It was produced...
Queen, "Don't Stop Me Now" (1978) The outsized hedonism of this song began to bother Brian May as Freddie Mercury battled the AIDS virus that killed him in 1991. "I thought it was a lot of fun, but I did have an undercurrent feeling of, 'Aren't we talking about danger here?'"...
The outsized hedonism of this song began to bother Brian May as Freddie Mercury battled the AIDS virus that killed him in 1991. "I thought it was a lot of fun, but I did have an undercurrent feeling of, 'Aren't we talking about danger here?'" May said. "We were worried about Fred...
Mercury Uriah Heep In 1969, when everyone in England was mining old books for band names, hard rockers Uriah Heep got theirs from a character in Charles Dickens’ 'David Copperfield.' Uriah Heep was a man untrustworthy and unlikable in the extreme. So how did he end up as their band nam...
Mercury Uriah Heep In 1969, when everyone in England was mining old books for band names, hard rockers Uriah Heep got theirs from a character in Charles Dickens’ 'David Copperfield.' Uriah Heep was a man untrustworthy and unlikable in the extreme. So how did he end up as their band nam...
Because that film pretty much erased Freddie Mercury’s gayness and did some very strange things—like retconned his AIDS diagnosis to have him be diagnosed with AIDS prior to its big Live Aid finale for added drama. Had you seen Bohemian Rhapsody...
Queentook the camp up a notch with 1984’s“I Want to Break Free,”which put the entire band (including a still-closeted Freddie Mercury) in drag a full 25 years before “RuPaul’s Drag Race” made it mainstream-fashionable. While most LGBTQ ’80s acts were playing it safe musically an...
Mercury Uriah Heep In 1969, when everyone in England was mining old books for band names, hard rockers Uriah Heep got theirs from a character in Charles Dickens’ 'David Copperfield.' Uriah Heep was a man untrustworthy and unlikable in the extreme. So how did he end up as their band nam...