Queen FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Britain's Most Eccentric Band (FAQ)

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