Queen - The Beginning of a Legend

Queen's music became a symbol in 1970 but the list of musical awards kept on growing even after Freddy Mercury died back in 1991. In the year 1968, Brian May, a physics student from the London Imperial College wanted to form a band and made an announcement in the newspaper. Tim Staffel, an art student, was interested in becoming a singer. Roger Taylor, a teenager studying to become a dentist came to audition as a bassist. They formed a group which was known as Smile; Staffel and May composed their songs. They had regular gigs at the Imperial College but they were also an accompanying band for the already famous Pink Floyd; in the end, they were known as Imperial College Band.

In the year 1969, Smile signed a contract with Mercury Records and they launched their first disc which had a song composed by May and another one composed by May and Staffer. In North America it was a huge failure. In 1970, Staffel decided to leave the band so Mercury Record ended their contract. When Staffel left, Freddie Bulsara joined the group. He later changed his family name into Mercury and named the band Queen. The one thing that was missing was a bassist. In the year that followed, Queen changes 3 different bassists. In 1971, Jon Deacon auditions for this position and joined the group definitely. Queen had the chance to rehearse in the studios De Lea Lane in exchange for testing their new recording equipment. They first recording, Queen, was launched in 1973, while in 1974, they already launched their second album.

By now, Queen had already become a famous band and they launched their third album, Sheer Heart Attack. The band went in their first solo tournament throughout the United States where they had to add new concerts because the public demanded to hear them more and more. In the first months of 1975, the group had concerts even in Canada and Japan. Their next album was called Night at the Opera and their song Bohemian Rhapsody was 5 minutes and 55 seconds long. While some people believed it was too long, other cheered it and it was such a smashing success that it even brought them an award.