Arguably Britain's most consistently
successful band from the mid-70s onwards, Queen
began life as a glam rock unit in 1972. Astronomy
student Brian May (b. 19 July 1947, Twickenham,
Middlesex, England; guitar) and Roger Taylor (b.
Roger Meddows-Taylor, 26 July 1949, Kings Lynn,
Norfolk, England; drums) had been playing in Johnny
Quale And The Reactions, Beat Unlimited and a
college group called Smile with bass player Tim
Staffell. When the latter left to join Humpty Bong (featuring
former Bee Gees drummer Colin Petersen), May and
Taylor elected to form a new band with vocalist
Freddie Mercury (b. Frederick Bulsara, 5 September
1946, Zanzibar, Africa, d. 24 November 1991, London,
England).
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