Queen Information

Queen is considered by many to be one of the most influential and most successful British rock bands. With heightened fame in the 1970s and 1980s their worldwide fan base is still present today, as evidenced by the crowds that attend Queen concerts. Two of their singles, "We Are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" are by far Queen's biggest, and are still played at sporting events and more.

Queen began when Brian May and Roger Taylor were playing with a band called Smile with a fellow named Tim Stafell. Tim Staffell was roommates with Freddie Mercury, who was a lead singer of various other bands at the time. When Staffell left Smile for other projects, Mercury took his place and renamed the band Queen. When John Deacon joined Queen in 1981, the line up was complete and Queen was ready to release their self-titled debut.

The self-titled debut, released in 1973, had little to no popularity. One year later, Queen II was released, and with it, Queen had their first single, "Seven Seas of Rhye," hit the British charts. When Sheer Heart Attack was released later that same year, Queen had their first hit album overseas. Sheer Heart Attack went Gold in the United States, and featured a number of hit singles.

The 1975 release A Night at the Opera was the most expensive album (at the time) to be produced. The release featured the hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" which was No. 1 on the UK chart for nine weeks, and would end up re-released in 1992 following its appearance in the movie Wayne's World. The 1977 album, News of the World, contained the singles "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions."

More released from Queen in the late ‘70s and ‘80s saw Queen at the height of their fame. In 1983, Queen decided that after 10 years of constant touring and performing, they would take some time off. Many of the members did side projects at this time, but they would later reconvene with other Queen members. Queen continued to release albums for years later, but never really got back on the road. Following the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991, Queen released Made in Heaven in 1995, which was their last album of original material. John Deacon left Queen in 1997.

At the end of 2004, Queen announced they would tour in 2005 with Paul Rodgers. Rodgers, founder and former lead singer of Free, Bad Company, and The Film, was specified as "featured with" Queen while on tour with the band. He was not to be a replacement of Freddie Mercury; and John Deacon was replaced with Danny Miranda of Blue Oyster Cult. Spike Edney and Jamie Moses were added onto the band. Return of the Champions, a double live album released in September 2005, was recorded during a Queen + Paul Rodgers show at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England. The 2006 Queen + Paul Rodgers tour is the first Queen tour in the United States since 1982. As of 2005, Queen had spent more weeks (1,322) on the UK album charts than any other band or performer.

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