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Queen FAQ: All That's Left to Know about Britain's Most Eccentric Band
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 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 this book reveals why.
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 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 this book reveals why.
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352 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 15, 2020
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January 12, 2021
I'm not a big Queen fan - I don't mean that to say that I don't like them, just that I like the hits, and never delved that far into their albums - I had their first album at one point but it didn't make much impression of on me, and I had A Night at the Opera at one point and thought it was OK, but a little hit-or-miss for me - I liked the harder rocking songs like "Death on Two Legs" and "I'm in Love with My Car," and the radio hits, but didn't care about much else. I never thought about it before, but I kind of feel about Queen the way I feel about Supertramp - they have some good songs that I really like, but not enough to explore either band's category. I know Queen is more highly regarded than Supertramp, but what can you do?
Anyway, I read this book because it sounded like it would be fun. I had recently read Laura Jackson's Queen: The Definitive Biography, which I found competent but a little dry, and thought it might have sated my interest in Queen, but I saw this book in my local library's catalogue and thought it sounded like fun. It was. I thought it was a very good, fun overview of Queen's career. The chapter on why Freddie Mercury has the best voice in rock could have been skipped, and I largely did, and the last few chapters on the various members solo work was less interesting, but overall, it was a fun, entertaining read which is what you want in a book about a band that you are only marginally interested.
I'd recommend this to both the Queen fan, and those with a passing interest in the group. It doesn't delve that deeply into the personal lives of the band members, but I didn't feel I missed anything as a result. Jackson's book did and it didn't really add anything to their story.
Anyway, I read this book because it sounded like it would be fun. I had recently read Laura Jackson's Queen: The Definitive Biography, which I found competent but a little dry, and thought it might have sated my interest in Queen, but I saw this book in my local library's catalogue and thought it sounded like fun. It was. I thought it was a very good, fun overview of Queen's career. The chapter on why Freddie Mercury has the best voice in rock could have been skipped, and I largely did, and the last few chapters on the various members solo work was less interesting, but overall, it was a fun, entertaining read which is what you want in a book about a band that you are only marginally interested.
I'd recommend this to both the Queen fan, and those with a passing interest in the group. It doesn't delve that deeply into the personal lives of the band members, but I didn't feel I missed anything as a result. Jackson's book did and it didn't really add anything to their story.
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