Queen: Meet the members and the beginning of the band's history

The history of the creation of each musical group unique. It often happens that the brightest and most important members come to the collective at the last moment, but this does not prevent them from taking a big part in the further destiny of the group. This was the case with the UK's premier rock quartet. Queen.

This article will talk about how it started. history of the great band and what the members of the collective were doing before its foundations.

How did May meet Taylor?

Back in the late '60s. Brian May wanted to form a music band. The young man began his journey into the world of music by making his own guitar with his father, and later his desire for music only grew stronger. His dream began to come true when he met the lead singer of Tim Staffellawith whom he later formed a band called "1984". In 1968, the young guitarist decided on leavingto find a group with more original ideas.

Subsequently, it is formed SmileBrian May played guitar, Tim Staffell played bass, and Krist Smith played keyboards. However, the band was short of a drummer, so May put up the advert at his college about finding a drummer familiar with the work of Mitch Mitchell and Ginger Baker. A dental student came in for an audition Roger TaylorThe team members were impressed by his performance and accepted him into the team without hesitation.

"Smile," which was the forerunner of "Queen."

A year into the band's existence, the keyboardist leaves, and at the same time Staffell makes the acquaintance of Farrukh Bulsara, or Freddie. At the time, he was studying to be a designer and was an art lover. He was no stranger to music, and soon the young artist was very interested in music. loved Smile's compositions.

By the beginning of 1970, the team had become broadly known within the college walls, and now the musicians often performed at various events. At their concerts, Smile performed covers on songs by Tommy James and Tim Harden, but their repertoire also included own compositions. Some of them the band managed to record on Mercury Records America label, with which they signed a contract.

The team was creating heavy music, mainly based on blues and progressive rock. Over time, Smile started to play something similar to hard rockwhich Tim Staffell didn't like very much.

Freddie's emergence: it all started with criticism ... 

Freddie attended all the band's concerts, and finally Tim introduced his new acquaintance to his colleagues. Even then, the future vocalist admitted that he had some ideasthat could be realised in a band. After Staffell did, after all. left Smile due to a change in his musical tastes and creative goals, Freddie asked Brian and Roger to take him into the band.

Years later, Taylor recalled that when listening to Freddie's vocals, he could barely contain a smile because the singer's failed to get a grip on your bursting. extreme with his voice. At that time, as the drummer admitted, the future Queen frontman was not a professional, but he managed to learn how to use his talent properly.

A moment from the film Bohemian Rhapsody:

The biopic about the band was a reflection other The film Bohemian Rhapsody tells the story of the introduction and acceptance of a new member of the band. The film "Bohemian Rhapsody" tells the story of how, when meeting Freddie, the musicians hinted at the unattractiveness of his teeth: the singer had four extra incisors from birth. Despite this, in no time at all the singer was able to make an impression on the musicians by starting to sing.

Nevertheless, Taylor and May welcomed Freddie into the band, and soon he was bringing not only new ideas to the group, but also modification titles. The vocalist insisted that Smile change its name to Queenarguing that it was to impress the public. Brian and Roger were left with no choice but to concur with an expressive and flamboyant frontman.

The final puzzle

While Queen were winning the hearts of the audience and alternating with different bassists, the musician John Deacon had just moved to London to go to college. He began to develop his musical talent from the age of 14, mastering first the guitar and then switching to bass. Over time, he acquired good skills games, and a year after moving to the capital decided to look for a band for himself.

In October 1970, Deacon was able to attend one of Queen's shows, but their music was not the only one he had seen. unimpressed. The bassist later formed his own band, which didn't last long.

1971 was the year Queen bestIn the beginning, the band members met John at a disco. A few days later, Deacon came for an audition and almost immediately liked to the boys. His professionalism and calm disposition charmed the musicians, and so John became a last a stroke in the complete picture of the great band Queen.