QUEEN

Laura García and Vanesa López

In 1968 Brian May and Tim

Staffell, students at the Imperial College, decided to form a band.

Announcing that the school needed a

Drummer, Roger Taylor, amedical student,took the post.

They call thegroup Smile,And their

record companyMercury

Records recordedin the

Trident Studiosin 1969.

Tim was studying at the Ealing College of Art where he met Frederick Bulsara (or Farrock Mommi Balsara) inviting him to listen to the band.

In 1970 ‘Smile’ was disbanded, Tim started a new group called Humpy Bong and Freddie left his band "Wreckage" and got together with Brian and Roger.

Freddie changed his name to Mercury; they also changed the name of the band to Queen, they needed a bass player and John Deacon came. In 1973, Trident and EMI signed an exclusive contract with Queen, and in July of that same year they composed their first album 'Queen. " 'Queen II' appeared in March 1974 and in April the band made its first tour of the USA.

While working on theirthird album, they met Roy Thomas

Baker who helped on'Sheer Heart Attack." In January 1975,

Queen made their firstsolo tour of the USA, the

tickets were sold out. In April theyvisited Japan for the first time,And were acclaimed by their fans.

Queen began to work on their new album in June,

when they decided to do “Bohemian Rhapsody”.The whole world said that this song wasn’t

going to be a success,because it lasted

longer than 5 minutes. But Freddie gave a single copy To his DJ friend in London Kenny

Everett, asking him to put it on the radio.

To their surprise the song becamea resounding success,Setting up Queen as the

band of the era.The single remained at No.1 for nine weeks. The album

'A Night At The Opera'Was released in November 1975 andwas a tremendous success, winning

Them their first Platinum disc.

"A Day At The´Races” in December 1976,was in high demand.

That Christmas' We Will Rock You ’was overthrown from the top of the French charts after 12 weeks by..... "We Are The Champions."

In July they began work on their new album. The publicity for the new single 'Bicycle Race’ was etched with 15 completely naked girls on a racing bike.

In November,'Jazz’ was their seventh album. "Live Killers’ was the new live album,, which was performed in June 1979. Queen was invited to write the music for the film "Flash Gordon". In 1980, the band performed their new album 'The Game' (the first album where they used synthesizers). They went 5-platinum in Canada alone.

The album 'Hot Space', it made May 21, 1982 after the band took an extensive tour. In December 1982, Queen appear in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest paid British band

In January 1983, Freddie gets to work on his solo album, and Roger begins his second album. Brian in the company of Edward Van Halen, Alan Gretzer, Phil Chen and Fred Mandel perform the mini album "Star Fleet Project."

The band returns to the studio in August 1983 to begin work on their next album, working at the Record Plant in Los Angeles - The first time they recorded in America.

"Radio Ga Ga” This single became a resounding success around the world going almost to the top in 19 countries.

1985 was the year of 'Rock In Rio. " It was the largest rock festival in the world and Queen participated in it. Queen was the only band that won the rights to record the concert on video.

Freddie brings out his new solo album 'Mr Bad Guy', in April 1985. Queen decides to make the soundtrack for the movie 'Highlander'. In March 1986, John forms a new band called 'The Immortals. " On June 2, Queen performs their new album, the soundtrack for the movie Highlander, entitled 'A Kind Of Magic. " The album becomes number one in the English charts. In December they perform their second live album "Live Magic." Freddie meets the soprano Montserrat Caballé in March 1986, she is invited to record an album with him. In May 1987 Freddie and Montserrat appear at the festival Ibiza 92'. They perform the song 'Barcelona'.

In August 1987, Roger formed a new group called The Cross. The single 'Barcelona' was recorded in Spain in September 1987 and more than 10,000 copies were sold in just 3 hours. The Spanish Olympic Committee adopted the song as the theme for the Olympic Games in that city in 1992. In November the trilogy of his life appears called 'The Magic Years. "

Queen makes their sixteenth album on May 22, 1989 called 'The Miracle. " It enters the European and English charts getting to the top.

In November 1990, Queen signed the biggest contract in the history of music with Disney Hollywood Records. In 1991, the band performed their first single which lasted six and a half minutes. "Innuendo." The album of the same name was made on February 4 reaching No 1 in the English charts.

Greatest Hits II was recorded in October 1991 and included 17 songs. On November 23, 1991 Freddie announced to the world that he had AIDS.He died in his house saying goodbye to his friends and relatives. The world was paralyzed.

After four years of work, November 6, 1995 the new album from Queen appears throughout the world,'Made In Heaven. ” Album number 20 in their career. Launched in April of 91 'and completed by the other members with recordings that Freddie had made before his death.