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Bristol
Bristol () is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) with an estimated 1,006,600 residents, it is England's sixth, and the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city, one of the group of English Core Cities and the most populous city in South West England.
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Brixton Academy
The Brixton Academy, currently officially known as the O2 Academy, Brixton, is one of London's leading music venues, nightclubs and theatres. Situated in Brixton, South London, England, the building has hosted a range of leading rock acts since becoming a music venue in 1983. The maximum capacity is 4,921 (3,760 standing downstairs; 1,083 seated and 78 standing in the circle), alternatively the all-seated capacity is 2,391.
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Hampton is a suburban area, centred on an old village on the north bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in England. Formerly it was in the county of Middlesex, which was formerly also its postal county. The population is about 9,500. It is served by Hampton railway station.
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Hinton Waldrist
Hinton Waldrist is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. Until 1974 it was in Berkshire, but was transferred to Oxfordshire in that year. It lies between Oxford and Faringdon, southwest of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlet of Duxford.
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:This article is about the city of Las Vegas, Nevada proper, not to be confused with the Las Vegas Strip or the Las Vegas metropolitan area. For other uses of "Las Vegas", see Las Vegas (disambiguation).
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M4 motorway
The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea. Originally referred to as the London-South Wales Motorway, the English section was constructed between 1965 and 1971, the Welsh section was completed in 1993 and the Second Severn Crossing opened in 1996.
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Seville ( ; see also ) is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level. The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, following the Roman name of the city, Hispalis. The population of the city of Seville was 703,206 as of 2009 (INE), ranking as the fourth largest city of Spain. The population of the metropolitan area (urban area plus satellite towns) was 1,493,416 as of 2009 (INE estimate).
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Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of Greater London since 1965.
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Anita Dobson (born 29 April 1949 in Stepney, London) is an English television actress and singer.
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Astronomer Royal
Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675; the second is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834.
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Brian May
Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Keep Yourself Alive", "Now I'm Here", "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "I Want It All" and "Too Much Love Will Kill You". May earned a PhD in astrophysics in 2007 and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. May lives in Surrey.
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Brian May (composer)
Brian May (28 July 1934 – 25 April 1997) was an Australian film composer. His best known scores are those for Mad Max and .
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Catherine Porter
Catherine Porter is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a former member of The Brian May Band and has appeared in several musicals and films. To date, Porter has released one album of solo material, Something Good, in 2002, and has also worked as a backing singer for the likes of Queen, Tony Hadley, Edwin Starr, Kiki Dee, Paul Rodgers, Sam Moore, Mel B and Chaka Khan.
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Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair (born 23 September 1954), known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is a British barrister working in the legal system of England and Wales. She is married to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair; the couple have 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an English singer, musician, performer, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, who has sold over 260 million records worldwide in a career spanning 7 decades.
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Cozy Powell
Colin Flooks (29 December 1947 - 5 April 1998), better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.
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Eddie Clarke
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Eddie Van Halen
Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26, 1955) is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Eddie Van Halen is widely known for his innovative performing and recording styles in blues-based rock, tapping, intense solos and high frequency feedback; he is also known for energetic and acrobatic stage performances. The All Music Guide has described him as "undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century."
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Elena Vidal
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream. Throughout his career, Clapton has been viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2010, Clapton was ranked #4 on ''Gibson's'' Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
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Eric Singer
Eric Doyle Mensinger (born May 12, 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA), better known as Eric Singer, is a hard rock and heavy metal drummer for the rock band Kiss and formerly for singer Alice Cooper. Over the past two decades Singer has appeared on over 50 albums.
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Freddie Mercury
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George Orwell
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Hank Marvin
Hank Brian Marvin (born 28 October 1941) also known as Brian Robson Rankin is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for vocalist Cliff Richard. Marvin has a distinctive guitar sound and appearance, primarily using a clean sound with very distinctive echo and vibrato giving a dreamy effect.
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Isaac Newton
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Jamie Moses
Jamie Moses (August 30, 1955) is an Anglo-American rock guitarist. Though born in the United Kingdom, he was raised in Rome, New York; Illinois; Washington D.C. and Japan. He is a self-taught guitarist, playing since the age of ten and began his professional work by playing material from artists such as Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, the Beatles and Sly & the Family Stone. He was playing on U.S. Air Force bases and on TV and radio by the age of 13. When his father retired from the Air Force, Moses followed his family home to England, where he currently free-lances.
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists, along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, to have played with The Yardbirds. Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group, and Beck, Bogert & Appice, besides his successful solo career.
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Jerry Hadley
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Jim Beach
Jim Beach MA LLB (1942 - ) is the long-time manager of the English rock band Queen and its individual members. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer. He is also a film and TV producer. His son Ol Beach is the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies, discovered by Queen's Roger Taylor. Jim Beach is co-founder of Transistor Project, a digital label put together with Blur's Dave Rowntree. Jim Beach lives in Montreux, Switzerland.
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Jimi Hendrix
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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE (born 20 May 1944, Sheffield, England) is an English rock/blues musician, composer and actor who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles. He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his song "Up Where We Belong", a duet which he performed with Jennifer Warnes. He was ranked #97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.
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Joe Elliot
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Joe Satriani
Joseph "Joe" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York) is an Italian American multi-instrumentalist, known primarily for his work as an instrumental rock guitarist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, and some of his former students have achieved fame with their guitar skills (Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, Alex Skolnick). Satriani has been a driving force in the music credited to other musicians throughout his career, as a founder of the ever-changing touring trio, G3, as well as performing in various positions with other musicians.
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John Deacon
John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is a retired English multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. Of the four members of the band, he was the last to join and also the youngest, being only 19 years old when he was recruited by the other members of the band. Deacon wrote a number of Queen's hit singles, including "You're My Best Friend", "Spread Your Wings", "Back Chat", "I Want to Break Free" and the band's biggest selling single in the United States, "Another One Bites the Dust", as well as a number of album tracks. He also played rhythm and acoustic guitars on several albums as well as occasional keyboards, synthesiser and programming. He frequently provided backing vocals during live shows.
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John Miceli
John Miceli is the current drummer for Meat Loaf.
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John Reid (music)
John Reid is a manager and music industry figure born in Paisley, Scotland currently living and working in Australia.
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Jon Culshaw
Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and comedian. He was educated at [http://www.stbedes-ormskirk.lancs.sch.uk/index.php St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk], and St John Rigby College (Wigan), Orrell, Greater Manchester.
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Katy Perry
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Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis (born May 6, 1979) is an English singer and stage actress best known for her work in musical theatre both in London's West End and on Broadway. She was raised in Haughley, Suffolk and later attended Laine Theatre Arts School. In 2001, at the age of 21, she made her first professional appearance on stage; marking her West End debut in a recent revival of My Fair Lady where she was second understudy to Martine McCutcheon in the role of Eliza Doolitte.
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Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by the stage name Lady Gaga, is an American recording artist. She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side in 2003 and enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She soon signed with Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. During her early time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and signed her to his own label, Kon Live Distribution.
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Lee Holdridge
Lee Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American television composer and orchestrator.
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Maggie Ryder
Maggie Ryder is an English singer, principally known as a backing singer for bands such as Eurythmics and Queen.
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Martin Rees
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Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name Meat Loaf is an American rock musician and actor. He is noted for the Bat Out of Hell album trilogy consisting of Bat Out of Hell, and . Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies. After more than 30 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually, and stayed on the charts for over nine years.
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Miriam Stockley
Miriam Stockley (born on 15 April 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a British singer. Her work is influenced by the African music from her home country. She is married to Rod Houison. They have two children, Carly Houison and Leigh Brandon Houison.
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Paul Rodgers
Paul Bernard Rodgers (born 17 December 1949, Middlesbrough) is an English rock singer-songwriter, best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s. Before establishing a career as a solo artist, he was also a member of The Firm and The Law. He has recently toured and recorded with Queen. Rodgers goes by the nickname "The Voice". He is ranked number 55 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". Rodgers was also ranked by Hit Parader as the ninth greatest heavy metal singer of all time.
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Pete Cornish
Pete Cornish is a British designer of electric guitar effects and other electronic musical instruments. He is mainly noted for his elaborate fully custom guitar pedalboard systems. He has worked for Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, The Who's Pete Townshend, Tony Iommi, Brian May, The Police's Andy Summers, and many others.
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Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.
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Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboard player, composer, and songwriter. He is known for being the keyboardist for progressive rock band Yes, his solo career, and latterly as a contributor to the BBC Television comedy show Grumpy Old Men.
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Robby Valentine
Robby Valentine (born Robert Kempe on December 4, 1968, Leusden, the Netherlands) is a Dutch singer and multi-instrumentalist who started his professional career in the eighties, and is the frontman of his band Valentine.
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Rory Gallagher
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Shelley Preston
Shelley Preston (born 14 May 1964 in Hillingdon, England), is a singer who is most famous for being the new girl when she joined pop group Bucks Fizz in June 1985.
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Sir Patrick Moore
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Spike Edney
'''Philip 'Spike' Edney''' (born 11 December 1951) is a British musician who has appeared as part of numerous bands. His most notable collaboration has been with Queen since 1984, to the extent that he has sometimes been described as the fifth member of Queen. In the mid 1970s, he recorded and toured with The Tymes and Ben E. King, playing keyboards, bass, guitar and trombone. In the late 1970s, he was musical director for Edwin Starr. During the early 80s he worked with Duran Duran, the Boomtown Rats, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bucks Fizz, Haircut 100 and the Rolling Stones.
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Stephen Sackur
Stephen John Sackur (born 9 January 1964) is a BBC journalist who presents HARDtalk, a current affairs interview programme on BBC World News and BBC News 24. He is also the main Friday presenter of GMT on BBC World News.
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Steve Barron
Steve Barron (born 4 May 1956) is a director and producer, best known for directing the films Coneheads (1993), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) and the innovative music videos for a-ha's "Take on Me" and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".
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Steve Ferrone
Steven "Steve" Ferrone (born 25 April 1950, Brighton, England) is a British drummer.
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Steve Vai
Steven Siro "Steve" Vai (born June 6, 1960) is a three time Grammy Award-winning Italian-American rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and producer. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai recorded and toured in Zappa's band for two years, from 1980 to 1982. The guitarist began a solo career in 1983 and has released 13 solo albums as of 2008. Apart from his work with Frank Zappa, Vai has also recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake. Vai has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1996. In 1999 Vai started his own record label, Favored Nations, intending to showcase, as Vai describes, "...artists that have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments."
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Tim Staffell
Timothy "Tim" Staffell (born 24 February 1948 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England) is an English rock musician and visual artist. He was a member of blues-rock outfit 1984 and later Smile, a band which included guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Upon Staffell's departure, Smile were joined by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon to form the band Queen. Staffell and May co-wrote the song "Doin' Alright", which Queen included on their eponymous debut album. Following his tenure with Smile, Staffell joined Humpy Bong and then the experimental progressive rock outfit Morgan, with whom he released the albums Nova Solis and Brown Out (later retitled The Sleeper Wakes).
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TR Williams
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May, Brian Filmography
- Untitled Freddie Mercury Biopic (2014)
- The BRIT Awards 2012 (2012)
- Hello Quo (2012)
- I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern (2011)
- MTV Video Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 (2011)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Start Me Up (2009)
- The Royal Variety Performance 2008 (2008)
- 46664: A Concert for Nelson Mandela (2008)
- Música des del cor (2007)
- Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid (2007)
- The Astronomical Patrick Moore (2006)
- The Queen at 80 (2006)
- Air Guitar Nation (2006)
- Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of 'A Night at the Opera' (2006)
- Foo Fighters: Hyde Park (2006)
- Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (2005)
- Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005)
- The Strat Pack (2005)
- Comic Relief 2005: Is This the Way to Amarillo (2005)
- The Brits Backstage (2005)
- Brit Awards 2005 (2005)
- Queen Mania (2005)
- Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (2004)
- Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (2004)
- The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004 (2004)
- Zu & Co Live at Royal Albert Hall (2004)
- The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (2004)
- The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (2004)
- Becoming Queen (2004)
- The Ultimate Pop Star (2004)
- Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 (2003)
- Queen: Greatest Video Hits 1 (2002)
- Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace (2002)
- The Jubilee Girl (2002)
- Lemmy (2002)
- Motörhead - 25 & Alive: Boneshaker (2001)
- 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000)
- The Stretch (2000)
- Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story (2000)
- Queen's Greatest Flix III (1999)
- Furia (1999)
- Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1999)
- Queen: Greatest Flix I & II (1998)
- Gute Nacht, Gottschalk (1998)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
- The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 8 (1995)
- Champions of the World (1995)
- Heart-ache (1995)
- The Brit Awards 1994 (1994)
- Pop Goes Summer (1993)
- Queen's Greatest Hits (1992)
- MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (1992)
- Queen Live in Japan (1992)
- Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992)
- Pavarotti & Friends (1992)
- The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992)
- Classic Queen (1992)
- Guitar (1991)
- Cue the Music (1991)
- Leyendas de la guitarra (1991)
- Greatest Flix II (1991)
- Queen: The Days of Our Lives (1991)
- Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends (1989)
- Cilla's Goodbye to the '80s (1989)
- Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3 (1989)
- The Prince's Trust Rock Gala (1988)
- The Magic Years, Vol. 2 (1987)
- The Magic Years, Vol. 3 (1987)
- Varázslat - Queen Budapesten (1987)
- The Magic Years, Vol. 1 (1987)
- Queen Live in Rio (1986)
- Queen Live at Wembley '86 (1986)
- The Prince's Trust Rock Gala: 10th Birthday (1986)
- Greenpeace Non-toxic Video Hits (1985)
- We Are the Champions (1985)
- Live Aid (1985)
- Sexy Shorts (1984)
- We Will Rock You: Queen Live in Concert (1982)
- Greatest Flix (1981)
- Live at the Rainbow (1975)
May, Brian Filmography
- Mad Max Renegade (2011)
- Blind Side (1993)
- Hurricane Smith (1992)
- Dead Sleep (1992)
- Dr. Giggles (1992)
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
- Bloodmoon (1990)
- Darlings of the Gods (1989)
- A Dangerous Life (1988)
- Steel Dawn (1987)
- Death Before Dishonor (1987)
- The Last Frontier (1986)
- Frog Dreaming (1986)
- Sky Pirates (1986)
- Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
- Innocent Prey (1984)
- Cloak & Dagger (1984)
- Carson's Law (1983)
- Kitty and the Bagman (1983)
- A Slice of Life (1983)
- Return to Eden (1983)
- ..Deadline.. (1982)
- Turkey Shoot (1982)
- Breakfast in Paris (1982)
- The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
- Mad Max 2 (1981)
- Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
- Roadgames (1981)
- The Survivor (1981)
- Nightmares (1980)
- The Last Outlaw (1980)
- Harlequin (1980)
- Thirst (1979)
- Mad Max (1979)
- Snapshot (1979)
- Twenty Good Years (1979)
- No Room to Run (1978)
- Patrick (1978)
- Catspaw (1978)
- Barnaby and Me (1977)
- The Sentimental Bloke (1976)
- The True Story of Eskimo Nell (1975)
- Countdown (1974)
- New Wave (1974)
- The 40s in Swing Time (1973)
- Bellbird (1967)
May, Brian Filmography
- All The Way From Memphis
- Business
- Cyborg
- Driven By You
- Hammer To Fall
- Hot Patootie
- I'm Scared
- Let Me Out
- Let Your Heart Rule Your Hand
- Love Token
- Maybe Baby
- Nothin' But Blue
- On My Way Up
- Resurrection
- Rollin' Over
- Slow Down
- Starfleet
- The Only Make Believe
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- We Will Rock You
- Why Don't We Try Again
- Wilderness
- Back To The Light
- Headlong
- Love Of My Life
- Now I'm Here
- Since You've Been Gone
- Tear It Up
- The Dream Is Over
- Another World
- China Belle
- ONE RAINY WISH
- Space
- The Guv'nor
- Just One Life
- Last Horizon
- Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
- Nothin' But Blues
- Ressurrection
- The Dark
- Dream Of Thee
- Blues Breaker
- Star Fleet
- It's Only Make Believe
- Whatever Happened To Saturday Night
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Furia Theme - Opening titles
- First glance (Solo flute)
- Landscape
- Tango: 'Cuesta Abajo'
- The Meeting (Solo guitar)
- First Kiss
- Storm
- Phone
- Pursuit
- Diner
- Apparition
- Arrest
- Father and Son
- Aaron
- Fire
- Gun (Solo violin)
- Reggae: 'Bird in Hand'
- Killing
- Escape
- Go On
- 'Dream of Thee'
- Alternative Gun
- Space
- Business
- China Belle
- Why Don't We Try Again
- On My Way Up
- Cyborg
- The Guv'nor
- Wilderness
- Slow Down
- One Rainy Wish
- All the Way From Memphis
- Another World
- F.B.I.
- Hot Patootie
- Back to the Light
- Driven by You
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Love Token
- Headlong
- Love of My Life
- 39 / Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Since You've Been Gone
- Now I'm Here
- Guitar Extravagance
- Resurrection
- Last Horizon
- We Will Rock You
- Hammer to Fall
- Back to the Light
- Driven by You
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Love Token
- Love of My Life
- Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Now I'm Here
- Brighton Rock
- Resurrection
- Last Horizon
- Hammer to Fall
- We Will Rock You
- Main Title
- Max the Hunter
- Max Decides on Vengeance
- The Final Chase
- The Terrible Death of Jim Goose
- We'll Give 'em Back Their Heroes
- Pain and Triumph
- Dazed Goose
- Foreboding in the Vast Landscape
- Declaration of War
- Flight From the Evil Toecutter
- Pursuit and Tragedy
- Jesse Alone, Uneasy and Exhausted
- The Beach House
- The Nightriders Rave
- Jesse Searches for Her Child
- Rampage of the Toecutter
- The Crazing of Johnny the Boy
- Outtakes Suite
- Dr. Giggles
- Tivoli Street
- Re-Opening Case
- The Doctor's In
- Gentle Blue Pill
- The Cops Search
- Jenny Talks to Max
- We Are What We Eat
- A Heart Problem
- Mirror Maze
- Magruder's Flashback
- Doctor Heal Thy Self
- Have a Heart
- The Rescue
- Fight and Flight
- He's Not Dead
- The Dark
- Back to the Light
- Love Token
- Resurrection (feat. Cozy Powell)
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Driven by You
- Nothin' but Blue
- I'm Scared
- Last Horizon
- Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
- Just One Life
- Rollin' Over
- Driven by You
- Opening Titles
- Main Title
- Doc's Dream Theory
- John's Eyeball
- Maggie's First Dream
- Wizard of Odd
- The Dream Continues
- John's Dream
- Crossing the Line
- No Kids at the Fair
- Map Hell
- Freddy "101"
- There's No Way Out
- Checking Out the House
- Mama's Q-Tip
- Freddy Wins
- I Hate This House
- Back With Doc
- Defend Myself
- Maggie Faces Freddy
- Tracy's Dad
- Tracy and Freddy's Fight
- It's Me or Him
- Freddy's Dad
- Freddy Is Made Forever
- Freddy Into Reality
- It's Me or Him II
- Happy Father's Day
- Montage / Main Title
- Confrontation
- Marauder's Massacre
- Max Enters Compound
- Gyro Saves Max
- Break Out
- Finale and Largo
- End Title
- Sfx Suite: Boomerang Attack / Gyro Flight / The Big Rig Starts / Breakout / The Refinery Explodes / Reprise
- Opening Titles / Montage
- Confrontation
- Marauder's Massacre
- Max Enters Compound
- Feral Boy Strikes
- Gyro Saves Max
- Gyro Flight
- Break Out
- The Chase Continues
- Break Out
- Finale and Largo
- End Title Music
- Main Title
- Take Off
- Crash
- Romantic Mood
- Ghost Girl
- Terror in the Woods
- Scarey Bit in the House
- Scared
- Main Title (reprise)
- Back at Wreck
- Memories
- Frantic Drive to Hanger
- Throat Slit
- Keller Enters Hanger
- Gruesome Discovery
- Final Confrontation and Burning
- Revelation and Finale / End Credits
- Now I'm Here
- Another One Bites the Dust
- Hammer to Fall
- I Want to Break Free
- Radio Ga Ga
- Since You've Been Gone
- Under Pressure
- Strange Frontier
- Tie Your Mother Down
- No One but You
- The Show Must Go On
- We Will Rock You
- We Are the Champions
- Dance With the Devil (intro)
- Only Make Believe
- C'Mon Babe
- Space
- Since You've Been Gone
- China Belle
- [White Man intro] / Fat Bottomed Girls
- I Want It All
- Headlong
- Tear It Up
- The Show Must Go On
- Bass Solo
- Last Horizon
- Love of My Life
- Driven by You
- Band Introduction
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- '39 Intro / On My Way Up
- Hammer to Fall Slow / Hammer to Fall Fast
- Guitar Solo
- Drum Solo
- Resurrection
- We Will Rock You
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Another World
- All the Way From Memphis
- Dance With the Devil
- Only Make Believe
- C'Mon Babe
- Space
- Since You've Been Gone
- China Belle
- Sail Away Sweet Sister
- [White Man intro] / Fat Bottomed Girls
- I Want It All
- Headlong
- Tear It Up
- Show Must Go On
- Bass Solo
- Last Horizon
- Love of My Life
- Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Driven by You
- ´39 / On My Way Up
- Hammer to Fall Slow / Hammer to Fall Fast
- Guitar Solo
- Drum Solo
- Resurrection
- We Will Rock You Slow
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Another World
- [band introduction]
- All the Way From Memphis
- A Time for Heroes
- Ride to Win
- Somewhere in Time
- Driven by You (Ford ad version)
- Driven by You Two
- Just One Life (guitar version)
- Appointment
- I Need Time
- She Was Once My Friend
- Lost Opportunity
- Blues Breaker
- Let Me Out
- Son of Star Fleet
- Star Fleet
- The Hitman (demo)
- Too Much Love Will Kill You (instrumental version)
- Hot Patootie
- Driven by You (Special Version for DJ's Under Extreme Stress)
- Now I'm Here
- Resurrection / Bohemian Rhapsody
- Band Introduction
- Last Horizon
- We Will Rock You
- Teo Torriatte
- Hammer to Fall
- Driven by You
- Tie Your Mother Down
- The Dream Is Over
- Hammer to Fall
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brian may best solo ever
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:14
- Published: 12 Nov 2008
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
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Brian May guitar 1992
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- Duration: 5:07
- Published: 02 May 2008
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
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Queen - Brighton Rock Solo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:10
- Published: 19 Apr 2006
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Views: 392918 http://wn.com/Queen_Brighton_Rock_Solo
Brian May on Vox AC30s
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:31
- Published: 11 Jan 2012
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Views: 212090 http://wn.com/Brian_May_on_Vox_AC30s
Brian May - Love Of My Life
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:32
- Published: 28 May 2006
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Views: 2703000 http://wn.com/Brian_May_Love_Of_My_Life
Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:21
- Published: 21 Feb 2006
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Views: 1790840 http://wn.com/Brian_May_Too_Much_Love_Will_Kill_You
BRIAN MAY: Driven By You
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:24
- Published: 16 Aug 2007
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
Views: 160703 http://wn.com/BRIAN_MAY_Driven_By_You
Brian May Reading 260811
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:06
- Published: 28 Aug 2012
- Updated: 21 Oct 2012
Views: 3779 http://wn.com/Brian_May_Reading_260811
Brian May DELAY
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:45
- Published: 24 Sep 2006
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Views: 299742 http://wn.com/Brian_May_DELAY
Brian May discusses Badger Cull on Breakfast 18/09/12
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:16
- Published: 19 Sep 2012
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Views: 2069 http://wn.com/Brian_May_discusses_Badger_Cull_on_Breakfast_18_09_12
Brian May discusses Badgers on Alan Titchmarsh 2 Oct 2012
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- Duration: 8:02
- Published: 02 Oct 2012
- Updated: 24 Oct 2012
Views: 4746 http://wn.com/Brian_May_discusses_Badgers_on_Alan_Titchmarsh_2_Oct_2012
Queen+PR-Brian May solo/LAST HORIZON, must watch!
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:18
- Published: 01 Jul 2007
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Views: 236408 http://wn.com/Queen+PR-Brian_May_solo_LAST_HORIZON,_must_watch!
Brian May on Badger Cull with Rod Liddle
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:56
- Published: 10 Sep 2012
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
Views: 1464 http://wn.com/Brian_May_on_Badger_Cull_with_Rod_Liddle
Brian May: why I oppose the badger cull
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:19
- Published: 18 Sep 2012
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
Views: 1924 http://wn.com/Brian_May_why_I_oppose_the_badger_cull
Brian May in Badger Discussion 17 Sept 2012 Ch4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:02
- Published: 18 Sep 2012
- Updated: 21 Oct 2012
Views: 2126 http://wn.com/Brian_May_in_Badger_Discussion_17_Sept_2012_Ch4
Queen + Beatles Live (Brian May Paul McCartney Roger Taylor Eric Clapton Rod Stewart)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:10
- Published: 19 Nov 2011
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Views: 831183 http://wn.com/Queen_+_Beatles_Live_Brian_May_Paul_McCartney_Roger_Taylor_Eric_Clapton_Rod_Stewart
The Brian May Band - Since You've Been Gone
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:36
- Published: 11 Apr 2008
- Updated: 22 Oct 2012
Views: 159957 http://wn.com/The_Brian_May_Band_Since_You've_Been_Gone
Brian May @ Wembley - Solo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:11
- Published: 22 Jan 2007
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Views: 306918 http://wn.com/Brian_May_@_Wembley_Solo
Brian May (Queen) - Back to the Light + Tie Your Mother Down (with Slash) Live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:33
- Published: 05 Aug 2012
- Updated: 22 Oct 2012
Views: 739 http://wn.com/Brian_May_Queen_Back_to_the_Light_+_Tie_Your_Mother_Down_with_Slash_Live
Dappy - Rockstar ft. Brian May
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:48
- Published: 18 Jan 2012
- Updated: 27 Oct 2012
Views: 7587258 http://wn.com/Dappy_Rockstar_ft_Brian_May
Brian May on the Olympics and Freddie Biopic 11-05-2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:04
- Published: 15 May 2012
- Updated: 17 Oct 2012
Views: 44625 http://wn.com/Brian_May_on_the_Olympics_and_Freddie_Biopic_11-05-2012
Brian May Long Away Documentary Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 28:28
- Published: 28 Feb 2012
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Views: 9993 http://wn.com/Brian_May_Long_Away_Documentary_Part_1
Paul Rodgers and Brian May - All Right Now (Live In Glasgow)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:03
- Published: 09 Sep 2008
- Updated: 25 Oct 2012
Views: 430457 http://wn.com/Paul_Rodgers_and_Brian_May_All_Right_Now_Live_In_Glasgow
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Brian May - Love Of My Life
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- Duration: 3:32
- Published: 28 May 2006
- Updated: 18 Oct 2012
From the Queen + PR tour in 2005.
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My Chemical Romance and Brian May Live at Reading 2011 HD
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- Duration: 10:14
- Published: 28 Aug 2011
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
Brian May and My Chemical Romance WE WILL ROCK YOU WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE LIVE AT READING FESTIVAL 26/08/11 COPYRIGHT BBC WATCH IN FULLSCREEN FOR 1080p HD
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Brian May Live Unplugged 1998
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- Duration: 29:39
- Published: 02 Apr 2011
- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
The Brian May Band Semi Unplugged VH1 Artist:The Brian May Band Location:VH1 Studios, London,UK Date: Broadcast on 16.9.98 (Recorded on an Earlier Date) This is Brian's semi acustic set from his VH1 apperance promoting Another World with wonderful versions of Tie Your Mother Down & Driven By You. Set List 1.On My Way Up 2.Driven By You 3.Why Don't We Try Again 4.Only Make Believe 5.Tie Your Mother Down (with intro story) Musician -Brian May- Voice and Guitar I -Spike Edney - Keyboard - Jamie Moses - Guitar II - Neil Murray - Bass - Zoe Nicholas - Chours - Susie Webb - Chours - Martin Ditcham - Percussión
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Melanie C - One Vision feat. Brian May (Live in London)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:00
- Published: 10 Dec 2011
- Updated: 28 Jul 2012
The Sea Live Tour London at Scala. 09/12/11.
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Brian May - Live At The Brixton Academy (1/9)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:49
- Published: 25 Mar 2009
- Updated: 28 Sep 2012
queenrocks1971.blogspot.com BRIAN MAY - LIVE AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY 06/15/93 AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY IN LONDON, ENGLAND 1) Back To The Light 2) Driven By You 3) Tie Your Mother Down 4) Love Token 5) Headlong 6) Love Of My Life 7) '39/Let Your Heart Rule Your Head 8) Too Much Love Will Kill You 9) Since You've Been Gone 10) Now I'm Here 11) Guitar Extravagance 12) Resurrection 13) Last Horizon 14) We Will Rock You 15) Hammer to Fall Brian May (lead vocals, lead guitar) Cozy Powell (drums and percussion) Jamie Moses (guitar, backing vocals) Neil Murray (bass) Spike Edney (keyboards, backing vocals) Catherine Porter (backing vocals) Shelley Preston (backing vocals)
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![The Brian May Band - Resurrection [Live In Rio 1992]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121027072446im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bJ0RLv-NY4Y/0.jpg "The Brian May Band - Resurrection [Live In Rio 1992]")
The Brian May Band - Resurrection [Live In Rio 1992]
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- Duration: 6:44
- Published: 26 Apr 2008
- Updated: 09 Oct 2012
The Brian May Band - Resurrection Live In Rio, '92
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Queen + Beatles Live (Brian May Paul McCartney Roger Taylor Eric Clapton Rod Stewart)
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- Duration: 4:10
- Published: 19 Nov 2011
- Updated: 17 Oct 2012
3 June 2002, Buckingham Palace Garden, London, England. Roger Taylor Drums, Paul McCartney Bass , Brian May & Eric Clapton Guitars, Brian Wilson on Keys and Joe Cocker Backing & Rod Stewar Vocals.
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Brian May - Hammer To Fall (Live in Paris 1998)
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- Duration: 9:22
- Published: 18 Nov 2009
- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
Live version of Hammer To Fall by Brian May and band at La Reservoir in Paris, France on June 9th 1998. Released on the Japanese 'Red Special' CD in 1998. Lyrics: Brian: OK. I need my dictionary for this, because I want to say something particular. In English it goes 'I would like to dedicate this song to absent friends', that's what we say in England, we say 'to absent friends'. And it's uh, les amis qui ne sont plus avec nous Here we stand or here we fall History won't care at all Make the bed, light the light Lady Mercy won't be home tonight You don't waste no time at all, no you don't Don't hear the bell but you answer the call Comes to you as to us all We're just waiting for the hammer to fall, yeah Oh every night, and every day A little piece of you is falling away But lift your face the western way Ooh, build your muscles as your body decays Toe your line and play their game Let the anesthetic cover it all Till one day they call your name We're all gonna know the hammer has to fall Rich or poor or famous for Your truth it's all the same (oh no) oh yeah (oh no) Lock your door but rain is pouring Through your window pane (oh no) oh no Baby now your struggles all in vain, yeah For he who grew up tall and proud Ooh, in the shadow of the mushroom cloud Convinced our voices can't be heard We just want to scream it louder and louder (What the hell we fighting for) what we fighting for, fighting for Just surrender and it won't hurt at all Just got time to say your prayers <b>...</b>
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Queen - 'Now I'm Here' (Live At The Bowl)
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- Duration: 4:32
- Published: 25 Jun 2009
- Updated: 18 Oct 2012
Queen perform 'Now I'm Here' live. Taken from 'Queen On Fire: Live at the Bowl'.
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Brian May-Since Youve Been Gone Live At The Brixton Academy 1993
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- Duration: 5:31
- Published: 22 Mar 2011
- Updated: 14 Oct 2012
This Is The Brian May Band Performing Live At The Brixton Academy 1993 Great Quality And What A Show Brian Put On A Dazzling Performance Im So Glad This Was Filmed Hope You Enjoy This As Much As I Did.
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Def Leppard and Brian May Live Wembley Stadium 1992
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- Duration: 6:00
- Published: 13 Jun 2008
- Updated: 03 Oct 2012
Def Leppard and Brian May Live Wembley Stadium 1992
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![Brian May (Queen) - Back to the Light + Tie Your Mother Down (with Slash) [Live ~ 4/93].m4v](http://web.archive.org./web/20121027072446im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ftk5Ad2-r8A/0.jpg "Brian May (Queen) - Back to the Light + Tie Your Mother Down (with Slash) [Live ~ 4/93].m4v")
Brian May (Queen) - Back to the Light + Tie Your Mother Down (with Slash) [Live ~ 4/93].m4v
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- Duration: 9:33
- Published: 16 Apr 2012
- Updated: 13 Oct 2012
The guitarist from the group Queen performs from his solo release at the time, with a large band. Brief interview between songs. USTV appearance features a second song, with guest appearance from Slash, of Guns 'n' Roses fame. Also in the band, is drummer Cozy Powell. In stereo.
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Brian May & Kerry Ellis - Defying Gravity (Live)
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- Duration: 4:18
- Published: 21 Jan 2009
- Updated: 15 Oct 2012
Queens Brian May and We Will Rock You star Kerry Ellis perform Defying Gravity at the 2008 The Royal Variety Performance.
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Brian May @ Wembley - Solo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:11
- Published: 22 Jan 2007
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
inimitabile
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Queen & Paul Rodgers - '39
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- Duration: 2:49
- Published: 09 Jun 2007
- Updated: 12 Oct 2012
Brian May performs '39 live at Sheffield.
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Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You (live)
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- Duration: 5:15
- Published: 26 Jul 2006
- Updated: 13 Oct 2012
Brian May live performing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" on the german television
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Brian May-Love of my Life (Live in Kiev (30.06.2012).
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- Duration: 5:21
- Published: 02 Jul 2012
- Updated: 08 Oct 2012
http://wn.com/Brian_May-Love_of_my_Life_Live_in_Kiev_30062012
Paul Rodgers and Brian May - All Right Now (Live In Glasgow)
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- Duration: 7:03
- Published: 09 Sep 2008
- Updated: 17 Oct 2012
www.eagle-rock.com In Autumn 2004, London's Wembley Arena staged what must surely go down as the greatest guitar concert of all time to celebrate the 50th birthday of a true rock icon -- The Fender Stratocaster Guitar. Members of Queen, Genesis, Thin Lizzy, The Crickets, The Shadows, Free, The Eagles, Roxy Music, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones plus solo stars Amy Winehouse, Albert Lee, Jamie Cullum, Theresa Andersson, and Paul Carrack all gathered on one stage to honour the occasion, perform some of Rock's greatest tracks and also to raise money for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. Now this concert is even bigger and better on Blu-ray with material that had to be cut to fit onto DVD being added as bonus features. Those amazing bonus features include two additional tracks by Amy Winehouse - Take The Box & In My Bed - plus two additional tracks by The Shadows: Wonderful Land & The Savage. On top of that Eagle have added previously unseen rehearsal footage of Hank Marvin & David Gilmour, previously unseen interviews with Amy Winehouse & David Gilmour and more Strat Pack interviews and behind the scenes footage. TRACKLISTING: Peggy Sue -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; Maybe Baby -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; I Fought The Law -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; Oh Boy -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; That'll Be The Day -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt -- Hank Marvin & Ben Marvin; Sleepwalk <b>...</b>
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brian may Live - the show must go on
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- Duration: 3:19
- Published: 09 Jul 2007
- Updated: 15 Aug 2012
this is a live performence of The shoe Must Go On by Brain may. friend gave me this video but didnt want to upload it in case he gets banned lol its fantatstic.
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Brian May - Tie Your Mother Down (live)
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- Duration: 7:46
- Published: 02 Oct 2008
- Updated: 16 Sep 2012
Brian May performs Tie Your Mother Down. Taken from the VH1 programme Brian May - Another World
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Queen + Paul Rodgers - ' Love Of My Life' (Live)
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- Duration: 4:26
- Published: 25 Sep 2008
- Updated: 16 Oct 2012
Queen + Paul Rodgers perform 'Love Of My Life' live. Taken from Queen + Paul Rodgers - 'Return Of The Champions'.
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Brian May - Live At The Brixton Academy (3/9)
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- Duration: 9:36
- Published: 26 Mar 2009
- Updated: 13 Oct 2012
queenrocks1971.blogspot.com BRIAN MAY - LIVE AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY 06/15/93 AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY IN LONDON, ENGLAND 1) Back To The Light 2) Driven By You 3) Tie Your Mother Down 4) Love Token 5) Headlong 6) Love Of My Life 7) '39/Let Your Heart Rule Your Head 8) Too Much Love Will Kill You 9) Since You've Been Gone 10) Now I'm Here 11) Guitar Extravagance 12) Resurrection 13) Last Horizon 14) We Will Rock You 15) Hammer to Fall Brian May (lead vocals, lead guitar) Cozy Powell (drums and percussion) Jamie Moses (guitar, backing vocals) Neil Murray (bass) Spike Edney (keyboards, backing vocals) Catherine Porter (backing vocals) Shelley Preston (backing vocals)
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Brighton Rock Solo (Live at Wembley 1986) [Queen]
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Brighton Rock Solo (Live at Wembley 1986) [Queen]
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My Chemical Romance and Brian May Live at Reading 2011 HD
Brian May and My Chemical Romance WE WILL ROCK YOU WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE LIVE AT REA...
published: 28 Aug 2011
My Chemical Romance and Brian May Live at Reading 2011 HD
Brian May and My Chemical Romance WE WILL ROCK YOU WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE LIVE AT READING FESTIVAL 26/08/11 COPYRIGHT BBC WATCH IN FULLSCREEN FOR 1080p HD
published: 28 Aug 2011
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Brian May Live Unplugged 1998
The Brian May Band Semi Unplugged VH1 Artist:The Brian May Band Location:VH1 Studios, Lond...
published: 02 Apr 2011
Brian May Live Unplugged 1998
The Brian May Band Semi Unplugged VH1 Artist:The Brian May Band Location:VH1 Studios, London,UK Date: Broadcast on 16.9.98 (Recorded on an Earlier Date) This is Brian's semi acustic set from his VH1 apperance promoting Another World with wonderful versions of Tie Your Mother Down & Driven By You. Set List 1.On My Way Up 2.Driven By You 3.Why Don't We Try Again 4.Only Make Believe 5.Tie Your Mother Down (with intro story) Musician -Brian May- Voice and Guitar I -Spike Edney - Keyboard - Jamie Moses - Guitar II - Neil Murray - Bass - Zoe Nicholas - Chours - Susie Webb - Chours - Martin Ditcham - Percussión
published: 02 Apr 2011
author: Yamiguitarist
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Brian May - Live At The Brixton Academy (1/9)
queenrocks1971.blogspot.com BRIAN MAY - LIVE AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY 06/15/93 AT THE BRIXTO...
published: 25 Mar 2009
Brian May - Live At The Brixton Academy (1/9)
queenrocks1971.blogspot.com BRIAN MAY - LIVE AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY 06/15/93 AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY IN LONDON, ENGLAND 1) Back To The Light 2) Driven By You 3) Tie Your Mother Down 4) Love Token 5) Headlong 6) Love Of My Life 7) '39/Let Your Heart Rule Your Head 8) Too Much Love Will Kill You 9) Since You've Been Gone 10) Now I'm Here 11) Guitar Extravagance 12) Resurrection 13) Last Horizon 14) We Will Rock You 15) Hammer to Fall Brian May (lead vocals, lead guitar) Cozy Powell (drums and percussion) Jamie Moses (guitar, backing vocals) Neil Murray (bass) Spike Edney (keyboards, backing vocals) Catherine Porter (backing vocals) Shelley Preston (backing vocals)
published: 25 Mar 2009
author: VideosQueen
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Queen + Beatles Live (Brian May Paul McCartney Roger Taylor Eric Clapton Rod Stewart)
3 June 2002, Buckingham Palace Garden, London, England. Roger Taylor Drums, Paul McCartney...
published: 19 Nov 2011
Queen + Beatles Live (Brian May Paul McCartney Roger Taylor Eric Clapton Rod Stewart)
3 June 2002, Buckingham Palace Garden, London, England. Roger Taylor Drums, Paul McCartney Bass , Brian May & Eric Clapton Guitars, Brian Wilson on Keys and Joe Cocker Backing & Rod Stewar Vocals.
published: 19 Nov 2011
author: Queen Rock Band
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Brian May - Hammer To Fall (Live in Paris 1998)
Live version of Hammer To Fall by Brian May and band at La Reservoir in Paris, France on J...
published: 18 Nov 2009
Brian May - Hammer To Fall (Live in Paris 1998)
Live version of Hammer To Fall by Brian May and band at La Reservoir in Paris, France on June 9th 1998. Released on the Japanese 'Red Special' CD in 1998. Lyrics: Brian: OK. I need my dictionary for this, because I want to say something particular. In English it goes 'I would like to dedicate this song to absent friends', that's what we say in England, we say 'to absent friends'. And it's uh, les amis qui ne sont plus avec nous Here we stand or here we fall History won't care at all Make the bed, light the light Lady Mercy won't be home tonight You don't waste no time at all, no you don't Don't hear the bell but you answer the call Comes to you as to us all We're just waiting for the hammer to fall, yeah Oh every night, and every day A little piece of you is falling away But lift your face the western way Ooh, build your muscles as your body decays Toe your line and play their game Let the anesthetic cover it all Till one day they call your name We're all gonna know the hammer has to fall Rich or poor or famous for Your truth it's all the same (oh no) oh yeah (oh no) Lock your door but rain is pouring Through your window pane (oh no) oh no Baby now your struggles all in vain, yeah For he who grew up tall and proud Ooh, in the shadow of the mushroom cloud Convinced our voices can't be heard We just want to scream it louder and louder (What the hell we fighting for) what we fighting for, fighting for Just surrender and it won't hurt at all Just got time to say your prayers <b>...</b>
published: 18 Nov 2009
author: DaveRFuller
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Queen - 'Now I'm Here' (Live At The Bowl)
Queen perform 'Now I'm Here' live. Taken from 'Queen On Fire: Live at the ...
published: 25 Jun 2009
Queen - 'Now I'm Here' (Live At The Bowl)
Queen perform 'Now I'm Here' live. Taken from 'Queen On Fire: Live at the Bowl'.
published: 25 Jun 2009
author: queenofficial
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Brian May-Since Youve Been Gone Live At The Brixton Academy 1993
This Is The Brian May Band Performing Live At The Brixton Academy 1993 Great Quality And W...
published: 22 Mar 2011
Brian May-Since Youve Been Gone Live At The Brixton Academy 1993
This Is The Brian May Band Performing Live At The Brixton Academy 1993 Great Quality And What A Show Brian Put On A Dazzling Performance Im So Glad This Was Filmed Hope You Enjoy This As Much As I Did.
published: 22 Mar 2011
author: 1983Neji
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Brian May (Queen) - Back to the Light + Tie Your Mother Down (with Slash) [Live ~ 4/93].m4v
The guitarist from the group Queen performs from his solo release at the time, with a larg...
published: 16 Apr 2012
Brian May (Queen) - Back to the Light + Tie Your Mother Down (with Slash) [Live ~ 4/93].m4v
The guitarist from the group Queen performs from his solo release at the time, with a large band. Brief interview between songs. USTV appearance features a second song, with guest appearance from Slash, of Guns 'n' Roses fame. Also in the band, is drummer Cozy Powell. In stereo.
published: 16 Apr 2012
author: kejiaqin
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Brian May & Kerry Ellis - Defying Gravity (Live)
Queens Brian May and We Will Rock You star Kerry Ellis perform Defying Gravity at the 2008...
published: 21 Jan 2009
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - Defying Gravity (Live)
Queens Brian May and We Will Rock You star Kerry Ellis perform Defying Gravity at the 2008 The Royal Variety Performance.
published: 21 Jan 2009
author: queenofficial
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Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You (live)
Brian May live performing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" on the german television...
published: 26 Jul 2006
Brian May - Too Much Love Will Kill You (live)
Brian May live performing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" on the german television
published: 26 Jul 2006
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Paul Rodgers and Brian May - All Right Now (Live In Glasgow)
www.eagle-rock.com In Autumn 2004, London's Wembley Arena staged what must surely go d...
published: 09 Sep 2008
Paul Rodgers and Brian May - All Right Now (Live In Glasgow)
www.eagle-rock.com In Autumn 2004, London's Wembley Arena staged what must surely go down as the greatest guitar concert of all time to celebrate the 50th birthday of a true rock icon -- The Fender Stratocaster Guitar. Members of Queen, Genesis, Thin Lizzy, The Crickets, The Shadows, Free, The Eagles, Roxy Music, Pink Floyd and The Rolling Stones plus solo stars Amy Winehouse, Albert Lee, Jamie Cullum, Theresa Andersson, and Paul Carrack all gathered on one stage to honour the occasion, perform some of Rock's greatest tracks and also to raise money for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. Now this concert is even bigger and better on Blu-ray with material that had to be cut to fit onto DVD being added as bonus features. Those amazing bonus features include two additional tracks by Amy Winehouse - Take The Box & In My Bed - plus two additional tracks by The Shadows: Wonderful Land & The Savage. On top of that Eagle have added previously unseen rehearsal footage of Hank Marvin & David Gilmour, previously unseen interviews with Amy Winehouse & David Gilmour and more Strat Pack interviews and behind the scenes footage. TRACKLISTING: Peggy Sue -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; Maybe Baby -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; I Fought The Law -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; Oh Boy -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; That'll Be The Day -- The Crickets, Albert Lee and Brian May; The Rise And Fall Of Flingel Bunt -- Hank Marvin & Ben Marvin; Sleepwalk <b>...</b>
published: 09 Sep 2008
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MOSCOW, October 25 (RIA Novosti) - A high-ranking North Korean Army official was reportedly executed with a mortar round for drinking liquor during the 100-day...
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For the Australian film composer, see Brian May (composer).
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 Brian May in 2010 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Brian Harold May |
| Born | (1947-07-19) 19 July 1947 (age 64) Hampton, London, England, UK |
| Genres | Rock, hard rock[1] |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer, astrophysicist, author, contributor (The Sky at Night) |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Labels | Hollywood, Parlophone |
| Associated acts | Smile, Queen, Phenomena, G3, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Kerry Ellis, Dappy, Irene Fornaciari |
| Website | brianmay.com |
| Notable instruments | |
Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "We Will Rock You", "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Who Wants to Live Forever".
He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for "services to the music industry and his charity work".[2] May earned a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College in 2007 and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.[3] May currently resides in Surrey.[4]
In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time.[5] He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[6]
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Early life[link]
Brian May, the only child of Harold and Ruth May, was born in Hampton, London and attended Hampton Grammar School (now Hampton School).[7] During this time he formed his first band with vocalist and bassist Tim Staffell, named Nineteen Eighty-Four after George Orwell's novel of the same name.[8] He left Hampton Grammar School with ten GCE Ordinary Levels and three Advanced Levels in Physics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.[8] He studied Mathematics and Physics at Imperial College London, graduating with B.Sc. degree with honours.[9]
Career[link]
Smile[link]
Main article: Smile (band)
Brian May formed the band Smile in 1968. The group included Tim Staffell as singer and bassist, and later, drummer Roger Taylor, who also went on to play for Queen. The band lasted for only two years from 1968 to 1970, as Staffell left in 1970, leaving the band with a catalogue of only nine songs. Smile would reunite for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band The Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play "Earth" and "If I Were a Carpenter".[10] May also performed several other songs that night.
Queen[link]
Main article: Queen (band)
In Queen's three-part vocal harmonies, May's was generally the lower-range backing vocal. On some of his songs he sings the lead vocal, most notably the first verse of "Who Wants to Live Forever", the bridge on "I Want It All" and "Flash's Theme", and full lead vocals on "Some Day One Day", "She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)", "'39", "Good Company", "Long Away", "All Dead, All Dead", "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" and "Sail Away Sweet Sister".
Throughout Queen's career May frequently wrote songs for the band and has composed many significant songs such as the worldwide hit "We Will Rock You", as well as "Tie Your Mother Down", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "I Want It All". Typically, either Freddie Mercury or May wrote the most songs on every Queen album.
After the famous Live Aid concert in summer 1985, Mercury rang his bandmates and proposed writing a song together. The result was "One Vision", which was basically May on music (the Magic Years documentary shows how he came up with the opening section and the basic guitar riff) and Roger Taylor on lyrics, with Freddie Mercury being more a producer and arranger than a proper co-writer, and John Deacon mostly absent.
For their 1989 release album, The Miracle, the band had decided that all of the tracks would be credited to the entire band, no matter who had been the main writer. Still, interviews and musical analyses tend to help identify the input of each member on each track. May composed "I Want It All" for that album, as well as "Scandal" (based on his personal problems with the British press). For the rest of the album he did not contribute so much creatively, although he helped in building the basis of "Party" and "Was It All Worth It" (both being predominantly Mercury's pieces) and created the guitar riff of "Chinese Torture".
Queen's subsequent album was Innuendo, on which May's contributions increased, although more in arrangements than actual writing in most cases; for the title track he did some of the arrangement for the heavy solo, then he added vocal harmonies to "I'm Going Slightly Mad" and composed the solo of "These Are the Days of Our Lives", a song for which the four of them decided the keyboard parts together. He changed the tempo and key of Mercury's song "The Hitman" and took it under his wing, even singing guide vocal in the demo. May also co-wrote some of the guitar lines in "Bijou".
Two songs that May had composed for his first solo album, "Headlong" and "I Can't Live With You", eventually ended up in the Queen project. His other composition was "The Show Must Go On", a group effort in which he was the coordinator and primary composer, but in which they all had input, Deacon and Taylor with the famous chord sequence. In recent years, he has overseen the remastering of Queen albums and various DVD and greatest hits releases. In 2004, he announced that he and drummer Roger Taylor were going on tour for the first time in 18 years as "Queen", along with Free/Bad Company vocalist Paul Rodgers. Billed as "Queen + Paul Rodgers", the band has played throughout 2005 and 2006 in South Africa, Europe, Aruba, Japan, and North America and released a new album with Paul Rodgers in 2008, entitled The Cosmos Rocks. This album was supported by a major tour.[11]
Solo work and The Brian May Band[link]
During 1983, several members of Queen explored side projects. On 21 and 22 April in Los Angeles, May recorded his first solo work, a mini-album entitled Star Fleet Project, on which he collaborated with Eddie Van Halen.[12] May contributed to former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's album Feedback 86, playing guitar on the track "Cassandra" and providing guitar and vocals for "Slot Machine". "Slot Machine" was also co-written by May.
May worked with his second wife Anita Dobson on her first album, in which she sang vocals to the EastEnders theme tune. In this form the tune became the song "Anyone Can Fall in Love".[13] May himself produced the song, which reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1986.[14] In 1989, May contributed guitar solos to the song "When Death Calls" on Black Sabbath 14th album Headless Cross, and the Living In A Box track "Blow The House Down" from the album Gatecrashing.
"After the tragic break-up of any band, it feels impossible to continue but i was really glad that Brian did launch a solo career. He had such a lot of music in him and a great deal more to give"
Following the death of Freddie Mercury in November 1991, May chose to deal with his grief by committing himself as fully as possible to work, first by finishing his solo album, Back to the Light, and then touring worldwide to promote it. He frequently remarked in press interviews that this was the only form of self-prescribed therapy he could think of.[16] According to Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliot, "It was undoubtedly an enormous and terrible blow to lose someone he was so close to. Personally, I know it ripped the heart out of Brian, but having said that, he was in great spirits after the album was finished."[15]
In late 1992, the Brian May Band was officially formed. An early version of the band was loosely formed for 19 October 1991, when May took part in the Guitar Legends guitar festival in Seville, Spain. The line-up for his performance was May (Lead Vocals & Lead Guitar), Cozy Powell (Drums & Percussion), Mike Moran (Keyboards), Rick Wakeman (Keyboards), Maggie Ryder (Backing vocals), Miriam Stockley (Backing vocals) and Chris Thompson (Backing vocals). The original line-up was May (Lead Vocals and Lead Guitar), Powell (Drums and Percussion), Mike Caswell (Guitar), Neil Murray (Bass), Ryder (Backing vocals), Stockley (Backing vocals) and Thompson (Backing vocals). This version of the band lasted only during the South American support tour (supporting The B-52's and Joe Cocker) on only five dates.
Afterwards, May made significant changes, feeling the group never quite gelled. May brought guitarist Jamie Moses on board to replace Mike Caswell. The other change made was in the backing vocal department, with Ryder, Stockley and Thompson were replaced with Catherine Porter and Shelley Preston. On 23 February 1993, this new line-up of The Brian May Band began its world tour in the US, both supporting Guns N' Roses and headlining a few dates.[17] The tour would take them through North America, Europe (support act: Valentine) and Japan. After the tour ended on 18 December 1993, May returned to the studio with fellow surviving Queen band members Roger Taylor and John Deacon to work on tracks that became Made in Heaven, the final Queen studio album.[18] The band took Mercury's solo album demos and last recordings, which he managed to perform in the studio after the album Innuendo was finished, and completed them with their additions both musically and vocally.[19] Work on the album after Mercury's death originally began in 1992 by Deacon and May, but was left until a later date due to other commitments.[18]
In 1995, May began working towards a new solo album of covers tentatively named Heroes, in addition to working on various film and television projects and other collaborations. May subsequently changed the approach from covers to focus on those collaborations and on new material. The songs included Another World, and featured mainly Spike Edney, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray and Jamie Moses. On 5 April 1998, Cozy Powell was killed in a car accident on the M4 motorway near Bristol, England. This caused a huge, unexpected disruption to the upcoming tour for The Brian May Band, with a new drummer being needed at short notice. Steve Ferrone was brought on to help May finish recording drums and to join the band for the early stage promotional tour of five dates in Europe before the world tour. Following the early promotional tour, Eric Singer replaced Steve Ferrone for the full 1998 world tour.
Later solo work[link]
From his last solo release in 1998 May has been performing as a solo artist, as part of an ensemble, and infrequently as Queen with Roger Taylor. On 22 October 2000, Brian May made a guest appearance at the Motörhead 25th Anniversary show at Brixton Academy along with Eddie Clarke (former Motörhead guitarist) for the encore song "Overkill". In the Queen's birthday honours list of 2005, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to the music industry".[20] May is a friend of singer and musician Phil Collins and was a special guest at the Genesis reunion concert at Twickenham Stadium in 2007. On 17 November 2007, Brian May was appointed Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University,[21] taking over from Cherie Blair, and installed in 2008.[22] May worked extensively with stage actress and singer Kerry Ellis after he cast her in the musical We Will Rock You. He produced and arranged her debut studio album Anthems (2010), a follow-up to her extended play Wicked in Rock (2008), as well as appeared with Ellis at many public performances – playing guitar alongside her. He also contributed a guitar solo to Meat Loaf's Hang Cool, Teddy Bear album in exchange for the use of drummer John Miceli. Along with Elena Vidal, Brian May released a historical book in 2009 entitled A Village Lost and Found: Scenes in Our Village. The book is an annotated collection of stereoscopic photographs taken by the Victorian era photographer T. R. Williams and it is sold with a focussing stereoscope. May became an enthusiast of stereoscope photographs as a child, and first encountered the work of Williams during the late 1960s. In 2003 May announced a search in order to identify the actual location of the Scenes in Our Village images. In 2004 May reported that he had identified the location as the village of Hinton Waldrist in Oxfordshire.
On 20 May 2009, May and Queen band mate Roger Taylor performed "We Are the Champions" live on the season finale of American Idol with winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert providing a vocal duet.[23] In November 2009, May appeared with Taylor on the UK series of The X Factor, with Queen mentoring the contestants, then later performing "Bohemian Rhapsody". In April 2010, May founded the "Save Me" 2010 project to work against any proposed repeal of the British fox-hunting ban, and also to promote animal rights in Britain.[24] In February 2011 it was announced that May would tour with Kerry Ellis, playing 12 dates across the UK in May 2011.[25]
On 18 April 2011 Lady Gaga confirmed that May would play guitar on her track "You and I" from her latest album Born This Way, released on 23 May 2011.[26] On 26 August, May performed "We Will Rock You" and "Welcome To The Black Parade" with American rock band My Chemical Romance at the Reading Festival.[27] On 28 August, May performed "You and I" live with Lady Gaga at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles.[28]
Queen + Paul Rodgers and Queen + Adam Lambert[link]
Main article: Queen + Paul Rodgers
At the end of 2004, May and Taylor announced that they would reunite and return to touring in 2005, with Paul Rodgers (founder and former lead singer of Free and Bad Company). Brian May's website also stated that Rodgers would be "featured with" Queen as Queen + Paul Rodgers, not replacing the late Freddie Mercury. The retired John Deacon would not be participating.[29]
Between 2005 and 2006 Queen and Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour, the first leg being Europe and the second, Japan and the US in 2006.[30] On 25 May 2006, Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and May and Taylor were joined on stage with the Foo Fighters to perform a selection of Queen songs.[30][31] On 15 August 2006, May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a "secret location".[32] The album, titled The Cosmos Rocks, was released in Europe on 12 September 2008 and in the United States on 28 October 2008. Following the album the band again embarked on a tour through Europe and parts of the US, opening on Kharkov's freedom square in front of 350,000 Ukrainian fans.[33] The show in Ukraine was later released on DVD.[33] Queen and Paul Rodgers officially split up on 12 May 2009. Rodgers does not rule out the possibility of working together again.[34][35]
At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May.[36] Queen closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".[36] The collaboration garnered a positive response from both fans and critics, resulting in speculation about future projects together.[37] Queen + Adam Lambert will play two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, London on 11 and 12 July 2012.[38][39] Both shows sold out within 24 hours of tickets going on open sale.[40] Queen will also perform with Lambert on 30 June 2012 at Moscow's Olympic Stadium.[41][42]
Highlights[link]
Brian May began composing in 1968/1969, and through the years he has collaborated with other songwriters, including Frank Musker, with whom he wrote "Too Much Love Will Kill You", and with Elizabeth Lamers, whose music won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically & Lyrically in 1996.[43] A meticulous arranger, he focuses on multi-part harmonies, often more contrapuntal than parallel – a relative rarity for rock guitar. Examples are found in Queen's albums A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, where he arranged a jazz band for guitar mini-orchestra ("Good Company"), a vocal canon ("The Prophet's Song") and guitar and vocal counterpoints ("Teo Torriatte").
May explored a wide variety of styles in guitar, including sweep picking ("Was It All Worth It", "Chinese Torture"), tremolo ("Brighton Rock", "Stone Cold Crazy", "Death on Two Legs", "Sweet Lady", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Get Down Make Love", "Dragon Attack"), tapping ("Bijou", "It's Late", "Resurrection", "Cyborg", "Rain Must Fall", "Business", "China Belle", "I Was Born To Love You"), slide guitar ("Drowse", "Tie Your Mother Down"), Hendrix sounding licks ("Liar", "Brighton Rock"), tape-delay ("Brighton Rock", "White Man") and melodic sequences ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "These Are the Days of Our Lives"). Some of his solos and orchestral parts were composed by Freddie Mercury, who then asked May to bring them to life ("Bicycle Race", "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon", "Killer Queen", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy"). May also performed notable acoustic works, including the acoustic guitar live version of "Love of My Life" from 1975's A Night at the Opera, the finger-picked solo of "White Queen" and the skiffle-influenced "'39".
In January 2007, the readers of Guitar World voted May's guitar solos "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Brighton Rock" into the "top 50 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time" ("Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted No. 20 and "Brighton Rock" was voted #41).[44]
Aided by the uniqueness of his guitar – the Red Special – May was often able to create strange and unusual sound effects. For example, he was able to imitate an orchestra in the song "Procession"; in "Get Down, Make Love" he was able to create various sound effects with his guitar; in "Good Company" he used his guitar to mimic a trombone, a piccolo and several other instruments for the song's Dixieland jazz band feel. Queen used a "No synthesizers were used on this album" sleeve note on their early albums to make this clear to the listeners.[45]
Other instruments[link]
The first instrument Brian May learned to play was the banjolele, which he then played on Queen's song "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" (live and in the studio). For "Good Company", he used a regular baritone ukelele which he had bought in Hawaii on a holiday. Occasionally, May would also record on other string instruments such as harp (one chord per take, then copied and pasted by the engineer to make it sound like a continuous performance) and bass (on some demos and many songs in his solo career, and the Queen + Paul Rodgers album).
As a child, he was also trained on classical piano. Although Freddie Mercury was the band's main pianist, Brian would occasionally step in (such as on "Save Me"). From 1979 onwards, he also played synthesisers, organ ("Wedding March") and programmed drum-machines for both Queen and outside projects (such as producing other artists and his own solo records).
May is also an accomplished singer.[46] From Queen's Queen II to The Game, May contributed lead vocals to at least one song per album. May co-composed a mini-opera with Lee Holdridge, Il Colosso, for Steve Barron's 1996 film, The Adventures of Pinocchio. May performed the opera with Jerry Hadley, Sissel Kyrkjebo, and Just William. On-screen, it was performed entirely by puppets.
Musician[link]
"He's a class act from head to toe, and it shows in his playing. I can listen to any player and pantomime their sound, but I can't do Brian May. He's just walking on higher ground."
Brian May has been referred to as a virtuoso guitarist by many publications and musicians.[48][49][50][51][52] He has featured in various music polls of great rock guitarists, and in 2011 was ranked number 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[6] Former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar stated, "I thought Queen were really innovative and made some great sounding records.. I like the rockin' stuff. I think Brian May has one of the great guitar tones on the planet, and I really, really love his guitar work."[52] May has used a range of guitars, most often the "Red Special", which he designed when he was only 16 years old.[53] It was built with wood from an 18th century fireplace. His comments on the guitar:
"I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike."—Brian May[54]
In addition to using his home-made guitar he prefers to use coins (especially a sixpence from the farewell proof set of 1970), instead of a more traditional plastic plectrum, on the basis that their rigidity gives him more control in playing.[55] He is known to carry coins in his pockets specifically for this purpose.[55]
May's early heroes were Cliff Richard and The Shadows, who he says were "the most metallic thing(s) out at the time." Many years later he gained his opportunity to play on separate occasions with both Cliff Richard and Shadows lead guitarist Hank Marvin. He has collaborated with Cliff Richard on a re-recording of the Cliff Richard and The Shadows (then known as The Drifters) 1958 hit "Move It" on the Cliff Richard duets album Two's Company which was released on 6 November 2006. On Queen For An Hour 1989 Interview on BBC Radio 1 May listed Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton as his guitar heroes. In a 1991 interview for Guitar World magazine, May referred to The Who as "my inspiration", and on seeing Led Zeppelin stated, "We used to look at those guys and think, "That's the way it should be done."[56]
During the time in which Brian May and his father were building the Red Special, May also produced plans to build a second guitar. However, so successful was the Red Special, that May simply had no need to build another guitar. These plans were eventually given to guitar luthier Andrew Guyton in around 2004/05, some slight modifications were made and the guitar was built. It was named "The Spade", as the shape of the body resembled the form shown on playing cards. However the guitar also came to be known as "The Guitar That Time Forgot". As yet, this guitar has not been used in any recordings and remains in May's possession.
Equipment[link]
Most of May's electric guitar work live and in the studio was done on the Red Special, which he built with his father during his teenage years.[57][58][59] From 1975 onwards, he has also had some replicas made, some of which were also used for live and recording purposes, others were mainly spares. The most famous replicas were made by John Birch (in 1975—May actually smashed it during a concert in the States in 1982), Greco BM90 (featured in the promo video of "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" in 1977), Guild (back-up from 1984 to 1993) and Fryers (1997–1998, used both live and in the studio). On stage, Brian used to carry at least one back-up guitar (in case he broke a string) and occasionally would use others for certain songs or parts. Currently, May has his own company which makes guitars whose design is modelled after the original Red Special guitar.
- July 1973 – May 1974: Fender Stratocaster Pre-CBS
- October 1974 – May 1975: Gibson Les Paul Deluxe, and the Stratocaster from the previous tour.
- November 1975 – May 1976: Same two guitars as before, plus a natural finish John Birch replica of the Red Special.
- September 1976: Same three as before, plus a Martin D-18 acoustic for "'39".
- January 1977 – August 1979: Just the Birch replica plus an Ovation Pacemaker 12-string acoustic on some numbers ("'39", "Love of My Life", "Dreamer's Ball").
- November 1979 – June 1982: Birch replica (back-up), Fender Telecaster ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 2nd verse, middle-eight and solo), Ovation (acoustic numbers).
- July – November 1982: Added a Gibson Flying V as second back-up. On 9 August 1982 Brian smashed the Birch guitar, so the Flying V became the only spare.
- August to October 1984: The Flying V became a second back-up again as his main spare was the Guild replica. He also used Roger Taylor's Gibson Chet-Atkins Classical Electric.
- July 1985 – August 1986: Gibson Flying V no longer used. The rest remained the same.
Some of the non-RS electric guitars he used in the studio included:
- Burns Double Six on "Long Away" (1976) and "Under Pressure" (1981).
- Fender Telecaster on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1979). It was used for the video (but not the recordings) of "Back Chat" (1982).
- Gibson Firebird on "Hammer to Fall" and "Tear It Up" (album versions only, not on stage).
- Ibanez JS on "Nothing But Blue" (1991).
- Parker Fly on "Mother Love" (1993–1995).
For acoustic, he favoured Ovation, Martin, Tōkai Hummingbird, Godin and Guild. On a couple of videos he also used some different electric guitars: a Stratocaster copy on "Play the Game" (1980) and a Washburn RR2V on "Princes of the Universe" (1986).
In 1984 Guild released the first official Red Special replica for mass production, and made some prototypes specifically for May. However the solid body construction (the original RS has hollow cavities in the body) and the pick-ups (DiMarzio) that were not an exact replica of the Burns TriSonic did not make May happy, so the production stopped after just 300 guitars. In 1993 Guild made a second replica of the RS, made in just 1000 copies, of which May has some and used as a backup. At the moment, he uses the two guitars made by Greg Fryer—the luthier who restored the Old Lady in 1998—as backup. They are almost identical to the original, except for the Fryer logo on the headstock (May's original one has a sixpence).
In the studio, May used Yamaha DX7 synths for the opening sequence of "One Vision" and the backgrounds of "Who Wants to Live Forever" (also on stage), "Scandal" and "The Show Must Go On". He mostly used Freddie Mercury's 1972 Steinway piano and reportedly now owns the instrument in question. May was keen on using some toys as instruments as well. He used a Yamaha plastic piano in "Teo Torriatte", a "genuine George Formby Ukulele-Banjo" in "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" and in "Good Company", and a toy mini koto in "The Prophet's Song".
May has used Vox AC30 amplifiers almost exclusively since a meeting with his long time hero Rory Gallagher at a gig in London during the late '60s/early '70s.[60] His choice is the model AC30TBX, the top-boost version with Blue Alnico speakers, and he runs the amp at full volume on the Normal channel.[61] He also customises his amps by removing the circuitry for the Brilliant and Vib-trem channels (leaving only the circuitry for the Normal), and this alters the tone slightly, with a gain addition of 6–7 dB. He always used a treble booster which, along with the AC30 and his custom 'Deacy Amp' transistor amp, as built by Queen bass player John Deacon, went a long way in helping to create many of his signature guitar tones.[62] He used the Dallas Rangemaster for the first Queen albums, up to A Day at the Races. Effects guru Pete Cornish built for him the TB-83 (32 dB of gain) that was used for all the remaining Queen albums. He switched in 2000 to the Fryer's booster, which actually gives less boost than the TB-83.
Live, he uses banks of Vox AC30 amplifiers keeping some amps with only guitar and others with all effects such as delay, flanger and chorus. He has a rack of 14 AC30s, which are grouped as Normal, Chorus, Delay 1, Delay 2. On his pedal board, May has a custom switch unit made by Cornish and subsequently modified by Fryer that allows him to choose which amps are active. He uses a BOSS pedal from the '70s, the Chorus Ensemble CE-1, which can be heard in "In The Lap of The Gods" (Live at Wembley '86) or "Hammer to Fall" (slow version played live with P. Rodgers). Next in the chain, he uses a Foxx Foot Phaser ("We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", "Keep Yourself Alive", etc.), and two delay machines to play his trademark solo in "Brighton Rock".
May's lead vocals in Queen[link]
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Personal life[link]
From 1974 to 1988, May was married to Chrissie Mullen, who is the mother of his three children: Jimmy, who was born on 15 June 1978; Louisa, who was born on 22 May 1981 and Emily Ruth, who was born on 17 February 1987. Chrissie and Brian separated in 1988. Their separation and eventual divorce was highly publicised by British tabloid newspapers following reports that he had an affair with EastEnders actress Anita Dobson, whom he met in 1986, and who gained fame in the 1980s as Angie Watts. After many years together they married on 18 December 2000.
He has stated in interviews that he suffered from severe depression in the late 1980s and early 1990s, even to the point of contemplating suicide,[63] for reasons having to do with his troubled first marriage, his perceived failure as a husband and a father, his father Harold's death, and Freddie Mercury's illness and eventual death.[64]
May's father Harold worked as a draughtsman at the Ministry of Aviation and had been a long-time cigarette-smoker. As a result, May dislikes smoking,[65] even to the point where he has prohibited smoking indoors at his more recent concerts.[66] His father was disappointed that he abandoned his scientific education to become a rock musician, but after he flew both his parents out to New York to attend Queen's first concert in Madison Square Garden, his father said that he "got it".[67] According to The Sunday Times Rich List he is worth £85 million as of 2011[update].[68]
Astrophysics[link]
May studied physics and mathematics at Imperial College, University of London, graduating with a BSc (Hons) degree and ARCS in physics with Upper Second-Class Honours. He then proceeded to study for a PhD degree, also at the Imperial College departments of Physics and Mathematics, and was part way through this PhD programme, studying reflected light from interplanetary dust and the velocity of dust in the plane of the Solar System. When Queen became successful he abandoned his physics doctorate but did co-author two scientific research papers: MgI Emission in the Night-Sky Spectrum (1972)[69] and An Investigation of the Motion of Zodiacal Dust Particles (Part I) (1973),[70] which were based on his observations at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife. He is the co-author of Bang! – The Complete History of the Universe with Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott, which was published in October 2006.[71] In October 2007, more than 30 years after he started his research, he completed his PhD thesis in astrophysics,[72] entitled A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud,[73] passed his viva voce, and performed the required corrections.[74][75][76][77] He officially graduated at the postgraduate awards ceremony held in the Royal Albert Hall, on the afternoon of Wednesday 14 May 2008. On 17 November 2007, May was appointed Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University,[21] taking over from Cherie Blair, and installed in 2008.[22]
Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named in his honour on 18 June 2008 on the suggestion of Sir Patrick Moore (probably influenced by the asteroid's provisional designation of 1998 BM30).[53][78] May appeared on the 700th episode of The Sky at Night hosted by Sir Patrick Moore, along with Dr. Chris Lintott, Jon Culshaw, Prof. Brian Cox, and the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees who on leaving the panel told Brian May, who was joining it, "I don't know any scientist who looks as much as like Isaac Newton as you do".[79] May replied that "that could be my after dinner comment, thank you very much".[79]
Activist[link]
Brian May has formed a group to promote animal welfare. Though a Conservative Party voter most of his life,[80] he has stated that their policies on fox hunting and the culling of badgers meant he did not vote for them at the 2010 General Election. His group, Save Me (named after the May-written Queen song), campaigns for the protection of all animals against unnecessary, cruel and degrading treatment; with a particular emphasis on preventing hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers.[81] The group's primary concern is to ensure that the Hunting Act 2004 and other laws protecting animals are kept in place.[24] In a September 2010 interview with Stephen Sackur for the BBC’s HARDtalk program, May said that he would rather be remembered for his animal rights work than for his music or science.[82]
In March 2012, Brian May contributed the foreword to a target paper published by the think tank the Bow Group, urging the Government to reconsider its plans to cull thousands of badgers to control Bovine TB, stating that the findings of Labour's major badger culling trials several years prior were that culling does not work. The paper was authored by Graham Godwin-Pearson with contributions by leading tuberculosis scientists, including Lord Krebs.[83][84][85]
Stereophotography[link]
May has had a lifelong interest in collecting Victorian stereophotography. In 2009, with co-author Elena Vidal, he published his second book, A Village Lost and Found, on the work of English stereophotography innovator TR Williams.[86]
Discography[link]
Main article: Brian May discography
See also: Queen discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title | UK[87] | US[87] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Star Fleet Project | 35[87] | 125 |
| 1992 | Back to the Light | 6 | 159 |
| 1998 | Another World | 23 | – |
| 2000 | Furia (Original Soundtrack) | – | – |
Live albums
| Year | Title | UK[87] | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Live at the Brixton Academy | 20 | – |
Bibliography[link]
- May, Brian; Moore, Patrick; Lintott, Chris (2006). Bang! The Complete History of the Universe. Carlton. ISBN 1-84442-552-5.
- May, Brian Harold (2008) (PhD thesis). A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-77705-4.
- May, Brian; Vidal, Elena (book with stereoscopic viewer). A Village Lost and Found. Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-3039-2. http://www.londonstereo.com/book.html.
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