Queen are unique among the great rock bands. It is nearly twenty years since frontman Freddie Mercurys death brought the band to an end
- yet their fanbase remains massive. They appeal equally to men & women. Their fans are just as likely to be teenagers too young to have been born when the band were still touring & making records (thanks not least to the huge success of the musical We Will Rock You). & their musical history is one of constant reinvention
- from heavy metal & prog rock to disco pop stadium anthems & even jazz influences. Now Mark Blake the experienced Mojo journalist who wrote Aurums bestselling book on Pink Floyd has written the definitive history. Having already interviewed the surviving band members over the years he has now tracked down dozens & dozens of new interviewees from Queens first long-forgotten bass players to Freddie Mercurys schoolmates in Isleworth Middlesex to trace Queens long career from their very first gawky performances in St Helens through their sensational stage-stealing appearance on Live Aid to the bands collaboration with Paul Rodgers at the beginning of the century. Full of fascinating new revelations
- especially about the improbable transformation of a shy Asian schoolboy called Bulsara into the outrageous-living hedonist that was Freddie Mercury
- this is a book every Queen fan will want to have.