Genres: Hard Rock, Glam Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Arena Rock, British Metal, Album Rock, Dance-Rock, Art Rock Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1971 in London, England
Mott the Hoople, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, Cream, David Bowie, The Beatles, Chic, Liza Minnelli, Pink Floyd, Gary Glitter, Yes, T. Rex, Slade, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Black Sabbath, Elton John Sweet, Electric Light Orchestra, Aerosmith, Wreckage, Kiss, Ted Nugent, Ozzy Osbourne, The Rolling Stones, Styx, Thin Lizzy, Smile, Judas Priest, Heart, Blue Öyster Cult, Boston, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Kansas, Steve Harley Boston, Robbie Williams, Smashing Pumpkins, Mozart, Jellyfish, King's X, Joe Satriani, Queensr˙che, Super Ratones, Metal Majesty, Styx, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Sweet, Steve Vai, Canasta, Def Leppard, Ween, The Merrymakers, Hombres G |  |
Few bands embodied the pure excess of the '70s like Queen. Embracing the exaggerated pomp of prog rock and heavy metal, as well as vaudevillian music hall, the British quartet delved deeply into camp and bombast, creating a huge, mock-operatic sound with layered guitars and overdubbed vocals. Queen's music was a bizarre yet highly accessible fusion of the macho and the fey. For years, their albums boasted the motto "no synthesizers were used on this record," signaling their allegiance with the legions of post-Led Zeppelin hard rock bands. But vocalist Freddie Mercury brought an extravagant sense of camp to the band, pushing them toward kitschy humor and pseudo-classical arrangements, as epitomized on their best-known song, "Bohemian Rhapsody." Mercury, it must be said, was a flamboyant bisexual who managed to keep his sexuality in the closet until his death from AIDS in 1991.
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Release: July 7, 2009
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Release: 2009
Label: Immortal, Vinyl Passion
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