Queen is the Best Rock Band of All Time

This will be my first debate that isn't so serious, so they will be fun. If you don't mind, I'm changing the structure of the debate. First round - acceptance Second round - opening statements Third round - rebuttal We can't really make the second round rebuttals if we don't have anything to rebut. Sorry for the change. Let's get started! First of all, let me bring up Freddie Mercury. This man made miracles for the band. He did the lead vocals, some backup vocals, and played the guitar and piano. Even though he had a baritone speaking voice, his singing range included F2- E6, to F6 and F5. Mercury had over a four octave range while most people have only a two or three octave range. Mercury also wrote a majority of Queen's songs. This includes 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Somebody to Love', 'Don't Stop Me Now', 'Under Pressure', 'We Are The Champions', 'We Will Rock You', 'Another One Bites The Dust', etc. I can go on forever of all the songs he's written for Queen! These are some of the most iconic songs of all time. Second, I will bring up the other band members, Brian Way, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon. Way provided back-up vocals and played the piano, Taylor also sang back-up vocals and played the drums, and Deacon played guitar. Without these three, what would Queen be like? Way, Taylor, and Deacon together were a firm foundation and walls for Mercury, who was the capping roof. Without them, we wouldn't have back-up vocals or most instrumentals, which made Queen songs shine with pure excellence. Can you imagine 'Somebody To Love' or Bohemian Rhapsody' without those enthralling back-up vocals and blood-pumping instrumentals? Thirdly, their stage presence was bold and exciting. If the vocal performances and instruments made a complete house for Queen, their live shows were the fancy interior design to top it all off. Mercury was the most outrageous out of the four. He wore strange outfits confidently and pranced around the stage with tremendous vigor and energy. It was incredibly contagious. Just listening to the live recordings with no visuals assured you that he loved every minute of it. It was amazing that Mercury still performed when he was in excruciating pain inflicted by AIDS. Lastly, their range was far reaching and fantastic. I'm not just talking about the vocal range, but the variety of songs Queen took on was impressive. Queen achieved the perfect balance between good and commercial music. 1) 'We Will Rock You'/'We Are The Champions' are a good example of high-quality arena rock. 2) There's hard rock moving towards speed metal with 'Stone Cold Crazy'. 3) Complex art rock in 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. 4) Pop rock in all of Hot Space (Specifically 'Under Pressure') 5) Funk in 'Fun It'. 6) Melodic rock in 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'. I can bet that someone reading this started humming these at least one of these songs and will have it stuck in your head for the rest of the day. (I'm not sorry. ) Even though you always knew it was Queen performing these songs, it was always fresh and new when you heard Queen attempting another style. If you listen to the album Queen's Greatest Hits then you can point to which ones stood out because of their unique tone, lyrics, themes, and more. This is what makes Queen different from any other band in history and my reasons for classifying them as the best rock band of all time. Thank you. I look forward to hearing the opening statements of CON.