Brian May

Brian Harold May (d. 19 Temmuz 1947) İngiliz müzisyen, şarkıcı, şarkı yazarı, kayıt prodüktörü ve astrofizikçi. Rock grubu Queen'in baş gitaristi.

Brian May, grubun solisti Freddie Mercury ve bateristi Roger Taylor ile grubun kurucuları arasındadır. Üniversite yıllarında Roger Taylor ve Tim Staffell ile birlikte Smile grubunda yer alan May Staffell'in gruptan ayrılması ve Freddie Mercury'nin gruba dahil olmasıyla birlikte Queen grubunu kurmuştur. Müzik hayatına başladığı günden itibaren babasıyla birlikte yaptığı "Red Special" isimli gitarı kullanmaktadır. Gitarı çalarken pena yerine kullandığı 5 peni ile kendine has bir ses elde etmektedir. Imperial College London'da Matematik ve Fizik eğitimi alan May 1968 yılında fizik alanında fen fakültesini dereceyle bitirmiştir. Gelmiş geçmiş en iyi rock gitaristlerinden biri olarak kabul edilmektedir. Grubun "We Will Rock You", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" ve "The Show Must Go On" gibi pek çok hit şarkısını yazmıştır.

Solo albümleri 

 1983 - Star Fleet Project
 1992 - Back To The Light
 1993 - Resurrection
 1993 - Live At The Brighton Academy
 1998 - Another World
 1998 - Red Special
 2000 - Furia

Solo Single'ları

 1983 - Star Fleet
 1991 - Driven By You
 1992 - Too Much Love Will Kill You
 1992 - Back To The Light
 1993 - Resurrection
 1993 - Last Horizon
 1995 - The Amazing Spider-Man
 1998 - Business
 1998 - On My Way Up
 1998 - Another World
 1998 - Why Don't We Try Again

Brian May Videografisi

 1983 - Star Licks Master Series
 1992 - Guitar Legends Expo'92
 1994 - Live At The Brixton Academy

Solo Video Klipleri

 1983 - Star Fleet
 1992 - Driven By You
 1992 - Too Much Love Will Kill You
 1992 - Resurrection
 1992 - Last Horizon
 1998 - Business

Queen ile birlikte yayınladığı albümler

 1973 — Queen
 1974 — Queen II
 1974 — Sheer Heart Attack
 1975 — A Night At The Opera
 1976 — A Day At The Races
 1977 — News Of The World
 1978 — Jazz
 1979 — Live Killers
 1980 — The Game
 1980 — Flash Gordon
 1981 — Greatest Hits
 1982 — Hot Space
 1984 — The Works
 1986 — A Kind Of Magic
 1986 — Live Magic
 1989 — The Miracle
 1989 — Queen At The Beeb
 1991 — Innuendo
 1991 — Greatest Hits II
 1992 — Live At Wembley'86
 1992 — The 12" Collection
 1992 — Classic Queen
 1995 — Made in Heaven
 1995 — Queen In Nuce
 1997 — Queen Rocks
 1999 — Greatest Hits III
 2000 — The Platinum Collection
 2004 — Live At The Bowl
 2007 — Rock Montreal
 2008 — The Cosmos Rocks

Queen albümlerinde bulunan şarkıları

 1973 - Keep Yourself Alive (Queen)
 1973 - Doing Alright (Queen)
 1973 - The Night Comes Down (Queen)
 1973 - Son And Daughter (Queen)
 1974 - Procession (Queen II)
 1974 - Father To Son (Queen II)
 1974 - White Queen (As It Began) (Queen II)
 1974 - Some Day One Day (Queen II)
 1974 - See What A Fool I’ve Been (Queen II)
 1974 - Brighton Rock (Sheer Heart Attack)
 1974 - Now I’m Here (Sheer Heart Attack)
 1974 - Dear Friends (Sheer Heart Attack)
 1974 - She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes) (Sheer Heart Attack)
 1975 - ’39 (A Night At The Opera)
 1975 - Sweet Lady (A Night At The Opera)
 1975 - The Prophet’s Song (A Night At The Opera)
 1975 - Good Company (A Night At The Opera)
 1975 - God Save The Queen (Rock Arranged by Brian May) (A Night At The Opera)
 1976 - Tie Your Mother Down (A Day At The Races)
 1976 - Long Away (A Day At The Races)
 1976 - White Man (A Day At The Races)
 1976 - Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (A Day At The Races)
 1977 - We Will Rock You (News Of The World)
 1977 - All Dead, All Dead (News Of The World)
 1977 - Sleeping On The Sidewalk (New Of The World)
 1977 - It’s Late (News Of The World)
 1978 - Fat Bottomed Girls (Jazz)
 1978 - Dead On Time (Jazz)
 1978 - Dreamer’s Ball (Jazz)
 1978 - Leaving Home Ain’t Easy (Jazz)
 1980 - Dragon Attack (The Game)
 1980 - Sail Away Sweet Sister (The Game)
 1980 - Save Me (The Game)
 1980 - Flash’s Theme (Flash Gordon)
 1980 - Flash To The Rescue (Flash Gordon)
 1980 - Battle Theme (Flash Gordon)
 1980 - The Wedding March (Flash Gordon)
 1980 - Marriage Of Dale and Ming (Flash Gordon)
 1980 - Crash Dive On Mingo City (Flash Gordon)
 1980 - Flash’s Theme Reprise (Flash Gordon)
 1980 - The Hero (Flash Gordon)
 1982 - Dancer (Hot Space)
 1982 - Put Out The Fire (Hot Space)
 1982 - Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (Hot Space)
 1984 - Tear It Up (The Works)
 1984 - Machines (Or ‘Back To Humans’) (The Works)
 1984 - Hammer To Fall (The Works)
 1984 - Is This The World We Created? (The Works)
 1984 - Thank God It's Christmas (The Works)
 1984 - I Go Crazy (The Works)
 1986 - Who Wants To Live Forever (A Kind Of Magic)
 1986 - Gimme The Prize (Kurgan’s Theme) (A Kind Of Magic)
 1986 - Forever (A Kind Of Magic)
 1989 - Party (The Miracle)
 1989 - I Want It All (The Miracle)
 1989 - Scandal (The Miracle)
 1989 - Chinese Torture (The Miracle)
 1991 - Innuendo (Innuendo)
 1991 - Headlong (Innuendo)
 1991 - I Can’t Live With You (Innuendo)
 1991 - Bijou (Innuendo)
 1991 - The Show Must Go On (Innuendo)
 1995 - Let Me Live (Made In Heaven)
 1995 - Mother Love (Made In Heaven)
 1995 - Too Much Love Will Kill You (Made In Heaven)
 1997 - I Can't Live With You (1997 Rocks Retake) (Queen Rocks)
 1997 - No-one But You (Only The Good Die Young) (Queen Rocks)
 1999 - Driven By You (Greatest Hits III)
 2008 - Still Burnin' (The Cosmos Rocks)
 2008 - Small (The Cosmos Rocks)
 2008 - We Believe (The Cosmos Rocks)
 2008 - Small (Reprise) (The Cosmos Rocks)

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