Queen FAQ
Subtitle: all that's left to know about Britain's most eccentric band
By: Daniel Ross
Series: FAQ series
Publisher: Backbeat
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Milwaukee
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781493051410
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography: Music; Queen (Musical group)
Description: Discover the glamour, the hedonistic parties, the bizarre and ingenious music, the tragedies and the triumphs of Queen, a true anomaly in the world of pop music. Queen FAQ reveals everything you need to know about one of the world's most eccentric rock bands.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: The Rehearsal Room; title: 1 What Did Queen Do before They Were Queen?; title: 2 Which Artists Influenced Queen?; title: 3 Doing All Right: From Smile to Queen; title: 4 Murky Beginnings: Queen's First Record; title: 5 Mercury Rising: Larry Lurex; title: 6 ". . . And Nobody Played Synthesizer": Queen the Engineers; title: 7 Becoming Iconic: Queen II; title: 8 Sheer Heart Attack: How Did Queen Enter the Mainstream?; title: 9 How Metal Was Queen?; title: 10 Pop and Circumstance: Queen's Imperial Phase; title: 11 Is This Just Fantasy? An Attempted Explanation of "Bohemian Rhapsody"; title: 12 Day Follows Night: Queen Coasting; title: 13 Spread Your Wings: When Did Queen Truly Conquer?; title: 14 Greatest Hits: Queen as a Singles Band; title: 15 "Is This Man a Prat?" Queen and the Press; title: 16 Jazz, Not Punk; title: 17 Mountain Studios: Queen's Sanctuary; title: 18 Winning the Game: Queen on Top of the World; title: 19 Another One Bites the Dust: John Deacon Saves Queen; title: 20 Who Really Wrote the Music from Flash Gordon?; title: 21 Hot Space: Is It Really That Bad?; title: 22 "I'll Pay the Bill, You Taste the Wine": Queen at Leisure; title: 23 Let's Give 'Em the Works!; title: 24 Video Ga Ga: Queen's Greatest and Strangest Music Videos; title: 25 Live Aid: Was It the Greatest Rock Performance of All Time?; title: 26 Queen Reenergized: A Kind of Magic; title: 27 Queen Becomes Equals; title: 28 Heading Out to Sea: Innuendo; title: 29 Too Much Love Will Kill You: The Death of Freddie Mercury; title: 30 The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Who Played?; title: 31 Made in Heaven: How Did Queen Record an Album without Their Singer?; title: 32 Queen In-Between: What Did the Band Do from 1995 to 2005?; title: 33 We Will Rock You: The Queen Musical; title: 34 How Do You Replace Freddie Mercury? The Birth of Queen +; title: 35 A New Muse: Adam Lambert; title: 36 Is This the Real Life? The Queen Movie; title: 37 The Music of Freddie Mercury; title: 38 "Give It to Me One More Time!" The Greatest Voice in Rock?; title: 39 The Music of Brian May; title: 40 The Music of Roger Taylor; title: 41 The Music of John Deacon; title: Afterword: I Still Love You; title: Bibliography