Following graduation, Mercury joined a series of bands and sold second-hand clothes in Kensington Market in London with girlfriend Mary Austin.
畢業後，墨丘里陸續加入了一些樂隊，並在西倫敦的肯辛頓市场（英语：Kensington Market, london）和女友玛丽·奥斯丁（Mary Austin）一起賣二手衣服維生。