Did you know that Queen's lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, was bisexual? He managed to keep this a secret for most of his career, although some people consider "We Are The Champions" a gay anthem.

Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor were in a group called Smile. When their lead singer quit, they got together with Mercury, who was formerly in a band called Wreckage. A few months later, bassist John Deacon joined the band.

All four band members are college graduates.

'The Game' was the Queen's first #1 album in America, and boasted the hits "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites The Dust".

Freddie Mercury died in 1992 after a long battle with AIDS.

What do you know about Queen?

Queens only live appearance on any US TV show was on Saturday Night Live.

I just read in the newspaper a few days ago that Eric McCormack of the comedy show 'Will & Grace' has been signed or is in talks with producers to play the role of Freddy Mercury in a life story about him.

I knew that when 'Wayne's World' came out, the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" became immensely popular, and the movie brought both the song and Queen alot of popularity from younger generations.

Some people believe that the song "Another one Bites the Dust" has backmasking on it and when played in reverse says "Start to smoke Marijuana"

Somebody made a music video out of one of their songs with MegaMan characters! :D Titanium Rhapsody (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=131487)

US charts:

#12 Killer queen 1975
#9 Bohemian rhapsody 1976
#16 You're my best friend 1976
#13 Somebody to love 1977
#49 Tie your mother down 1977
#4 We are the champions 1978 (b-side was "We will rock you" but it never charted)
#74 It's late 1978
#24 Bicycle race/Fat bottomed girls 1979
#86 Don't stop me now 1979
#1 Crazy little thing called love 1980
#42 Play the game 1980
#1 Another one bites the dust 1980
#44 Need your loving tonight 1980
#42 Flash's theme aka Flash 1981
#29 Under pressure (w/David Bowie) 1982
#11 Body language 1982
#60 Calling all girls 1982
#16 Radio ga-ga 1984
#45 I want to break free 1984
#72 It's a hard life 1984
#61 One vision 1986
#42 A kind of magic 1986
#50 I want it all 1989
#2 Bohemian rhapsody 1992
#52 We will rock you/We are the champions (remix) 1992
#32 Somebody to love (w/ George Michael) 1993

Bubbling under the US charts:

#118 Too much love will kill you 1996

UK charts:

#10 Seven seas of rhye 1974
#2 Killer queen 1974
#11 Now I'm here 1975
#1 Bohemian rhapsody 1975
#7 You're my best friend 1976
#2 Somebody to love 1976
#31 Tie your mother down 1977
#17 Queen's first (EP) 1977
#2 We are the champions 1977
#34 Spread your wings 1978
#11 Bicycle race/Fat bottomed girls 1978
#9 Don't stop me now 1979
#63 Love of my life 1979
#2 Crazy little thing called love 1979
#11 Save me 1980
#14 Play the game 1980
#7 Another one bites the dust 1980
#10 Flash 1980
#1 Under pressure (w/David Bowie) 1981
#25 Body language 1982
#17 Las palabras de amor 1982
#40 Backchat 1982
#2 Radio ga-ga 1984
#3 I want to break free 1984
#6 It's a hard life 1984
#13 Hammer to fall 1984
#21 Thank God it's Christmas 1984
#7 One vision 1985
#3 A kind of magic 1986
#14 Friends will be friends 1986
#24 Who wants to live forever 1986
#3 I want it all 1989
#7 Breakthru 1989
#12 The invisible man 1989
#25 Scandal 1989
#21 The miracle 1989
#1 Innuendo 1991
#14 Headlong 1991
#22 I'm going slightly mad 1991
#16 The show must go on 1991
#27 The show must go on (re-entry) 1991
#1 Bohemian rhapsody/These are the days of our lives 1991
#1 Five live (EP) 1993
#74 Five live (EP) (re-entry) 1993
#2 Heaven for everyone 1995
#6 A winter's tale 1995
#15 Too much love will kill you 1996
#9 Let me live 1996
#17 You don't fool me 1996
#13 No one but you/Tie your mother down 1998
#5 Another one bites the dust (re-mix) (w/Wyclef Jean) 1998
#14 Under pressure (re-mix) (w/David Bowie) 1999

Adult contemporary charts:

#17 Crazy little thing called love 1980
#42 Somebody to love (w/George Michael) 1993

R&B charts:

#2 Another one bites the dust 1980
#30 Body language 1982
#69 Another one bites the dust (w/Wyclef Jean) 1998

album rock charts:

#7 Under pressure (w/David Bowie) 1981
#19 Body language 1982
#15 Put out the fire 1982
#40 Calling all girls 1982
#57 Life is real (song for Lennon) 1982
#22 Radio ga-ga 1984
#52 Tear it up 1984
#57 Hammer to fall 1984
#19 One vision 1985
#3 I want it all 1989
#3 Headlong 1991
#17 Innuendo 1991
#28 I can't live with you 1991
#40 The show must go on 1992
#16 Bohemian rhapsody 1992
#35 Hammer to fall 1992

Originally posted by Recker
Some people believe that the song "Another one Bites the Dust" has backmasking on it and when played in reverse says "Start to smoke Marijuana"
Actually, Recker, this is true. What it really says is "It's fun to smoke marijuana." My husband (he was like 17 at the time) flipped his Queen cassette to play backwards to see if it was true and then he played it for all of us. ;) The things a guy'll try to impress his buddies....:rolleyes:

This Queen FAQ (http://www.geocities.com/ohadg102/qms.txt) (Section II, Part I) says it's just coincidence.

But to hear it yourself, here's a wacky page of backwards sound clips, and Queen's is about 2/3rds of the way down:

http://www.dubaibuzz.com/print.php?content.2

Yes, I think it is a coincedence too. I heard it years ago and if you dissect the sounds and say them to yourself backwards, you do indeed get that.

Queen was formed in 1971.

In the summer of 1976, they performed a free concert at London's Hyde Park that broke attendance records.

After Freddie Mercury's passing, the remaining members of Queen held a memorial concert at Wembley Stadium, which was broadcast to an international audience of more than one billion. Featuring such guest artists as David Bowie, Elton John, Annie Lennox, Def Leppard and Guns N' Roses, the concert raised millions for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which was established for AIDS awareness.

Their 1980 album The Game remains tehir greatest success in Canada. All 5 singles taken from the album reached the Canadian top 20 singles charts:

another one bites the dust (CAN #1)
play the game (CAN #5)
crazy little thing called love (CAN #1)
need your loving tonight (CAN #11)
save me (CAN #11)