HISTORY OF QUEEN

First move of making Queen: In 1970 'Smile', the band formed by Brian May and Roger Taylor, had just lost its singer. Adding bass-player Mike Grose and vocalist Freddie Bulsara, they renamed the band 'Queen', and played their first gig in June.

Freddie change his name
Freddie changed his name from Farrokh to Freddie, purely because his English friends could not pronounce his name properly. Originally Freddie's stage name was Larry Lurex until he changed it to Freddie Mercury, Mercury coming from the song "My Fairy King" where the lyrics say, "Mother Mercury, look what you've done to me".

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Grose lasted a month and was replaced by Barry Mitchell, who made it through to the end of the year. Bulsara, meanwhile, changed his name to Freddie Mercury. Mitchell quit in January and was replaced for one show by "a guy named Doug". When John Deacon succeeded him, the classic Queen line-up had been formed.

In March 1973 the band finally signed to EMI, and released their first album, 'Queen', later in the year. The single 'Keep Yourself Alive' failed to be play-listed on Radio 1, but was picked up by the Old Grey Whistle Test instead. Popular reception was better than the critical response, and the band finished the year supporting Mott the Hoople on Tour.

 Live Concerts
1974 started with a brief but disastrous tour of Australia, but a first appearance on 'Top of the Pops', and the release of their second album, lead to their first headlining tour of Britain. They followed this with half a tour of the US under Mott the Hoople again, before illness brought them home. As the year continued, their punishing tour schedule continued to win them fans, without converting the music press.

Controversy arose in 1984 when the band played in South Africa, then still under Apartheid, which lead to them being blacklisted by the United Nations. However, the next year they were one of the biggest acts in the Live Aid concert for Famine Relief. This performance, regarded by many as the highlight of the night, firmly established them as a landmark in English Rock.


THE MEANING OF THE LOGO:

1.The lion left side facing the front and flanking the letter Q is the symbol of the Zodiac John Deacon was born on August 19, 1951.

2.Crab on top of the letter Q is a symbol which symbolizes the zodiac Cancer zodiac Brian May who was born on July 19, 1947.

3.Two nymphs under the letter Q is the logo which is a sign of the zodiac Virgo Freddy Mercury who was born on September 5, 1946.

4.Lion facing to the right of the letter Q is flanked crab zodiac leo Roger Taylor who was born on July 26, 1949.