The Story of Queen
WELCOME TO THE STORY OF QUEEN
CHAPTER 1 Early Years
FREDDIE MERCURY • THE GREATEST ROCK FRONTMAN WHO EVER STALKED A STAGE. NO ARGUMENTS. NO CONTEST
BRIAN MAY • WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU CROSS AN ASTRONOMICAL ACADEMIC WITH A GUITAR GENIUS?
ROGER TAYLOR • MOST DRUMMERS DON’T SING, COMPOSE HUGE HITS AND SQUIRE A LEGION OF GROUPIES – BUT MOST DRUMMERS AREN’T ROGER TAYLOR
JOHN DEACON • ‘DEACY’ IS THE MYSTERY OF QUEEN: THE QUIET ONE WHO WENT COMPLETELY SILENT. WHAT HAPPENED?
DOING ALL RIGHT
These Are the Days of Our Lives • STUDENT DAYS, ROCK’N’ROLL AND NAKED AMBITION: LET’S MEET THE MEN WHO WOULD BE QUEEN
CHAPTER 2 The 1970s
Don't Stop Me Now • IF YOU SAW QUEEN IN THE SEVENTIES, YOU WITNESSED A ROCK PHENOMENON AT THE ABSOLUTE PEAK OF ITS POWERS
QUEEN
QUEEN II
SHEER HEART ATTACK
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
A DAY AT THE RACES
NEWS OF THE WORLD
JAZZ
CHAPTER 3 The 1980s
It’s a Kind of Magic • WHILE THEIR RIVALS STUMBLED, QUEEN HIT THE ’80S LIKE A TRAIN. FROM DRUGS AND DISCOS TO CLASHES WITH DAVID BOWIE, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE BRITISH BAND’S IMPERIOUS DECADE
THE GAME
FLASH GORDON
HOT SPACE
THE WORKS
A KIND OF MAGIC
THE MIRACLE
CHAPTER 4 Queen Live
Killer Queen • NOBODY COULD TOUCH THE CLASSIC QUEEN LINEUP AS A LIVE FORCE. HERE ARE FIVE STANDOUT SHOWS THAT ROCKED US…
CHAPTER 5 The 1990s
The Show Must Go On… • BOWING OUT IN THE EARLY NINETIES: IT WAS TIME FOR MR MERCURY’S CURTAIN CALL
INNUENDO
Who Wants to Live Forever • FREDDIE MERCURY’S TRAGIC DEATH FROM AIDS IN 1991 DEALT A SHATTERING BLOW TO ROCK’N’ROLL. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE SINGER’S ILLNESS, DIAGNOSIS AND LAST DAYS
MADE IN HEAVEN
CHAPTER 6 Legacy
QUEEN Forever • POST-FREDDIE, QUEEN TOOK THEIR OWN ADVICE ABOUT ‘KEEPING YOURSELF ALIVE’: IT’S WHAT HE WOULD HAVE WANTED
We Are the Champions • QUEEN HAVE RESHAPED AND REDEFINED ROCK MUSIC FOR MILLIONS OF FANS: WE’LL REMEMBER THEM THIS WAY
The Story of Queen