Bohemian Rhapsody was Mercury’s brainchild, famously divided into three separate sections, capped by a short outro. The first ...

Queen performing at Live Aid in London in 1985 (photo: Pete Still / Redferns). At a time when rock stars had begun taking themselves a little too seriously, Queen was a band of unapologetic ...

Queen is largely considered one of the greatest rock bands of all time. They made lots of popular music, as well as plenty of overlooked material, that still measures up today. Many of the famous ones ...

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"This is a beautiful, John Barry-esque instrumental piece with some really, really high singing in it – the voice is used ...

Few classic rock bands have as many ubiquitous songs as Queen. It’s hard to go a day of listening to the radio and flipping channels without hearing “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” or one of ...

The Works from 1984 was a bit of a polarizing album. A lot of classic Queen fans weren’t thrilled about the glittering synth elements that Queen had added to their sound. Regardless, it’s a killer ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...