Bryan May

He was the son of a handyman service and electronic musicians. He was joined inherited his father's talent in the field of soldering and music. But she was able to balance the interest in the technology and musicians and then proceeded to reach a degree in Physics. In his spare time he took a guitar assisted by his father. This homemade guitar which then becomes a trade-mark Brian May in each appearance.

While still in school he formed his first band, 1984, which is an instrumental band.Their band gigs around the city of London and the opening performance artist / legendary bands like Traffic, Jimmi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and Tyrannosaurus Rex (later known as T-Rex). In 1968, he left the band to focus on his studies at Imperial College.

At college, May Roger Taylor often hang out together and then formed a trio hard rock band called Smile. He also continued his education instead S2 level in math and science majors, but then instead decided to focus on the music fully.

Smile Band signed a contract with Mercury Records and released one single that did not achieve success. Then they add a Freddy Mercury on vocals, and changing the position of their band name became Queen.

Having worked with several bassists, they finally found and recruited John Deacon in 1971. Queen later signed a contract with EMI and released his debut album (Queen) in 1973 with the main strength of their album: a combination of Freddie Mercury and opera vocal riffs cool Brian May.

Brian May with Queen continues berekperimen by developing their sound. Albun A Night at the Opera was released in 1975 and spawned the hit song "Bohemian Rhapsody", which broadcast musical ability and their prowess as songwriters.

Both their next album A Day at the Races in 1976 and News of the World in 1977 also achieved great success on radio and in music stores with their hits like "We Will Rock You" and even "We Are The Champions" from the album News of the World instead be used to track victories in sports competitions around the world until now.

Interestingly, one of the songs from the album News, "It's Late" is a song where Brian May using two-handed tapping and hammer-on as a solo guitar and a year later the new Eddie Van Halen is known for two-handed tapping his own style. May said that the tapping technique that he uses diconteknya from a guitarist of the band club in the Texas area. According to the band's guitarist Billy Gibbons even (ZZ Top), who first used it and he just imitate.

After Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, the Queen officially disbanded. Only on special events such as the "Concert for Life tribute to Mercury" in 1992 (raising money for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, formed to raise awareness of the dangers of AIDS).

Brian May and more focus on solo careers, released Back to the Light in 1993. A year later he released Live at Brixton Academy, whose content is a combination of the songs solo career and from the collection of Queen songs. In 1998 he released an album titled Another World where Jeff Beck joined the guitar fills on the song "The Guv'nor". He is a gifted and giving effect in the '70s.

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