Brian May

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Key facts

bertedatum19 July 1947

Beropgitarist, sjonger

berteplakHampton

magnum opusWe Will Rock You

sjênrerockmuzyk

Brian Harold May CBE (Hampton 19 july 1947) is in Ingelsk gitarist. Hy is bekend as de oprjochter en gitarist fan Queen. May en syn mei-bandleden fan Queen waarden yn 2001 opnaam yn de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Karriêre

Yn 1968 rjochte May de band Smile op, mei Tim Staffell as sjonger en bassist, letter kaam drummer Roger Taylor hjir by. Dizze band bestie mar twa jier, fan 1968 oant 1970. Neidat Smile ophâlden wie sette Brian May mei drummer Roger Taylor in nije band op, in sjonger waard fûn yn Farrokh Bulsara dy't himsels letter Freddie Mercury neamde en ek de betinker is fan de bandnamme Queen. In bassist wie dreger te finen mar yn 1971 waard John Deacon de bassist fan Queen. Nei it ferstjêren fan Freddie Mercury yn 1991 gie May solo fierder yn 1992 brocht hy syn earste solo album Back to the Light út.

Priveelibben

Brian May waard berne yn Hampton, Londen, Ingelân, as iennichst bêrn fan in technysk tekener. May folge fanôf 1970 in stúdzje stjerrekunde yn Londen mar studearre pas yn 2007 ôf. May is twa kear boaske en hat út syn earste houlik trije bêrn. May is al jierren aktyf as beskermer fan dassen.

Diskografy

Albums

Album	Utbrocht op	Band	Single(s)
Queen	13 july 1973	Queen	Keep Yourself Alive, Liar
Queen II	8 maart 1974		Seven Seas of Rhye
Sheer Heart Attack	8 novimber 1974		Killer Queen, Now I'm Here
A Night at the Opera	21 novimber 1975		Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend
A Day at the Races	10 desimber 1976		Somebody to Love, Tie Your Mother Down, Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together), Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, Long Away
News of the World	28 oktober 1977		We Are the Champions, Spread Your Wings, It's Late
Jazz	10 novimber 1978		Bicycle Race, Don't Stop Me Now, Mustapha, Jealousy
The Game	30 juny 1980		Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Save Me, Play the Game, Another One Bites the Dust, Need Your Loving Tonight
Flash Gordon	8 desimber 1980		Flash
Hot Space	21 maaie 1982		Under Pressure, Body Language, Las Palabras de Amor, Calling All Girls, Staying Power, Back Chat
The Works	27 febrewaris 1984		Radio Ga Ga, I Want to Break Free, It's a Hard Life, Hammer to Fall
A Kind of Magic	2 juny 1986		One Vision, Princes of the Universe, A Kind of Magic, One Year of Love, Friends Will Be Friends, Pain Is So Close to Pleasure, Who Wants to Live Forever
The Miracle	22 maaie 1989		I Want It All, Breakthru, The Invisible Man, Scandal, The Miracle
Innuendo	4 febrewaris 1991		Innuendo, I'm Going Slightly Mad, Headlong, These Are the Days of Our Lives, The Show Must Go On
Back to the Light	28 septimber 1992	Brian May	Driven by You, Too Much Love Will Kill You, Back to the Ligt, Resurrection, Last Horizon
Made in Heaven	6 novimber 1995	Queen	Heaven for Everyone, A Winter's Tale, Too Much Love Will Kill You, I Was Born to Love You, Let Me Live, You Don't Fool Me
Ghost of a Smile	1997	Smile
Another World	1 juny 1998	Brian May	Business, On My Way Up, Another World, Why Don't We Try Again
La musique de Furia	23 novimber 2000	Brian May

As gastmuzikant

Single(s)	Album	Utbrocht yn	Mei band
If We Believe	You Like It Clean	2002	Lynn Carey Saylor
Somebody to Love	Gems for Ruby	2009	Catherine Porter
Rockstar	Bad Intentions	2012	Dappy
Blue on Black	And Justice for None	2019	Five Finger Death Punch