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Could it be The Who? David Bowie, perhaps? Or a Ken Russellized version of Liberace? None of the above. "We're just Queen," says Freddie Mercury, 29, the group's lead singer, pianist and songwriter. Adds Guitarist Brian May: "We're not styled on anybody...
...five years Mercury and May and their two colleagues, Drummer Roger Meddows Taylor and Bass Guitarist John Deacon, did not have much to show for their declared independence. They suffered from what Taylor describes as "a distinct lack of money." But lately Queen's fortunes have been rising fast. Under the guidance of Manager John Reid, 26, who also handles Elton John, Queen has become the monarch of British rock. A few weeks ago, Bohemian Rhapsody, a six-minute cut that mingles introspection with Gilbert and Sullivan operatics, hit the top of the British music charts. Queen...
Queen prides itself on not using synthesizers to fill out its sound. Guitarist May's complex overdubbings of electric guitar with varied amplifiers can simulate an entire orchestra. Queen's retinue includes technicians, roadies, sound and lighting engineers-needed to manage tons of equipment, including a dry-ice smoke generator and a bubble-blowing machine. Heavy rock, indeed...
When she went to Manhattan eight years ago, she tried acting and writing for rock magazines, then published two books of poems and worked on a play. Eventually she gave poetry readings, accompanied by a guitarist. The readings became singings, and she added a bassist, a drummer and a piano player...
...pride--told a small entourage of newmen following him to the dressing room about his seven-year-old daughter Amy, who attends a school back in Plains where she learns her daily lessons in a classroom with more black than white students from a black teacher. He greeted lead guitarist Betts with an earthy, "Goddam, how are you, man." Then Carter admired the red-and-white-knit-baseball-jersey-type shirt that TV hipster Geraldo Rivera was sporting--it read, "Win, Lose or Draw...The Allman Brothers-Jimmy Carter Benefit Concert...