Freddy Mercury
College of Art. In 1969, Freddie graduated from Ealing with a Diploma in Art and
Design. Freddie was a huge fan of Jimmy Hendrix and was still very interested in
music.
In 1970 Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May and Mike Grose formed a band
called 'Queen'. After a turnstyle type rotation of bass players, John Deacon joined
Queen in 1971 and Queen as we know it was formed. Queen recorded a debut
album which had limited success but Queens early hits were Freddies songs, 'Seven
Seas Of Rhye', 'Killer Queen' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
Freddie, during a Queen break in 1983, wanted to record a solo album and booked
studio time at Musicland in Munich. On September 10, 1984 Freddie's first solo
single, 'Love Kills' was released. Other solo releases included 'I Was Born To Love
You' and this preceeded the April 9, 1985 release of Freddie's first solo album Mr.
Bad Guy was released by CBS Records.