The Queen Rock Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on October 20, 2009 – 1:44 pm -Queen – British Rock Band
Queen is a reputed British rock band which got formed during the year 1970. This band actually contained a lead vocalist by the name Freddie Mercury, drummer Roger Taylor and Bassist John Deacon. They have been portrayed as greatest live performers ever and they have produced the greatest hit single in music history and they remain as best British pop band of all times. They have published fifteen studio albums, 5 live albums and myriad compilation albums. The record label EMI of this band, reported a worldwide album sale of around 300 million albums in the year 2009 as per the report from BBC and other sources.
The band had great success in UK during 1970s but with the release of albums A Night at Opera in 1975 and the Sheer Heart Attack in 1974, they gained an international success both commercially and critically. A Night at the Opera featured the famous “Bohemian Rhapsody” which remained in top position in the charts of UK for around 9 weeks. Their success continues during eighties and nineties. Mercury was diagnosed and found HIV positive during the year 1991 and he died of Bronchopneumonia which is an AIDS complication. During the year 1997, Deacon retired. After that Taylor and May have performed sporadically in various programs and special events. Queen was placed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the year 2001. Read more »
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Pink Floyd Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on October 7, 2009 – 1:42 pm -Review of Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd is an eccentric and popular multi-platinum band of rock era, which has made some exceptional cinematic sound effects in their albums “Wish You were Here”, “Meddle” and “Dark Side of the Moon”. It is a famous English rock band who got popular through their psychedelic music during late 1960s and for the progressive rock music during the 1970s after they emerged into a popular band. They are reputed for using philosophical lyrics, very good album arts, amazing live shows and sonic experimentation. They have sold more than 200 million albums overall, which includes seventy four million certified units in US alone.
This band was formed during 1965 with university students namely Bob Klose, Nick Mason, Roger water, Syd Barret and Richard Wright. The group has a great fixture on underground music scene in London and they released to singles “See Emily Play” and “Amold Layne” under leadership of Barret. Their commercial success came with the album “The Piper at the gates of dawn”. David Gilmour a famous singer and Guitarist joined the line-up during 1968 and they removed Barrett from the band owing to his erratic behavior. After the departure of Barret, Roger Waters, who was the singer and bass player became the most powerful figure in the band after which they achieved commercial success with concept albums like Rock opera The wall, Wish You were here, Animals and The Dark Side of the Moon. Read more »
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