by Mark Blake
Paterno, Peter 1, 2
Pearl, Ray 1, 2
Pearson, Rosemary 1, 2
Peel, John 1, 2
Penhaligon, David 1, 2
Penrose, Rick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Perez, Lisa 1
Perry, Joe 1
Peterson, Colin 1
Phillips, Arlene 1
Pink Floyd 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Pitt, Ken 1
Planer, Nigel 1
Plant, Robert 1
Police 1, 2, 3
Powell, Cozy 1, 2
Powell, Roger 1
Prenter, Paul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Presley, Elvis 1, 2
The Pretenders 1, 2, 3
Pretty Things 1, 2
Puddifoot, Douglas 1
punk 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Quale, Johnny 1, 2, 3
Quantick, David 1
Queen
Australian tours 1, 2, 3, 4
back catalogue 1, 2
band relations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Capitol signing 1
Champions of the World documentary 1
debut 1
demo tape 1, 2
EMI signing 1
European debut 1
fan base 1, 2
fan club 1, 2, 3
film soundtracks 1, 2, 3
first album 1, 2
Flash Gordon soundtrack 1
formation 1
Hungarian tour 1
Japan tours 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Live Aid 1, 2
logo 1
Magic: Queen in Budapest documentary 1
The Magic Years documentary 1
management 1, 2, 3
music industry awards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
origins of name 1
promo videos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Queen/Bowie collaboration 1
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction 1
South African tour 1
South American tours 1, 2, 3, 4
stage clothes 1, 2, 3
tax exiles 1, 2, 3
television debut 1
US tours 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
working practices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
see also albums; songs; and individual band members
Queen + Paul Rodgers 1, 2
Queen Films 1, 2
Queen Live at the Rainbow 1
RAF 1
Rainbow 1
Rana, Victory 1, 2
Ranken, Josephine 1
Rea, Chris 1, 2
The Reaction 1, 2
Read, Mike 1
Reed, Lou 1, 2
Reed, Phil 1
Reid, Bill 1, 2
Reid, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Reid, Terry 1
Reizner, Lou 1, 2
Rhodes, Nick 1
Rhodes, Zandra 1, 2
Rhys-Jones, Griff 1, 2
Rice, Tim 1
Richards, Bill 1
Richards, David 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Richards, Keith 1
Richardson, Tony 1, 2
Rock, Mick 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Rockfield Studios 1, 2
Rodgers, Paul 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Rolling Stones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Rondo Talent Agency 1
Ronson, Mick 1, 2
Rose, Axl 1, 2, 3
Rosen, Steven 1
Ross, Jonathan 1
Rossacher, Hannes 1, 2
Rota, Jose 1, 2
Roth, Dave Lee 1
Rotten, Johnny 1
Roxy Music 1, 2
Rudge, Pete 1
Rudis, Al 1
Sagliocci, Pino 1, 2, 3
St John, Bridget 1
St Peter’s Boys School 1
The Sands 1
Sanger, John 1, 2, 3, 4
Sarm East 1, 2
Sartori, Maxanne 1
Savoy Brown 1
Sayer, Leo 1
Scorpions 1, 2
Scott, Ken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Seger, Bob 1
Sex Pistols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Seymour, Jane 1
Shah, Subash 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sheffield, Barry 1
Sheffield, Norman 1, 2, 3, 4
Silver Bullet Band 1
Silver Jubilee 1
Simmons, Sylvie 1
Simply Red 1
Sims, Sylvia 1
Singer, Eric 1
Smile 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Smith, Chris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Smith, Mel 1, 2
Smith, Mick ‘Miffer’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Snell, John 1, 2
Soft Machine 1
songs ‘A Human Body’ 1
‘A Kind of Magic’ 1
‘A Winter’s Tale’ 1
‘All Dead All Dead’ 1
‘All God’s People’ 1, 2
‘Another One Bites The Dust’ 1, 2, 3
‘Back Chat’ 1, 2
‘Bicycle Race’ 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Big Spender’ 1, 2, 3
‘Bijou’ 1
‘Body Language’ 1
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
‘Breakthru’ 1, 2
‘Brighton Rock’ 1, 2
‘Bring Back That Leroy Brown’ 1
‘Calling All Girls’ 1, 2
‘Christmas on Earth Continued’ 1
‘Coming Soon’ 1, 2
‘Cool Cat’ 1, 2
‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Dancer’ 1
‘Dead On Time’ 1
‘Dear Friends’ 1
‘Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)’ 1, 2
‘Delilah’ 1, 2
‘Doing Alright’ 1, 2
‘Don’t Lose Your Head’ 1
‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ 1, 2, 3
‘Don’t Try Suicide’ 1
‘Dragon Attack’ 1
‘Dreamers Ball’ 1
‘Drowse’ 1
‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ 1, 2
‘Father to Son’ 1, 2
‘Fight Fromthe Inside’ 1
‘Flick of the Wrist’ 1, 2, 3
‘Friends Will Be Friends’ 1, 2
‘Fun It’ 1
‘Get Down, Make Love’ 1
‘Gimme the Prize (Kurgan’s Theme)’ 1
‘Going’ Back’ 1
‘Good Company’ 1
‘Good Old-Fashioned Loverboy’ 1, 2
‘Great King Rat’ 1, 2
‘Hammer to Fall’ 1, 2
‘Hangman’ 1, 2
‘Headlong’ 1, 2, 3
‘Heaven for Everyone’ 1
‘The Hitman’ 1
‘I Can’t Live With You’ 1
‘I Go Crazy’ 1
‘I Want It All’ 1
‘I Want To Break Free’ 1, 2, 3, 4
‘If You Can’t Beat Them’ 1
‘I’m Going Slightly Mad’ 1, 2
‘I’m in Love With My Car’ 1
‘In Only Seven Days’ 1
‘In the Lap of the Gods’ 1, 2, 3
‘Innuendo’ 1, 2
‘The Invisible Man’ 1
‘Is This the World We Created?’ 1
‘It’s a Beautiful Day’ 1
‘It’s a Hard Life’ 1, 2
‘It’s Late’ 1
‘Jealousy’ 1
‘Jesus’ 1, 2
‘Kashoggi’s Ship’ 1
‘Keep On Passing the Open Windows’ 1
‘Keep Yourself Alive’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
‘Killer Queen’ 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Las Palabros de Amor’ 1
‘Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon’ 1
‘Leaving Home Ain’t Easy’ 1
‘Let Me Entertain You’ 1, 2
‘Liar’ 1, 2, 3
‘Life is Real’ 1
‘Lily of the Valley’ 1
‘Long Away’ 1
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��Loser in the End’ 1
‘Love of my Life’ 1
‘Machines (or Back to Humans)’ 1, 2
‘Mad the Swine’ 1
‘The Man From Manhattan’ 1
‘Man on the Prowl’ 1
‘March of the Black Queen’ 1
‘The Millionaire’s Waltz’ 1
‘The Miracle’ 1, 2
‘Misfire’ 1, 2
‘Modern Times Rock ’n’ Roll’ 1
‘More of That Jazz’ 1
‘Mother’s Love’ 1, 2
‘Mustapha’ 1
‘My Baby Does Me’ 1
‘My Fairy King’ 1
‘My Melancholy Blues’ 1
‘Need Your Loving Tonight’ 1
‘The Night Comes Down’ 1, 2
‘Now I’m Here’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘Ogre Battle’ 1, 2
‘One Vision’ 1, 2, 3
‘One Year of Love’ 1
‘Pain is So Close to Pleasure’ 1, 2, 3
‘Party’ 1
‘Play the Game’ 1, 2, 3
‘Princes of the Universe’ 1, 2
‘Procession’ 1
‘The Prophet’s Song’ 1
‘Put Out the Fire’ 1, 2
‘Radio Ga Ga’ 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Rain Must Fall’ 1
‘Ride the Wild Wind’ 1
‘Rock It’ 1
‘Sail Away Sweet Sister’ 1, 2
‘Save Me’ 1, 2
‘Scandal’ 1, 2
‘Seaside Rendezvous’ 1
‘See What a Fool I’ve Been’ 1
‘Seven Seas of Rhye’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘She Makes Me’ 1
‘Sheer Heart Attack’ 1, 2
‘The Show Must Go On’ 1, 2
‘Sleeping on the Sidewalk’ 1, 2
‘Some Day One Day’ 1
‘Somebody to Love’ 1, 2, 3
‘Son and Daughter’ 1, 2
‘Spread Your Wings’ 1, 2
‘Staying Power’ 1, 2
‘Stone Cold Crazy’ 1
‘Sweet Lady’ 1
‘Tear It Up’ 1
‘Tenement Funster’ 1, 2
‘Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)’ 1, 2
‘Thank God It’s Christmas’ 1
‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’ 1, 2, 3
‘Tie Your Mother Down’ 1, 2, 3
‘Under Pressure’ 1, 2, 3, 4
‘Was It All Worth It?’ 1
‘We Are the Champions’ 1, 2, 3, 4
‘We Will Rock You’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
‘White Man’ 1
‘White Queen (As It Began)’ 1, 2
‘Who Needs You’ 1
‘Who Wants to Live For Ever’ 1, 2, 3
‘You and I’ 1
‘You Don’t Fool Me’ 1
‘You Take My Breath Away’ 1, 2
‘You’re My Best Friend’ 1, 2
Sorum, Matt 1
Sour Milk Sea 1
Southall, Brian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Sparks 1, 2, 3
Spinal Tap 1, 2
Spooky Tooth 1
The Spotnicks 1
Spyrogyra 1
Squier, Billy 1, 2, 3, 4
Staffell, Tim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Stansfeld, Lisa 1
Status Quo 1
Stevens, Cat 1
Stewart, Rod 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Stewart, Tony 1
Stickells, Gerry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Sting 1, 2
Stoddart, Peter 1
Stone, Mike 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Straight Eight 1, 2
Straker, Peter 1, 2, 3
The Strangers 1
The Stranglers 1
Stratton-Smith, Tony 1, 2
Style Council 1
Sugar Shack 1, 2, 3
Sunbury Rock Festival 1
Supercharge 1
synthesizers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Taite, Dylan 1
Taste 1
Taupin, Bernie 1
Taylor, Chris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Taylor, Elizabeth 1, 2
Taylor, John ‘Tupp’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Taylor, Roger 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 on the band chemistry 1
biology degree 1
on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ 1, 2
on Bowie 1
dentistry course 1, 2
early musical activity 1
on fame 1, 2
family background 1
and the Flash Gordon soundtrack 1
on Freddie Mercury 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
and the Freddie Mercury tribute concert 1, 2
and Freddie Mercury’s death 1
love of powerboats 1, 2
properties 1, 2
on punk 1, 2
Queen + Paul Rodgers 1
in The Reaction 1, 2
relationships and children 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
on the Sex Pistols 1
in Smile 1, 2
solo projects and collaborations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
song-writing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Taylor, Winifred 1
Teardrop Explodes 1
Ten Years After 1 10cc 1, 2
Terence Higgins Trust 1, 2
Testa, Bart 1
Testi, Ken 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Thin Lizzy 1, 2, 3, 4
Thomas, David 1
Thompson, Paul 1
Thompson, Richard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Thompson Twins 1
Top of the Pops 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Townshend, Pete 1, 2, 3
Townshend, Simon 1
Trident 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Trident Audio Productions 1, 2
Trident Video Productions 1
The Tridents 1, 2
The Troggs 1
Turner, Andy 1, 2, 3
Turner, Steve 1
Tyler, Steven 1
Tyrannosaurus Rex 1, 2
Tyrell, Rob 1, 2
U2 1, 2
Ure, Midge 1, 2
Valentin, Barbara 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Van Der Graaf Generator 1, 2, 3
Van Halen, Eddie 1
Van Zandt, Steven 1
Vanilla Ice 1
Vicious, Sid 1
Village People 1
‘Vince the Barman’ 1
Vincent, Paul 1
Viola, General Roberto 1, 2
Virginia Wolf 1
Visconti, Tony 1
Visser, Joop 1, 2
Von Sydow, Max 1
Walker, Billy 1
Wallace, Eugene 1, 2
Walsh, Steve 1
Ward, Charles 1
Ward, Kingsley 1, 2
Waterman, Dennis 1
Watts, Charlie 1, 2
Watts, Paul 1, 2
Wayne’s World (film) 1
We Will Rock You (musical) 1, 2, 3, 4
Weller, Paul 1
Westwood, Vivienne 1
Wham! 1, 2
Whitesnake 1
Whitton Beat Club Network 1
The Who 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Wigg, David 1, 2, 3
Williams, Boris 1
Williams, Dave 1, 2
Williams, Robbie 1, 2
Wishbone Ash 1
Wonder, Stevie 1
Wood, Ron 1
Woodcock, Patrick 1
Workman, Geoff 1
Wreckage 1, 2
X-Ray Spex 1
Yardbirds 1, 2, 3, 4
Yeadon, Terry 1, 2, 3, 4
Yes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Young, Paul 1
Young, Richard 1, 2, 3, 4
Zanzibar
1, 2
Zellis, Brian 1
Zorastrianism 1, 2, 3
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‘We all wanted to be Elvis’: Fred (né Farrokh) Bulsara (right) with fellow pupils and Hectics bandmates Victory Rana and Bruce Murray, St Peter’s School, Panchgani, India, circa 1958. Courtesy of Bruce Murray
The ‘charmingly shy’ Fred Bulsara (third right), with his earliest friends in England, including Patrick Connolly (fourth right), Brian Fanning (second right) and Adrian Morrish (far right), Isleworth Polytechnic, 1965. Courtesy of Adrian Morrish
Fred Bulsara and friends, impersonating The Shadows outside 42b Addison Gardens, Shepherds Bush (from left): Paul Humberstone, Richard Thompson, Bulsara, Tim Staffell (in Hank Marvinstyle glasses) and Chris Smith, circa 1969. Courtesy of Mark Haywood
Fred Bulsara with fellow students (clockwise, from left) Tim Staffell, the late Paul Fielder and Chris Smith (back to the camera), Ealing Technical College And School Of Art, London, 1969. Courtesy of Mark Haywood
Fred Bulsara (far right) on the weekend of his first gig as a lead singer, with members of Ibex and their entourage, including Mick ‘Miffer’ Smith (far left) and Ken Testi (third left, seated), Bolton, August 1969. Courtesy of Mark Haywood
Four fifths of 1984 (from left): Richard Thompson, Tim Staffell, Brian May and John ‘Jag’ Garnham, at an airfield in Hertfordshire, 1964. Courtesy of Richard Thompson
Sour Milk Sea, photographed for the Oxford Mail, March 1970. From left: Fred Bulsara (‘He told us his name was Fred Bull’), Chris Chesney (né Dummett), Jeremy ‘Rubber’ Gallop (seated), Paul Milne and Rob Tyrrel.
‘Super-brain’ Brian May (bottom, right) with 1984 bandmates (from top left) John ‘Jag’ Garnham and Richard Thompson and (bottom left) Dave Dilloway, circa 1968. Courtesy of Richard Thompson