Bohemian rhapsody
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- Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals).
- I recommend Queen: "As It Began: The Authorized Biography" by Jim Jenkins (probably the best regarding accurate Queen timeline), "Queen Unseen" by Peter Hince.
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12 essential Queen books: Explore the world of the UK’s best-loved rock champions
Having sold more than 300 million albums around the world, not only are Queen one of the most successful bands of all time, they’re also one of the most loved. As a result, their legendary career has been documented in a number of books throughout the years. But which should you choose if you’re looking to expand your Queen knowledge? Here, we've created a list of 12 of the essential Queen books for you to explore.
Best Queen books: Our picks
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1. Queen In 3D by Brian May
A different angle on Queen's legendary career
Specifications
Author: Brian May
Publisher: The London Stereoscopic Company
Pages: 256
Formats: Hardback
Reasons to buy
The 3D effect is amazing
+Images span Queen's career
+Makes a great gift
Reasons to avoid
Queen I Queen Books Jump to: navigation, search Bibliography → Queen Books Queen - An Official Biography Plus Their Recent U.S. Royal Tour Year: 1976 Author: Larry Pryce Publisher: Star Books ISBN: 0352397462 Price: £0.50 Details: 124 pages, 8 pages b&w photos Year: 1976 Author: George Tremlett Publisher: Futura ISBN: 860074129 Price: £0.50 Details: 142 pages, 16 pages b&w photos Queen - The First Ten Years Year: 1981 Author: Mike West Publisher: Babylon Books ISBN: 0907188079 Price: Details: 112 pages, colour and b&w photos Queen - An Illustrated Biography Year: 1981 Author: Judith Davis Publisher: Proteus Publishing Limited ISBN: 0906071917 Price: Details: 96 pages, colour and b&w photos Queen's Greatest Pix Year: 1981 Author: Jacques Lowe Publisher: Quartet ISBN: 07043333899 Price: Details: 96 pages, colour photos Gluttons For Punishment - The South Copyright ©yambump.pages.dev 2025•
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Queen Unseen: My Life with the Greatest Rock Band of the 20th Century
This is NOT a book about Queen. As it says on the cover, this is a book about Peter Hince, the roadie for John Deacon and Freddy Mercury. Yes, it mentions the band as a whole (obviously, as he was touring with them), but this is an honest perspective of life on the road and the ups and downs that followed.
If you READ the book, it becomes clear throughout that the author had nothing but respect and genuine good feeling towards all of the band members. The final two paragraphs in the book (as elsewhere), express the authors gratitude for his time spent with the band and his respect for them all. Yes, he can come across as a bit of a tosser at times (been there, done that) , and he is certainly rude, crude and over the top (his nickname is Ratty) , but bear in mind the era was the 70s and 80s with one of the biggest bands in the world and he was lugging around amplifiers and being a general dogsbod