Brian May
A dedicated and skilled guitarist and songwriter best known for his role in the British classic rock band Queen. Despite being slightly overshadowed by singer Freddie Mercury, May has contributed largely to the Queen catologue and, being overall the most well-versed guitarist out of the four Queen members, was invaluable to the group. He penned many of Queen's finer tracks, including "
White Queen," "Brighton Rock," "
The Prophet's Song," "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)," and of course the world-famous "We Will Rock You." His trademark as a guitarist is the large amount of overdubs he often employs in his work, such as the solo to "
Killer Queen". May also has an intense interest in astrophysics; in fact, he was earning his PhD in the early days of Queen, but dropped out of college to work on music full-time. Then, in 2007, he picked up where he left off and officially attained his PhD. He has also co-written a book on the history of the universe.Brian May (or, rather, the 1970's version of May) is often lusted after--or, put more innocently, "crushed on"--by female Queen fans who sometimes identify themselves as "Mayniacs." Not that the author of this definition has anything in common with those people, of course...*
nervous laughter*
Brian May
by Rendevous on Aug 18, 2009 00:22:51
1 Legendary guitarist, best known for his work with the rock
band Queen.
2 One of the few people who suffers from a rare and obscure syndrome that makes it impossible for him to change his hairstyle.
3 Part time astronomer, author, guitar for hire and hero.
4 Writer and performer of some hugely succesful pop and rock songs.
5 Possible genius
6 Former partner of Anita
Dobson (actress best known for UK soap Eastenders) - no comment.
7 The man who wrote and performed "
Who Wants To Live Forever". For that alone, if nothing else, he deserves praise.
Brian May
by The-Invisible-Deaky on Mar 29, 2019 04:12:30
Brian May is the guitarist of the British rock band Queen. Brian started a band in 1968 with the name Smile and the members were Brian May (of course),
Roger Taylor, and Tim Staffell. The band was then renamed Queen in 1970. Brian May continued his career as a guitarist even after the death of Freddie Mercury in 1991 and
John Deacon's retirement in 1997. He, along with Roger Taylor, continue to perform along with Adam Lambert.
Brian May also has a degree in
Astrophysics and has authored many books.
Brian May
by crazy_queen_lovie <3 on Oct 15, 2019 07:14:37
the guitarrist of the british
band Queen and the sexiest man of the whole world. Obviously married with
Roger Taylor and loves the number 39 (because if not the song won´t exist) he will rock you with his
badgers and hedghogs
brian may
by n_e_h_o_w on Mar 14, 2019 09:16:07
brian may: a man that should be protected at all costs. the guitarist of a band called queen, now starring
Adam Lambert, then, Freddie Mercury. May is a man that wrote many hits such as “
We Will Rock You”, and “
Fat Bottomed Girls” for Queen. He is a bean and if anyone hurts him, everyone will be mad.
Brian may
by badger dad. on Aug 29, 2019 00:27:21
Brian may ''is part of a band called Queen'' and is a
badger dad who is also a
astrophysicist and because of that the song 39' was written, he is also the most softest grandpa ever and must be
protected. he ends sentences with
-Bri
(he is way much more you will just have to find out yourself)
Brian May Tone
by SpoonCabal on Aug 29, 2008 20:55:29
The beautiful, searing and singing tone with which Brian May has carved out a career as guitarist for Queen and a great songwriter in his own right.
Achieved by using his custom, handcrafted
Red Special instrument which was made from an old Victorian oak fireplace augmented with rosewood (for the fret board) and mahogany. This is then fed into a
Treble Booster (usually a modern one made by Greg Fryer) pedal, which is amplified by either the
Deacy amp or three VOX AC30s with other effects such as delay and flanger added.
Many players can buy equivelant replicas of the equipment Brian May uses, but very few players can play guitar with the same style and brilliance as the man himself.
Example:
Almost any Queen song has a good example of
Brian May tone, but the
crowning moment of awesome has to be all his parts on
Bohemian Rhapsody, especially the first solo where the guitar sounds like it is weeping and wailing.