Founded in London, UK in 1971 - Still active as of 2017 Queen intended to be a larger than life rock group, the music. The 1970s were a time for excess, especially in rock music, and few bands came quite as close to epitomising this excess as Queen. Queen intended to be a larger than life rock group, the music had to be perfect, with drama, bombast and excess in the recordings. Queen maintained this approach throughout their career, and quickly adopted and developed music video styles using the most up-to-date technologies for the time, creating what was arguably the first artistic promo video for "Bohemian Rhapsody".īut the real arena for Queen was the live shows, where both the music and the dramatic presentation of the music, made up the whole package, the visual experience was almost on a par with the music. In their early years Queen fully embraced the ideals of Progressive Rock, The musical style they adopted was surprisingly rich and varied, fusing the exaggerated pomp of prog rock and the energy of early heavy metal, with Vaudeville, operatics and classical music devices, using multi-layered guitars and overdubbed vocals to create a bombastic, energetic, yet often soulful and even somewhat camp sound. Keeping a close eye on the mainstream, the band never stopped growing, developing and changing their style - yet somehow always managed to retain an essential sound that was unique and remains unchallenged as a pinnacle of rock music to the present day. One of the most progressive aspects of their early music was their approach to the compositional arrangements.
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