Genres: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: July 19, 1947 in Twickenham, London, England
The Beatles, Jeff Beck, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Tony Iommi, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, The Shadows, Joe Satriani, Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, George Harrison, Rick Nielsen Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, David Gilmour, Alex Lifeson, John Petrucci, Randy Rhoads, Tom Scholz, Slash, Ty Tabor, Nigel Tufnel, Eddie Van Halen, John Hoag, Billy Corgan, Phil Collen, Ace Frehley, Gary Moore, Joe Perry, Michael Schenker, Neal Schon |  |
Few rock guitarists possess a playing style as instantly recognizable as Queen's Brian May. With his orchestrated guitar armies (multi-tracked guitar lines overdubbed on top of each other) and instantly memorable, well-constructed melodic leads, May is in a class all by himself. Born in Hampton, Middlesex, in July 1947, May showed an interest in music at a very early age -- learning to play the ukulele and piano before receiving his first guitar as a present on his seventh birthday. Shortly thereafter, May and his father began to build a custom guitar from scratch. Completed two years later, the one-of-a-kind instrument would become known as the Red Special, a guitar that would later become May's sonic and visual trademark throughout his career.
It wasn't long until May began to pick up a thing or two from such popular rock guitarists as the Shadows' Hank Marvin, Elvis Presley's sideman Scotty Moore, and Buddy Holly.
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Release: August 25, 1998
Label: EMI
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Release: August 4, 1998
Label: Hollywood, Parlophone
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