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Brian May

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Biography

Brian Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and astrophysicist. He is the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He was the co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, and bass player John Deacon. As a member of Queen, he became regarded as a virtuoso musician and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work, often using a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. He has a short cameo in Queen's biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Bohemian Rhapsody

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Flash Gordon

Music

Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen

As Self (archive footage)

Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine

As Self

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Show Must Go On

From Freddie Mercury's operatic excess to the raw defiance of punk, this chain traces how cinema captures the transformative power of self-expression.

8 films

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