Queen consists of Brian May (guitar, lead vocals on some tracks, background vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), Roger Taylor (drums, lead vocals on some tracks, background vocals).
Queen is a British rock band that came to popularity during the mid- 1970s, amassing an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. Their worldwide sales figures are usually estimated between 100 and 200 million records; however, "over 190 million albums" was claimed at their UK Music Hall of Fame induction in 2004 .
Though often panned by critics, especially in the US, in recent years the group's critical stock has increased considerably; they have generally become recognized as pioneers of arena rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and progressive rock and been cited as influential to the sound of later artists (see "Influence on Modern Music" later in the article), and in 2001 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. The band also paved the way for the commercial music video, having promoted their 1975 hit " Bohemian Rhapsody" with a conceptual promo released worldwide, considered by many to be of the first true music video.
Their band's crest (pictured) was designed by Freddie Mercury and includes the zodiac signs of all four members surrounding a Phoenix - two lions, to represent two Leos Roger Taylor and John Deacon, a crab for Cancer representing Brian May and fairies representing Virgo which represent Freddie Mercury.
Although Freddie Mercury wrote the majority of the songs on Queen's "Greatest Hits" album, he was not the only important songwriter in the group. On the contrary, all four members of the group wrote major hits: Freddie Mercury ( 1946- 1991), vocals, keyboards/ piano, guitar (" Killer Queen" , " Bohemian Rhapsody" , " Somebody to Love" , " We Are the Champions" , " Crazy Little Thing Called Love", " Innuendo" ) Brian May CBE ( 1947-), guitars, vocals, keyboards/piano (" Tie Your Mother Down" , " We Will Rock You" , " Hammer to Fall" , " Who Wants to Live Forever" , " The Show Must Go On") Roger Taylor ( 1949-), drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards, guitar (" Radio Ga Ga" , " A Kind of Magic" , " These Are the Days of Our Lives" , " Heaven for Everyone") John Deacon ( 1951-), bass guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards (" You're My Best Friend" , " Spread Your Wings" , " Another One Bites the Dust" , " I Want to Break Free")