The guitarist says the 1984 deep cut exposed Mercury’s personal struggles and brought the two bandmates closer together ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Freddie Mercury needed only minutes to write "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," a song that became Queen's first American ...

Nicholas Kobe is a music journalist with experience interviewing, writing news, and covering live shows of artists in rock, metal, and pop music. He has interviewed a wide array of artists, including ...

More than three decades after his death, Freddie Mercury continues to set the standard for rock frontmen. The legendary Queen vocalist has been ranked the No. 1 greatest rock singer of all time by ...

In 1985 Freddie Mercury released his first and only fully solo album outside of Queen. Titled Mr. Bad Guy, the album showcased the pop influences Mercury couldn’t take advantage of during his time ...