Brian May
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).
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
1991
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
2016
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
2014
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
2009
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
2002
Live Aid
2004
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
2004
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
2019
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2022
Life After Flash
2017
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
2011
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
2011
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
1992
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
2024
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
2022
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
1994
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
Live Aid
1985
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
2005
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
2005
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
1990
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
1994
The Look and Sound of Queen
2019
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
2006
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
2019
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
2006
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
2021
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
2011
The Day We Walked on the Moon
2019
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
2007
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
1992
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
2024
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
2002
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
1986
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025