Queen II Research Paper

Queen is a British rock band that became one of the most popular groups of the 1970s through its fusion of heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics. Formed in 1971, Queen consisted of 4 members, Freddie mercury as the front man and principal songwriter, guitarist Brian May, bassist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor; they signed with EMI around 1973. The band became known for their extravagant lead singers whose vocal style and onstage tactics shaped the band’s personality.
The self-titled first album failed to receive much claim, but Queen II became a British breakthrough in early 1974. Following the release of Queen II, the group went on its first American tour. Shortly after, Queen released their third album, “sheer heart attack”, which made its way to number two with the song “killer queen”. Not only that, the third album paved a road to America as well, setting the stage for the fourth album titled “a Night at the Opera”. The song “Bohemian Rhapsody” from the fourth album became one of the group’s signature song. This song and its respective album, were successful in both Britain and America, the album went up in the Top 10 and quickly went platinum. The next album, “A Day at the Races”, quickly reached number 1 in the U.K and number 5 in America. As their albums kept going into the Top ten, always going gold
This single became their first number one single since “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the U.K and made it to the Top 30 in the U.S, it was also included in “Hot Space” and their “Greatest Hits” albums. The riff of this single became a component of another song in the 90s as it was “borrowed” by the rapper Vanilla Ice for his hit single “Ice, Ice baby”. At the beginning, Vanilla Ice denied he stole the bassline from Queen’s song but later said he “modified it” but since he did not pay for credit from the original writers, this resulted in a lawsuit from Bowie and