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Queen

Larger-than-life U.K. arena-glam rockers who mastered the art of the pop single, led by the incomparable Freddie Mercury.

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Few bands embodied the pure excess of the '70s like Queen. Embracing the exaggerated pomp of prog rock and heavy metal, as well as vaudevillian music hall, the British quartet delved deeply into camp and bombast, creating a huge, mock-operatic sound with layered guitars and overdubbed vocals. Queen's music was a bizarre yet highly accessible fusion of the macho and the fey. One of the most dynamic and charismatic frontmen in rock history, vocalist Freddie Mercury brought an extravagant sense of camp to Queen, pushing them toward kitschy humor and pseudo-classical arrangements, as epitomized on their best-known song, [roviLink="MC"]"Bohemian Rhapsody." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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