Queen

Few other rock bands have been able to bring together seemingly incompatible elements like Queen. Macho and masculine like Led Zeppelin, The Who, and Deep Purple, yet affected, cheesy and musically pretentious like only Marc Bolan, Kiss and 10cc. Drummer Taylor and guitar astronomer May had already found each other in 1967. With frontman Mercury and John Deacon on bass, Queen was complete. And they remained so until Mercury's unexpected and inevitable death in 1991. Lead singer Freddie Mercury was known for his incredible vocal range, but did you know he could also play the piano with his feet? Guitarist Brian May is a trained astrophysicist and has a PhD in astronomy. Drummer Roger Taylor once tried to play the triangle during a live performance, but it didn't go as planned. He ended up knocking over the entire percussion section. Bassist John Deacon wrote the hit song "Another One Bites the Dust" in just a few