Brian May
Born July 19, 1947 · Hampton, Middlesex, England, UK
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).
Notable Appearances
Movies
Killer Queen!
Live Aid
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
Queen: Live at Earl's Court Arena
Queen: Live At Budokan
Queen: Live at the Museum Square Amsterdam
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
My Chemical Romance: Reading Festival 2011
Queen: Champions of the World
Queen: Live at the Rainbow '74
We Will Rock You
Queen: Rock the World
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Queen + Adam Lambert: Rock Big Ben Live
Live Aid Against All Odds
Zucchero | Sugar Fornaciari
Motörhead: 25 & Alive Boneshaker
More Movies
Red Hot Rock
Queen: Live Aid
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
Jean-Michel Jarre - Starmus: Bridge from the Future
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Queen + Adam Lambert: iHeart Radio Music Festival
Life After Flash
The Day We Walked on the Moon
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions
Foo Fighters: Hyde Park
Queen - Heaven
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live in Kyiv, Ukraine
The Story of the Yardbirds
Queen: Magic Years - A Visual Anthology
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live in Budapest '86
Rhapsody Over London
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
Queen Rock Montreal
Queen + Adam Lambert: Tour Watch Party
Pavarotti & Friends
Queen: On the Rock Trail
Rock: the origin
Freddie Mercury: The King of Queen
Jean-Michel Jarre - Bridge from the Future
Platinum Party at the Palace
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 3
Liam Gallagher: As It Was
Queen: Live in Hyde Park
Live Aid
The Sunflower Superjam 2012
Queen: A Night in Bohemia
Queen: Days of Our Lives
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
Brian May's Brief History of 3D
Queen: Greatest Flix II
Queen: Live in Argentina
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert
The Look and Sound of Queen
Queen : The American Dream
Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2
Katy Perry: Night of a Lifetime
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
The Rory Gallagher Story
Queen - We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan 1985
Freddie Mercury: A Kind of Magic
The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen: A Night at the Odeon
Brian May - Live in Barcelona 1993
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
Queen: We Are the Champions – The Story of the Greatest Sports Anthem of All Time
We are the Champions - 50 Jahre Queen
Queen + Adam Lambert - Great Lawn in Central Park
Guitar Legends EXPO '92 at Sevilla - The Hard Rock Night
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
Queen: Is This The Real Life?
Bohemian Rhapsody: Recreating Live Aid
Queen + Adam Lambert: Fire Fight Australia
The Queen Special
Queen: The Band that Rocked the World
Queen: Live in Japan 1982
Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
QUEEN - The Hot Space Box
Queen: Live In Rio
Queen + Adam Lambert: Live Around The World
Prince's Trust Rock Gala - Volume 1
Queen & Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio (Lisboa)
Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends
Queen: Greatest Flix I and II
The Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Queen at the BBC
Queen - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 10th Anniversary Documentary
Queen: Days of Our Lives
ABBA V Queen
Brian May & Kerry Ellis - The Candlelight Concerts Live at Montreux
Queen: Rock Case Studies
Bon Jovi | Access All Areas: A Rock & Roll Odyssey
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony
Die Helene Fischer Show - Meine schönsten Momente
Queen: Greatest Video Hits
Inside the Rhapsody
Queen: Definitive Houston
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1
Queen: Queen I
Guitar
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl
The Very Best of Freddie Mercury and Queen
I Was There: When the Beatles Played the Cavern
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 2
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine
Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits
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QUEEN - News Of The World [40th Anniversary]
Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me
Story Of Queen: Mercury Rising
Queen: The Magic Years vol. 3
Queen: Greatest Flix
Queen: We Are The Champions - Live In Europe
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
Queen Under Review: 1973-1980
Classic Albums: Queen - The Making of A Night at the Opera
Buddy Holly: Rave On
Bad Company | The Official Authorized 40th Anniversary Documentary
Live Killers
Pavarotti & Friends for SOS Iraq
13 Moments That Made Freddie Mercury and Queen
The Yardbirds: In Their Own Words
Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert
Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud
Queen and Adam Lambert: Rock in Rio 2015
Queen : Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space
Zucchero | Zu and co.: Live at Royal Albert Hall
Der Echte Freddie Mercury - Die Münchner Jahre
The Queen Phenomenon
Queen: A Magic Year
Queen: Live at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010
Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live In Japan
Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
The Brian May Band - Live at the Brixton Academy
Paul Rodgers And Friends - Live At Montreux
