Queen (band)

Queen is a British rock band which came to popularity during the mid-1970s, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. They have sold an estimated 190 million records around the world and, in their home country of Britain, remain second only to The Beatles in terms of sales and collectability (though in 2005, they actually exceeded the number of weeks spent on the British chart by The Beatles).

Influence on modern music

Queen is remembered for its never-seen-before theatrics, showmanship, camp and bombast so much that critics have since classified the band as a major player in the evolution of rock music. Queen is noted in particular for its musical eclecticism and ground-breaking live shows. Queen is credited by artists as diverse as Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Guns n' Roses, Def Leppard, Trent Reznor, Robbie Williams, George Michael, Metallica, The Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day (for their album "American Idiot"), Foo Fighters, and The Darkness, and Joan Osborne as having a major influence on their sounds.

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Iron Maiden - Motley Crue - Guns n' Roses - Def Leppard - Trent Reznor - Robbie Williams - George Michael - Metallica - The Smashing Pumpkins - Green Day - American Idiot - Foo Fighters - The Darkness

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Queen's theme music for Flash Gordon later became the inspiration of the theme music for The Big O.

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Flash Gordon - The Big O

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