We STILL rock you: Re-releases chart Queen’s rise to power

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Freddie Mercury once predicted that Queen would be ‘the Cecil B. DeMille of rock’. A natural showman, he saw nothing wrong in comparing his over-the-top approach to that of an American film director noted for his flamboyance.

And Queen lived up to Freddie’s billing. One of the most successful British groups of all time, they set the benchmark for stadium-rock, stole the show at 1985’s Live Aid and gave us such crowd-pleasing anthems as We Are The Champions and Another One Bites The Dust.

Twenty years after Mercury’s death, their legacy lives on. Some of the world’s biggest acts, from the Foo Fighters to Katy Perry, cite them as a major influence. Lady Gaga named herself after one of their hits, Radio Ga-Ga. The stage musical We Will Rock You continues its West End run.