Rock ‘n’ Roll. The First 25 Years: Queen. Succeeding first in America, they were among the best sellers months before achieving significant results at home. The group formed from the remnants of a minor league outfit called Smile, among whose members were guitarist #brianmay and drummer #rogermeadowstaylor , both of whom had forsaken specialist education, May in astronomy and Taylor in dentistry. Recruiting singing clothes-designer #freddiemercury and electronics graduate turned bassist #johndeacon , they struck again as #queen , espousing the current fashion for #glitterrock (or #glamrock as it had become known by this time) but also embracing heavy metal — though with a great more subtlety and complexity than most of their competitors. #rockandroll https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCFKqNFMgH/?igshid=sb6dk73srpk