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Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You" and "Fat Bottomed Girls". He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for "services to the music industry and his charity work". May earned a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College in 2007 and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. May currently resides in Surrey. In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time. He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

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Discography

  • Driven by You, 1991
  • Furia, 2000
  • Retro Rock Special, 1998
  • Red Special, 1998
  • Semi Unplugged VH1 Broadcast, 1998
  • Back to the Light, 1992
  • Too Much Love Will Kill You, 1992
  • Another World, 1998
  • Live at the Brixton Academy, 1994
  • 1993-03-14: Long Live the Queen: Beacon Theater, New York City, NY, USA, 1993
  • Resurrection, 1993
  • Live in UK 94 (disc 1)
  • Ultimate Rarities
  • Live in UK 94 (disc 2)
  • Back to the Light (disc 2), 1992
  • Back to the Light (disc 1), 1992
  • Last Horizon, 1993
  • 1998-11-10: Tokyo, Japan
  • Why Don't We Try Again, 1998
  • The Business (Rock on Cozy Mix), 1998
  • 1998-10-31: Manchester, UK
  • 2001-11-24: London, UK

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