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That awesome song you love but you don't know who sings it? Bet it was Queen. The unpredictable English quartet could be heavy rockers one minute ("Killer Queen,") rockabilly hit-makers the next ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love") and sometimes they were just way, way out there (the amphetamine-charged "Bicycle Race.") What can get lost in all the arena rock is the fact that Queen, as a band, was made up of uncommonly talented musicians. Their live energy was legendary and has given rise to tons of tribute concerts everyone from Axl Rose to Robbie Williams taking over vocal duties for the late Freddie Mercury but often two or three guitarists are employed to reproduce Brian May's possessed playing. In fact, Queen were almost single-handedly responsible for bringing rock n' roll to the arenas Freddie Mercury seemed to grow bigger with every round of applause and was famous for leading huge audiences in clapping along to the songs. Queen took the unique point-of-view that they were speaking out for themselves, not for any particular generation, which helps explain their glam rock sound. Other Queen hits, scattered over 10+ full-length albums, include "We Are the Champions," "We Will Rock You," "Another One Bites the Dust," "Radio Ga Ga," "I Wanna Break Free" and the David Bowie collaboration "Under Pressure." And then, of course, there's "Bohemian Rhapsody," off of what many consider the band's masterpiece, A Night At the Opera. The mysterious, 5:00+ song took three weeks to record. Queen's classic was released as a record breaking single and re-creates an opera in miniature, complete with intro, ballad, a capella, hard-rock break and outro.

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