Fill in the Blanks QueenOnline version Complete the text with the missing words. by Soraya Music 1 success album history heavy sporting biggest Rhapsody diagnosed performance year died by anthems rock number influenced Queen are a British band formed in London in 1970 Freddie Mercury ( lead vocals , piano ) , Brian May ( guitar , vocals ) , and Roger Taylor ( drums , vocals ) , later joined by John Deacon ( bass ) . Their earliest works were by progressive rock , hard rock , and metal , but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio . Queen first charted in the UK with their second , Queen II , in 1974 . Sheer Heart Attack later that and A Night at the Opera in 1975 brought them international . The latter featured " Bohemian " , which stayed at one in the UK for nine weeks and helped popularise the music video format . The band's 1977 album News of the World contained " We Will Rock You " and " We Are the Champions " , which have become at events . By the early 1980s , Queen were one of the stadium rock bands in the world . " Another One Bites the Dust " ( 1980 ) became their best - selling single . Their at the 1985 Live Aid concert is ranked among the greatest in rock by various publications . In August 1986 , Mercury gave his last performance with Queen at Knebworth , England . Though he kept his condition private , Mercury was with AIDS in 1987 . On 23 November 1991 , Mercury publicly revealed that he had AIDS , and the next day of bronchopneumonia , a complication of AIDS .
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