Queen's Brian May Rocks Out To Physics, Photography
NPRQueen's Brian May Rocks Out To Physics, Photography Enlarge this image toggle caption courtesy of Queen courtesy of Queen Brian May, the lead guitarist in the British glam-rock band Queen, is a modern-day renaissance man. May, who played the guitar solo in "We Are the Champions," also sang the bass parts in Queen's rock opera "Bohemian Rhapsody" and penned the classic anthem "We Will Rock You." He gave it up to hit the road with Queen, but his background in physics helped the band in the recording studio: In "We Will Rock You," for example, he designed the sound of the famous "stomp stomp clap" section -- in order to make it sound like thousands of people were stomping and clapping -- based on his knowledge of sound waves and distances. Web Extra: The Story Of 'Killer Queen' Brian May explains the guitar solo on the Queen song 'Killer Queen' More On 'Killer Queen' Listen May went home that night and says he woke up the next morning with the "stomp stomp clap" line in his head.
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