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Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) born the
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He began taking piano lessons at the age of seven. No one could foresee where a love of music would take him. The Bulsara family moved to Middlesex in 1964 and from there Freddie joined up with a blues band called Wreckage while studying graphic design courses at Ealing College of Art.
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The Hectics (1958–1962) was an Indian school band. The members of the band were Freddie .The school-band was formed while all five were students at St. Peter's School, Panchgani, an English boarding school in Panchgani.
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In 1964, his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, England.
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Mercury enrolled at Isleworth Polytechnic (now West Thames College) in West London where he studied art. He ultimately earned a diploma in Art and Graphic Design at Ealing Art College (now the Ealing campus of University of West London), later using these skills to design the Queen heraldic arms
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Queen is a British rock band formed in 1970 in London by singer and pianist Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon.
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At about the same time, he legally changed his surname, Bulsara, to Mercury. Shortly before the release of Queen's self-titled first album, Mercury designed the band's logo, known as the "Queen crest".
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Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson duet to feature on new Queen album 'Queen Forever' Queen will release new album 'Queen Forever' in November featuring three previously unreleased tracks with Freddie Mercury on vocals, including a collaboration with Michael Jackson.
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Mr. Bad Guy is the first solo album by Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the group Queen, released in 1985.
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Queen played their last live concert with Freddie Mercury at the Knebworth Park Festival in England. An audience of 120,000 heard them close out with "We Will Rock You"/"We Are The Champions" and "God Save The Queen." Mercury died in 1991 of complications related to AIDS.
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Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS. He confirmed the day before his death that he had contracted the disease.
