queen By pdiafer 1968 May and Taylor played together in the band Smile 1970 They started in london 1970 Freddie Mercury joined and suggested the name Queen 1971 Deacon entered the band in february 1973 The band released their debut album 1975 A Night at the Opera brought them international success 1977 the band's album News of the world contained "We Will Rock You" 1980 Queen were one of the biggest rock bands in the wold 1985 Their performance at the Live aid concert is ranked among the greatest in rock history by various publications 1986 mercury gave his last perfomance with queen 1991 Mercury died of bronchopneumonia a complication of AIDS 2004 May and Taylor have toured under the queen