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Brian Harold May, (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar, called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "The Prophet's Song", "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On". May was a founding member of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become established as one of the biggest rock bands in Britain with the album ''A Night at the Opera'' and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen were an almost constant presence in the UK charts and played some of the biggest venues in the world, most notably giving an acclaimed performance at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded as a virtuoso musician and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work. Following the death of Mercury in 1991, Queen were put on hiatus for several years but were eventually reconvened by May and Taylor for further performances featuring other vocalists. In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time. He was ranked at No. 26 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time: Brian May )〕 In 2012, May was ranked the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time by a ''Guitar World'' magazine readers poll.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Readers Poll Results: The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time )〕 He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work". May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013. He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission.〔(Queen’s Brian May is a member of NASA’s New Horizon team )〕〔(History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian )〕 May has homes in London and Windlesham, Surrey. He is an active animal rights advocate and was appointed a vice-president of animal welfare charity the RSPCA in September 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brian May named vice-president of RSPCA )〕 ==Early life== Brian Harold May, the only child of Harold and Ruth May, was born in Hampton, London, and attended the local Hampton Grammar School, then a voluntary aided school (now independent and known as Hampton School). He is of English and Scottish descent, with his mother being Scots.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=I'm Exactly Half English and Half Scot... )〕 During this time, he formed his first band, named 1984 after George Orwell's novel of the same name, with vocalist and bassist Tim Staffell.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The dude in the cardigan with the guitar )〕 At Hampton Grammar School, he attained ten GCE Ordinary Levels and three A-Levels (Physics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics).〔 He studied Mathematics and Physics at Imperial College London, graduating with a BSc. in Physics with honours.〔(Brian May ). riaus.org.au〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian May」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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