Nearly 5,000 miles away in England – long before Freddie
had even set foot on its green and hallowed land – three other
boys were born between the years 1947 and 1951. Brian Harold
May was born at Gloucester House Nursing Home to Ruth and
Harold May, and would soon become fascinated in the industry
that would, only twenty years later, include the career in which he
would make his trade. ‘When I was a boy, we used to play a lot in
the lunch hour in the cycle sheds. We weren’t allowed to play in
the school ’cos rock music was unacceptable, not cultural, so it was
kind of underground. We’d go and see bands around Richmond
and Twickenham, and I saw people like The Yardbirds, The Stones
and Clapton at the local club – they were really hot news!’
Roger Taylor was born in 1948, and also recalled an early
fascination with music, reminiscing, ‘I remember when I was a
really young kid, I was inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard,
all the really early rockers. I didn’t even have a record player at the
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Freddie Mercury’s mother Jer Bulsara describes the star as a child.