Queen

Sheer Heart Attack's song "Killer Queen" became one of Queen's biggest hits ever in the US, but it wasn't until the third album, A Night at the Opera, came out that the band really hit their stride. Other highlights from Sheer Heart Attack include the punkish glam metal gem "Stone Cold Crazy" and the downright killer guitar showcase "Brighton Rock."

Two of the most liberated and ambitious of the "fun" oriented British bands beginning to
make their mark in the States are the updated war-horses Pretty Things and the
nouveau-heavies Queen. Both of these groups, which could easily -- if not accurately -- be
termed "psychedelic," seem to be signaling the advent of what may well be a renaissance
of affective rock & roll. If the renaissance occurs, it will be as a result of autonom... More >