Brian
Harold May (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and
astrophysicist who achieved international fame as the guitarist of Queen. As a
guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special". Queen's
albums include numerous May compositions, including "Tie Your Mother
Down", "I Want It All", "We Will Rock You", "Fat
Bottomed Girls" and "Who Wants to Live Forever".
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 his charity
work". May earned a Ph.D in astrophysics from Imperial College in 2007 and
served as the 4th Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008
until 2013. He resides in Surrey.
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".
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