Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Queen

by Mark Blake

Book Overview

Queen's success in the 1970s was accompanied by a taste for musical and non-musical excess. Is This the Real Life? draws on eyewitness testimonies -- former producers and managers, ex-girlfriends and boyfriends -- to create a complete picture of one of the world's most ambitiously driven rock bands at work and at play. Revealing Queen's complex dynamic, Blake also explores how Freddie Mercury's sexuality alienated some of the band's fan base,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306820714
• ISBN13: 9780306820717
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"