Why Freddie Mercury’s only solo album was a commercial flop

There are busy bands, and then there is Queen in 1985. The British rock group opened the year by performing to the biggest ...

New YouTube series highlights Freddie Mercury’s debut solo album

Freddie Mercury’s debut solo album, Mr. Bad Guy, has just been reissued for its 40th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Mercury’s official YouTube channel has debuted the first in a three-part series ...
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Freddie Mercury: "It’s frivolous and tongue-in-cheek. That’s basically my whole nature"

First released in April 1985, Mr. Bad Guy was Freddie Mercury’s first solo album outside of Queen, the legendary group he ...

Freddie Mercury Once Wrote a Song for John Lennon — Decades Later, It Became One of Queen’s Most Unexpected Hits

Freddie Mercury’s Life Is Real stands as a moving tribute to John Lennon and remains one of Queen’s most powerful hidden gems ...
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'He wanted to make his own Thriller': Inside Freddie Mercury's debut solo album

Four decades on, Mr Bad Guy is a timestamp of an intriguing period of Freddie Mercury’s life (Photo: Mercury Songs Ltd) It was not as successful as Thriller – what is? – peaking at number six in the ...
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“In my head I was there with Freddie in those moments”: How Brian May completed Freddie Mercury’s final song for Queen

In 1995, four years after the death of Queen singer Freddie Mercury, the band’s final studio album was released. Made In ...