Noma ngubani othanda iqembu le-Queen ngeke akwazi ukuzibamba kodwa wazi isigingci esikhulu kunabo bonke owake waba khona - uBrian May. UBrian May uyinganekwane ngempela. Wayengomunye womculo odume kakhulu "wasebukhosini" kanye noFreddie Mercury ongenakuqhathaniswa. Kodwa akukhona nje ukubamba iqhaza kwakhe eqenjini lodumo okwenza uMay waba yinkanyezi. Ngaphezu kwakhe, umculi unemisebenzi eminingi eyedwa, eqoqwe kuma-albhamu amaningana. Ungumbhali nomqambi wezingoma zombili zeNdlovukazi namanye amaphrojekthi. Futhi ukudlala kwakhe isiginci sakhe kwakhanga izigidi zabalaleli emhlabeni jikelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Brian May ungudokotela we-astrophysics kanye negunya emkhakheni wezithombe ze-stereoscopic. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculi ungumkhankaseli wamalungelo ezilwane kanye nomvikeli wamalungelo omphakathi wabantu.
Ubuntwana kanye neminyaka yobusha yomculi
UBrian May ungowokuzalwa eLondon. Wazalelwa lapho ngo-1947. UBrian ukuphela kwengane kaRuth noHarold May. Lapho eneminyaka eyisikhombisa, umfana waqala ukufunda isiginci. Le misebenzi yamkhuthaza kakhulu uBrian kangangoba waze waya esikoleni ephethe insimbi yomculo waze wahlukana nayo ngesikhathi sokulala kuphela. Kuyafaneleka ukusho ukuthi umculi osemusha wenze intuthuko enkulu kule ndawo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusukela esemncane wayazi ngokucacile ukuthi ufuna ukuba yini esikhathini esizayo. Esikoleni esiphakeme sohlelo lolimi, uMeyi, kanye nabangane (abathanda umculo nabo), bakha iqembu labo, ngo-1984. Igama lithathwe kunoveli yegama elifanayo ngu-J. Orwell. Le noveli yayidume ngendlela emangalisayo eBrithani ngaleso sikhathi.
Iqembu "Queen" isiphetho umculi
Ngo-1965, May, kanye UFreddie Mercury wanquma ukwakha iqembu lomculo elibizwa ngokuthi "Queen". Abafana babengakwazi ngisho nokucabanga ukuthi bazoba amakhosi emhlabeni womculo iminyaka eminingi, hhayi eBrithani kuphela, kodwa emhlabeni wonke. Njengomfundi okhuthele wesayensi yezinkanyezi osebenza ku-PhD yakhe, uBrian wazimisa izifundo zakhe zasenyuvesi. Kwenzeke ngenxa yokuthandwa kukaQueen. Eminyakeni engamashumi amane eyalandela, leli qembu lazuza impumelelo emangalisayo. Kwaphela isikhathi eside ehamba phambili ohlwini lwamashadi aseBrithani nasemhlabeni.
UBrian May njengombhali nomqambi
UBrian May ubhale izingoma ezingama-20 zeQueen's Top 22. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-"We Will Rock You", okuyigama lengoma yamazwe ngamazwe ethi "Rock Theatrical", ebhalwe noBen Elton, manje isibukwe ngabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-15 emazweni angu-17. Ithrekhi yehubo lezemidlalo elihlonishwayo nalo limenyezelwe njengengoma edume kakhulu emicimbini yezemidlalo yaseMelika (BMI). Idlalwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-550 ngesikhathi sama-Olympics aseLondon ngo-000.
Emcimbini wokuvala weMidlalo, uBrian udlale yedwa ebhantshini lakhe elidumile. Yayifekethiswe ngezifanekiselo zezilwane zasendle zaseBrithani. Ube esethula ividiyo ethi "We Will Rock You" noRoger Taylor kanye noJessie J. Lo msebenzi ububukwe izibukeli zethelevishini ezilinganiselwa ezigidini eziyinkulungwane. Okudlalwa bukhoma okubabazekayo kwakuwukwenza kukaBrian uhlelo lwakhe oluthi "God Save the Queen" ophahleni lweBuckingham Palace ngesikhathi kuvulwa imigubho ye-HM The Queen's Golden Jubilee ngo-2002.
Umculo wamaphrojekthi wefilimu
UBrian May ube ngumqambi wokuqala kuleli ukuthola amaphuzu efilimu enkulu yeFlash Gordon. Kulandelwe amaphuzu okugcina efilimu ethi Highlander. Izikweletu zikaBrian siqu zihlanganisa okunye ukusebenzisana kwefilimu, ithelevishini kanye nethiyetha. Ama-albhamu amabili aphumelele eyedwa alethele umculi izindondo ezimbili ze-Ivor Novello. Uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza abaculi bezinhlobo ezahlukene zomhlaba wonke. UBrian uvamise ukwenza njengomculi oyisivakashi, ekhombisa indlela yakhe ehlukile yokudlala isiginci. Sakhiwe kusiginci sokuzenzela esikhethekile esibomvu kusetshenziswa i-sixpence njenge-plectrum.
UBrian May noPaul Rogers nezinye izinkanyezi
Ukusebenza ngokuhlanganyela kuka-Queen no-Paul Rodgers emcimbini wokwethulwa kwe-UK Music Hall of Fame ngo-2004 kwaholela ekubuyeni ohambweni ngemuva kokumiswa iminyaka engu-20. Uhambo lubonise lowo owayengumculi we-Free/Bad Company njengomculi oyisivakashi. Ngo-2012 kwabuya uQueen esiteji. Kulokhu nomculi ohlonishwayo oyisivakashi u-Adam Lambert. Angaphezu kuka-70 amakhonsathi asedlaliwe emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa nekhonsathi eyandulela uNcibijane ehlaba umxhwele ephawula ukuqala kuka-2015. Sonke isenzo sasakazwa bukhoma yi-BBC.
UBrian wayethanda ukubhala, ukukhiqiza, ukuqopha nokuvakasha noKerry Ellis. Ngo-2016 banikeze inqwaba yamakhonsathi aseYurophu. Ngenxa yalokho, umdwebi wabuyela ukuvakasha no-Queen kanye ne-Isle of Wight headliner u-Adam Lambert, kanye nokuvela kweshumi nambili kwemikhosi yaseYurophu.
UBrian May - usosayensi
UBrian wagcina uthando lwakhe lwesayensi yezinkanyezi futhi wabuyela ku-astrophysics ngemva kokumiswa iminyaka engu-30. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wanquma ukubuyekeza incwadi yakhe yobudokotela mayelana nokuhamba kothuli lwamaplanethi. Ngo-2007, umculi wathola PhD evela Imperial College London. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi uyaqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe emkhakheni wesayensi yezinkanyezi neminye imikhakha yesayensi. July 2015 uBrian uchithe isikhathi nozakwabo besayensi yezinkanyezi endlunkulu ye-NASA. Ithimba litolike idatha entsha evela kuphenyo lwe-New Horizons Pluto njengoba lihlanganisa isithombe sokuqala sekhwalithi ephezulu se-stereo se-Pluto.
UBrian futhi uyaziqhenya ngokuba yinxusa leMercury Phoenix Trust. Le nhlangano yasungulwa njengesikhumbuzo sikaFreddie Mercury ukuxhasa amaphrojekthi e-AIDS. Bangaphezu kuka-700 amaphrojekthi kanye nezigidi zabantu abahlomule ku-Trust njengoba impi yomhlaba wonke yokulwa ne-HIV/AIDS iqhubeka.
Izincwadi nezincwadi zomculi
UBrian usebhale ngokuhlanganyela izincwadi eziningi zesayensi, okuhlanganisa ezimbili zesayensi yezinkanyezi nososayensi ongasekho uSir Patrick Moore. Manje usenenkampani yakhe yokushicilela, iLondon Stereoscopic Company. Isebenza ngokukhethekile ekuthwebuleni izithombe ze-Victorian 3-D. Zonke izincwadi ziza nesibukeli se-OWL esinama-stereoscopic.
Lona umklamo kaBrian. Ngo-2016, ukushicilelwa kwe-Crinoline: Inhlekelele Enkulu Kakhulu Yemfashini (Spring 2016) kanye nomsebenzi wevidiyo opopayi omfushane odumile othi One Night in Hell kwethulwa emhlabeni. Zonke izinto ezibonakalayo ze-stereoscopic ziyatholakala kuwebhusayithi ezinikele kaBrian.
Lwela ukuvikela izilwane
UBrian ungummeli wempilo yakhe yonke wenhlalakahle yezilwane futhi uyizwi elihamba phambili ekulweni nokuzingela izimpungushe, ukuzingela izindebe kanye nokubulala amambila. Ukhankasa ngokungakhathali kusukela emazingeni aphansi eya ePhalamende ngomkhankaso wakhe we-Save Me Trust, owasungulwa ngo-2009 ukuze avikele izilwane zasendle zase-UK. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi lo mculi esebenza neHarper Asprey Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. Amaphrojekthi ahlanganisa ukuvuselela ihlathi lasendulo ukuze kwakhiwe izindawo ezivikelekile zezilwane zasendle. Njengomdlali obalulekile osebenza kanye nama-NGO amakhulu, i-Save Me Trust idale i-Team Fox ne-Team Badger, umfelandawonye omkhulu wezilwane zasendle emhlabeni.
UBrian waqokwa njenge-MBE ngo-2005 ngenxa “yezinkonzo zakhe embonini yomculo kanye nomsebenzi wakhe wokusiza umphakathi”.
