Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) remains one of rock's ultimate
characters; an outrageously flamboyant personality who would strut around
raising the audience to a frenzy with the incredible range of his voice and a
vast repertoire of rock classics. Born to Persian parents in Zanzibar, where his
father was a cashier at the British Colonial Office, Mercury later went to
boarding school in India, changed his name to Freddie and formed his first band,
playing piano with The Hectics. When he was 17 he moved to England with his
family and studied art, going on to join various ba...