 John Deacon John Richard Deacon was born on 19th August 1951 in Leicester, United Kingdom. He was the youngest member of Queen. He is the author of the hits Another One Bites the Dust and I Want to Break Free, which show that his contribution to Queen was significant.
He first attended Langmoor Junior School before moving to Gartree High School and Beauchamp Grammar School. It was here that he formed his first band, The Opposition in 1965 at the age of fourteen. He played a rhythm guitar bought with money loaned by one of the other band members. He became the bassist after the original bassist was fired for not being of the same quality of the rest of the band. As well as a dedicated musician Deacon also was the bands archivist, taking clippings from newspapers of even the advertisements featuring The Opposition. After being in the band for four year, Deacon played his final concert with the band (now called The Art) in August 1969. He left as he had been accepted to do study electronics at Chelsea College.
Although he left his bass and amplifier at home in Oadby, after less than a year in London, he decided he wanted to join a band. By this time Queen had actually been formed by Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor, and Deacon even saw them once October 1970. Then in early 1971 he was introduced to Taylor and May by a friend at a disco who told him that they were in a band that had just lost its bassists. A couple of days later he auditioned in a lecture room at Imperial College and became the last member of Queen to join the band.
His first song 'Misfire' was on their third album 'Sheer Heart Attack'. It was a nice, but unnoted song. But his second song for the band You're My Best Friend was a world wide hit.
He was the 'quiet' member of the band, and the others said that he was in charge of most of the finances. Currently, Deacon has retired from the music scene, and has even declined to participate in an upcoming Queen reunion tour.
His only solo effort is listed below.
- The Immortals: No Turning Back (Single from Biggles) (1986)
Songs he wrote that were released as singles:
References
Mark Hodkinson (2004). The Early Years: Queen. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-012-2.
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