If you see any errors on this site, then please contact me. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Bands M Mack (Reinhold): Engineer. » He was the original engineer at Mountain Studios when Queen bought it in 1980. Mary Lazonby : Character in the play 'The Admirable Crichton' which Brian May played the part of in school a play. Mary Pike : Cleaner at Freddie's house Garden Lodge. » Infamous for chipping lumps off the antique furniture with the vacuum cleaner! Madames Tussaud's : Waxwork Museum. » Freddie is represented at the Rock Circus in Piccadilly London. » It appeared in 1991, and he's in his Live Aid outfit. Maggie Smith : Actress. » Someone on Freddie's 'A-list' of movie stars (see Tony King's entry for those in the 'B-list'). » Others include Diana Rigg, Ava Gardner and Honor Blackman. Maggie Ryder : Vocalist. » Sang on the 1991 Comic Releif song 'The Stonk' with Brian May. » Sang backing vocals on Brian May's solo album Back To The Light (1992) Mirriam Stockley : Vocalist. » Sang on the 1991 Comic Releif song 'The Stonk' with Brian May » Sang backing vocals on Brian May's solo album Back To The Light (1992) Magic Johnson : Athelete. AIDS victim. » Proceeds from the USA 1991 re-release of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' / 'The Show Must Go On' went... » ... to the Magic Johnson AIDS Foundation. Marge Winter : Ironing Lady at Garden Lodge. » Other auxillary staff were Gladys and Mary Martin Beisly : Antique Dealer (worked at Christies - a Victorian period specialist). * Freddie collected from Christies. Martin Luther King : Black Activist. » Assasinated April 4th 1968. » Roger Taylor initially based 'One Vision' on MLK's "I have a dream" speech. Martin Groves : Roger Taylor's personal assistant. Mary Austin : Friend / Partner of Freddie's. » Mangeress of Kensington's Biba boutique in late 1960's / early 1970's. Mathew Exelby : Guitarist. » Played on Roger Taylor's album 'Electric Fire' (1998). Malcolm Thomas : Director of 'The British Bone Marrow Donor Appeal' » Brian May is president of the BBM. » This charity will end in 2001 as they have reached their initial target to get a certain amount of donors on the list. » However they still have funding for another 3 years, but what form this will take is currently unknown. Malcolm Childs : Guitarist » Member of the band called 1984 Malcolm Hardie : Comedian. » Malcolm and 2 friends were booked to perform an adult themed comedy routine at FM's party in early eighties. » When it was discovered he made jokes about gays, he was stopped from going on stage on the night. » Consequently they weren't paid, so in revenge they stole the huge birthday cake that was in their dressing room. » Malcolm claims he didn't realise it was Freddie Mercury's birthday cake. » When they read the daily paper the following day, he delivered it to a senior citizens retirement home » They weren't prosecuted. Marillion : British group who's singer, Fish joined Queen onstage for 'Tutti Frutti' in Mannheim in 1986. » Fish - Real name Derek William Dick Mahogany Rush : Jimi Hendrix-influenced band. » Supported Queen on some of their 1975 USA tour. Marx Brothers : American comedy troupe (brothers) » Marx brothers made films called 'A Day At The Races' & 'A Night At The Opera' amonsgt others. » Queen bootlegs have also been named after the Marx Brother's films, i.e. Duck Soup. Manfred Mann : Supported Queen at Cardiff Castle (10th September 1976). Marmalade : Played at the 'Day At The Races' promotion at Kempton Park (horse racing course). Marc Bolan : Singer/Guitarist with T-Rex. » Roger Taylor perfomed 'I Wanna Testify' on Marc's show weeks before Marc was killed in a car crash (1977). Marcos Lazaro Local tour promoter for the South American Tour of 1981 based in Rio De Janerio. Martin Chambers : Drummer / Vocalist » Personal friend of John Deacon. » Martin spent time in a studio with John Deacon (plus others) in 1983. Song were recorded but not released. » Drummer in Miss World » Vocalist in The Pretenders. Margaret Singamo : Singer. » Winner of 'Black African Awards Show'. » Brian presented Margaret with the award in October 1984 when Queen were touring South Africa. Man Friday & Jive Junior : John Deacon played bass on their 'Picking Up Sounds' in 1983. Magnum: Roger co-produced their album 'Vigilante' in 1986. » Roger also provided backing vocals on 'Sometime Love' & 'When the Night Comes Down'. » 'The Cross' supported Magnum in Germany in 1991. M.C. Escher : Artist who's work influenced Brian May's multi-tracking guitar-climbing "a never-ending staircase"... » ... of the Intro/Outro of ADATR type thing..... Meatloaf : Singer / Actor » Real name Marvin Lee Aday. » Brian May played on 'A Time For Heroes' single in 1987 (theme of the Para-Olympic Games for disabled athletes). Mel Bush : Music Promoter. » Mel presented Queen with a plaque for selling out the whole November 1974 tour. Mel Smith : Comedian / Actor. » Friend of Roger Taylor. » Roger produced and played on Mel's 'Richard & Joey' single » Roger produced and played on Mel's 'Julie Andrews' Greatest Hits' album releases in 1981. Mervyn Peake : Poet. » Roger Taylor used spoken excerpts from Mervyn's 1984 'London Fantasy' poem on 'London Town... » ...C'mon Down' on his 1998 'Electric Fire' album. Mercury Pheonix Trust : Charity set up in 1991 by Queen to raise money for AIDS victims. Minako Honda : Japanese Singer. » Brian wrote, produced and played on her signle 'Golden Days' and 'Crazy Nights' and 1986 album 'Cancelled'. » Some say the album is actually called 'Cancel' and this is probably due to translation into English from Japanese. » John Deacon co-wrote and played on Minako's song 'Roulette' with Robert Awhai (Immortals) in 1986. Michael Taylor : Roger Taylor's father. Michael Dudley : Guitarist with Reaction, Johnny Quale & The Reaction, The Falcons and The Cousin Jacks Mike Crossley : Keyboards. » Played on Roger Taylor's albums 'Happiness?' (1994) & 'Electric Fire' (1998). Michael Deacon : John & Veronica Deacon's son (3rd February 1978). Mike Grose : Bassist in Reaction, Johnny Quale & The Reaction. » Mike was one of three bassist in Queen (1970) before John Deacon joined. Mike Smith : British TV presenter. » Presented Queen with an award for Best Live Performance video (Rio). Mike Bersin : Guitarist in Ibex. Micheal Fish : UK TV Weather presenter and social friend of Freddie's. Mick 'Miffer' Smith : Drummer with Ibex. Mike Stone : Engineer (previously a tea-boy at Trident). Died 2002 Mike Appleton : Producer for BBC's 'Old Grey Whistle Test' (a UK TV music show). » TOGWT featured 'Keep Youself Alive' over some animation footage of US presidential election propaganda. » At the time they didn't know it was Queen as all they'd been sent was a plain white label copy with no info on it. Mike Mansfield : Producer. » Produced Queen's first promotional films - 'Liar' / 'Keep Yourself Alive' (although at the time... » ... the videos were rejected by the band and new footage was shot with Barry Sheffield and Queen themselves directing). Michael Aspel : British TV presenter. » Presented Queen with their BPI award in 1977 for the 'Best single of the past 25 years' (Bohemian Rhapsody). Mike Hodges : Video producer. Mick Ralphs : Guitarist (Bad Company) and friend of John Deacon. » In 1983 John and a few famous friends (including Mick) spent time in a studio. Song were recorded but not released. Micheal Jackson : The King of Pop (alledgedly). » Freddie Mercury and MJ recorded 3 songs together in 1984 (not yet been officially released). »There Must Be More To Life Than This and State of Shock have been on the net (mp3) since 2001. » Freddie release his version of There Must Be More To Life Than This on his Mr Bad Guy CD in 1985 » MJ deueted with Mick Jagger on a commercial single release of 'State of Shock'. » Victory became the title track of a Jacksons album. » It was hoped that these collaborations would appear on the FM Boxed Set, but apparently MJ wouldn't give pernmission. » Rumours in 2002 suggested that the above tracks will be included on MJ's boxed set (they weren't). » Rumours in 2003 (via Jim Beech) state that the collaborations will see an official release. Mike Moran : Keyboard player (Blue Mink). » Collaborated with Freddie on 'Barcelona' album. » Plays piano on Brian May's album 'Back To The Light' (1992) » Mike was also in the group which played at the Expo 92 in Seville when Brian May was the Musical Director. Mick Ronson : Guitarist (Spiders From Mars / Mott The Hoople). » Died April 30th 1993. Misa Watanabe : Japanese music publisher. Mirek Stiles : Assistant Engineer. » Responsible for the surround sound on the 'Lover of Life, Singer of Songs' DVD. Mitch Mitchell : Drummer (Jime Hendrix Experience). » Brian and Tim Stafell advertised for a Mitch Mitchell / Ginger Baker type drummer - they got Roger and Smile was formed. Morgan Winner : Partner of Freddie's in early 1980's. * Former Mr UK. Also known as Peter Morgan. Mott The Hoople : British group who Queen were support for in UK and USA in 1974. » Queen never played support to any other artist other than Mott once signed. » Brian & Roger sang backing vocals on Ian Hunter's 'You Nearly Did Me in'. » Brian played guitar and sang lead vocals on 'All The Way From Memphis' in 1995 from the tribute album 'Moth Poet Hotel' » Moth Poet Hotel is an anagram of Mott The Hoople. » Mott The Hoople is the name of a book about a vagrant by... » 'All The Way From Memphis' was included on Brian's solo album 'Another Wolrd' 1998. Mountain Studios : Recording studio in Switzerland » Queen bought this studio in 1979 (for tax reasons). » Mack was the resident Sound Engineer at Mountain Studios. » Queen used Mack as their engineer from that point onwards. Molly Hatchet : Supported Queen at an open-air festival at Saarbrucken, Germany (18th May 1979). Morgan Fisher : Keyboard player (previous with Mott The Hoople). » Played with Queen on European tour in 1982. » Tim Stafell later played with Morgan on 2 albums (under the name 'Morgan'). Montserrat Caballe : Catalan opera diva who sang with Freddie on the Barcelona album. » Recorded the album 'Barcelona' with Freddie Mercury in 1988. Mr Big : Supported Queen on tour in 1975. Mr Modern : Queen roadie.