There comes a point in every Hollywood superhero tale when it’s time to tell their origin story: how did Batman come to be? How did Spider-Man’s odyssey begin? Well, this month it’s the turn of those rockwe trace the route (involving the No.9 bus, no less) that Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon took to begin to make their mark on the world and bring that first record to fruition (p30). And while we’re talking Queen, we also talked to Brian May about his collaboration with Eddie Van Halen on the album, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
