WHEN DID FREDDIE MERCURY JOIN THE BAND? WHEN DID THE BAND START?

In April 1970, Mercury joined with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor who had previously been in a band called Smile. Despite reservations from the other members, Mercury chose the name "Queen" for the new band. He later said about the band's name, "I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it". At about the same time, he changed his surname, Bulsara, to Mercury.

i think they started around 1970-1971... but I could be wrong...

In 1971 freddie joined the drummer R. Taylor and guitarist B. May and College friend John Deacon, they played small gigs around london, but they became the offical band in 1973 when they made their way to EMI. their Queen symbol is made out of their zodiacs, the lions accesorizing the Q are Roger and Brian, the fairies are Freddie, and the burning crab is John.

Freddie joined band around 1971 and the group started their career with their debut album in 1973!

Actually Freddie Mercury joined Brian May and Roger Taylor in 1970, then they had some different bass players but no one really fitted in. In 1971 they met John Deacon and he was the right one. So Queen was officially born in 1971 and they started with some small gigs to get attention and they released the first album at 1973.

Queen formed by Freddie Mercury (then Bulsara) in 1971. They added Deacy in 1972, and then they started as the classic Queen.

Freddie joined the band in 1970. Tim Staffell retired and Freddie wanted to become the new lead singer. In 1973, Queen released their first album, Queen. Unfortunately, their first album flopped, but, that doesn’t change the fact that I loved their first album.

Freddie Bulsara went to college with Tim Staffell, the former lead singer of Smile. In 1968, Tim introduced Freddie Bulsara to Brian May and Roger Taylor. In 1969, Freddie and Ibex/Wreckage did their first concert. Freddie was a bit of an introvert, so he got shy and nerves affected his vocals, it didn’t go as well as planned. In 1970, Tim Staffell quit Smile and joined a new band, Humpy Bong. Freddie Bulsara became the new lead singer of Smile and they performed at BBC sessions. Shortly after Freddie became the new lead singer, they wanted to change the name of the band. Brian suggested “Build Your Own Boat”, Roger suggested “The Rich Kids”, Freddie suggested “Queen”. Queen became the new name of the band because it was outrageous. They were looking for a bassist. Mike Grose, a friend that Roger went to school with volunteered. In 1971, Mike retired. They hired a new bassist, Doug Bogie. There were rumours that Doug broke the rules, and got fired. They later hired a new bassist, John Deacon. John was a little shy at first, but, became more confident.