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John Richard Deacon BSc.
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John Richard Deacon was born on on 19th of August,
1951, in Oadby, Leicestershire. John was always the shy and silent type even when he was very young. When John was seven he
got his first guitar on which he learned some chords and enjoyed his musical outlet. Other interest included electronics at
which he could see himself aiming towards as a line of future work and employment and Johns father saw and encouraged his
interests.
In 1962, John entered Gartree High School in Leicester
and although he was average student his interests in music and electronics continued. While at school, his encouraging father
died.
In 1965 John founded his own band called 'Opposition',
playing the rhythm guitar. The band played well known songs at parties and at schools. During the run of the band (1966),
the bass player left, and it was the point that John Deacon took a bass guitar. Due to the change around of the line-up, the
band, was now called 'New Opposition'. but later the band reverted back to Opposition name. They did quite well as a band
and earned quite a lot of money, enough to buy their own van. The name changes continued, now they were simply called 'Art'
and at this time they started to use light effects.
In 1969 John got an entry to Chelsea College in London
to study electronics - his interest from childhood. His career was more important to him, so John decided he would have to
leave the band, to concentrate on studies. |
| However, John was also still interested in music and
regularly attended concerts and gigs in and around the London area. In 1971 a friend of introduced John to a new group called
Queen. Queen quickly arranged an audition for John and they thought he was a great player and ideal for the band and therefore
took him on as bass player. (You can read the main bio to see what happed after John joined Queen ...)
Johns first song was Misfire from the Sheer Heart Attack
album, but it was his next song 'You're My Best Friend' which ended up being a real hit. Later songs from John in cluded some
of Queens most widely recognisable songs, including 'I Want To Break Free', 'Another One Bites The Dust', 'Spread Your Wings',
and 'One Year Of Love'. John also co-wrote some songs with Freddie and other members of the group.
John flirted briefly with a solo career in 1986, when
he setup the group, 'The Immortals' with Robert Ahwai and Lenny Zakatek. they recorded 'No Turning Back' and released it as
a single in 1986, and the song was used in the film 'Biggles'. John also appears as a cameo in the film.
Between 1986 and 1997 John again worked with Queen,
completing 'The Miracle' and 'Innuendo' albums, assisting with 'Made in Heaven' and the recording of the Queen single 'No
One But You' in 1997 and did assist in preliminary work on the 'We Will Rock You' stage show. |
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| John has now officially retired from the
music business but does endorse the new tour, but did not wish to be part of it. John also checks-up with the Queen fan clubs
to keep in touch with the fans. |
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