John Deacon
Birthday: August 19, 1951
Birthplace: Leicester, England
Height: 5' 9" (175.2 cm)
Talents: Bass guitar, double bass, keyboards, and having kids!
Favourite actress: Jean Alexander
Favourite drink: Tea
On September 21st in 1965 John joined his first group and they were called Opposition. He was their rhythm guitarist.
Four days later he gave his first performance with the group in the bass players house! A warm up for a show the following month at Leicester Gartree School.
In may of 1966 the band changed their name to The New Opposition and played many shows in this name.
By January 1967 they were bored with "new" in the name and went back to The Opposition. On 29th of the month they played at Leicester London Road Casino in a 'Midland Beat Championship' and earned a place in the final the following March. Sadly that event never happened because someone forgot to book the hall!
March 1968 saw another name change - now to Art. They played lots of shows and had a good name in the area.
During May 1969 Art recorded an acetate at Wellingborough Beck Studios.
August 29th was Johns last gig with Art at Great Glen Youth & Sports Centre. He was moving down to London.
During 1970 John was asked to play a show and he formed the group Deacon for a one off appearance at London Chelsea College on November 21st.
He scoured the pages of 'Melody Maker' looking to see if any band wanted a bass player but no joy.
February 1971 he attended a disco and was introduced to 2 guys Brian May and Roger Taylor who had formed a band and needed a bass player. They asked him to audition and he agreed. John had already seen Queen play and thought they were reasonable.
He went along to Imperial College and after playing was offered the job to join this band Queen.
He had to wait until July 2nd to perform with them at London surrey College.
Fact
* Though he is the least prolific lyricist on the band, John is credited with writing Queen's biggest hit to date; "Another one Bites the Dust."