Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Freddie Mercury and Queen

Queen'ssuccessinthe1970swasaccompaniedbyatasteformusicalandnon-musicalexcess.IsThistheRealLife?drawsoneyewitnesstestimonies--formerproducersandmanagers,ex-girlfriendsandboyfriends--tocreateacompletepictureofoneoftheworld'smostambitiouslydrivenrockbandsatworkandatplay.RevealingQueen'scomplexdynamic,BlakealsoexploreshowFreddieMercury'ssexualityalienatedsomeoftheband'sfanbase,howtheyreinventedthemselvesbymorphingfromhardrocktopop,andhowtheysawouttheirfinalyearsasMercurybecameoneofthemostsuccessfulrockstarsintheworld.IsThistheRealLife?looksbeyondQueen'spublicpersonatoshedlightonthelegendaryband'sfourwildlydivergentpersonalities,particularlyleadsingerFreddieMercury's.