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Stage Name Stories: Freddie Mercury

Born: Farrokh Bulsara

What's in a Name: Born in Zanzibar to a Zoroastrian family of Indian descent, the man who would be Queen began calling himself Freddie while at boarding school near Bombay, where he started a band called the Hectics.





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roger carrizo venezuela

freddy fuistes eres i seras el mejor se te extraña mucho todavia lloro tu partida en nombre de mi hija mi esposa i yo queremos decirte q donde estes siempre te recordaremos i te queremos siempre estas con nosotros descansa en paz campeon .

February 11 2010 at 1:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
roger carrizo venezuela

freddy fuistes eres i seras el mejor se te extraña mucho todavia lloro tu partida en nombre de mi hija mi esposa i yo queremos decirte q donde estes siempre te recordaremos i te queremos siempre estas con nosotros descansa en paz campeon .

February 11 2010 at 1:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Doni

Mercury was actually inspired by Elton John, whose middle name is Hercules. Freddie idolised Elton, and with Hercules being a mythological god, Freddie opted for a mythological god's name too - Mercury.

November 08 2009 at 8:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Jessica

Actually, it's taken from a song, My Fiary King. Since the song contained the words "Mother Mercury", he decided to change his last name, too.

November 15 2009 at 7:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
drwoowoocl2001

Freddy Mercury was defintely better!

November 30 2008 at 1:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tetzloffg

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November 18 2008 at 10:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tetzloffg

freddys sex is wonderful

November 18 2008 at 10:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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bebe

wtf?!?!?!?! how the HELL would u no????

November 27 2008 at 8:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nic

i think mercury was from his startsign - mercury rules virgo his sign - also it was said that in "my fairy king" the song he wrote there was a line, "mother mercury look what they've done to me" and it inspired him to change his last name and he was refering to his own mom in the song.

March 24 2008 at 9:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
vprue

Mercury came from the fact that he liked mythology and the name of Mercury the messenger god (Roman god).

March 09 2008 at 7:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kool

aol sucks

March 09 2008 at 7:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joy

You didn't tell why he's Mercury!!!
I think that it said in this other bio thing that he got mercury from one of their songs or something

idk

FREDDIE!!! WE MISS YOU!!! QUEEN'S NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU!!!

March 09 2008 at 9:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply