Queen guitarist now a Doctor too!

DarcyPerry · Post by **DarcyPerry** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:08 pm

Queen guitarist now a Doctor too!

http://yahooxtra.net.nz/music/0,,14538-7681119,00.html

Brian May, the lead guitarist from rock band Queen, is close to earning his doctorate in astrophysics -- more than 35 years after quitting his studies to become a rock star.

May arrived on the island of La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands several days ago to conduct astronomical observations in support of his thesis, according to a statement by the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands.

His thesis, "Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud," is the last component of his PhD studies, and May expected to complete his work on Wednesday.

Terexgeek · Post by **Terexgeek** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:44 pm

Made his own rocktastic axe, ruled the planet in the rock and pop genres and then astrophysics...the perfect life all round...

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:51 pm

Plus a mention on I'm Alan Partridge.

Post by Bg » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:47 pm

and he married Angie from East Enders!

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:50 pm

Nice to see someone famous actually earn their doctorate rather than just gain an honourary one.

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:52 pm

True, but the good thing about those honorary ones is that you don't have to do any actual swot.

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:03 pm

Danger Mouse wrote:Nice to see someone famous actually earn their doctorate rather than just gain an honourary one.

agreed... and.. what was the name of his thesis again? I didn't realise he was in zodiac mindwarp?

JamesW · Post by **JamesW** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:42 pm

Danger Mouse wrote:Nice to see someone famous actually earn their doctorate rather than just gain an honourary one.

They earn it... Through all the money they end up donating to whatever university gave it to them. Well at least according to my lecturers they do

Good to see someone breaking the sterotype that rockstars drop out of high school to play guitar and get wasted. Some obviously wait until university.

JamesW · Post by **JamesW** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:44 pm

Just read the story...

"Earlier this month, the writer of such Queen hits as "We Will Rock You" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" was granted an honorary doctorate from Exeter University in Devon, England."

Seems like one's just not enough.

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:16 am

JamesW wrote:Just read the story...

"Earlier this month, the writer of such Queen hits as "We Will Rock You" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" was granted an honorary doctorate from Exeter University in Devon, England."

Seems like one's just not enough.

perhaps I should have tried reading the story as well... but as long as he has a real one, honouraries are ok. It's people like Jeremy Clarkson that annoy me, who got an honourary engineering doctorate from Brunel University (where I studied coincidentally) for a single episode in a TV series about famous Brits.

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:21 am

I'm guessing that school is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel?

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:35 am

Jenesis wrote:I'm guessing that school is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel?

Yep... but it actually has no ties with the famous engineer at all.

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:43 am

Just cashing in on the name, huh? Sheesh.

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:44 am

Rivers Cumo, the guy from Weezer is doing a similar thing in Law at Havard at the moment I believe?

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:49 am

he actually looks like a scholar tho huh (okay - read scholar as geek). and yet I have never heard a weezer song I don't like. they all just kick @rse.