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Queen guitarist now a Doctor too!
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:08 pm
by DarcyPerry
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:44 pm
by Terexgeek
Made his own rocktastic axe, ruled the planet in the rock and pop genres and then astrophysics...the perfect life all round...
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:51 pm
by Jenesis
Plus a mention on I'm Alan Partridge.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:47 pm
by Bg
and he married Angie from East Enders!
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:50 pm
by Danger Mouse
Nice to see someone famous actually earn their doctorate rather than just gain an honourary one.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:52 pm
by Jenesis
True, but the good thing about those honorary ones is that you don't have to do any actual swot.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:03 pm
by rocklander
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?
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:42 pm
by JamesW
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:44 pm
by JamesW
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:16 am
by Danger Mouse
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:21 am
by Jenesis
I'm guessing that school is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:35 am
by Danger Mouse
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.
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:43 am
by Jenesis
Just cashing in on the name, huh? Sheesh.
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:44 am
by thehenderson
Rivers Cumo, the guy from Weezer is doing a similar thing in Law at Havard at the moment I believe?
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:49 am
by rocklander
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.