S3 Brian May: ‘My name’s Brian and I’m a depressive’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

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Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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This week Elis and John are joined by Queen guitarist Brian May. They talk to him about living with depression, the grief that came from losing his father and bandmate in the same year and his experiences with therapy. Details of organisations that can provide help and support on some of the issues raised in this episode or the rest of the series are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.7	BBC Five Live.
0:06.6	How do you cope with Ellison John?
0:10.4	Hello and welcome to How Do You cope with Ellison John.
0:13.3	This is a podcast series where we talk to a range of guests
0:16.0	about some of the challenges they face throughout their lives.
0:18.8	In this episode, we speak to Queen guitarist Brian May
0:21.2	about his battle with depression,
0:22.6	as well as how we dealt with a griefy experience
0:24.8	following the loss of his father
0:26.0	and the lead singer of Queen Freddie Mercury.
0:28.3	And I'm sure a lot of you are aware that Brian May
0:30.7	is an enormous figure in my mental landscape.
0:35.0	And we've wanted to speak to Brian for a long time.
0:37.7	It hasn't been possible until now.
0:39.9	But I can say as a human being,
0:42.5	he was wonderful to speak to.
0:43.9	But also as a Queen fan,
0:45.1	he talked about some of his experiences
0:47.0	in a way I'd not heard before.
0:48.5	And I've consumed so much of Brian and Roger
0:54.7	and various Queen books, documentaries, interviews, articles.
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