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Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by onraglanroad on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:31AM (#50326584)
One of the things I really liked about The Sky at Night (UK TV programme) was they occasionally had Brian May on as a guest.

And Patrick Moore would just refer to him as "Doctor May" and would just talk astronomy, never even referring to the fact he was the guitarist in one of the most famous rock bands in the world.

Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by saimiam on Sunday November 01, 2026 @12:10PM (#50327502)
Did you know of Doctor May's other career when you were watching him on the show?

Makes you wonder how many seemingly nondescript people on shows and podcasts are actually superstars in some unrelated field.

Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by helsinkiandrew on Sunday November 01, 2026 @01:39PM (#50328363)
Not exactly non descript but Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of heavy metal band Iron Maiden sidelined as a commercial pilot for a charter airline.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson

Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by saghm on Sunday November 01, 2026 @02:35PM (#50328903)
Also an accomplished fencer; the article mentions he's done fairly well in European tournaments!
Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by EdwardDiego on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:35PM (#50330145)
IIRC he often took part in flying the band's 747, called Ed Force One.
Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by onlypassingthru on Sunday November 01, 2026 @02:45PM (#50329016)
If you ever flew KLM, your pilot might've been the king.

https://simpleflying.com/dutch-king-klm-pilot/

Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by hexapus on Sunday November 01, 2026 @05:58PM (#50330792)
The titled scared the shit out of me. Having just lost Patrick Stewart, I thought "Noooooo....not him too!!"
Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by itchingsphynx on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:09PM (#50332703)
Re:Brian May, Queen guitarist and Astrophysicist by burnt-resistor on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:36AM (#50333761)
I watched Mad Max 2 recently and didn't realize it was scored by a different BM until after checking IMDb.