An almost suicidal attempt.

I think I read somewhere that brian was also depressed during the 80, or was it the seventies?
But I´m not sure at all...

I doubt that TMLWKY was written after this period as Freddie sang it on MIH.

I read about it in Laura Jackson's Queen biography I don't know if it's true,but it says here that .. "He felt he didn't exist as a person anymore, and, on his own admission nearly drove off a bridge in a bid to escape his desolation and despair." This was just after, Freddie died, he split up with his first wife,there was rumours in the press that he was having an affair with Anita Dobson and his father had died. Poor Bri, that's such a shame, I'm so happy he's ok now !! !!

arlene wrote:

Adam Baboolal wrote:

Didn't he have a bit of a breakdown and had to go to a therapy group?

Peace,
Adam.

Here's your answer from the article/interview I posted above.

"He (Brian) tried many forms of therapy, but ultimately they didn't help. In utter despair, Brian checked himself into Cottonwood, a clinic in Arizona, (USA) where nobody knew who he was. "I was in with people in a similar position, but also drug addicts and alcoholics and people with food disorders."

Here's the full Interview

http://queenzone.com/queenzone/article_show.aspx?Q=62

it Figures he has to come to AMERICA so he won't be recognized... what does that say about the USA Queen fans... there are NOT ENOUGH OF US...

On the more relevant note, I can understand very much how he felt, I too lost a few people that meant a lot to me in 1991, Obviously Freddie, but then there was Gene Roddenberry (creator of Star Trek) and "Lynn" Lillia P. Hibaya, she was my Philippine GF who died as a result of a combination of a volcano dumping loads of ASH on her town and a Typhoon that hit the same day flooding the area just hit, so in 91 I was a complete wreck and Freddie's Passing was just the final straw, I lost it, I started to drink a lot more, Queen meant a LOT to me, and I had come to see them as more than a band.

OMG!!I didn't know it was THAT bad! OMG! Poor Brian! OH all my love to you Bri!

Yes I had seen an interview of Brian when Back to the Light came out. I think he said he had been in a bad depression for the last 5 years, but somehow he always knew he would make it, and that the title of his album would be "Back to the light". That song is beautiful btw.

That's why I say that if he feels like touring with PR he should do it (though I personally dislike the idea), because he's been through so much he deserves all the happiness in the world. Well we all do! :-)

Fairy

This is a personal issue - let's not express opinions about someone we don't actually know

I think this all happened at about the same time as he got beaten at pinball by a stalking Queenzoner.

scprof wrote:

I doubt that TMLWKY was written after this period as Freddie sang it on MIH.

Brian wrote it in the late 80's as it was planned to appear on "The Miracle". It talks about loving two women and not knowing which one to choose. The two women were Chrissy and Anita. So that is in the middle of his breakdown. His father died in 88, he divorced, Freddie died in 1991 and other things might have happened but that's basically it.

Dan.

:'( It's so sad. I knew he had lost his marrige that year too... but I didn't knew that he had lost his father that same year :( Now I feel so sorry for him...

Let's all thank God (or who ever you belive in) for that he didn't commit suicide at that time !

Oh!! Thank God He didnt comit that, and he is still alive Wow how strong is the Mind and soul of this man!!! Hurrah!! He survived!!

i don't like getting into this type of stuff, but, what brian went through is nothing out of the ordinary, depression is among the biggest problems in peoples lives, i don't wanna sound harsh but brian is no stronger than the rest of us.