In 1975, Queen were broke, buried in a predatory record deal, and running out of time. Then they gambled everything on a six-minute song their own label refused to release. In this episode of Rock Catch, we trace Freddie Mercury's path from a boarding school in Panchgani to the edge of rock stardom the exploitative Trident contract that nearly finished the band, the three weeks and 180 overdubbed vocal tracks that built "Bohemian Rhapsody," and the DJ who broke the rules and played it 14 times in one weekend, forcing a label's hand and changing music history. This is the story of the song nobody wanted and the band it turned into legends.
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