Queen were so heavily in debt before the release of 1975's A Night At The Opera, they would have been forced to split if the album had not been a success.<\/p>\n
The bands fourth album, which featured the hits Bohemian Rhapsody and Youre My Best Friend, became a lifesaver for the rockers, who would have been forced to give up on their dreams if it had flopped.<\/p>\n
\"We were not only poor, but we were in debt,\" guitarist Brian May says in a new video posted on the group's YouTube page.<\/p>\n
\"All the sound and lighting companies and the people that we worked with hadnt been paid. So we were at a really crucial point. We might have had to break up if that album hadnt done well. It was an expensive album, enormous complexity on there. Even looking at it now, I wonder how we did some of that stuff.\"<\/p>\n
Bandmate Roger Taylor adds, \"I remember when we went into the studio to make A Night At The Opera, it felt like make or break.\"<\/p>\n
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