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Rock Schooled: That’s Dr. Brian May To You

7/25/07, 3:14 pm EST


While most students are on summer vacation, a few rock stars are completing their higher education. Sixty-year-old guitar icon Brian May, who left school early to form Queen, is in the process of earning a Ph.D. in astrophysics and plans to submit his thesis, “Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud,” to supervisors at Imperial College sometime in the next two weeks. Meanwhile forty-three-year-old guitarist Lyle Preslar of D.C. punk legends Minor Threat has also wrapped up his studies: he graduated from Rutgers School of Law-Newark in May. (Preslar worked at MTV’s legal department last summer and recently published an award-winning article analyzing a copyright lawsuit the RIAA brought against XM Satellite Radio.)

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Henke | 12/3/2007, 11:47 am EST

Congratulations Dr. May and good luck with the new album!

Michelle | 7/30/2007, 1:13 am EST

I can cause your eyes to bleed from just one stare! Sincerely,Steve…And I took lessons from Hendrix so lay off. Picking on a cripple, not a very nice thing to do!

Michelle | 7/29/2007, 3:17 pm EST

Is there really anything Brian May can’t do?!?
ps… “stephen hawking”, you may be able to play the guitar with your teeth, but NEVER as well as Bri = )

Jamie from Alaska | 7/28/2007, 1:03 pm EST

ROCK on BRIAN hmmmm Dr.Brian May i the sound of that Rock on!!!

love from Alaska

Beth | 7/27/2007, 8:17 pm EST

What can we say? The man’s a genius!

Many congrats from Cleveland, Brian!!!!

madeline | 7/27/2007, 8:11 pm EST

well done brian!!!(or should i say “Dr.May”!!!) u inspired me to get into astronamy too!! i think that its just the coolest thing! u have also inspired me to keep going on the gutair. so mabey one day i can be as good as u!!! ok..thats it for now!
cheers
mad

Jennifer | 7/27/2007, 11:58 am EST

Dr. May,

Thank you for making school cool again.

patricia | 7/27/2007, 9:39 am EST

well done Brian!!!!! you are great!!! (from Argentina)

Aimee Mann | 7/26/2007, 11:55 pm EST

LOST IN SPACE

jungleland | 7/26/2007, 1:55 pm EST

Good for Brian. Now back to playing guitar please!

farouk | 7/26/2007, 1:18 pm EST

He should do a thesis on Mercury!, ho,ho,ho!

Anonymous | 7/26/2007, 10:24 am EST

Brian May is the man.

zizzle | 7/25/2007, 11:46 pm EST

it’s not like they need to start a career with those degrees.

Message from Stephen Hawking | 7/25/2007, 11:14 pm EST

FUCK HIM……………………I can play the guitar with my teeth!–RB

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