Freddie Mercury during the Hot Space Tour, 1981/1982
Freddie van ter Beek (left) and Tony Whitelock/Mr. Hedgehog (right)
during the Queen Convention 1995, Southport, UK
Freddie van ter Beek: 29 years. Born on 8 October 1968.
Profession history: Computerprogrammer from 1991 to 1996, Novell
and VAX/VMS ComputerNetwork System-manager from 1996 to ........
Company: De Weezenlanden Hospital, city: Zwolle, country: The Netherlands
Likes Rock and Guitar oriented music (bands:No.1=Queen, others:Valentine
(Dutch musician), Santana, Gary Moore, Dire Straits, Supertramp, Genesis,
Phil Collins, Guns 'n Roses, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix)
Also likes Science Fiction movies (Star Wars trilogy, Highlander trilogy,
Flash, Terminator, Tron, Metropolis, Free Jack, The Abyss, Alien trilogy, Independance Day, The 5th Element and more)
Likes reading Science Fiction books like Star Wars and Highlander (English versions), but has not much time to do that!
Likes playing electric and arcoustic Guitar, Computers, watching movies
on video/tv/cinema, going out on Saturdaynight till early in the morning,
writing with penpals all over the world (including sending e-mails) and
helping out a friend with his Drive-In Disco Show (as porter, DJ and 'roadie')
Bachelor till May 1997, after meeting a Dutch girl at the convention 1997 not any more! Going steady now with her and happely in love....:-)))))
Queen history:
Became a fan in 1983 (14 years of age) after hearing Bohemian Rhapsody (yes,
I know it's a cliche, but it is a magnificent song!).
Member of the Queen Fanclub in England from Spring 1984 to Spring 1985 and
from Autumn 1989 till....... (meaning: i'm still a member!)
Collection:Huge! 60 video-tapes (about 200 hrs of video), about 100 albums
on vinyl, 150 vinyl singles, 150 cd's, 125 audio-tapes, 40 t-shirts, lots
of books, magazines, articles, photo's, posters, calendars, etc. etc.
Most valuable Queen-items:
-Queen Greatest Hits I, bulgarian picturedisc, (ORIGINAL,NOT THE BOOTLEG!)
(prices vary, up to 1200 Pounds=over 2000 Dollars!!!)
-Bohemian Rhapsody, purple vinyl single, official released by EMI to
commemorate the 10th Annual Queen Fanclub Convention in 1995.(prices vary, up to 175 Pounds=300 Dollars)
Queen became part of my life, as a devoted fan in my teenage years Queen
became a band that could give me 'goose-skin' time and time again hearing
Freddie's great voice and those great guitar-solo's.
By competing often in mime-competitions I can do something I dreamt of
many times: being in Freddie's shoes, doing his stuff!
It had a nice result: appearences on a Convention video, British Television
and 3 TIMES on Dutch National Television, photo's in newspapers and magazines.
Nuts about Queen: YES! But still, in normal life a nice guy, since 27 May 1997 going steady with a Brian May / Queen Fan, very much in love with her and totally happy now!
