# Dragon Attack guitar solo > Brian May's guitar solo on Dragon Attack by Queen (1980) starts at about 2:05. From the album The Game. Played on a Red Special through a Vox AC30 amp. Canonical URL: Queen, 1980, from *The Game*. Solo by *Brian May*. A funky, hard-edged groove with a crunchy, improvisatory solo. Dragon Attack by Queen is #16 in our ranking of the best Brian May guitar solos. The solo is played by Brian May and the song was released in 1980. ## In our lists - [The Best Brian May Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/brian-may-guitar-solos/) — #16 - [The Best Queen Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/queen-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Dragon Attack? Brian May played the solo on Queen's Dragon Attack (1980). ### What guitar was used on the Dragon Attack solo? A red special through a Vox AC30 amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)