Guitarist May of Queen had a heart attack

Brian May, the shaggyhaired guitarist from the classic rock band Queen, revealed Monday he suffered a heart attack this month.

May says now, however, he’s “good … here … and ready to rock.”

The heart attack happened while the British rocker was dealing with another medical issue. Weeks after May (inset) announced he’d ripped his buttocks in a gardening accident, he said he was “still in agony” a week following the incident.

“And I mean real agony,” he said in an Instagram video. “I wanted to jump at some point.”

He suspected the pain was due to something more than just a ripped muscle, and eventually the 72-year-old rocker said he had another MRI on his lower spine. Doctors found a compressed sciatic nerve that made it feel like “a screwdriver in my back,” he said.

But during his treatment, May said, he got even more “shocking” news: He had a “small” heart attack, describing it as “40 minutes of pain in the chest.”

“Everyone says, ‘You’ve got great blood pressure, great heart rate’ and everything, I keep fit on my bike, good diet, not too much fat,” he said.

May had three congested arteries but was able to avoid open-heart surgery and a triple bypass. Instead, he had three stents put in.

The guitarist said the only pain he suffered was in his leg, but that he had been treating it with painkillers until “a couple days ago.”

“We’ve all got to really look at ourselves as we get to the later autumn years,” May said. “What seems to be a very healthy heart may not be.”