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In the early ’80s, Queensrÿche (along with Fates Warning) fused ’70s progressive rock with the screaming guitars and “heaviness” of ’80s metal to form a new genre: progressive metal. Dubbed “Thinking Man’s Metal” Queensrÿche influenced many of the later bands that would expand the genre even further - including Psychotic Waltz and Dream Theater.
From The Mob to Queensrÿche (early 1980s)
The foundations for Queensrÿche began in the early 1980s. Guitarist Michael Wilton and drummer Scott Rockenfield were members of a band called Cross+Fire, who covered songs from popular heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Before long Cross+Fire added guitarist Chris DeGarmo and bassist Eddie Jackson to their lineup, and changed their name to The Mob. The Mob, who were without a singer, recruited Geoff Tate to sing for them at a local rock festival. At the time, Tate was already in a band called Babylon. After Babylon broke up Tate performed a few shows with The Mob, but left because he was not interested in performing heavy metal.[1]
In 1981, The Mob put together sufficient funds to record a demo tape. Once again, Tate was enlisted to help. The group recorded four songs - “Queen of the Reich,” “Nightrider,” “Blinded” and “The Lady Wore Black.” The group brought their demo to various labels and were rejected by all of them. Tate also was still committed to staying in his then-current band, Myth.[1]
From The Mob to Queensrÿche (early 1980s)
The foundations for Queensrÿche began in the early 1980s. Guitarist Michael Wilton and drummer Scott Rockenfield were members of a band called Cross+Fire, who covered songs from popular heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Before long Cross+Fire added guitarist Chris DeGarmo and bassist Eddie Jackson to their lineup, and changed their name to The Mob. The Mob, who were without a singer, recruited Geoff Tate to sing for them at a local rock festival. At the time, Tate was already in a band called Babylon. After Babylon broke up Tate performed a few shows with The Mob, but left because he was not interested in performing heavy metal.[1]
In 1981, The Mob put together sufficient funds to record a demo tape. Once again, Tate was enlisted to help. The group recorded four songs - “Queen of the Reich,” “Nightrider,” “Blinded” and “The Lady Wore Black.” The group brought their demo to various labels and were rejected by all of them. Tate also was still committed to staying in his then-current band, Myth.[1]
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Operation: Mindcrime
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Empire
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Revolution Calling
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Rage for Order
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Eyes of a Stranger
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I Don't Believe in Love
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Speak
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Operation: Mindcrime
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The Mission
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Breaking the Silence
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I Remember Now
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Suite Sister Mary
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Waiting for 22
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Shoutbox
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Megacorpse88 wrote:
Well, their first 4 albums are masterpieces,the only one i really liked after it was Tribe.Promised Land was decent and if you count live albums, Operation: Livecrime is great as well.
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furuka999 wrote:
Overall , they are greatband but latest album is completely garbage.
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DarrynMcL wrote:
Still great live, and there's always at least one good song on every album. Just my opinion, i see many would disagree...
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Deathriderdoom wrote:
pity about them sucking now. the last few albums have been terrible. old one's are all fucking amazing though.
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dmfzeks wrote:
mario: makes perfect sense.
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rock1021 wrote:
@pinkflyd7 bands always get worse as time goes on, their are extremely few exceptions.
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pinkflyd7 wrote:
I used to love this band between 1988 and 1994. I was even in their official fan club. But now these guys pretty much suck. What the hell happened?
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DeadlyFred wrote:
The later albums definitely lack a bit of comparative lustre at times, most probably due to the absence of Chris DeGarmo but none of Queensryche's stuff is "bad". Guess that's just the price you pay for setting the bar so high so early.
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Saint_in_Hell wrote:
Their Ep and debut are flawless! Cannot bear the later stuff sadly..
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schadenfroh wrote:
Operation Mindcrime is one of the best concept albums ever created.[4]
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hurricane_mario wrote:
The singer is too over-indulgent in himself... In like, 88 he was good but now, ehhh. Same problem i have with blind guardian... Ego complex... "oh, people really like me, must mean im the greatest singer of all time, I'll start singing like it" ... If that made any sense... lol
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Breaking-Wheel wrote:
Megacorpse88: All of them, ALL OF THEM have at least one good song (Maybe not Tribe, though? It's been a while!), and Promised Land is amazing overall. Slight step-down from Empire and/or OMC, but that's to be expected. The order to get them is probably Promised Land, Hear, American Soldier, OMCII, Q2K, Tribe. Others can weigh in on this cause I'm definitely not the end-all-be-all of taste...
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Maxitoo wrote:
Operation Mindcrime is one of the best concept albums ever created.[3]
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KriegReich wrote:
I like to think of the Promised Land as a "Dark Rock" album, as I feel it's more of a Rock-esque feel with a heavier tone and darker themes. Rage For Order was like a little of that mixed in with Classic heavy metal. Epic stuff.
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kbcadorock wrote:
Operation Mindcrime is one of the best concept albums ever created. [2]
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alicenroses wrote:
Operation Mindcrime is one of the best concept albums ever created.
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sergio_mandrake wrote:
The best progressive metal band.
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hitman299 wrote:
awesome band
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nana_oosaki wrote:
but without you, i can't BREEEEEEATHE! you're the air to me! :)
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orangemango27 wrote:
Promised Land is good, but the rest are kinda meh. They all have their moments though.
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Tour: American Soldier Tour Date: Saturday, December 5th 2009 Time: 8:00pm City: Prestatyn, North Wales Venue: Hard Rock Hell III Country: UK
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