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Queensrÿche

February 06, 2023

This article is about the band. For their eponymous 1983 EP, see Queensrÿche (EP). For their eponymous 2013 album, see Queensrÿche (album).

Queensrÿche /ˈkwiːnzraɪk/ is an American heavy metal band. It formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington, out of the local band the Mob.[1] The band has released 16 studio albums, one EP, and several DVDs, and continues to tour and record. The original lineup consisted of guitarists Michael Wilton and Chris DeGarmo, drummer Scott Rockenfield, bassist Eddie Jackson, and lead vocalist Geoff Tate.

Queensrÿche
Queensryche in London Bridge Studio with producer James "Jimbo" Barton 2012
Background information
OriginBellevue, Washington, U.S.
Genres
Years active1982–present
Labels
SpinoffsSlave to the System
Operation: Mindcrime
Members
Past members
Websitequeensrycheofficial.com
Queensrÿche performing at the Sauna Open Air Metal Festival in Finland, June 2011. From left to right: Eddie Jackson, Geoff Tate, Scott Rockenfield, Michael Wilton.

Queensrÿche has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over six million albums in the United States. They are considered one of the leaders of the progressive metal scene of the mid-to-late 1980s, and often referred to as one of the "Big Three" of the genre, along with Dream Theater and Fates Warning.[2] The band received worldwide acclaim after the release of their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime, which is often considered one of the greatest heavy metal concept albums of all time.[3][4] Their next album, Empire (1990), was also very successful and included the hit single "Silent Lucidity". The band has received three Grammy Award nominations for songs from both albums. In 1998, drummer Rockenfield received an individual Grammy nomination.

Also in 1998, guitarist and primary songwriter Chris DeGarmo left the band for personal reasons, returning briefly in 2003 to write and record the Tribe album. Over the years, his replacements have been Kelly Gray, Mike Stone, and Parker Lundgren. Following a highly publicized backstage altercation before a show in São Paulo, Brazil, in April 2012, Tate was fired from the band and replaced with then-Crimson Glory singer Todd La Torre. In response to his dismissal, Tate and his wife Susan (who served as the band's manager from 2005 to 2012) filed a lawsuit in a Washington court, claiming that he was wrongfully terminated. The ruling in the preliminary injunction was that both parties were allowed to use the name Queensrÿche until a court ruling or a settlement decided who would get to use the name.[5] A settlement was reached on April 17, 2014,[6] in which founding members Wilton, Rockenfield and Jackson were awarded the rights to the band trademark, continuing to perform with the lineup that additionally includes lead vocalist La Torre and guitarist Lundgren.[7]

During the time both parties could use the name Queensrÿche, Tate created his own lineup featuring former guitarist Gray and musicians from bands including Blue Öyster Cult, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Dio, AC/DC and Quiet Riot.[8][9] This version of Queensrÿche with Geoff Tate released the album Frequency Unknown on April 23, 2013,[10] while Queensrÿche (with La Torre replacing Tate) released their eponymous album on June 24 and 25, 2013 (European and American release date, respectively).[11] Both bands toured in 2013 and 2014, after which Tate changed the name of his version of Queensrÿche to Operation: Mindcrime.[6][7][12][13] The La Torre-fronted Queensrÿche has since recorded three more albums with him: Condition Hüman (2015), The Verdict (2019) and their newest release Digital Noise Alliance (2022).

History

From the Mob to Queensrÿche (1980–1983)

The foundations for Queensrÿche began in the late 1970s. Guitarist Michael Wilton started the band Joker with friends in 1978, and they were joined by guitarist Chris DeGarmo in 1979.[14] In 1980, Wilton met drummer Scott Rockenfield at Easy Street Records in Seattle,[15] and they formed the band Cross+Fire together on July 18 that year.[16] They covered songs from popular heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, and practiced in the garage of Rockenfield's parents[15] which they called "The Dungeon" and fitted with egg cartons as acoustic cladding.[17] Before long, DeGarmo and bassist Eddie Jackson joined Cross+Fire, and the band name was changed to the Mob, after the Black Sabbath song "The Mob Rules".[18] In need of a singer for a one-off performance at a local rock festival, they recruited Babylon frontman Geoff Tate. After Babylon broke up, Tate performed a few shows with the Mob, but left because he was not interested in performing heavy metal covers.[19]

In 1981, the Mob put together sufficient funds to record a demo tape.[20] Still without a singer, Tate was once again enlisted to help, much to the disapproval of his then-current band, Myth. The group recorded the four songs "Queen of the Reich", "Nightrider", "Blinded", and "The Lady Wore Black", the latter of which Tate had written the lyrics for. For an entire year, they brought their demo to various labels and were rejected by all of them. The Mob were ultimately offered a management contract by Kim and Diana Harris, the owners of Easy Street Records.[21] However, as Tate remained committed to staying in Myth, the band reluctantly searched for another singer.[20]

Because the name "the Mob" was not available, their manager urged them to choose a different name.[21] They reportedly ran out of ideas, and decided to name the band after the first song on their demo tape, "Queen of the Reich".[20] The spelling "Queensreich" was modified to prevent association of the band with Nazism;[22] "ryche" is a Middle English cognate to "Reich" which, like the German word, can mean "realm", "kingdom" or "empire". The name "Queensrÿche" is written with a metal umlaut over the letter 'y'. As the band later joked: "The umlaut over the 'y' has haunted us for years. We spent eleven years trying to explain how to pronounce it."[23] The umlaut is used on all of Queensrÿche's releases, except for their 2011 album, Dedicated to Chaos.

The Warning and Rage for Order (1983–1987)

Kim Harris sent the demo tape and a band photo to a friend who wrote for Kerrang! magazine, resulting in a glowing review.[20] On the strength of the growing buzz that surrounded them in both the United States and Europe following this review, the Harrises released Queensrÿche's demo tape as a self-titled EP on their independent label 206 Records in 1983.[21][24] After the EP garnered international praise, receiving much airplay and selling an unusual number of copies for a small independent release,[20] Tate agreed to leave Myth and become Queensrÿche's permanent lead singer.[16][20]

On June 29 and 30, 1983, Queensrÿche was the opening act for Zebra in Portland and Seattle respectively.[20] Kim Harris knew A&R manager Mavis Brodey of EMI-America from the time she was the music director of KZOK-FM, and he convinced her to come to one of these shows.[25] Brodey offered Queensrÿche a contract with EMI, spanning 15 years and encompassing seven albums.[16] EMI re-released the EP Queensrÿche to moderate success, peaking at No. 81 on the Billboard charts. The band toured with Quiet Riot through the South and with Twisted Sister to the East Coast and Canada, and opened for Dio in Seattle.[20]

After the EP tour, Queensrÿche travelled to London to record their first full-length album. The band worked with producer James Guthrie, who had worked with Pink Floyd and Judas Priest. Released in September 1984, The Warning showed the band in an early stage of development, playing classic heavy metal songs. It peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard album chart, a moderate commercial success. While none of the singles released from The Warning charted domestically, "Take Hold of the Flame" was a hit for the band outside the U.S., and particularly in Japan.[26] The band's first full-scale U.S. tour (in support of this album) was as the opening act for Kiss on their Animalize tour and Iron Maiden on their Powerslave tour. They also opened for Dio and Accept on their tours for The Last in Line and Metal Heart respectively.[27][28]

Rage for Order, released in 1986, introduced a much more polished look and sound for Queensrÿche, while the band was pressured by their management to adopt an image more closely associated with glam metal.[17] Tate later described the period as "we were really into [that] image and we failed miserably."[29] However, the album itself was slightly more progressive than the band's previous releases, having a layered and complex musical structure, and featuring keyboards as prominently as guitars.[30] A video was filmed for the song "Gonna Get Close to You", written and originally recorded in 1984 by Dalbello. The song "Rage for Order" was written and demoed for the album, but it was not included on the final release. The main riff from this song was worked into an instrumental piece played during some shows on the tour in support of this album, and eventually morphed into the track "Anarchy-X" on their next album. Queensrÿche supported Rage for Order with a tour that included opening for AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne and Ratt,[30][31][32] and playing with other bands such as Black 'n Blue, Fates Warning, Gang Green, Keel and Raven.[33][34][35]

Operation: Mindcrime, Empire and mainstream success (1988–1993)

 
"I Don't Believe in Love" (1988)
Sample of "I Don't Believe in Love" from the concept album Operation: Mindcrime. This song was nominated for a Grammy.
"Silent Lucidity" (1990)
Sample of the power ballad "Silent Lucidity" from the album Empire. It is the most successful song in Queensrÿche's career, and received two Grammy nominations, five VMA nominations, and one VMA award.
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In 1988, Queensrÿche released Operation: Mindcrime, a narrative concept album that proved a massive critical and commercial success. The album's story revolved around a junkie named Nikki, who is brainwashed into performing assassinations for an underground movement. Nikki is torn over his misplaced loyalty to the cause and his love for Mary, a reformed hooker-turned-nun (vocals by Pamela Moore), who gets in the way. The band's progressive metal style was fully developed on this album.[36] The band toured through much of 1988 and 1989 with several bands, including Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses and Metallica. The album gained critical acclaim and achieved gold status,[29] while its singles "Eyes of a Stranger" and "I Don't Believe in Love" gave Queensrÿche their first charting hits in America.[37]

The release of Empire (1990) brought Queensrÿche to the height of their commercial popularity.[29] It peaked at No. 7 and sold more than three million copies in the United States, more than their previous four releases combined (it was also certified silver in the UK). The power ballad "Silent Lucidity", which featured an orchestra, became the band's first Top 10 single. The arrangements on Empire were more straightforward than the band's previous efforts.[29]

The subsequent "Building Empires" tour was the first full-fledged tour to feature Queensrÿche as a headlining act (the band had previously headlined a tour in Japan in support of Operation: Mindcrime, and had headlined a handful of club and theater shows in the U.S. between 1984 and 1988, and the UK in 1988). The group used its headlining status to perform Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety, as well as songs from Empire. The tour lasted 18 months, longer than any tour the band had undertaken before or has since. The tour also added a black page to the band's history, when during a show in a sports hall in Ichtegem, Belgium on November 20, 1990, a scuffle in the audience resulted in an American fan stabbing a Belgian fan fatally in the chest. Tour manager Howard Ungerleider immediately stopped the show as the band was only playing the seventh song on the set list, "Roads to Madness".[38] A live album, recorded May 10–12, 1991, was released later that year as Operation: Livecrime. The tour also included an MTV Unplugged appearance at Warner Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles on April 27, 1992.

Promised Land (1994–1996)

After taking time off to deal with the burnout resulting from the "Building Empires" tour and with other personal issues, the band released Promised Land in October 1994 (a companion CD-ROM, featuring a Promised Land-themed game and other interactive features, was released in March 1996). It was a dark and intensely personal album, reflecting the mental state of the band at the time. Although the album debuted at No. 3 and was eventually certified platinum, it was clearly not the commercial success Empire had been. As with many other heavy metal and hard rock acts, Queensrÿche's commercial fortunes waned with the surge in popularity of genres such as alternative rock and grunge.

Hear in the Now Frontier (1997–1998)

Queensrÿche released their sixth full-length studio album, Hear in the Now Frontier, in March 1997, to mixed critical and fan reception. The album debuted at No. 19 but quickly vanished from the charts. Toby Wright, who produced Alice in Chains’ self-titled 1995 album, was brought on board for this effort as engineer. The result was a sound that is more dry and stripped down than anything the band had ever released. The wall of guitar, drums, and vocals that had become synonymous with Queensrÿche was gone, replaced by a much more immediate and less powerful style.[39]

Compounding the disappointing sales of the album were issues that plagued the band on the subsequent tour. Less than one month into the Hear in the Now Frontier tour, Tate became seriously ill and the band was forced to cancel concert dates for the first time. In an even bigger blow, the band's longtime label, EMI America Records, went bankrupt during the same period. Queensrÿche was forced to use its own money to finance the remaining two months of the tour. The band played a handful of December shows in South America because of contractual obligations, and it was during this time, late 1997,[40] that founding member Chris DeGarmo announced he was leaving Queensrÿche. However, his departure was not announced to the public until January 24, 1998.[41] Members of the band have later cited burnout and a desire to pursue interests outside of Queensrÿche as reasons for his departure.[42][43] For example, Rockenfield has said: "He wanted to pursue other things. He felt like he had done what he wanted musically in his life, and wanted to move on."[44] After leaving Queensrÿche, DeGarmo began a full-time career as a professional business jet pilot. His involvement with music has since been sporadic. He remains highly regarded in the eyes of Queensrÿche's fan base.

Q2K and side projects (1998–2002)

DeGarmo was replaced by guitarist and producer Kelly Gray. Gray's connections with Queensrÿche went back to the early '80s, when he was the guitarist for Myth, which was also the band Tate fronted prior to joining Queensrÿche. Gray had previously worked as a producer for bands such as Dokken and Candlebox. Queensrÿche recorded one studio album with Gray, Q2K from 1999, which was also the first album for their new label, Atlantic Records. Musically, Q2K bore little resemblance to the progressive metal of the band's past, and also displayed a similar stripped-down sound as Hear in the Now Frontier. Tate has described Q2K as a continuation of the experimentation of Hear in the Now Frontier. Declining popularity forced the band to tour in clubs and theaters, rather than in the larger arenas and outdoor amphitheaters where they played before. Following the Q2K tour, Rockenfield and Gray formed the side project Slave to the System with band members from Brother Cane and recorded a self-titled album.

After the release of a greatest hits collection in 2000, Queensrÿche embarked on another tour, this time in support of Iron Maiden. This enabled the band to play Madison Square Garden for the first time. Unhappy with the lack of support they felt they received from Atlantic Records, Queensrÿche moved to Sanctuary Records in 2001. In July of that year, the band performed a handful of dates at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington. The shows were recorded and released in September 2001 as Live Evolution, the band's second live album. In 2001 and 2002, Tate worked on his self-titled first solo album, which was released on June 25, 2002.

Gray was fired from the band in May 2002,[45] which according to Rockenfield was "because of [his] personal abuse habits and ongoing problems".[16][46]

Tribe (2002–2004)

The band entered the studio as a quartet in the spring of 2003 to record their eighth full-length album, while a compilation of greatest hits was released as part of the Classic Masters series on March 9, 2003. In April, they announced they had been joined by Chris DeGarmo, although his future status with the band was uncertain. In July, Queensrÿche released its first and only album of new material on the Sanctuary label, Tribe. DeGarmo, who played on and co-wrote four songs, neither officially rejoined the band nor took part in the supporting tour.

Queensrÿche found a replacement for Gray in Mike Stone, who had previously worked on Tate's solo album.[47] Stone accompanied the band on the Tribe tour as second guitarist to Wilton's lead, though he never was a full member of the band. In June 2003, Queensrÿche launched a co-headlining tour featuring another progressive metal band, Dream Theater. The two bands alternated the opening and closing slots, and ended the shows by playing a handful of songs together. Fates Warning was the special guest for the tour. A recording from this tour was released to CD and DVD as The Art of Live, which included two covers performed with Dream Theater.

Over the course of the five album releases ('Q2K', 'Tribe', 'Operation: Mindcrime II', 'American Soldier' and 'Dedicated To Chaos') after DeGarmo left, the band had gone through three guitar players, five record companies and four management firms. Q-Prime had taken over management duties before 'Operation: Mindcrime'; they were eventually replaced by Ray Daniels during the 'Q2K' sessions, who was then subsequently replaced by Lars Sorensen.[48] Following the Tribe tour, Lars Sorensen was dismissed, and Geoff Tate's wife Susan was promoted to band manager, after having worked as an assistant manager for the band since 2001.[49] In this period, Wilton spent time recording the self-titled album of his side project Soulbender.

Operation: Mindcrime II (2004–2007)

In July 2004, Queensrÿche announced its plans to record a follow-up to 1988's Operation: Mindcrime. To generate fan interest in the upcoming album, the band hit the road in the fall of 2004 with the "An Evening With Queensrÿche" tour. The tour opened with a shortened greatest hits set, followed by a revised production of Operation: Mindcrime with live actors and video; Pamela Moore reprised her role as Sister Mary. The band played a pre-recorded version of "Hostage," a track from the upcoming album, through the PA as an encore after the end of their set. The second leg of the tour began in early 2005. Before embarking on a third leg in the fall of 2005, Queensrÿche toured with Judas Priest across North America, playing an hour-long set consisting mostly of the band's older works and one song from the soon-to-be released sequel, entitled "I'm American".

Operation: Mindcrime II was released internationally on March 31, 2006. The album was Queensrÿche's first for their new label, Rhino Entertainment, to which it signed in 2005. Ronnie James Dio provided the vocals for Dr. X, the villain. The album debuted at No. 14, the highest chart position for a Queensrÿche album since 1997. The group embarked on a headlining tour in support of the album, joined by Pamela Moore in her role as Sister Mary.[50] The tour featured performances of both Mindcrime albums in their entirety. Dio appeared at the Gibson Amphitheatre show in Universal City, California to perform his vocals as Dr. X on "The Chase", and was shown on a video screen at the other shows.[51] Dio's appearance was recorded, and included as an extra on the 2007 DVD release Mindcrime at the Moore.

Take Cover and American Soldier (2007–2010)

On August 9, 2007, the band announced that it would release a new greatest hits album, entitled Sign of the Times. The album was released on August 28, 2007, and a special collector's edition featured a bonus disc including various demos and a new song, "Justified", featuring Chris DeGarmo on guitar. On November 13, 2007, the band released an album of covers entitled Take Cover. The album contains covers of songs by Queen, U2, The Police, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, and Pink Floyd, and was the band's second release for Rhino Records. On February 3, 2009, Stone announced the end of his association with Queensrÿche to focus on his side project Speed-X, although court declarations later revealed Geoff and Susan Tate fired him for "making too many grand demands", without discussing their decision with the other band members.[21]

Wilton recorded both lead and rhythm guitar on the band's eleventh studio album, American Soldier, released on March 31, 2009. The concept album regards war from the perspective of those on the front lines of American wars from World War II through to the present, especially the Iraq War.[52] Parker Lundgren (formerly of The Nihilists and Sledgeback, who also played on Tate's solo tour and was in a relationship with Tate's stepdaughter Miranda)[21] replaced Stone on the ensuing tour.[53]

Dedicated to Chaos (2010–2012)

In late 2009 and early 2010, the band toured for The Queensrÿche Cabaret. In November 2010, Queensrÿche played several shows for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. While at a U.S. military position, explosive shells began falling on the base as the result of a bomb attack. Contrary to some news reports stating that some band members were injured, Tate has said in several interviews that he was misquoted and none of the band members suffered any injuries.[54][55]

The band's twelfth studio album, Dedicated to Chaos, was released on June 28, 2011 on Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records,[56] to which the band had signed on August 25, 2010.[57] The album was a drastic departure from the band's previous efforts, featuring a greater emphasis on the bass and drums, and with minimal guitar work. The album was released to mixed reviews and was the lowest charting full-length album for the band in its history.

According to Tate, Queensrÿche was already writing new material for a follow-up to Dedicated to Chaos as of June 2011,[58] and were discussing re-recording Operation: Mindcrime in late 2012, so they could do something special for a 25th anniversary edition.[17][59]

Rising West, confrontation, split and lawsuit with Geoff Tate (2012–2014)

 
Drummer Scott Rockenfield and singer Geoff Tate performing with Queensrÿche in São Paulo, Brazil in April 2012. Tate would repeatedly spit at Rockenfield during this show.[60]

In a band meeting on April 12, 2012,[61] which Tate did not attend, the band fired both Tate's stepdaughter, Miranda, from running the fan club, and his wife Susan, their band manager since 2005.[21] According to Wilton, the reasons were that "the last 3 years, basically it just came to a point that we didn't have a voice in the band anymore. It was all run by the singer and his manager, the wife."[62] On April 14, 2012, before the soundcheck for a show in São Paulo, Brazil, Tate had an argument with the other members about the firing of his family.[16][21] This confrontation became heated, leading to Tate retaliating by knocking down the drum kit,[63] throwing several punches and physically assaulting[64] and spitting on Rockenfield and Wilton.[60] Over the course of the band's next three shows, Wilton, Rockenfield, and Jackson felt that Tate continued to misbehave and they came "to the conclusion that they can no longer work or perform with Mr. Tate."[21][65] They called a band meeting on June 5[65] (some sources say June 6[21]). Tate withdrew from this conference call, after which the other band members voted to "consider Geoff Tate expelled from the band" and "continue to use the Queensrÿche name with a new lead singer", prompting Tate to take legal action.[66]

While Tate continued working on an upcoming solo album, Kings & Thieves, and a subsequent tour, Queensrÿche's other band members started the side project that eventually became Rising West.[44][67] Wilton explained that: "Originally this was deemed as a side project, because we were told by our management that we were not going to do anything for the next year so hey, we have to survive."[68] Still in search of a frontman for the at-the-time unnamed project, Wilton recommended Todd La Torre to his bandmates,[69] the then-frontman of Crimson Glory, whom he had met several months prior at the NAMM Show in January 2012. Their encounter had resulted in a songwriting collaboration on, among others, a song named "Don't Look Back", which in 2013 would make its way onto Queensrÿche's self-titled album.[62][70] The band heard some of La Torre's demos on YouTube,[44] and took a leap of faith by booking and announcing two shows at Seattle's Hard Rock Cafe on June 8 and 9, 2012, even before La Torre met the band members.[44] The project would initially be called "West", which stood for the four members of the band: "Wilton, Eddie, Scott and Todd",[71] but was later renamed "Rising West" at the suggestion of Jackson.[71][72] The band was enthusiastic about this addition to the original name, because "Rising West" reflected the feeling that the project was "something really fresh" for everyone involved; it additionally referred to the band members living on the West Coast, flowed better as a band name than simply "West", and [in deemphasizing the WEST acronym] acknowledged that Parker Lundgren [whose name was not included in the acronym] would also be participating in the project.[71] The shows were publicly announced on May 29, 2012, revealing that they would focus on Queensrÿche's older work.[59][69] Both shows sold out in 48 hours,[44] among others to fans from Japan, Australia and New Zealand.[44] When the band flew La Torre in from Florida to Seattle nine days before the show to rehearse at Rockenfield's house, they hadn't played a note together, nor did they know whether it would work.[44] Although La Torre was a big fan of Queensrÿche's older albums,[62] he was not very familiar with the songs on Promised Land and they had only limited time to prepare for the shows, the band focused on the material from the Queensrÿche EP to the band's fourth studio album, Empire,[62] which are generally considered the band's heaviest releases[by whom?], and according to La Torre: "are the songs and the time period that most represented the core sound of what Queensryche material was about".[73] Their first rehearsal together went very smoothly, according to Wilton: "we blasted through 18 to 20 songs and everybody was amazed from the professionality, the musicianship and tone of Todd's voice."[62] Rockenfield was immediately reassured: "the second we played "Queen of the Reich", it was all over."[44] Even after the enthusiastic response during these initial shows, the fledgling band still remained unsigned in the days that immediately followed. They already had been approached by Glen Parrish of PGM Management after their show on June 9, 2012, who offered to become their band manager.[62] According to Wilton, Parrish had told the management company in Los Angeles: "I have something very hot here and we should grab these guys before someone else does".[62] After band negotiations with "at least 3 or 4 record labels", Parrish chose to sign Queensrÿche with Century Media.[62]

 
Queensrÿche with Todd La Torre in 2012.

Meanwhile, Tate, along with his wife, moved forward with the lawsuit they had filed against his former bandmates, claiming unlawful termination[64] and seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent both himself and the remaining bandmembers from using the Queensrÿche name until the issue was resolved. While the Washington state superior court denied this motion on July 13, 2012, they also denied a counter-motion for a preliminary summary judgment filed by the defense (Wilton, Jackson, and Rockenfield); collectively, these rulings enabled both parties to use the brand "Queensrÿche" until a court ruling or settlement further clarified the matter.[5] Subsequent to this temporary verdict, both entities toured with independent bands under the "Queensrÿche" moniker between June 2012 and April 2014, with one incarnation consisting of the remaining Queensryche members fronted by La Torre, and the other featuring Tate with his own lineup. In addition, both versions of the group released studio albums during this time, with Geoff Tate's incarnation releasing Frequency Unknown in April 2013, and the La Torre-fronted lineup releasing a self-titled album two months later.

A settlement was reached on April 17, 2014,[6] and a statement from both parties was released on April 28, 2014.[7] The statement announced that Tate lost the brand Queensrÿche to Rockenfield, Wilton and Jackson, who together with La Torre and Lundgren are to be "the sole band recording and touring as Queensryche", while former vocalist Tate solely has the right to play Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II in their entirety "in unique performances". On May 5, 2014, a press release was released through Wilton's Facebook page, further clarifying the specifics of the settlement.[74][non-primary source needed]

Condition Hüman (2014–2017)

On November 7, 2014, the band opened a pledge drive through PledgeMusic that allowed fans to pre-order their next album, which would be their second with La Torre and their 14th overall. The campaign used the motto "Building The Empire", and offered regular pledge rewards such as CDs, exclusive access and equipment,[75] but also an investment opportunity for $50,000 in Queensrÿche Holdings, LLC to accredited investors.[76] The campaign page revealed that recording would likely take place between December 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015, and that the album was expected to be ready for release in late spring or early summer 2015.[75][77] The campaign page also included a video of band members and crew discussing the band's desire to approach their fans more proactively, with their attorney Thomas Osinski remarking: "this is famously a band that kept to itself, and in this new era of openness, they want to join with their fans [and] more so after the last few years of challenges they've been through".[75] The term "Building Empires" was used previously in the Empire tour, as well as a video from that tour, although in this context it is used to indicate that the fans are helping to rebuild the band's career.[75]

In a January 2015 interview, lead vocalist Todd La Torre revealed that in February they would "hopefully" start tracking their next album.[78] Three months later, guitarist Michael Wilton spoke to interviewer Jennifer Kessinger at the 2015 Welcome to Rockville Festival about the songwriting progress of the album, which was being recorded at the Uberbeatz studio in Washington with producer Zeuss. Wilton said that "it is everything that a fan of Queensrÿche would want from the band" and stated that in more recent concerts and festivals, fans had expressed their satisfaction with the band's current line up.[79] Wilton revealed in a later interview that they had finished recording the album, and it was being in the process of being mixed and mastered before being sent off to their record label Century Media Records. However, he did not reveal a title or release date.[80]

On July 17, 2015, the band announced that a clip of a new song titled "Arrow of Time" would be released to fans who participated in their PledgeMusic campaign. The song was the opening track of the new album, titled Condition Hüman. On August 3, the album's track list and artwork were revealed. Todd La Torre stated that "The artwork depicts a beautiful innocence surrounded by the darkness of a jaded unpredictable world."[81] The new album was released on October 2, 2015.[75]

In the weeks leading up to the release of Condition Hüman the band toured North America with German hard rock veterans Scorpions.[82] After the new album's release, the band embarked on a tour of the United States in early 2016,[83] and a European tour in September of that year.[84] In October 2016, the band performed in Australia and the Far East.[85] On March 28, 2017, the band announced Rockenfield would take paternity leave to care for his newborn son, and that Kamelot drummer Casey Grillo would fill in his spot for upcoming live dates.[86] In August 2018, guitarist Mike Stone returned for a couple of months filling in for Parker Lundgren who had to take care of "personal things".[87]

The Verdict and Digital Noise Alliance (2017–present)

On May 1, 2017, Todd La Torre revealed plans for the band's next studio album. He said that approximately 15 songs were ready at that point and that they could be characterized by a faster tempo than those on the previous album. The band hoped to enter the studio in September 2017, for an early 2018 release via Century Media.[88] In July 2018, in a Facebook post offering the forthcoming album for early orders, the band announced that the album would be released in 2019. On October 29, 2018, the band revealed that the album was entitled The Verdict and released it on March 1, 2019. According to Blabbermouth.net, Todd La Torre was confirmed as playing drums on the album. In November 2019, Wilton stated that he wanted touring drummer Grillo to play on the next Queensryche album.[89]

In July 2021, Parker Lundgren announced he had left the band to pursue "other business ventures". Mike Stone filled in for the subsequent tour, and later rejoined as a full-time member.[90]

In January 2022, Queensrÿche confirmed they had entered the studio with Zeuss reprising his role as producer, and begun recording their sixteenth studio album, with a tentative late-2022 release date. Grillo confirmed that he was going to play drums on the album.[91] On May 20, 2022, the band announced that the album was titled Digital Noise Alliance and that it will be released on October 7.[92]

Queensrÿche's logo, the so-called Tri-Ryche (written without an umlaut on the 'y'), also stems from the band's early years. Artist Wes "Grizz" Griswold, who made the artwork for the Queensrÿche EP, used to sign his work with a doodle morphed from a crude drawing of a peregrine falcon.[93] He also used it for the stage set and backdrop of Queensrÿche's first tour, which he designed.[94] After the band was signed, the record company adopted the doodle as the band's logo.[93] However, the Tri-Ryche has never been trademarked by Queensrÿche due to a long-standing controversy over who actually created the Tri-Ryche.[94] Todd Rockenfield, the brother of Queensrÿche's drummer, who designed the typeface of the word "Queensryche" on the front and back of the EP, claimed the design of the Tri-Ryche in its eventual form was his,[94] and the band acknowledges his role in the development of the Tri-Ryche.[17] The Tri-Ryche is prominently featured on most of Queensrÿche's album covers.

Band members

Timeline

Awards and nominations

Queensrÿche awards and nominations
Awards and nominations
Award
Wins
Nominations
Billboard Music Award 1 0
Concrete Foundations Awards 2 2
Grammy Awards 0 3
MTV Video Music Awards 1 5
Totals[a]
Wins6
Nominations7
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Billboard Awards

The Billboard Music Awards are awarded by Billboard magazine, the preeminent publication covering the music business.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 "Silent Lucidity" #1 Album Rock Track Won

Concrete Foundations Awards

The Concrete Foundations Awards was held by Foundations Forum, which honored contributions by music artists to the hard rock and heavy metal genres.[95]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 Empire Top Retail Won
1991 Queensryche Best Hard Rock Band Won

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.[96][97][98]

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV.[99]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 "Silent Lucidity" Video of the Year Nominated
1991 "Silent Lucidity" Best Group Video Nominated
1991 "Silent Lucidity" Best Metal/Hard Rock Video Nominated
1991 "Silent Lucidity" Best Direction in a Video Nominated
1991 "Silent Lucidity" Viewers' Choice Award Won

Northwest Area Music Awards

The Northwest Area Music Awards was an awards ceremony held by the Northwest Area Music Association.[100]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1991 Queensryche Best Metal Group Won
1991 Empire Best Metal Recording Won

Discography

Main article: Queensrÿche discography

Queensrÿche

Geoff Tate's Queensrÿche

See also

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queensrÿche, this, article, about, band, their, eponymous, 1983, their, eponymous, 2013, album, album, american, heavy, metal, band, formed, 1982, bellevue, washington, local, band, band, released, studio, albums, several, dvds, continues, tour, record, origin. This article is about the band For their eponymous 1983 EP see Queensryche EP For their eponymous 2013 album see Queensryche album Queensryche ˈ k w iː n z r aɪ k is an American heavy metal band It formed in 1982 in Bellevue Washington out of the local band the Mob 1 The band has released 16 studio albums one EP and several DVDs and continues to tour and record The original lineup consisted of guitarists Michael Wilton and Chris DeGarmo drummer Scott Rockenfield bassist Eddie Jackson and lead vocalist Geoff Tate QueensrycheQueensryche in London Bridge Studio with producer James Jimbo Barton 2012Background informationOriginBellevue Washington U S GenresHeavy metal progressive metalYears active1982 presentLabels206EMIAtlanticAtcoSanctuaryRhinoRoadrunnerCentury MediaSpinoffsSlave to the SystemOperation MindcrimeMembersMichael Wilton Eddie Jackson Mike Stone Todd La Torre Casey GrilloPast membersChris DeGarmo Geoff Tate Scott Rockenfield Kelly Gray Parker LundgrenWebsitequeensrycheofficial wbr comQueensryche performing at the Sauna Open Air Metal Festival in Finland June 2011 From left to right Eddie Jackson Geoff Tate Scott Rockenfield Michael Wilton Queensryche has sold over 20 million albums worldwide including over six million albums in the United States They are considered one of the leaders of the progressive metal scene of the mid to late 1980s and often referred to as one of the Big Three of the genre along with Dream Theater and Fates Warning 2 The band received worldwide acclaim after the release of their 1988 album Operation Mindcrime which is often considered one of the greatest heavy metal concept albums of all time 3 4 Their next album Empire 1990 was also very successful and included the hit single Silent Lucidity The band has received three Grammy Award nominations for songs from both albums In 1998 drummer Rockenfield received an individual Grammy nomination Also in 1998 guitarist and primary songwriter Chris DeGarmo left the band for personal reasons returning briefly in 2003 to write and record the Tribe album Over the years his replacements have been Kelly Gray Mike Stone and Parker Lundgren Following a highly publicized backstage altercation before a show in Sao Paulo Brazil in April 2012 Tate was fired from the band and replaced with then Crimson Glory singer Todd La Torre In response to his dismissal Tate and his wife Susan who served as the band s manager from 2005 to 2012 filed a lawsuit in a Washington court claiming that he was wrongfully terminated The ruling in the preliminary injunction was that both parties were allowed to use the name Queensryche until a court ruling or a settlement decided who would get to use the name 5 A settlement was reached on April 17 2014 6 in which founding members Wilton Rockenfield and Jackson were awarded the rights to the band trademark continuing to perform with the lineup that additionally includes lead vocalist La Torre and guitarist Lundgren 7 During the time both parties could use the name Queensryche Tate created his own lineup featuring former guitarist Gray and musicians from bands including Blue Oyster Cult Ozzy Osbourne Whitesnake Dio AC DC and Quiet Riot 8 9 This version of Queensryche with Geoff Tate released the album Frequency Unknown on April 23 2013 10 while Queensryche with La Torre replacing Tate released their eponymous album on June 24 and 25 2013 European and American release date respectively 11 Both bands toured in 2013 and 2014 after which Tate changed the name of his version of Queensryche to Operation Mindcrime 6 7 12 13 The La Torre fronted Queensryche has since recorded three more albums with him Condition Human 2015 The Verdict 2019 and their newest release Digital Noise Alliance 2022 Contents 1 History 1 1 From the Mob to Queensryche 1980 1983 1 2 The Warning and Rage for Order 1983 1987 1 3 Operation Mindcrime Empire and mainstream success 1988 1993 1 4 Promised Land 1994 1996 1 5 Hear in the Now Frontier 1997 1998 1 6 Q2K and side projects 1998 2002 1 7 Tribe 2002 2004 1 8 Operation Mindcrime II 2004 2007 1 9 Take Cover and American Soldier 2007 2010 1 10 Dedicated to Chaos 2010 2012 1 11 Rising West confrontation split and lawsuit with Geoff Tate 2012 2014 1 12 Condition Human 2014 2017 1 13 The Verdict and Digital Noise Alliance 2017 present 2 Tri Ryche logo 3 Band members 4 Awards and nominations 4 1 Billboard Awards 4 2 Concrete Foundations Awards 4 3 Grammy Awards 4 4 MTV Video Music Awards 4 5 Northwest Area Music Awards 5 Discography 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditFrom the Mob to Queensryche 1980 1983 Edit The foundations for Queensryche began in the late 1970s Guitarist Michael Wilton started the band Joker with friends in 1978 and they were joined by guitarist Chris DeGarmo in 1979 14 In 1980 Wilton met drummer Scott Rockenfield at Easy Street Records in Seattle 15 and they formed the band Cross Fire together on July 18 that year 16 They covered songs from popular heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest and practiced in the garage of Rockenfield s parents 15 which they called The Dungeon and fitted with egg cartons as acoustic cladding 17 Before long DeGarmo and bassist Eddie Jackson joined Cross Fire and the band name was changed to the Mob after the Black Sabbath song The Mob Rules 18 In need of a singer for a one off performance at a local rock festival they recruited Babylon frontman Geoff Tate After Babylon broke up Tate performed a few shows with the Mob but left because he was not interested in performing heavy metal covers 19 In 1981 the Mob put together sufficient funds to record a demo tape 20 Still without a singer Tate was once again enlisted to help much to the disapproval of his then current band Myth The group recorded the four songs Queen of the Reich Nightrider Blinded and The Lady Wore Black the latter of which Tate had written the lyrics for For an entire year they brought their demo to various labels and were rejected by all of them The Mob were ultimately offered a management contract by Kim and Diana Harris the owners of Easy Street Records 21 However as Tate remained committed to staying in Myth the band reluctantly searched for another singer 20 Because the name the Mob was not available their manager urged them to choose a different name 21 They reportedly ran out of ideas and decided to name the band after the first song on their demo tape Queen of the Reich 20 The spelling Queensreich was modified to prevent association of the band with Nazism 22 ryche is a Middle English cognate to Reich which like the German word can mean realm kingdom or empire The name Queensryche is written with a metal umlaut over the letter y As the band later joked The umlaut over the y has haunted us for years We spent eleven years trying to explain how to pronounce it 23 The umlaut is used on all of Queensryche s releases except for their 2011 album Dedicated to Chaos The Warning and Rage for Order 1983 1987 Edit Kim Harris sent the demo tape and a band photo to a friend who wrote for Kerrang magazine resulting in a glowing review 20 On the strength of the growing buzz that surrounded them in both the United States and Europe following this review the Harrises released Queensryche s demo tape as a self titled EP on their independent label 206 Records in 1983 21 24 After the EP garnered international praise receiving much airplay and selling an unusual number of copies for a small independent release 20 Tate agreed to leave Myth and become Queensryche s permanent lead singer 16 20 On June 29 and 30 1983 Queensryche was the opening act for Zebra in Portland and Seattle respectively 20 Kim Harris knew A amp R manager Mavis Brodey of EMI America from the time she was the music director of KZOK FM and he convinced her to come to one of these shows 25 Brodey offered Queensryche a contract with EMI spanning 15 years and encompassing seven albums 16 EMI re released the EP Queensryche to moderate success peaking at No 81 on the Billboard charts The band toured with Quiet Riot through the South and with Twisted Sister to the East Coast and Canada and opened for Dio in Seattle 20 After the EP tour Queensryche travelled to London to record their first full length album The band worked with producer James Guthrie who had worked with Pink Floyd and Judas Priest Released in September 1984 The Warning showed the band in an early stage of development playing classic heavy metal songs It peaked at No 61 on the Billboard album chart a moderate commercial success While none of the singles released from The Warning charted domestically Take Hold of the Flame was a hit for the band outside the U S and particularly in Japan 26 The band s first full scale U S tour in support of this album was as the opening act for Kiss on their Animalize tour and Iron Maiden on their Powerslave tour They also opened for Dio and Accept on their tours for The Last in Line and Metal Heart respectively 27 28 Rage for Order released in 1986 introduced a much more polished look and sound for Queensryche while the band was pressured by their management to adopt an image more closely associated with glam metal 17 Tate later described the period as we were really into that image and we failed miserably 29 However the album itself was slightly more progressive than the band s previous releases having a layered and complex musical structure and featuring keyboards as prominently as guitars 30 A video was filmed for the song Gonna Get Close to You written and originally recorded in 1984 by Dalbello The song Rage for Order was written and demoed for the album but it was not included on the final release The main riff from this song was worked into an instrumental piece played during some shows on the tour in support of this album and eventually morphed into the track Anarchy X on their next album Queensryche supported Rage for Order with a tour that included opening for AC DC Bon Jovi Ozzy Osbourne and Ratt 30 31 32 and playing with other bands such as Black n Blue Fates Warning Gang Green Keel and Raven 33 34 35 Operation Mindcrime Empire and mainstream success 1988 1993 Edit I Don t Believe in Love 1988 source source Sample of I Don t Believe in Love from the concept album Operation Mindcrime This song was nominated for a Grammy Silent Lucidity 1990 source source Sample of the power ballad Silent Lucidity from the album Empire It is the most successful song in Queensryche s career and received two Grammy nominations five VMA nominations and one VMA award Problems playing these files See media help In 1988 Queensryche released Operation Mindcrime a narrative concept album that proved a massive critical and commercial success The album s story revolved around a junkie named Nikki who is brainwashed into performing assassinations for an underground movement Nikki is torn over his misplaced loyalty to the cause and his love for Mary a reformed hooker turned nun vocals by Pamela Moore who gets in the way The band s progressive metal style was fully developed on this album 36 The band toured through much of 1988 and 1989 with several bands including Def Leppard Guns N Roses and Metallica The album gained critical acclaim and achieved gold status 29 while its singles Eyes of a Stranger and I Don t Believe in Love gave Queensryche their first charting hits in America 37 The release of Empire 1990 brought Queensryche to the height of their commercial popularity 29 It peaked at No 7 and sold more than three million copies in the United States more than their previous four releases combined it was also certified silver in the UK The power ballad Silent Lucidity which featured an orchestra became the band s first Top 10 single The arrangements on Empire were more straightforward than the band s previous efforts 29 The subsequent Building Empires tour was the first full fledged tour to feature Queensryche as a headlining act the band had previously headlined a tour in Japan in support of Operation Mindcrime and had headlined a handful of club and theater shows in the U S between 1984 and 1988 and the UK in 1988 The group used its headlining status to perform Operation Mindcrime in its entirety as well as songs from Empire The tour lasted 18 months longer than any tour the band had undertaken before or has since The tour also added a black page to the band s history when during a show in a sports hall in Ichtegem Belgium on November 20 1990 a scuffle in the audience resulted in an American fan stabbing a Belgian fan fatally in the chest Tour manager Howard Ungerleider immediately stopped the show as the band was only playing the seventh song on the set list Roads to Madness 38 A live album recorded May 10 12 1991 was released later that year as Operation Livecrime The tour also included an MTV Unplugged appearance at Warner Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles on April 27 1992 Promised Land 1994 1996 Edit After taking time off to deal with the burnout resulting from the Building Empires tour and with other personal issues the band released Promised Land in October 1994 a companion CD ROM featuring a Promised Land themed game and other interactive features was released in March 1996 It was a dark and intensely personal album reflecting the mental state of the band at the time Although the album debuted at No 3 and was eventually certified platinum it was clearly not the commercial success Empire had been As with many other heavy metal and hard rock acts Queensryche s commercial fortunes waned with the surge in popularity of genres such as alternative rock and grunge Hear in the Now Frontier 1997 1998 Edit Queensryche released their sixth full length studio album Hear in the Now Frontier in March 1997 to mixed critical and fan reception The album debuted at No 19 but quickly vanished from the charts Toby Wright who produced Alice in Chains self titled 1995 album was brought on board for this effort as engineer The result was a sound that is more dry and stripped down than anything the band had ever released The wall of guitar drums and vocals that had become synonymous with Queensryche was gone replaced by a much more immediate and less powerful style 39 Compounding the disappointing sales of the album were issues that plagued the band on the subsequent tour Less than one month into the Hear in the Now Frontier tour Tate became seriously ill and the band was forced to cancel concert dates for the first time In an even bigger blow the band s longtime label EMI America Records went bankrupt during the same period Queensryche was forced to use its own money to finance the remaining two months of the tour The band played a handful of December shows in South America because of contractual obligations and it was during this time late 1997 40 that founding member Chris DeGarmo announced he was leaving Queensryche However his departure was not announced to the public until January 24 1998 41 Members of the band have later cited burnout and a desire to pursue interests outside of Queensryche as reasons for his departure 42 43 For example Rockenfield has said He wanted to pursue other things He felt like he had done what he wanted musically in his life and wanted to move on 44 After leaving Queensryche DeGarmo began a full time career as a professional business jet pilot His involvement with music has since been sporadic He remains highly regarded in the eyes of Queensryche s fan base Q2K and side projects 1998 2002 Edit DeGarmo was replaced by guitarist and producer Kelly Gray Gray s connections with Queensryche went back to the early 80s when he was the guitarist for Myth which was also the band Tate fronted prior to joining Queensryche Gray had previously worked as a producer for bands such as Dokken and Candlebox Queensryche recorded one studio album with Gray Q2K from 1999 which was also the first album for their new label Atlantic Records Musically Q2K bore little resemblance to the progressive metal of the band s past and also displayed a similar stripped down sound as Hear in the Now Frontier Tate has described Q2K as a continuation of the experimentation of Hear in the Now Frontier Declining popularity forced the band to tour in clubs and theaters rather than in the larger arenas and outdoor amphitheaters where they played before Following the Q2K tour Rockenfield and Gray formed the side project Slave to the System with band members from Brother Cane and recorded a self titled album After the release of a greatest hits collection in 2000 Queensryche embarked on another tour this time in support of Iron Maiden This enabled the band to play Madison Square Garden for the first time Unhappy with the lack of support they felt they received from Atlantic Records Queensryche moved to Sanctuary Records in 2001 In July of that year the band performed a handful of dates at the Moore Theatre in Seattle Washington The shows were recorded and released in September 2001 as Live Evolution the band s second live album In 2001 and 2002 Tate worked on his self titled first solo album which was released on June 25 2002 Gray was fired from the band in May 2002 45 which according to Rockenfield was because of his personal abuse habits and ongoing problems 16 46 Tribe 2002 2004 Edit The band entered the studio as a quartet in the spring of 2003 to record their eighth full length album while a compilation of greatest hits was released as part of the Classic Masters series on March 9 2003 In April they announced they had been joined by Chris DeGarmo although his future status with the band was uncertain In July Queensryche released its first and only album of new material on the Sanctuary label Tribe DeGarmo who played on and co wrote four songs neither officially rejoined the band nor took part in the supporting tour Queensryche found a replacement for Gray in Mike Stone who had previously worked on Tate s solo album 47 Stone accompanied the band on the Tribe tour as second guitarist to Wilton s lead though he never was a full member of the band In June 2003 Queensryche launched a co headlining tour featuring another progressive metal band Dream Theater The two bands alternated the opening and closing slots and ended the shows by playing a handful of songs together Fates Warning was the special guest for the tour A recording from this tour was released to CD and DVD as The Art of Live which included two covers performed with Dream Theater Over the course of the five album releases Q2K Tribe Operation Mindcrime II American Soldier and Dedicated To Chaos after DeGarmo left the band had gone through three guitar players five record companies and four management firms Q Prime had taken over management duties before Operation Mindcrime they were eventually replaced by Ray Daniels during the Q2K sessions who was then subsequently replaced by Lars Sorensen 48 Following the Tribe tour Lars Sorensen was dismissed and Geoff Tate s wife Susan was promoted to band manager after having worked as an assistant manager for the band since 2001 49 In this period Wilton spent time recording the self titled album of his side project Soulbender Operation Mindcrime II 2004 2007 Edit In July 2004 Queensryche announced its plans to record a follow up to 1988 s Operation Mindcrime To generate fan interest in the upcoming album the band hit the road in the fall of 2004 with the An Evening With Queensryche tour The tour opened with a shortened greatest hits set followed by a revised production of Operation Mindcrime with live actors and video Pamela Moore reprised her role as Sister Mary The band played a pre recorded version of Hostage a track from the upcoming album through the PA as an encore after the end of their set The second leg of the tour began in early 2005 Before embarking on a third leg in the fall of 2005 Queensryche toured with Judas Priest across North America playing an hour long set consisting mostly of the band s older works and one song from the soon to be released sequel entitled I m American Operation Mindcrime II was released internationally on March 31 2006 The album was Queensryche s first for their new label Rhino Entertainment to which it signed in 2005 Ronnie James Dio provided the vocals for Dr X the villain The album debuted at No 14 the highest chart position for a Queensryche album since 1997 The group embarked on a headlining tour in support of the album joined by Pamela Moore in her role as Sister Mary 50 The tour featured performances of both Mindcrime albums in their entirety Dio appeared at the Gibson Amphitheatre show in Universal City California to perform his vocals as Dr X on The Chase and was shown on a video screen at the other shows 51 Dio s appearance was recorded and included as an extra on the 2007 DVD release Mindcrime at the Moore Take Cover and American Soldier 2007 2010 Edit On August 9 2007 the band announced that it would release a new greatest hits album entitled Sign of the Times The album was released on August 28 2007 and a special collector s edition featured a bonus disc including various demos and a new song Justified featuring Chris DeGarmo on guitar On November 13 2007 the band released an album of covers entitled Take Cover The album contains covers of songs by Queen U2 The Police Black Sabbath Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd and was the band s second release for Rhino Records On February 3 2009 Stone announced the end of his association with Queensryche to focus on his side project Speed X although court declarations later revealed Geoff and Susan Tate fired him for making too many grand demands without discussing their decision with the other band members 21 Wilton recorded both lead and rhythm guitar on the band s eleventh studio album American Soldier released on March 31 2009 The concept album regards war from the perspective of those on the front lines of American wars from World War II through to the present especially the Iraq War 52 Parker Lundgren formerly of The Nihilists and Sledgeback who also played on Tate s solo tour and was in a relationship with Tate s stepdaughter Miranda 21 replaced Stone on the ensuing tour 53 Dedicated to Chaos 2010 2012 Edit In late 2009 and early 2010 the band toured for The Queensryche Cabaret In November 2010 Queensryche played several shows for U S troops stationed in Iraq While at a U S military position explosive shells began falling on the base as the result of a bomb attack Contrary to some news reports stating that some band members were injured Tate has said in several interviews that he was misquoted and none of the band members suffered any injuries 54 55 The band s twelfth studio album Dedicated to Chaos was released on June 28 2011 on Roadrunner Loud amp Proud Records 56 to which the band had signed on August 25 2010 57 The album was a drastic departure from the band s previous efforts featuring a greater emphasis on the bass and drums and with minimal guitar work The album was released to mixed reviews and was the lowest charting full length album for the band in its history According to Tate Queensryche was already writing new material for a follow up to Dedicated to Chaos as of June 2011 58 and were discussing re recording Operation Mindcrime in late 2012 so they could do something special for a 25th anniversary edition 17 59 Rising West confrontation split and lawsuit with Geoff Tate 2012 2014 Edit Drummer Scott Rockenfield and singer Geoff Tate performing with Queensryche in Sao Paulo Brazil in April 2012 Tate would repeatedly spit at Rockenfield during this show 60 In a band meeting on April 12 2012 61 which Tate did not attend the band fired both Tate s stepdaughter Miranda from running the fan club and his wife Susan their band manager since 2005 21 According to Wilton the reasons were that the last 3 years basically it just came to a point that we didn t have a voice in the band anymore It was all run by the singer and his manager the wife 62 On April 14 2012 before the soundcheck for a show in Sao Paulo Brazil Tate had an argument with the other members about the firing of his family 16 21 This confrontation became heated leading to Tate retaliating by knocking down the drum kit 63 throwing several punches and physically assaulting 64 and spitting on Rockenfield and Wilton 60 Over the course of the band s next three shows Wilton Rockenfield and Jackson felt that Tate continued to misbehave and they came to the conclusion that they can no longer work or perform with Mr Tate 21 65 They called a band meeting on June 5 65 some sources say June 6 21 Tate withdrew from this conference call after which the other band members voted to consider Geoff Tate expelled from the band and continue to use the Queensryche name with a new lead singer prompting Tate to take legal action 66 While Tate continued working on an upcoming solo album Kings amp Thieves and a subsequent tour Queensryche s other band members started the side project that eventually became Rising West 44 67 Wilton explained that Originally this was deemed as a side project because we were told by our management that we were not going to do anything for the next year so hey we have to survive 68 Still in search of a frontman for the at the time unnamed project Wilton recommended Todd La Torre to his bandmates 69 the then frontman of Crimson Glory whom he had met several months prior at the NAMM Show in January 2012 Their encounter had resulted in a songwriting collaboration on among others a song named Don t Look Back which in 2013 would make its way onto Queensryche s self titled album 62 70 The band heard some of La Torre s demos on YouTube 44 and took a leap of faith by booking and announcing two shows at Seattle s Hard Rock Cafe on June 8 and 9 2012 even before La Torre met the band members 44 The project would initially be called West which stood for the four members of the band Wilton Eddie Scott and Todd 71 but was later renamed Rising West at the suggestion of Jackson 71 72 The band was enthusiastic about this addition to the original name because Rising West reflected the feeling that the project was something really fresh for everyone involved it additionally referred to the band members living on the West Coast flowed better as a band name than simply West and in deemphasizing the WEST acronym acknowledged that Parker Lundgren whose name was not included in the acronym would also be participating in the project 71 The shows were publicly announced on May 29 2012 revealing that they would focus on Queensryche s older work 59 69 Both shows sold out in 48 hours 44 among others to fans from Japan Australia and New Zealand 44 When the band flew La Torre in from Florida to Seattle nine days before the show to rehearse at Rockenfield s house they hadn t played a note together nor did they know whether it would work 44 Although La Torre was a big fan of Queensryche s older albums 62 he was not very familiar with the songs on Promised Land and they had only limited time to prepare for the shows the band focused on the material from the Queensryche EP to the band s fourth studio album Empire 62 which are generally considered the band s heaviest releases by whom and according to La Torre are the songs and the time period that most represented the core sound of what Queensryche material was about 73 Their first rehearsal together went very smoothly according to Wilton we blasted through 18 to 20 songs and everybody was amazed from the professionality the musicianship and tone of Todd s voice 62 Rockenfield was immediately reassured the second we played Queen of the Reich it was all over 44 Even after the enthusiastic response during these initial shows the fledgling band still remained unsigned in the days that immediately followed They already had been approached by Glen Parrish of PGM Management after their show on June 9 2012 who offered to become their band manager 62 According to Wilton Parrish had told the management company in Los Angeles I have something very hot here and we should grab these guys before someone else does 62 After band negotiations with at least 3 or 4 record labels Parrish chose to sign Queensryche with Century Media 62 Queensryche with Todd La Torre in 2012 Meanwhile Tate along with his wife moved forward with the lawsuit they had filed against his former bandmates claiming unlawful termination 64 and seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent both himself and the remaining bandmembers from using the Queensryche name until the issue was resolved While the Washington state superior court denied this motion on July 13 2012 they also denied a counter motion for a preliminary summary judgment filed by the defense Wilton Jackson and Rockenfield collectively these rulings enabled both parties to use the brand Queensryche until a court ruling or settlement further clarified the matter 5 Subsequent to this temporary verdict both entities toured with independent bands under the Queensryche moniker between June 2012 and April 2014 with one incarnation consisting of the remaining Queensryche members fronted by La Torre and the other featuring Tate with his own lineup In addition both versions of the group released studio albums during this time with Geoff Tate s incarnation releasing Frequency Unknown in April 2013 and the La Torre fronted lineup releasing a self titled album two months later A settlement was reached on April 17 2014 6 and a statement from both parties was released on April 28 2014 7 The statement announced that Tate lost the brand Queensryche to Rockenfield Wilton and Jackson who together with La Torre and Lundgren are to be the sole band recording and touring as Queensryche while former vocalist Tate solely has the right to play Operation Mindcrime and Operation Mindcrime II in their entirety in unique performances On May 5 2014 a press release was released through Wilton s Facebook page further clarifying the specifics of the settlement 74 non primary source needed Condition Human 2014 2017 Edit On November 7 2014 the band opened a pledge drive through PledgeMusic that allowed fans to pre order their next album which would be their second with La Torre and their 14th overall The campaign used the motto Building The Empire and offered regular pledge rewards such as CDs exclusive access and equipment 75 but also an investment opportunity for 50 000 in Queensryche Holdings LLC to accredited investors 76 The campaign page revealed that recording would likely take place between December 1 2014 and February 28 2015 and that the album was expected to be ready for release in late spring or early summer 2015 75 77 The campaign page also included a video of band members and crew discussing the band s desire to approach their fans more proactively with their attorney Thomas Osinski remarking this is famously a band that kept to itself and in this new era of openness they want to join with their fans and more so after the last few years of challenges they ve been through 75 The term Building Empires was used previously in the Empire tour as well as a video from that tour although in this context it is used to indicate that the fans are helping to rebuild the band s career 75 In a January 2015 interview lead vocalist Todd La Torre revealed that in February they would hopefully start tracking their next album 78 Three months later guitarist Michael Wilton spoke to interviewer Jennifer Kessinger at the 2015 Welcome to Rockville Festival about the songwriting progress of the album which was being recorded at the Uberbeatz studio in Washington with producer Zeuss Wilton said that it is everything that a fan of Queensryche would want from the band and stated that in more recent concerts and festivals fans had expressed their satisfaction with the band s current line up 79 Wilton revealed in a later interview that they had finished recording the album and it was being in the process of being mixed and mastered before being sent off to their record label Century Media Records However he did not reveal a title or release date 80 On July 17 2015 the band announced that a clip of a new song titled Arrow of Time would be released to fans who participated in their PledgeMusic campaign The song was the opening track of the new album titled Condition Human On August 3 the album s track list and artwork were revealed Todd La Torre stated that The artwork depicts a beautiful innocence surrounded by the darkness of a jaded unpredictable world 81 The new album was released on October 2 2015 75 In the weeks leading up to the release of Condition Human the band toured North America with German hard rock veterans Scorpions 82 After the new album s release the band embarked on a tour of the United States in early 2016 83 and a European tour in September of that year 84 In October 2016 the band performed in Australia and the Far East 85 On March 28 2017 the band announced Rockenfield would take paternity leave to care for his newborn son and that Kamelot drummer Casey Grillo would fill in his spot for upcoming live dates 86 In August 2018 guitarist Mike Stone returned for a couple of months filling in for Parker Lundgren who had to take care of personal things 87 The Verdict and Digital Noise Alliance 2017 present Edit This section has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information March 2019 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Queensryche news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message On May 1 2017 Todd La Torre revealed plans for the band s next studio album He said that approximately 15 songs were ready at that point and that they could be characterized by a faster tempo than those on the previous album The band hoped to enter the studio in September 2017 for an early 2018 release via Century Media 88 In July 2018 in a Facebook post offering the forthcoming album for early orders the band announced that the album would be released in 2019 On October 29 2018 the band revealed that the album was entitled The Verdict and released it on March 1 2019 According to Blabbermouth net Todd La Torre was confirmed as playing drums on the album In November 2019 Wilton stated that he wanted touring drummer Grillo to play on the next Queensryche album 89 In July 2021 Parker Lundgren announced he had left the band to pursue other business ventures Mike Stone filled in for the subsequent tour and later rejoined as a full time member 90 In January 2022 Queensryche confirmed they had entered the studio with Zeuss reprising his role as producer and begun recording their sixteenth studio album with a tentative late 2022 release date Grillo confirmed that he was going to play drums on the album 91 On May 20 2022 the band announced that the album was titled Digital Noise Alliance and that it will be released on October 7 92 Tri Ryche logo EditQueensryche s logo the so called Tri Ryche written without an umlaut on the y also stems from the band s early years Artist Wes Grizz Griswold who made the artwork for the Queensryche EP used to sign his work with a doodle morphed from a crude drawing of a peregrine falcon 93 He also used it for the stage set and backdrop of Queensryche s first tour which he designed 94 After the band was signed the record company adopted the doodle as the band s logo 93 However the Tri Ryche has never been trademarked by Queensryche due to a long standing controversy over who actually created the Tri Ryche 94 Todd Rockenfield the brother of Queensryche s drummer who designed the typeface of the word Queensryche on the front and back of the EP claimed the design of the Tri Ryche in its eventual form was his 94 and the band acknowledges his role in the development of the Tri Ryche 17 The Tri Ryche is prominently featured on most of Queensryche s album covers Band members EditCurrent members Michael Wilton guitar 1982 present Eddie Jackson bass backing vocals 1982 present Mike Stone guitar backing vocals 2003 2008 2021 present 2018 touring musician Todd La Torre lead vocals 2012 present drums 2017 2020 in studio Casey Grillo drums 2020 present touring musician 2017 2020 Former members Chris DeGarmo guitar keyboards piano backing and occasional lead vocals 1982 1998 2003 2007 Geoff Tate lead and backing vocals keyboards saxophone 1982 2012 Scott Rockenfield drums keyboards 1982 2017 Kelly Gray guitar backing vocals 1998 2002 Parker Lundgren guitar backing vocals 2011 2021 2009 2011 touring musician TimelineAwards and nominations EditQueensryche awards and nominationsAwards and nominationsAwardWinsNominationsBillboard Music Award10Concrete Foundations Awards22Grammy Awards03MTV Video Music Awards15Totals a Wins6Nominations7Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner They recognize several different recipients have runners up and have third place Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award runner up mentions are considered wins in this award tally For simplification and to avoid errors each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination Billboard Awards Edit The Billboard Music Awards are awarded by Billboard magazine the preeminent publication covering the music business Year Nominee work Award Result1991 Silent Lucidity 1 Album Rock Track WonConcrete Foundations Awards Edit The Concrete Foundations Awards was held by Foundations Forum which honored contributions by music artists to the hard rock and heavy metal genres 95 Year Nominee work Award Result1991 Empire Top Retail Won1991 Queensryche Best Hard Rock Band WonGrammy Awards Edit The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences 96 97 98 Year Nominee work Award Result1990 I Don t Believe in Love Best Metal Performance Nominated1992 Silent Lucidity Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominated1992 Chris DeGarmo Silent Lucidity Best Rock Song NominatedMTV Video Music Awards Edit The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV 99 Year Nominee work Award Result1991 Silent Lucidity Video of the Year Nominated1991 Silent Lucidity Best Group Video Nominated1991 Silent Lucidity Best Metal Hard Rock Video Nominated1991 Silent Lucidity Best Direction in a Video Nominated1991 Silent Lucidity Viewers Choice Award WonNorthwest Area Music Awards Edit The Northwest Area Music Awards was an awards ceremony held by the Northwest Area Music Association 100 Year Nominee work Award Result1991 Queensryche Best Metal Group Won1991 Empire Best Metal 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