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Queensrÿche

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Grunge Rock
Heavy Metal
Progressive Metal

http://www.queensryche.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/queensryche
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23 ноя 2025 :	MICHAEL WILTON On QUEENSRŸCHE's Next Studio Album: 'We've Got A Good Bunch Of Songs' In The Works
9 ноя 2025 :	EDDIE JACKSON Says QUEENSRŸCHE Hopes To Record New Album Next Spring For Fall 2026 Release
23 авг 2025 :	QUEENSRŸCHE Has 'A Pile Of Songs' To Sort Through For Next Studio Album: 'It Sounds Killer', Says TODD LA TORRE
21 июл 2025 :	Watch: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Early Classics In El Cajon, California
9 июн 2025 :	Watch: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Early Classics In Albany
21 апр 2025 :	QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON: TODD LA TORRE 'Has Helped Keep Us Relevant'
19 апр 2025 :	TODD LA TORRE Says He Has Helped Bring QUEENSRŸCHE's Sound Back: 'The Band Is In A Very Healthy State'
13 апр 2025 :	Watch: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs At ROCK 'N' ROLL FANTASY CAMP's 'Whole Lotta Rock Camp Volume II'
27 мар 2025 :	TODD LA TORRE: 'I've Brought Back A Lot Of The Vocal Acrobatics That Were Missing' In QUEENSRŸCHE 'For A Long Time'
19 мар 2025 :	Watch: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Early Classics On This Year's 'Monsters Of Rock' Cruise
3 мар 2025 :	QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON Says Touring With JUDAS PRIEST Was A 'Mind-Blowing' Experience
17 фев 2025 :	MICHAEL WILTON Doesn't Know When The Next QUEENSRŸCHE Album Will Be Released: 'We're Always Touring'
2 фев 2025 :	Watch: QUEENSRŸCHE Kicks Off European Leg Of 'The Origins Tour' In Helsinki
6 ноя 2024 :	QUEENSRŸCHE Is Hoping To Enter Studio In 2025 To Record Next Album
16 май 2024 :	Watch: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Entire Debut EP And 'The Warning' Album In Albany
12 май 2024 :	MICHAEL WILTON On Success Of QUEENSRŸCHE's 'Empire': 'We Collided With Public Taste, The Average Person'
7 май 2024 :	QUEENSRŸCHE - Official Videos For "I Don't Believe In Love" and "Empire" Superscaled To 4K Streaming
30 апр 2024 :	QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON: 'At Our Age Now, We're Still Crushing It'
26 апр 2024 :	QUEENSRŸCHE - Official Videos For "Eyes Of A Stranger" And "Jet City Woman" Superscaled To 4K Streaming
29 мар 2024 :	Watch: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Entire Debut EP And 'The Warning' Album In El Cajon, California
18 мар 2024 :	Watch QUEENSRŸCHE Perform On Pool Stage Aboard 2024 'Monsters Of Rock' Cruise
5 мар 2024 :	Watch QUEENSRŸCHE Perform On 2024 'Monsters Of Rock' Cruise
27 дек 2023 :	New QUEENSRŸCHE Book 'Roads To Madness: The Touring History Of Queensrÿche (1981-1997)' Due In March
7 дек 2023 :
9 ноя 2023 :	QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON Says His Solo Album Is 'About Halfway Done'
8 ноя 2023 :	QUEENSRŸCHE To Perform Entire Debut EP And 'The Warning' Album On 2024's 'The Origins Tour'

21 июн 2012

It's Official: QUEENSRŸCHE Parts Ways With GEOFF TATE; Taps TODD LA TORRE As New Singer

According to Billboard.com, Seattle progressive rockers QUEENSRŸCHE have officially parted ways with vocalist Geoff Tate and have replaced him with CRIMSON GLORY singer Todd La Torre.

"Over the past few months, there have been growing creative differences within QUEENSRŸCHE," drummer Scott Rockenfield said in a statement. "We want our fans to know that we hoped to find a common resolution, but in the end parting ways with Geoff was the best way for everyone to move forward in a positive direction. We wish him the best of luck with all of his future endeavors. We can't wait to bring QUEENSRŸCHE to our fans with Todd behind the microphone."

The statement also said that scheduled QUEENSRŸCHE performances "are on hold at [the] present time and revised routing is being worked on. Fans can check the band's website for all of the latest tour information as it [becomes] available."

On May 29, QUEENSRŸCHE members Michael Wilton, Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Parker Lundgren announced that they were forming a project called RISING WEST with La Torre. That band made its live debut at two sold-out shows June 8-9 at Seattle's Hard Rock Café, performing rare and classic hits from the first five QUEENSRŸCHE albums — from the 1983 EP through 1990's "Empire" — as well as a cover version of the IRON MAIDEN staple "Wrathchild".

QUEENSRŸCHE was scheduled to open for the SCORPIONS on June 11 in West Valley City, Utah, but the band canceled its appearance the day of the event, with Tate going ahead with the show, backed by his solo group.

Speaking to the "Streets Of Rock & Roll" radio show, La Torre stated about RISING WEST's live debut, "It was amazing. I've actually been told how critical the people of Seattle can be with their music — they take it pretty seriously, and seeing as it is [QUEENSRŸCHE's] home turf, I expected to be severely ridiculed. To the contrary, I felt widely accepted. The fans were amazing. We sold out the place both nights. Our merch was gone the first night."

On the topic of how it feels to be performing with members of a group which he has called his "favorite band since [he] was probably 14 or 15 years old," La Torre said, "To be able to play those songs with the actual members was really a dream come true. . . I mean, I met them 20 years ago at a signing session they did in Clearwater, Florida. And they signed my 'Warning' album cover; I still have it. In my home studio, I have 'Promised Land' signed and beautifully framed by all the members. So when this actually came to be, I had to pinch myself. . . This resonates very personally for me because I have a lot of emotional connection to this music, and the fans do, too. . . And the band, as a whole, is really excited. I mean, even the bandmembers' wives have told me, 'Todd, these guys haven't been this happy in 10 years.' I'm seeing them glowing. I mean, they're smiling; we're laughing. We laughed so hard at practice, at rehearsal, and it just all feels very comfortable and natural. And I couldn't be more honored. This is a legendary band that's never had another vocalist front those members. And so, out of all the people in the world that could have gotten chosen or would be vying for that position, I feel very lucky and fortunate that they chose me."

When asked about plans to record new original music with his new bandmates, Todd said, "Actually, there is new original material. And that's a goal that they wanna do. . . I think that performing the classic tunes or any QUEENSRŸCHE material that they wrote is a good bridge to them being true to their original works. . . Obviously, we wanna try and write something that's heavy, but also has a common thread of what is QUEENSRŸCHE's sound — very melodic guitar parts." He added, "Vocally, I'm in a very unique position because a lot of people like to throw around, 'Oh, he's a clone, he's an imitator, he's this, he's that.' And I feel like I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't. My style of singing and phrasing is very similar to Geoff Tate and Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford. I mean, a lot of my high metal screams are grittier and dirtier, like Rob Halford. My vibrato is more similar to Bruce Dickinson or Geoff Tate. A lot of the crying and ways of entering a vocal phrase and phonating, the way I say words, are very similar to Geoff Tate. I wear my influences on my sleeve, but I also think that I have a heavier vibe than Geoff Tate ever had. . . But the new songs, we want them to be heavy but still try to maintain… As a writer, the people that love the roots, a lot of those people don't wanna move past that; they love it. But as an artist, you wanna spread your wings, and you wanna try things that are creative, and you wanna still stay current. So it's like, 'OK, how do we achieve, how do we pacify the masses?' You don't wanna write a record that sounds like 1986. But you don't wanna sound so changed that the older fans aren't finding that common thread in the music that they loved that is from the early-to-mid-'80s or even early '90s, like 'Operation: Mindcrime'. I mean, that's regarded as one of the greatest concept albums of all time, and it's stood the test of time. Is that a real heavy, heavy metal record? In my opinion, no. I call it 'metal,' but it was progressive and it had a lot of wonderful instrumentation and elements, and it's a masterpiece of a work. So we just wanna do what we do."

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21 июн 2012

Tular

Вот это номер. Хотя группа на сегодняшний день уж не знаю даже для кого интерес представляет...

21 июн 2012

Nakedman

Самое главное, что ребята сохранили за собой имя. Я уверен был, что Тэйт его себе захапает. А теперь даже интересно новый альбом у них послушать будет.

21 июн 2012

StormReaver

Интересно, что в результате с Rising West будет, если составы в итоге почти идентичные...

21 июн 2012

Nakedman

StormReaver, Вы это серьёзно сейчас? :)

21 июн 2012

surrealist

последние альбомы были невнятные, мож, оживятся ребятки, вокалист достойный

21 июн 2012

assassin

Вот это новость. Пусть Тэйт и загнал групу в тупик, но без него это уже не Райх.

21 июн 2012

drew23

Нифига себе! Вот это неожиданность!
Тэйт занимал место у микрофонной стойки в этой группе более 30 лет - и тут в одночасье...

однако удивили!

Мда... Видать, надоел мужикам потерявший голос Тэйт со своими кабаре, дэдикейтедтукэосами и приглашенными сонграйтерами, сочиняющими музыку, угодную Джефу, а не остальным "Райхам". Вот и нашли певца, который сможет достойно исполнять золотую классику, и с которым они смогут сочинять ту музыку, которая им больше по нраву. Посмотрим, что из этого получится.

21 июн 2012

Caustos

Неожиданно. Думал, до конца дней своих будут сидеть в своём болоте вместе с Тэйтом.

23 июн 2012

metalhead48

Хорошую замену нашли.Голос как у Тэйта в лучшие времена

23 июн 2012

Predelnik

Без ДэГармо всё-таки в любом случае маленькая вероятность, что они зарубят как в старые добрые. Но есть некая надежда на Wilton'а всё-таки он сочинял музыку как таким вещам как child of fire и empire...