Queensryche
Queensryche is one of the three cornerstone bands that have
provided the basis for modern progressive metal, their more
melodic metal stance balanced by the technical wizardry
of
Dream Theater ,
with
Fates Warning
in between the two.
A case of a band living up to the hype, their 1983 debut self-released
EP found its way to Kerrang! magazine, who immediately proclaimed
the Seattle band The Next Big Thing.
Signed to a major label, their full-length debut
The Warning ,
released a year later, put the band on the map,
but it would be 1988's
Operation: Mindcrime that would forever
be known as their crowning moment, one of the most well-known
and popular concept albums of all time.
For better and worse, though, the succeeding years for
Queensryche have been a mixed bag.
Their refusal to rehash
Mindcrime on subsequent releases is
in one sense admirable, but in another sense has resulted in
disappointment amongst some fans who haven't embraced the mellower
and more experimental tendencies of their later albums.
In recent years the band has meandered, and under the surface there
seemed to be tension between vocalist Geoff Tate and the other
members.
This tension boiled over in 2012, first when most of the rest of the band
formed a new group called Rising West, hired
Todd La Torre
(Crimson Glory ) as the vocalist,
and briefly toured playing mostly old Queensryche songs while
Tate pressed on with solo work.
Finally, the band made it official by relieving Tate of his Ryche
duties and promoting La Torre as his replacement.
Tate responded by forming his own band and suing for the right to name the
band Queensryche.
Both factions released albums under the Queensryche name in 2013
(Tate's band released Frequency Unknown , while the rest of the members,
with La Torre, released a self-titled effort),
and it was up to
the courts would sort out this mess, which they did in April 2014.
As a result,
Tate relinquished the rights to the name
but was granted the sole privilege of performing Mindcrime live in its
entirety,
while La Torre and crew resume life as Queensryche.
Tate has renamed his band, appropriately enough, as
Operation: Mindcrime .
Discography
Studio
Live
Compilation
Video
Queensryche
EP
1983
EMI
Queen Of The Reich
Nightrider
Blinded
The Lady Wore Black
Prophecy
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
The Warning
1984
EMI
Warning
En Force
Deliverance
No Sanctuary
NM 156
Take Hold of the Flame
Before the Storm
Child of Fire
Roads to Madness
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
1984 Readers' Album
#6
Rage For Order
1986
EMI
the Shadows
I Dream in Infrared
The Whisper
Gonna Get Close to You
The Killing Words
Surgical Strike
Neue Regel
Chemical Youth
London
Screaming in Digital
I Will Remember
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
1986 Readers' Album
#7
Operation: Mindcrime
1988
EMI
I Remember Now
Anarchy-X
Revolution Calling
Operation: Mindcrime
Speak
Spreading The Disease
The Mission
Suite Sister Mary
The Needle Lies
Electric Requiem
Breaking The Silence
I Don't Believe In Love
Waiting For 22
My Empty Room
Eyes Of A Stranger
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
1988 Readers' Album
#5
Empire
1990
EMI
Best I Can
The Thin Line
Jet City Woman
Della Brown
Another Rainy Night (Without You)
Empire
Resistance
Silent Lucidity
Hand on Heart
One and Only
Anybody Listening?
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
1990 Readers' Album
#6
Promised Land
1994
EMI
am
I Am I
Damaged
Out of Mind
Bridge
Promised Land
Dis Con
Nec Ted
Lady Jane
My Global Mind
One More Time
Someone Else?
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
1994 Readers' Album
#15
Hear In The Now Frontier
1997
EMI
Sign of the Times
Cuckoo's Nest
Get a Life
Inside
Some People Fly
Saved
You
Hero
Miles Away
Reach
All I Want
Hit the Black
Anytime, Anywhere
sp00L
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
1997 Readers' Album
#48
Q2K
1999
EMI
Falling Down
Sacred Ground
One Life
When the Rain Comes
How Could I
Beside You
Liquid Sky
Breakdown
Burning Man
Wot Kinda Man
Right Side of My Mind
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Kelly Gray
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
1999 Readers' Album
#65
Greatest Hits
COMPILATION
2000
EMI
Queen Of The Reich
The Lady Wore Black
Warning
Take Hold Of The Flame
Walk In The Shadows
I Dream In Infrared
I Don't Believe In Love
Eyes Of A Stranger
Jet City Woman
Empire
Silent Lucidity
I Am I
Bridge
Sign Of The Times
Chasing Blue Sky
Someone Else?
Live Evolution
LIVE
2001
Sanctuary
NM 156 Reich
Walk In The Shadows
Roads To Madness
The Lady Wore Black
London
Screaming In Digital
Take Hold Of The Flame
Queen Of The Reich
I Remember Now
Anarchy X
Revolution Calling
Spreading The Disease
Electric Requiem
Mission
Suite Sister Mary
I Don't Believe In Love
My Empty Room
Eyes Of A Stranger
I Am I
Damaged
Empire
Silent Lucidity
Another Rainy Night (Without You)
Jet City Woman
Liquid Sky
Sacred Ground
Breakdown
Falling Down
The Right Side Of My Mind
Hit The Black
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Kelly Gray
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
Live Evolution
VIDEO
2001
Sanctuary
Tribe
2003
Sanctuary
Open
Losing Myself
Desert Dance
Falling Behind
The Great Divide
Rhythm of Hope
Tribe
Blood
The Art of Life
Doin' Fine
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
2003 Readers' Album
#88
The Art Of Live
LIVE
2004
Sanctuary
Tribe
Sign Of The Times
Open
Losing Myself
Desert Dance
Great Divide
Rhythm Of Hope
My Global Mind
Roads To Madness
Della Brown
Anybody Listening
Breaking The Silence
The Needle Lies
Best I Can
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Mike Stone
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
The Art Of Live
VIDEO
2004
Sanctuary
Operation: Mindcrime II
2006
Rhino
Freiheit Ouvertüre
Convict
I'm American
One Foot in Hell
Hostage
The Hands
Speed of Light
Signs Say Go
Re-Arrange You
The Chase
A Murderer?
Circles
If I Could Change It All
An Intentional Confrontation
A Junkie's Blues
Fear City Slide
All the Promises
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Mike Stone
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
2006 Readers' Album
#28
Mindcrime At The Moore
LIVE
2007
I Remember Now
Anarchy - X
Revolution Calling
Operation: Mindcrime
Speak
Spreading The Disease
The Mission
Suite Sister Mary
The Needle Lies
Electric Requiem
Breaking The Silence
I Don't Believe In Love
Waiting For 22
My Empty Room
Eyes Of A Stranger
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Mike Stone
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
Mindcrime At The Moore
VIDEO
2007
Take Cover
2007
Welcome to the Machine
Heaven on Their Minds
Almost Cut My Hair
For What It's Worth
For The Love of Money
Innuendo
Neon Knights
Synchronicity II
Red Rain
Odissea
Bullet the Blue Sky (Live)
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Mike Stone
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
American Soldier
2009
Rhino
Sliver
Unafraid
Hundred Mile Stare
At 30,000 Ft.
A Dead Man's Words
The Killer
Middle Of Hell
If I Were King
Man Down!
Remember Me
Home Again
The Voice
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
2009 Readers' Album
#34
Dedicated To Chaos
2011
Roadrunner
Get Started
Hot Spot Junkie
Got It Bad
Around the World
Higher
Retail Therapy
At the Edge
Drive
Wot We Do
I Take You
The Lie
Big Noize
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
2011 Readers' Album
#69
Queensryche
2013
Century Media
X2
Where Dreams Go to Die
Spore
In This Light
Redemption
Vindication
Midnight Lullaby
A World Without
Don't Look Back
Fallout
Open Road
Todd La Torre
Michael Wilton
Parker Lundgren
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
2013 Readers' Album
#99
Condition Hüman
2015
Century Media
Arrow Of Time
Guardian
Hellfire
Toxic Remedy
Selfish Lives
Eye9
Bulletproof
Hourglass
Just Us
All There Was
The Aftermath
Condition Hüman
Todd La Torre
Michael Wilton
Parker Lundgren
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
2015 Readers' Album
#10
The Verdict
2019
Century Media
Blood of the Levant
Man the Machine
Light-years
Inside Out
Propaganda Fashion
Dark Reverie
Bent
Inner Unrest
Launder the Conscience
Portrait
Todd La Torre
Michael Wilton
Parker Lundgren
Eddie Jackson
Shock Doctrine: The Classic 1989 Dallas Broadcast
LIVE
2020
Queen of the Reich
Anarchy-X / Revolution Calling
Operation: Mindcrime
Speak
Spreading the Disease
Take Hold of the Flame
Breaking the Silence
I Don't Believe in Love
Eyes of a Stranger
Geoff Tate
Michael Wilton
Chris DeGarmo
Eddie Jackson
Scott Rockenfield
Digital Noise Alliance
2022
Century Media
In Extremis
Chapters
Lost in Sorrow
Sicdeth
Behind the Walls
Nocturnal Light
Out of the Black
Forest
Realms
Hold On
Tormentum
Rebel Yell
Todd La Torre
Michael Wilton
Mike Stone
Eddie Jackson
Casey Grillo