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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist On Addition Of TODD LA TORRE: 'It's Something That Was Needed In A Stale Situation'

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton says that the addition of singer Todd La Torre to the band's lineup more than four years ago was "a shot of adrenaline" that "was needed in a stale situation." La Torre joined QUEENSRŸCHE as the replacement for the band's original lead singer Geoff Tate, who was...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Confronts 'Hater' At Tampa Concert: 'I Don't Tell You To F**k Off At Your House'

QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre confronted a man who was flipping him off during the band's show in Florida by returning the gesture and scolding the concertgoer. While in the middle of performing "Screaming In Digital" with his bandmates on December 1 at The Cuban Club in Tampa, Todd noticed the...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: Why Fans Shouldn't Expect To Ever See Another 'Operation: Mindcrime' Sequel

Kim Monroe of the Rock 98.9 radio station conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton and singer Todd La Torre before the band's November 15 concert at the Showbox in Seattle, Washington. You can now watch the chat in four parts below. Speaking about how QUEENSRŸCHE has moved on...

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GEOFF TATE, BLAZE BAYLEY And TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Trinity' Tour Hits Annapolis, Maryland (Video)

"Trinity", the tour featuring three of heavy metal's finest vocalists — Geoff Tate (QUEENSRŸCHE, OPERATION: MINDCRIME),Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) and Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — hit Rams Head Onstage in Annapolis, Maryland on November 26...

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GEOFF TATE, BLAZE BAYLEY And TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Kick Off 'Trinity' Tour In Falls Church, Virginia (Video)

"Trinity", the tour featuring three of heavy metal's finest vocalists — Geoff Tate (QUEENSRŸCHE, OPERATION: MINDCRIME),Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) and Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, BEYOND FEAR, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — officially kicked off this past Thursday, November 17 at th...

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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE: 'It's Taken All Of My Focus To Reinvent Myself'

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME vocalist Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the story of "Resurrection", the second in a concept trilogy of OPERATION: MINDCRIME albums: Geoff: "At the...

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GEOFF TATE Says Legal Battle Over QUEENSRŸCHE Name 'Was A Waste Of Time And Energy And Money'

in a brand new interview with EonMusic, former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate was asked if his final album with the band, the much-maligned 2011 effort "Dedicated To Chaos", was the sound of a group falling apart. He responded: "No, not at all. That was an album that everyone in the band was really ....

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN Performs At 'Fireball Rock Party' In Sweden (Video)

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin performed several tracks from his era of the band on October 26 at the Fireball Rock Party at Göta Källare in Stockholm, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of two of the songs — "The Shining" (featuring a guest appearance by former LION'S SHARE and current SORCE...

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Former LION'S SHARE Singer TONY NIVA Releases 'Dressed To Kill' Video

"Dressed To Kill", the new video from Swedish hard rock band NIVA, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Patric Ullaeus of Revolver Film Company, who has previously worked with DIMMU BORGIR, LACUNA COIL, IN FLAMES, AMARANTHE and KAMELOT, among others. "Dressed To Kill" is taken from NIVA's new...

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GEOFF TATE On His Time In QUEENSRŸCHE: 'We Weren't Really Friends; We Were Business Associates'

The Metal Gods Meltdown recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME singer Geoff Tate. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked if performing QUEENSRŸCHE songs now that he is no longer a member the band fills him with great...

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GEOFF TATE Regrets His QUEENSRŸCHE Stint 'Ended So Badly'

Geoff Tate says that he regrets that his time with QUEENSRŸCHE "ended so badly" but insists that the band "went way past what our own expectations were of how long we would be together." In April 2014, Tate and QUEENSRŸCHE announced that a settlement had been reached after a nearly two-year legal ba...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Official Lyric Video For '1000 Years' Song

The official lyric video for the osng "1000 Years" from San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's twelfth studio album, "Concussion Protocol", which was released on August 26 via SPV/Steamhammer. It was made available as a digipak version (i...

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Resurrection

It's only incremental now, but four years since the initial rift, the verbal artillery continues to fly over the neutral ground enforced between Geoff Tate and his former bandmates. As grossly demeaning as this brawl has been for all participants involved, Tate has productively moved on from QUEENSR...

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GEOFF TATE: 'There Isn't The Economy To Support Record Companies Anymore'

Former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME singer Geoff Tate was interviewed on a recent edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked about the viability of making albu...

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Video: GEOFF TATE Performs QUEENSRŸCHE Classics With Local Musicians At 'Resurrection' Release Party

Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate held a record-release party and open jam session for "Resurrection", the second album from his OPERATION: MINDCRIME project, on Saturday, September 24 at the Rinklin Winery in Eichstetten, Germany. Fans were invited to drink wine, eat food and listen to the new a...