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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE Wants Fans To 'Exercise More Compassion'

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre has pleaded with the band's fans to "exercise a little more altruism and compassion" when it comes to criticizing the current version of the group and QUEENSRŸCHE's former frontman Geoff Tate, explaining that "we're all just people at the end of the day." La Torre, w...

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DISTURBED Singer DAVID DRAIMAN's DEVICE Project Wasn't Given Its 'Due Time,' Says Guitarist VIRUS

Guitarist Andre "Virus" Karkos says that DEVICE wasn't given "the proper time and attention" it needed to grow into a successful band when DISTURBED frontman David Draiman abruptly pulled the plug on the project just before it was scheduled to embark on a major tour. David launched DEVICE in 2012 wi...

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Video: FATES WARNING Performs In Brooklyn

Fan-filmed video footage of U.S. progressive metal pioneers FATES WARNING performing on October 13 at St. Vitus in Brooklyn, New York can be seen below. FATES WARNING has started work on its twelfth studio album, to be released next year via InsideOut Music. FATES WARNING guitarist and main composer...

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GEOFF TATE Is Comforted By Fact That Future Generations Will Have Chance To Discover His Music

"The Metal 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 what he would like to be remembered for in a hundred years' time, Tate responded: "Well, I think th...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's SCOTT ROCKENFIELD On New Singer TODD LA TORRE: 'It's Been An Amazing Chemistry'

QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield was interviewed on a recent edition of "Rover's Morning Glory'. You can now watch the chat at RoverRadio.com. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the split with QUEENSRŸCHE's original singer Geoff Tate: "We had a great career and great ti...

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GEOFF TATE's OPERATION: MINDCRIME Announces European Tour Dates

OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the new band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, will embark on a European tour in November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 13 - D - Memmingen - Kaminwerk Nov. 15 - CZ - Zlin - Euronics Hall (Winter MOR) Nov. 16 - HU - Budapest - A38 Nov. 17 - ...

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FATES WARNING To Record New Album In December

U.S. progressive metal pioneers FATES WARNING have started work on their upcoming, twelfth studio album, to be released next year via InsideOut Music. FATES WARNING guitarist and main composer Jim Matheos comments: "I'm happy to announce that all the music for FW12 is now written. Still some work to...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE Is Happy 'Fan Confusion' Has Almost Completely Gone Away

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On QUEENSR...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON: 'The Fans Know Who Wrote' The Band's Classic Songs

Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate's claim that he wr...

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GEOFF TATE Talks QUEENSRŸCHE Exit, Looks Back On 'Promised Land' Album

Martin Popoff of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: Have you come to terms with [your former bandmates in QUEENSRŸCHE] continuing as QUEENSRŸCHE? Are you fine with...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON: TODD LA TORRE Was The 'Perfect Person' To Replace GEOFF TATE

Jorge Fretes of Spain's GoetiaMedia.com recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the similarities between the vocal styles of QUEENSRŸCHE's ne...

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GEOFF TATE On QUEENSRŸCHE: 'We Really Weren't That Big As A Band'

MyGlobalMind.com recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME singer Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MyGlobalMind.com: QUEENSRŸCHE were huge in the early 1990s, particularly with the success of "Silent Lucidity". What memories...

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DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Has No Intentions Of Making Another DEVICE Album

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman reflected in a new interview with Loudwire about his side project DEVICE, with whom he recorded one album and toured in 2013 while DISTURBED was on hiatus. Asked if there are plans for DEVICE to record another CD at some point in the future, Draiman responded (see vi...

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Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album 'Ghostlights'

Former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME vocalist Geoff Tate will guest on the forthcoming seventh studio album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, "Ghostlights", which is due in early 2016 via Nuclear Blast. An EP/single will precede the full-length effort in the fall....

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GEOFF TATE's OPERATION: MINDCRIME: New Song 'Hearing Voices' Streaming

The song Hearing Voices" from OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the new band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, can be streamed below. The track is taken from OPERATION: MINDCRIME's debut album, "The Key", which will be released on September 18 via Frontiers Music Srl. Perhaps one of Tate's most ambi...