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GEOFF TATE: 'Record Company Executives Now Are Jumping Up And Down When You Sell Ten Thousand Records'

During a recent interview with the "10songs" podcast, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about the dramatic changes in the record industry since his former band released its debut EP in the early 1980s. "When I started out years ago, our band wasn't able to get signed until we did our own record...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE: From Upholsterer To Hard Rock Star

Singer Todd La Torre, who was doing upholstery for nearly two decades prior to joining QUEENSRŸCHE as the replacement for Geoff Tate, spoke to Tampa, Florida's Great 38 WTTA about how he has managed to bring his skills as an upholsterer to his current line of work. "My grandfather was an upholsterer...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE To Release 'Deluxe' Version Of 'Frequency Unknown'

"Frequency Unknown", the only album released the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE following his dismissal from the band featuring guitarists Michael Wilton and Parker Lundgren, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield, arrived in April 2013 amidst a swarm of controversy. The grou...

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GEOFF TATE On Songwriting Process For His Upcoming Trilogy: 'It's Like I Saw God All Of A Sudden'

Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate says that he is approaching the songwriting sessions for the forthcoming debut album from his OPERATION: MINDCRIME project in a very different way to how he used to compose music for his former band. "I'm doing a trilogy album," Tate told the "10songs" podcast. "And...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Las Vegas Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE's October 11 performance at Eastside Cannery Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada can be seen below. QUEENSRŸCHE's self-titled album sold around 13,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 23 on The Billboard 200...

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Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN's New Solo Album To Include Song Written By BLACK WIDOW's CLIVE JONES

"Book Of Shadows", the long-awaited new solo album from former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin, will feature a song called "Devil's Man Down", which was written by Clive Jones, "sax player, flute player, singer and all-round good egg" from classic U.K. progressive rockers BLACK WIDOW. Martin adds:...

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GEOFF TATE's Favorite Singer Is Still GEOFF TATE

While answering questions from fans on Twitter this past Saturday (October 4),former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate was asked: "Not including yourself, who is your favor[ite] vocalist?" He replied: "Still me" In a recent interview with the Daily Herald, Tate admitted that he was perplexed as to why...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON Says TODD LA TORRE Is 'A Real Musician' Who Has 'Brought Everybody Closer Together'

QUEENSRŸCHE and SOULBENDER guitarist Michael Wilton was interviewed on the September 22 edition of 99.1 CJAM-FM's "The Signals Of Intuition" radio show. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked what new QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre has brought to the band in the two years since QUEENSRŸCHE's...

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GEOFF TATE Says OPERATION: MINDCRIME's Trilogy Will Be 'Very Complex' With 'Very Melodic Content'

Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate says that the upcoming progressive rock trilogy from his new band OPERATION: MINDCRIME will be "very complex" with "a very melodic content" and urges his fans to experience it "one on one" when it is released early next year. Named after QUEENSRŸCHE's epic concep...

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Lyric Video For Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER's Collaboration With QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND) has collaborated with American singer Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE, CRIMSON GLORY) on a song called "Discordia". The official lyric video for the track can be seen below. Said Drover: "We are both very happy and proud of how this song turned out,...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON On Post-TATE Songwriting Process: 'All That Underlying Tension Is Gone'

"Totally Driven Radio", the weekly radio podcast heard live every Thursday night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST time on the Totally Driven Entertainment Radio Network, recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE and SOULBENDER guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now listen to the chat below. (Note: W...

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QUEENSRŸCHE 'Deep Into The Writing Mode' For Next Studio Album

QUEENSRŸCHE's Scott Rockenfield spoke to Gary Graff of Billboard.com about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's next studio album following the settlement agreement between the band and its former lead singer, Geoff Tate, over the rights to the QUEENSRŸCHE name which gave the moni...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Has '14 To 15 Songs' Ready For Next Album

On August 31, J.R. Straus conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE and SOULBENDER guitarist Michael Wilton at Farm Rock in Wauconda, Illinois. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for QUEENSRŸCHE's follow-up to last year's self-titled album, tentat...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN Performs 'Smoke On The Water' With Thousands Of Guitarists At 'Guitars On The Beach'

DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan joined thousands of guitarists yesterday (Saturday, September 6) at the Guitars On The Beach event in Lyme Regis, United Kingdom to perform the band's classic song "Smoke On The Water". Organizers were hoping to draw more than the 2,267 guitarists that appeared at last...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's SCOTT ROCKENFIELD: 'Every Day Keeps Getting Better And Better'

QUEENSRŸCHE's Scott Rockenfield spoke to Gary Graff of The Oakland Press about the group's future following the settlement agreement between the band and its former lead singer, Geoff Tate, over the rights to the QUEENSRŸCHE name which gave the moniker to the drummer and his bandmates Eddie Jackson...