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Former QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE: 'I'll Always Perform The Music I Wrote'

Jon Ballard of Fresno, California's 105.1 The Blaze radio station recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether it's a bittersweet...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Drummer Says Band Was 'In A Dark Place For A Long Time'

In a brand new interview with Pop-Break.com, QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield was asked how the band managed to stay positive and successfully bounce back from spending much of the past two years embroiled in a legal battle with the group's former singer, Geoff Tate, over the rights to the QUEE...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: 30-Minute Video Of Final Southern California Performance

Joe Dolan of JoeDolanPR.com has uploaded video footage of Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE performing on August 3 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California. Check it out below. The setlist was as follows: 01. Best I Can 02. Breakdown 03. Another Rainy Night 04. Cold 05. Real World 06. I Am I 07. ...

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RUDY SARZO Interviewed On 'Let There Be Talk' Podcast With Comedian DEAN DELRAY (Audio)

Bassist Rudy Sarzo, one of the most legendary and respected names in hard rock history — having played alongside Randy Rhoads in QUIET RIOT and OZZY OSBOURNE, as well as toured and/or recorded with WHITESNAKE, DIO, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and now in Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE — was interviewed on episode 107...

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JOHN MOYER: 'ADRENALINE MOB Has Known For Weeks That I Would Not Be Going With Them On This Run'

Bassist John Moyer claims that ADRENALINE MOB "has known for weeks" that he would not be joining them on the road for the upcoming tour and says that he is "confused" by the band's assertion that they were "totally shocked" by his announcement that he would sit out the trek. Moyer, who has been a .....

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Video: GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Plays 'Farewell' Concert In Agoura Hills

Fan-filmed video footage of Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE performing on August 3 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California can be seen below. On July 30, Tate and his bandmates launched a 22-date trek of what are Geoff's final performances as QUEENSRŸCHE Starring Geoff Tate – The Farewell Tour. Tate...

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ADRENALINE MOB Learned Via Social Media That Bassist JOHN MOYER Would Sit Out Band's Next Tour

ADRENALINE MOB claims to have learned via Twitter that the band's bassist, John Moyer, will be sitting out the group's tour in September. Moyer, who has been a member of DISTURBED since 2004, joined ADRENALINE MOB in February 2012 and appeared on the band's "Covertà" EP (2013) and "Men Of Honor" alb...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE To Forge Ahead As OPERATION: MINDCRIME

On the very day his farewell tour as QUEENSRŸCHE begins, Geoff Tate — one of rock's quintessential front men and the lead vocalist heard on all QUEENSRŸCHE hits since the inception of the band — has announced that his current version of QUEENSRŸCHE will forge ahead as OPERATION: MINDCRIME after the...

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ZAKK WYLDE, JAMES LABRIE, GEOFF TATE, DAVID ELLEFSON, VINNY APPICE To Take Part In 'Metal All Stars'

There have been quite a few unmistakable characters that heavy metal has given us over the years. On Tuesday, December 16, an impressive amount of these renowned names will unite as the Metal All Stars for a special one-off concert at O2 Academy Brixton in Londonn England. Tickets will go on general...

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GEOFF TATE Is Not Comfortable With What QUEENSRŸCHE Name Now Represents

In episode 33 of "One On One With Mitch Lafon", rock journalist Mitch Lafon talks to former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. A few excerpts from the interview follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether his QUEENSRŸCHE "farewell"...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON Says Band's Longtime Fans Have 'Grown To Really Accept' PARKER LUNDGREN

On June 13, Mick McDonald of National Rock Review conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton at the 26th Annual Sandy Corley Memorial Run in Rothbury, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what role QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Parker Lundgren has played in the band's resu...

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YES: 'Heaven & Earth' EPK Available

An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for "Heaven & Earth", the 21st studio album from seminal progressive rock heroes YES, can be seen below. The CD was released on July 22 via Frontiers Records. Having sold nearly 40 million albums in a career that has so far spanned more than four decades, YES contin...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Congratulates U.K.'s CLASSIC ROCK Magazine On 200th Issue (Video)

A six-minute video message from METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich congratulating Classic Rock magazine on its 200th issue can be seen below. "[Classic Rock's] Geoff Barton and I go back a very long time," says Ulrich. "I would read every word every word he wrote in Sounds magazine, and all the bands he...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's SCOTT ROCKENFIELD: Drum-Cam Footage From LAWLESS HARLEY-DAVIDSON Grand Opening

Drum-cam footage of QUEENSRŸCHE's Scott Rockenfield performing the song "Lady Wore Black" with his bandmates on July 12 at the Lawless Harley-Davidson grand opening party in Renton, Washington can be seen below. In a recent interview with The Prog Report, QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton spoke a...

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QUARTZ: New Album And Compilation In The Works

Birmingham heavy metal band QUARTZ is writing material for a new album, tentatively due in 2015. In addition, the group is putting the finishing touches on a compilation featuring previously unreleased studio material from the '80s, to be released later this year via Skol Records. QUARTZ came out of...