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Post by TryRyche on May 5, 2014 10:05:57 GMT -5
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Post by ShadowLady on May 5, 2014 16:47:28 GMT -5
A Reinvigorated Queensrÿche Starts the Writing Process for Their New Album, Tentatively Due Early Summer 2015 via Century Media Records:
With the Queensrÿche canvas wiped completely clean and the band’s easel the strongest and most stable it’s been in years, Eddie Jackson, Todd LaTorre, Parker Lundgren, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton forge ahead to create yet another QR masterpiece. The band has already begun writing new material for the follow up to their critically acclaimed self-titled 2013 Century Media Records release, Queensrÿche. The new album is tentatively scheduled for release in early summer 2015.
"The Queensrÿche internal dynamic has certainly changed in terms of musicianship. It’s more of a cohesive team and the chemistry we have now is making what we can do creatively limitless. For Queensrÿche, it was always about being able to write together as a band. We didn’t have that for a long time but now that it’s back, we feel extremely liberated,” states founding guitarist Michael Wilton. "We’ve already begun the writing process for the next album and have a few songs demoed that we feel really good about. We’re taking the songs in the classic Queensrÿche direction but maybe a little more progressive and heavier at times. The thing is, you never know what you really have until it’s complete. We can’t wait for the final outcome. Writing with such a dynamic group of individuals has been nothing short of amazing."
Queensrÿche recently reached a settlement in their dispute over the ownership of the Queensrÿche name and brand. Century Media is pleased to announce that Eddie Jackson, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton have successfully agreed to purchase Geoff Tate’s portion of the Queensrÿche name. The band will buy out their former lead singer’s share of the Queensrÿche corporation while allowing him the ability to be the only one to perform Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II in their entirety. He will no longer have use of the TriRyche logo or any other album images aside from the Mindcrime releases. He can only refer to himself as the “Original Lead Singer of Queensrÿche or “Formerly of Queensrÿche" for a period of two years and that text must be at least 50% smaller than his name in all materials. After this two year period passes, he can only refer to himself as Geoff Tate with no mention of Queensrÿche at all. Geoff Tate will be able to finish any confirmed dates billed for his Queensrÿche lineup scheduled to terminate on August 31st, 2014. As of September 1st, there will be only one Queensrÿche entity and that will consist of Eddie Jackson, Todd LaTorre, Parker Lundgren, Scott Rockenfield and Michael Wilton. This lineup will continue to perform selections from their entire musical catalog including songs from Operation: Mindcrime. The band will be able to use all TriRyche logos and previous album artwork for any purposes as needed by the corporation.
Queensrÿche is:
Todd La Torre - Vocals
Michael Wilton - Guitars
Parker Lundgren - Guitars
Eddie Jackson - Bass
Scott Rockenfield - Drums
Queensrÿche first burst onto the music scene in 1982 with the release of their self-titled 4 song EP Queensrÿche. They very quickly gained international recognition and performed to sold out audiences around the world. With the follow up first full-length album "The Warning" in 1984, and the ground breaking 1986 release of "Rage For Order", Queensrÿche continued to prove their worldwide dominance as one of the most respected and creative bands of the 80's. In 1988 the band turned out yet another monumental album "Operation: Mindcrime", which would go on to become one of the TOP 10 best selling concepts records of all time, and set the stage for continued sold out performances around the world. With the release of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful "Empire" in 1991, the band earned multiple Grammy Award nominations and won the MTV "viewers choice" award for the #1 chart topping hit "Silent Lucidity". During the next ten years, the band continued to release albums and tour the world to sold-out audiences. Queensrÿche has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and have continued to break new ground and push their creative process!
For a full list of tour dates please visit our tour page!
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Post by ShadowLady on May 5, 2014 16:48:13 GMT -5
Nope...no mention of the FB pages or websites. Hmmmm?  |
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Post by TryRyche on May 5, 2014 17:29:07 GMT -5
Are you stealing my thunder by copying the whole thing?  |
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Post by Travis The Dragon on May 6, 2014 19:09:35 GMT -5
And I don't mind reading this amazing news yet again! Vindication has truly come for the one and only QR!!! It's OOOOOOOOOOVER for tatewreck!!!
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Post by RikJohnston on May 6, 2014 21:38:21 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what happens to the old social media pages after September 1.
Also, I wonder what Frequency Unknown will be rebranded as? Musically, I think it has some pretty good moments, if it will remain a Queensryche album, and if it does stay in the catalog, will it become the black sheep of the family.
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Post by ShadowLady on May 7, 2014 11:38:04 GMT -5
Are you stealing my thunder by copying the whole thing? No way, man...just making it easier to quote things from it. Sheesh...such a sensitive, little, girly-man, aren't you?  |
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Post by ShadowLady on May 7, 2014 11:39:55 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what happens to the old social media pages after September 1. Also, I wonder what Frequency Unknown will be rebranded as? Musically, I think it has some pretty good moments, if it will remain a Queensryche album, and if it does stay in the catalog, will it become the black sheep of the family. I honestly think it should be a GT album and let him have it, personally. I doubt very much that the band wants it for the discography. I think it would be a total embarrassment to them.  |
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Post by TryRyche on May 7, 2014 15:53:34 GMT -5
Hey now... I can be sensitive AND a REAL man. Puff Puff.
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Post by TryRyche on May 7, 2014 16:05:00 GMT -5
I think FU Will be rebranded OOP. I honestly question whether HE even wants it. I think it was the first of many GT attempts to subvert the QR brand. It doesn't sound like even a Tate era QR album, and it doesn't sound like his solo work. It's obvious from his recent post-decision interviews that he has a lot of disdain for his fanbase and the metal community in general.
Maybe now he'll be able to make music that he likes... and that maybe some of the fanbase likes too.... I'm not holding out hope... I didn't care for either of his solo records... or anything after Tribe. So I'm not EXPECTING to like what he does, but I'm willing to give it a listen. I think he's kind of a dick, but it that stopped me from listening to music, I think my iTunes folder would be a LOT smaller.....
And I hope the QR.com page either gets returned to the band, or is shut down completely. It's not fair to the guys to have it not under their control. And legally, I wonder who actually OWNS it.... if its the Queensryche corporation, then legally they should have to turn it over.... when I tried to talk to Kevin about it after the split about all he would say was that it turned into a labor of love to a "job" and he was just glad to be away from it all.
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Post by ShadowLady on May 9, 2014 3:30:46 GMT -5
I still wonder what happened to the forum. Is it just hidden and still there or did they totally trash it. I had a lot of private messages there that meant something to me from over the years. I was totally robbed, since I had just paid my annual fanclub membership and they snagged the site. I should have called my CC company and got a refund...but I just blew it off.  |
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TIME TO PARTY! QUEENSRYCHE GOT THE NAME! 
