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REVIEW: Queensryche – Empire (20th Anniversary Edition)

QUEENSRŸCHE – Empire (2010 EMI 20th Anniversay Edition) 20 years?  Wow, they sure flew by for me! When Empire first came out I bought it on cassette, and even back then I thought it was a bit too...

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REVIEW: Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (deluxe edition 2013)

QUEENSRŸCHE – Queensrÿche (2013 deluxe edition) So after all the hubbub and commotion and he-says she-says, both Queensryches have finally released their albums.  The consensus is pretty clear:  fans...

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REVIEW: Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (2013 Japanese edition with bonus tracks)

QUEENSRŸCHE – Queensrÿche (2013 Avalon Japanese import) I purchased and reviewed the domestic “deluxe edition” of Queensryche (2013) in July of this year.  I initially gave it a 3.25/5 stars, but I...

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REVIEW: Queensryche – Hear in the Now Frontier

QUEENSRYCHE – Hear in the Now Frontier (1997, 2003 EMI remaster) I remember when this album came out in the spring of ’97. There was anticipation and a certain amount of fear: How could Queensryche...

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REVIEW: Queensryche – Promised Land (Japanese import)

QUEENSRYCHE – Promised Land (1994 EMI, Japanese import) I’m sure the pressure was on to top Empire, so what did Queensryche do? They retreated to an isolated but luxurious cabin on an island, and...

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REVIEW: Queensryche – Road to Promised Land (1995 EMI promo)

QUEENSRŸCHE – Road to Promised Land (1995 EMI promotional “best of” CD) 20 years ago, good buddy T-Rev let me know this little treasure had arrived in his store (first discussed in Record Store Tales...

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REVIEW: Queensryche – Tribe (2003)

“Flaming Turds” artwork courtesy of SARCA at CAUGHT ME GAMING.  Thanks Sarca! We continue with the WEEK OF FLAMING TURDS!  We’re looking at a collection of malodorous music.  Strike a match, you’ll...

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REVIEW: Queensryche – Rage For Order (remastered)

QUEENSRYCHE – Rage For Order (originally 1986, 2003 EMI remastered edition) Every fan has their favourite Queensryche album.  Whether it be The Warning, Mindcrime, Promised Land or Empire, there are...

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REVIEW: Queensryche – Speaking in Digital: A Conversation with Queensryche...

QUEENSRŸCHE – Speaking in Digital: A Conversation with Queensryche (1986 EMI America promo interview LP) Here’s a nice little rarity for you, a full-length Queensryche interview disc from the Rage For...

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VHS Archives #12: Queensryche co-host the Power Hour (1990)

This is a great example of what made the Power Hour special. It was an hour of live television. That means when Dan Gallagher (always) refers to Anthrax as “Anthrash”, then it goes out live like that....

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VHS Archives #68: Geoff Tate of Queensryche (1986)

JD Roberts of MuchMusic’s Pepsi Power Hour talked to Geoff Tate (and a silent Chris DeGarmo) about Queensryche in 1986.  That means you get the rock-solid Rage for Order haircuts.  Not only that… but...

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REVIEW: Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche (1983 EP/2003 remaster)

Part I of a Queensryche two-parter. QUEENSRŸCHE – Queensrÿche (1983 EP/2003 EMI remaster) Sometimes a reissue is done so right you just gotta “Take Hold of the Flame”. The 1984 debut EP by Queensryche...

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REVIEW: Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime (1988/2003 remaster)

QUEENSRŸCHE – Operation: Mindcrime (1988, 2003 EMI remaster) After Pink Floyd made history by releasing The Wall in 1979, concept albums fell out of fashion.   Almost a decade later, two heavy metal...

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“Revolution Calling” by Queensrÿche on the Sunday Song Spotlight

In late 1987 and early 1988, Queensrÿche were at frigid Morin Heights in Quebec, recording what would become their most important album.  Their first true concept album (although you could make good...

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VHS Archives #138: Chris DeGarmo and Geoff Tate of Queensryche with Erica Ehm...

Fall, 1991.  A shy Chris and Geoff dropped by the MuchMusic studios to talk Empire with Erica Ehm.  Topics addressed: Being homesick for Seattle Canadian connections – DalBello, Howard Ungerleider,...

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VHS Archives #139: Queensryche! Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo, Eddie Jackson,...

An unusually playful and jovial Queensryche joke around with Dan Gallagher while waiting for chicken wings at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo!  The band show a rare comradery here and are absolutely having a...

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