Anyone Still Fans Of Queensryche

[Adam Stryker]

I just started listeing to there older stuff from the Mindcrime era. Its safe to say IMO that i wish music still had this sound. From the creepy voices at the start/end of songs to the way they made some albums seem like an entire song was cool. Anyway im seeing if anyone still blast this Music and rocks out to it.

 

[poundingmetal74]

Anyone Still Fans Of Queensryche

HELL YES I AM. Especially since their last album was quite good.

 

[mdmatt4ever]

i love all of their albums

 

[Adam Stryker]

HEll YEA im glad someone likes them there music is good driving music. Geoff Tate is godly. I had a friend that is in his 40s go to a show of theres during the Mindcrime era, he said that he still gets chills when he thinks about that awesome night.

 

[Caveman Ninja]

Yeah, of course Operation: Mindcrime is one of the enduring classics of all time... but I don't really dig anything after Empire. O:M2 had a couple of moments, but overall it didn't really deserve the name Operation: Mindcrime 2. Also Geoff Tate's attempts to squeeze out the high notes can be a little sad nowadays. Still got a great voice for the lower stuff though.

 

[razoredge]

They still get played around here. Im missing a few later discs and passed up the opportunity to see them last summer and regret it because what I did instead was stupid... lol. Still it would have been the third time in 2 years that I saw them so thats why my decision went the wrong way.

 

[Hawk]

I worshiped Queensryche in the 80s. After Empire however I lost interest. I miss the sound they used to have. Every time they release a new album I listen to it hoping that I can like it. But I never do.

 

[Psychonaut]

I'm still a fan but more so of their older material. Empire and earlier are great albums, my absolute favorite being Rage For Order. Their newest had some good stuff on it so let's hope this is a sign of good things to come.

 

[beast from the east]

Empire and prior releases: pure gold! Operation: Mindcrime is a classic

Post-Empire releases: no thank you

 

[Vicious Robbie]

I loved the band until Promised Land. They've been downhill for me since then :Smug:

 

[Metal375]

Have O:M and Empire - both were (and still are) great albums. Have only heard a few songs of their earlier and later stuff. Heard a song off the album after Empire (around the time it came out) - I don't remember being very impressed.

 

[poundingmetal74]

I guess this being a metal forum largely dictates the dislike for Promised Land. When I bought that album I hated it beyond tracks 9 and 10. Several years later, it's possibly my favorite album of theirs. Same story with the song Della Brown really.

It's a style shift from say, Mindcrime, but it's every bit as intricate as Rage For Order - just mellower.

Have O:M and Empire - both were (and still are) great albums. Have only heard a few songs of their earlier and later stuff. Heard a song off the album after Empire (around the time it came out) - I don't remember being very impressed.

If you like older Priest, The EP and Warning areworth checking out. Rage For Order is a prog metal masterpiece but it takes a few listens to appreciate.

 

[Hawk]

Rage For Order is a prog metal masterpiece but it takes a few listens to appreciate.

"Rage For Order" is my favorite. A real masterpiece as far as I am concerned.

 

[razoredge]

I still like Y2Q (is that it ? doesnt look right...lol)

Della Brown was always my little nitch on Empire, so simple yet so smart, perfect groove for the topic with yet another Tate master vocal piece.

Yes old school metal heads have to have some Warning and Rage for Order, great stuff and adds more perspective to the band for those that have not heard all of them. Queensryche was right in there with the rest during the early days but had their own special twist and always deep, at least after the EP which had some more simplistic themes... Still "Lady Wore Black" defined what the lasting Queensryche sound would be.

 

[wdiv]

They pretty much lost me during late 90s with HITN, Q2K and Tribe albums, but bounced back a bit with OM2 and American Soldier. But, of course they are nowhere near where they were in the 80s. Warning & O:M are a couple of the best albums of the decade.

 

[Hawk]

Actually "The Warning" was a huge disappointment for me production wise. The songs were great but the production was way to thin sounding. At the time I had the "Live in Tokyo" video.

The songs from "The Warning" sounded great live on that tape, especially the drums! I was very happy when the audio of that performance was released as bonus tracks on the "Queen Of The Reich" EP. It is still one of my favorite live recordings.

 

[wdiv]

Actually "The Warning" was a huge disappointment for me production wise. The songs were great but the production was way to thin sounding. At the time I had the "Live in Tokyo" video.

The songs from "The Warning" sounded great live on that tape, especially the drums! I was very happy when the audio of that performance was released as bonus tracks on the "Queen Of The Reich" EP. It is still one of my favorite live recordings.

Agree that the production isn't great on Warning, but the material is killer. I think a remaster got released a few years ago... I never picked up the remaster though.

 

[Hawk]

It sure is!

 

[wolf]

I just picked up the remaster of "the warning".Its one of my favorite discs of theirs and the remake of the "lady wore black" is kinda interesting.It doesn't have as powerful of a chorus as the original version but its still worth listening to.
I've heard alot of great reviews for"rage for order"so that will most likely be my next purchase,as for the later material there is a few gems but I'm not sure they'll ever be as consistent as the early days.

 

[Up&Away]

I'm a QR fan from way back. But everything after Promised Land has been drivel.