Geoff Tate's version of QUEENSRCHE performed its final show on August 30 at Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill Bolingbrook, Illinois. To mark the occasion, Tate symbolically removed the QUEENSRCHE's logo the so-called TriRyche symbol from his belt before the final encore song.Fan-filmed video footage of the gesture can be seen below.QUEENSRCHE members Eddie Jackson (bass), Scott Rockenfield (drums) and Michael Wilton (guitar) successfully agreed to purchase Tate's portion of the QUEENSRCHE name. The band bought out their former lead singer's share of the QUEENSRCHE corporation while allowing him the ability to be the only one to perform "Operation: Mindcrime" and "Operation: Mindcrime II" in their entirety. Tate 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 QUEENSRCHE" or "formerly of QUEENSRCHE" for a period of two years and that text must be at least 50 percent 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 QUEENSRCHE at all. As of September 1, there is only one QUEENSRCHE entity and that consists of Eddie Jackson, Todd La Torre, 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. Named after QUEENSRCHE's epic concept album from 1988, "Operation: Mindcrime", Tate's new band will include Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE), Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO), Randy Gane (MYTH) and Kelly Gray (QUEENSRYCHE 1998 - 2001, 2012 - 2014).OPERATION: MINDCRIME will enter the studio in September to begin recording a trilogy project that Geoff's been working on for the past two years.
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