Queensryche/Symphony X Tour
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Don't know about Atlanta but April 15th and 16th in Chicago at House Of Blues. Angela Moore (Mary) will be onstage with Queensryche. Got my tickets for both shows and meet and greet/soundcheck passes. YEAH BABY!!
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Yes they will, and Tate will crack his egg like baldy chrome dome when he hits the floor. The rest of them will lose what strands of grey hair they have left when Mike, Russ and the boys take the stage!!!
glasscastle
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Whose the headliner? I sure hope its SX. If QR is closing, there may be some people asleep when the venues close!!!!!!!!! :Spin:
Evil
Drunken Bastard
Symphony X will be heading back out on tour in April for two weeks of dates with Queensryche.
DATE - VENUE - CITY
04/15/04 - State Theatre - Detroit, MI
04/16/04 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
04/17/04 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
04/18/04 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
04/21/04 - Keswick Theatre - Glenside, PA
04/22/04 - Avalon - Boston, MA
04/23/04 - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach, NH
04/24/04 - Beacon Theater - New York, NY
04/25/04 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
thats it kids..those are the dates...
SX will indeed blow QR out of the water..im goin to 2 of these shows..Boston and NH...
DATE - VENUE - CITY
04/15/04 - State Theatre - Detroit, MI
04/16/04 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
04/17/04 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
04/18/04 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
04/21/04 - Keswick Theatre - Glenside, PA
04/22/04 - Avalon - Boston, MA
04/23/04 - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom - Hampton Beach, NH
04/24/04 - Beacon Theater - New York, NY
04/25/04 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
thats it kids..those are the dates...
SX will indeed blow QR out of the water..im goin to 2 of these shows..Boston and NH...
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
QR is the headliner. Though SX will blow them off the stage. Going to the NYC show on the 24th of April.
Zod
Zod
MadeInNewJersey
nursing my wounds
Hey Zod, I'll be there too.
You guys are crazy if you honestly think SymX is in the same ballpark as QR live. And I love Symx too, so don't misread my comment here. Anyone who complains about QR live hasn't seen them in the past few years and is just talking about their albums.
FYI, this is a somewhat special QR tour, and is mostly in support of a DVD that's about to come out, so the set list concentration will be heavy on the "classics" is my best educated guess. Additionally, Pamela Moore - the voice of "Mary" from Operation Mindcrime - is touring with them, so you can bet your sweet ass they're putting their all into this production.
Can't wait.
You guys are crazy if you honestly think SymX is in the same ballpark as QR live. And I love Symx too, so don't misread my comment here. Anyone who complains about QR live hasn't seen them in the past few years and is just talking about their albums.
FYI, this is a somewhat special QR tour, and is mostly in support of a DVD that's about to come out, so the set list concentration will be heavy on the "classics" is my best educated guess. Additionally, Pamela Moore - the voice of "Mary" from Operation Mindcrime - is touring with them, so you can bet your sweet ass they're putting their all into this production.
Can't wait.
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Wow, so many anti-Queensryche sentiments! 
I love Sy X, but it's not like they have an "Operation Mindcrime" in their discography! I dunno....you kids of today. 
I love Sy X, but it's not like they have an "Operation Mindcrime" in their discography! I dunno....you kids of today. 
Bryan316
METAL... nuff said!
No. They don't have an Operation Mindcrime in their catalog.
They have the New Mythology Suite! HAH!!!
And a far better conclusion song to an end of a concept album. Heh heh.
Now... I saw QR with DT last summer, and I saw SX four times in the span of a year and two days. I've seen SX in a rathole basement with 100 people, and I've seen them at Prog Power 4 with one helluva crowd into them.
They will walk all over Queensryche!
But I shall still stay and watch every song QR does that night.
They have the New Mythology Suite! HAH!!!
And a far better conclusion song to an end of a concept album. Heh heh.
Now... I saw QR with DT last summer, and I saw SX four times in the span of a year and two days. I've seen SX in a rathole basement with 100 people, and I've seen them at Prog Power 4 with one helluva crowd into them.
They will walk all over Queensryche!
But I shall still stay and watch every song QR does that night.
warmwetos
Member? Yes, I got one =)
Don't get me wrong people, Symphony X is an incredible band and one of my favorites. I love SX and will agree that they will blow QR away....HOWEVER, QR made two of the best metal (or whatever genre you want to put this in) ever...something I don't think Symphony X will top at least not now. Rage for Order and Operation Mindcrime are masterpieces...nothing taken away from The Odyssey, V, Divine Wings...these are also great albums but I don't think they will ever come to the greatness of Rage for Order or Operation Mindcrime.
If you ask me who I prefer now, easy Symphony X! If you ask me to rank my top metal albums of all time...let me just say that QR would be ranked a lot higher then what SX has out, mainly because of the two outsdanding albums they put out...although SX is slowly climbing up that list!!!
If you ask me who I prefer now, easy Symphony X! If you ask me to rank my top metal albums of all time...let me just say that QR would be ranked a lot higher then what SX has out, mainly because of the two outsdanding albums they put out...although SX is slowly climbing up that list!!!
Rage and Mindcrime are great, as well as the Warning and the other one I cna't think of...but everything since and mostly including Empire has sucked eggs. If I hear Silent Lucidity one more time my head will fall off.
I'll put up .. hmm lemme think, oh let's say Odyssey against the combination of every Ryche album after mindcrime and we'll see which of the 2 wins out.
Mindcrime was and is a great album.. but they haven't even come close to capturing some of their older magic in over 10 years... 10 years !!!
And don't get me started on that horrible solo Tate album, whatingod'snamewashethinking?
If that tour comes to Florida I would gladly go for the X, but if I left early I wouldn't be suprised at all..
I'll put up .. hmm lemme think, oh let's say Odyssey against the combination of every Ryche album after mindcrime and we'll see which of the 2 wins out.
Mindcrime was and is a great album.. but they haven't even come close to capturing some of their older magic in over 10 years... 10 years !!!
And don't get me started on that horrible solo Tate album, whatingod'snamewashethinking?
If that tour comes to Florida I would gladly go for the X, but if I left early I wouldn't be suprised at all..
warmwetos
Member? Yes, I got one =)
Hell you can put on Accolade II or whatever off any recent SX album and it would kick ass over anything QR has done since...well a few songs do have some promise (promise land track is very cool but not much after that).
Still to me that is what makes a classic album, something you can listen too years and years after it's been issued and still get that great vibe that it can kick your ass...10 years from now same will be said about Symphony X and their classic work but you can bet that Operation Mindcrime, Rage for Order and Warning will still kick ass.
The one good thing out of this is that it might bring some new exposure to SX, I mean most everyone knows about Queensryche but I bet there some people out there that are going say HOLY SHIT who is this Symphony X and why does Queenryche sound like Cinderella compared to them
Cheers! Tony
Still to me that is what makes a classic album, something you can listen too years and years after it's been issued and still get that great vibe that it can kick your ass...10 years from now same will be said about Symphony X and their classic work but you can bet that Operation Mindcrime, Rage for Order and Warning will still kick ass.
The one good thing out of this is that it might bring some new exposure to SX, I mean most everyone knows about Queensryche but I bet there some people out there that are going say HOLY SHIT who is this Symphony X and why does Queenryche sound like Cinderella compared to them
Cheers! Tony
The Fiddler
Just Do It.
I always get a laugh at how today's QR plays all their old, heavy stuff live, but refuse to write anything remotely heavy for their new CDs. The last 3 CDs are a complete departure from the sound that made them so famous (and my favorite band of the 90s).
If QR announced that they would only play music from their last 3 CDs when they tour, how many people would go? Would Iron Maiden have asked them to join their tour a couple of years ago? The fact that their set lists these days are so heavy with the classic, heavy stuff makes me think that they are afraid of loosing ticket sales if they play a strong majority of songs from their last few discs. If QR wants to make melodic rock music these days, that is fine - but then have the balls to sink or swim with that new crud when you tour. Don't say one thing and do another.
And for Christ's sake, how many QR retrospectives do we need? Another example of QR cashing in on their past since they can't make a whole lot fans with albums like HITNF, Q2K, or Tribe.
And don't forget Geoff's comments (about the time when his first solo disc was released) that he was never into metal during those classic years and still isn't today. The fact that he can then stand on stage today and sing the heavy classics just seems dishonest and greedy. Halford badmouthed metal in favor of a solo career that flopped and made him no money. Now he is back with Priest. Geoff was drawing about 200 people a night during his solo tour - another financial flop. So what does he then do - he sings the classic metal stuff with QR to increase the ticket sales (and the profits).
The awesome creative energy that seen QR write incredible albums that had a sound all their own through (EP through Promised Land) is long gone. They are burned out and showing their age - only a shell of once they once were.
If QR announced that they would only play music from their last 3 CDs when they tour, how many people would go? Would Iron Maiden have asked them to join their tour a couple of years ago? The fact that their set lists these days are so heavy with the classic, heavy stuff makes me think that they are afraid of loosing ticket sales if they play a strong majority of songs from their last few discs. If QR wants to make melodic rock music these days, that is fine - but then have the balls to sink or swim with that new crud when you tour. Don't say one thing and do another.
And for Christ's sake, how many QR retrospectives do we need? Another example of QR cashing in on their past since they can't make a whole lot fans with albums like HITNF, Q2K, or Tribe.
And don't forget Geoff's comments (about the time when his first solo disc was released) that he was never into metal during those classic years and still isn't today. The fact that he can then stand on stage today and sing the heavy classics just seems dishonest and greedy. Halford badmouthed metal in favor of a solo career that flopped and made him no money. Now he is back with Priest. Geoff was drawing about 200 people a night during his solo tour - another financial flop. So what does he then do - he sings the classic metal stuff with QR to increase the ticket sales (and the profits).
The awesome creative energy that seen QR write incredible albums that had a sound all their own through (EP through Promised Land) is long gone. They are burned out and showing their age - only a shell of once they once were.
Demonspell
cheating the polygraph
I agree, it's as if Queensryche exists as two separate entities these days, the recent albums sound incredibly uninspired...fortunately they haven't completely forgotten their strengths in concert, they're still capable of kicking ass live. That said, I think SX stands a good chance of walking away with the show.
General Zod
Ruler of Australia
Cool. Maybe we can meet up before the show.markgugs said:
I saw them on the Q2K tour, and we walked out during the encore, while yelling towards the stage, "You suck!"markgugs said:
Queensryche is one of my all-time favorite bands, but they humiliated themselves on that tour. Possibly the worst performance I've ever seen.
Well, that certainly bodes well. But I'll be shocked (and quite pleased) if QR is better than SX.markgugs said:
Zod
As for masterpieces, "The Divine Wings of Tragedy" falls into that category imo. That was and always will be one of the greatest albums in my massive, extensive collection!
JayKeeley
Be still, O wand'rer!
Hmm. I forgot all about Geoff Tate going on record for saying he had always hated heavy rock and metal, so that was pretty surprising I must admit. But Halford? Come on. When did he ever bad mouth metal? Other than that crazy industrial War thing, his two solo Halford albums were *very* metal, and certainly a lot better than JP's Jugulator and Demolition. He also kept himself in underground metal circles through touring with support acts like Testament and Immortal, or appearing at the larger metal fests. Halford has paid his dues and then some. It doesn't matter why he went back to Priest - his legacy is set in stone. \m/The Fiddler said:
your examples are all after the time period he was talking about, which is before he had the Halford solo project. i'm pretty sure he was indeed badmouthing metal around the time of the ill-fated (and absolutely awful) Two project, which came out several years before Resurrection (pretty soon after Fight folded).JayKeeley said:
Ryan
I have so much respect for QR since they are one of the forefathers of this style of metal. SX will slam but I am sure Tate will rule the night!
