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GEOFF TATE / QUEENSRYCHE

GEOFF TATE’s QUEENSRYCHE – Frequency Unknown [Billy Sherwood’s Mix]

“Frequency Unknown“, the only album released the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE following his dismissal from the band, arrived in April 2013 amidst a swarm of controversy. The group had just split in two, with Tate leading an all-new group of musicians while the remaining members of QUEENSRŸCHE carried on with a new vocalist, Todd La Torre.
Tate’s version of QUEENSRŸCHE included longtime associate Kelly Gray plus former Quiet Riot / Ozzy bassist Rudy Sarzo and legendary AC/DC and DIO drummer Simon Wright. This group quickly recorded and released “Frequency Unknown”, and though the album earned some praise from critics, complaints began to surface about the quality of the album’s mix.
In response, Cleopatra Records commissioned multi-instrumentalist and producer Billy Sherwood (of YES) to remix the entire album…

GEOFF TATE / SWEET OBLIVION

SWEET OBLIVION feat Geoff Tate – Relentless (2021)

“Relentless” is the hotly anticipated sophomore album from the new metal band SWEET OBLIVION which features former Queensrÿche vocalist Geoff Tate.
The self-titled debut album caused quite a stir in the international hard rock and metal scene since it brought Tate back to a musical landscape akin to the sound of the stone cold classic metal albums he released with Queensrÿche during the ‘80s. But what made the album work so well was that instead of being a simple throwback, other different musical influences were thrown into the mix, allowing fans to hear Tate in a simultaneously famliar and new musical setting.
This time around Tate was more involved in the songwriting, and musically, “Relentless” showcases a tight group of musicians creating the foundation for Tate to a style that he made famous along with his former band.
Fans of Tate’s work in Queensryche’s early days and of the previous Sweet Oblivion record will not want to miss this…

BILLY SHERWOOD / BUMBLEFOOT / GEOFF TATE / JOE LYNN TURNER / THE PROG COLLECTIVE

THE PROG COLLECTIVE (Joe Lynn Turner, Geoff Tate, Graham Bonnet) – Worlds On Hold (2020)

Spearheaded by much heralded producer/musician Billy Sherwood super group THE PROG COLLECTIVE returns with a timely and marvellous new studio album, “Worlds On Hold“, featuring a star-studded cast with former Queensrÿche vocalist Geoff Tate, Todd Rundgren, Joe Lynn Turner, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Ayreon mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Derek Sherinian, Graham Bonnet, and so much more.
This is the first release under The Prog Collective moniker since 2013, split between new compositions and driving versions of familiar classics such as Alan Parson’s Project’s “Eye In The Sky”, Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill,” etc, only available on CD and limited edition vinyl.

GEOFF TATE / OPERATION: MINDCRIME / SWEET OBLIVION

SWEET OBLIVION (feat Geoff Tate) – ST [Japan Edition +1] (2019)

Former Queensryche and current Operation: Mindcrime frontman Geoff Tate has revealed his new project titled SWEET OBLIVION. Tate has teamed up with guitarist and bassist Simone Mularoni, keyboardist Emanuele Casali and drummer Paolo Caridi in the band – and they’ll release their self-titled debut album on June 14 through Frontiers Music, and tomorrow via Marquee in Japan including a bonus...

GEOFF TATE / QUEENSRYCHE / REMASTER

QUEENSRYCHE – Empire [20th Anniversary Edition remastered] (2-CD)

Also requested among the QUEENSRYCHE discography, here’s the pretty expensive 2-CD box version of their multi-platinum album “Empire”. Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its original release, this classic album was remastered with the addition of a bonus disc including 13 bonus tracks, among them 10 previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1990 at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. “Empire” went triple platinum and...

GEOFF TATE / QUEENSRYCHE / REMASTER / SHM-CD

QUEENSRYCHE – Greatest Hits [Japanese SHM-CD remastered] Limited Edition / Out Of Print

This is the only press on high quality SHM-CD of QUEENSRYCHE “Greatest Hits” with all tracks 24-Bit Digitally Remastered, a Limited Edition that went out of print in a couple of months. Why this ‘GH compilation’ needed a SHM-CD, high quality press release? Because few “Greatest Hits” represents so exactly a band’s career like this one.And why is Queensryche so...

OPERATION MINDCRIME – The New Reality [Japan Edition] (2017)

GEOFF TATE / OPERATION: MINDCRIME / QUEENSRYCHE

OPERATION MINDCRIME – The New Reality [Japan Edition] (2017)

OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the band led by former QUEENSRYCHE singer Geoff Tate, will release “A New Reality“, the third and final of a concept album trilogy exploring international politics, the world economy and social ethos, on December 1 via Frontiers Music Srl. The Japanese Edition will see the light tomorrow, November 22. The first thing I noticed most on this new...

OPERATION: MINDCRIME – Resurrection (2016)

GEOFF TATE / OPERATION: MINDCRIME / QUEENSRYCHE

OPERATION: MINDCRIME – Resurrection (2016)

“Resurrection” is the second installment of the musical project from iconic metal vocalist Geoff Tate. Following one year after the release of the debut album, OPERATION: MINDCRIME is a creative platform that continues in the spirit of the historic album of the same name, spawning concepts as grand as the music and intertwining the intensity of the former Queensrÿche vocalist’s...

GEOFF TATE / GREAT WHITE / JOE LYNN TURNER / JOHN WETTON / L.A. GUNS / McAULEY SCHENKER GROUP / NELSON / ROBIN ZANDER / TOMMY SHAW / V.A. - Tribute To Queen

V.A. – Keep Calm and Salute Queen (2015)

This is simple: “Keep Calm and Salute Queen” is a tribute to Queen compiled by the specialized label in this matter, Cleopatra Records / Deadline. One of the good news is that these classic, influential songs are performed by a slew of hard rock champions from both sides of the pond. The other, these versions / covers are excellent. You...

QUEENSRYCHE – Condition Hüman [Japan Edition] (2015)

GEOFF TATE / OPERATION: MINDCRIME / QUEENSRYCHE

QUEENSRYCHE – Condition Hüman [Japan Edition] (2015)

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and metalheads of all ages: QUEENSRŸCHE are back! But not just in the sense of their new album “Condition Hüman“, no, this return goes much deeper than that. This Japanese Edition features a bonus track that really worth the investment. “Condition Hüman”, for all intents and purposes is a resurrection of what used to...

GEOFF TATE / OPERATION: MINDCRIME / QUEENSRYCHE

QUEENSRYCHE – Condition Hüman (2015)

* Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and metalheads of all ages: QUEENSRŸCHE are back! But not just in the sense of their new album “Condition Hüman” to be released soon; no this return goes much deeper than that. This for all intents and purposes is a resurrection of what used to be a mighty force in the metal world...

GEOFF TATE / OPERATION: MINDCRIME / QUEENSRYCHE

OPERATION: MINDCRIME – The Key (2015)

* Geoff Tate cannot be stopped. Getting fired from Queensryche barely slowed him down, getting involved in various projects although I think this new one is the ‘highest profile’ of all OPERATION: MINDCRIME and its debut “The Key” to be released by Frontiers Music tomorrow. Operation: Mindcrime lineup includes many of the players that served in Tate’s scab version of...

GEOFF TATE / QUEENSRYCHE

GEOFF TATE’s QUEENSRYCHE – Frequency Unknown +4 (2013)

“Frequency Unknown”, the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE, will be released next April 23. Tate was booted from Queensryche last summer after an aggressive fallout, but went on to form his own version of the band with the same name. “Frequency Unknown” cover art features a (not so) subtle message to his former bandmates; a fist...

GEOFF TATE

GEOFF TATE (Queensryche) – Kings & Thieves (2012)

* With the acrimonious split between GEOFF TATE and Queensryche still being aired in public almost daily like a bad taste comedy, it’s getting harder and harder to focus on the fact that these guys have produced some stellar music over the years due to their insistence on washing their dirty laundry in public. Well, musically, Tate has made the...