One of the best frontman ever. Geoff never misses a note. His intensity is undeniable! Seen them four times now. The original lineup is how it was Everytime I saw them. Wish oh how I wish it was still the same. Miss Chris, Scott. Awesome memories will never be forgotten!
I don't care what anyone thinks or says about Geoff Tate he's the most amazing vocalist ever can't nobody ever fade him I can't get enough of listening to him his voice makes me so emotional and I get goose bumps everytime hands down Geoff u r the best and I listen to u every morning b4 work and every night b4 bed u truly touch me thank u so much!!!
Just look at the intensity and how he’s singing. It’s like he’s singing it for the first time. You can truly tell that he has her amazing passion for what he’s doing.👍
Their percussion always sounds *so* on point: great drumming is at the core of that of course, but it sounds so crisp in all of their live recordings. Agreed there Axl, some credit for that has to go to their sound crew!
Yeah, damn, for a recording of a live gig of 2001 uploaded, that sound was damn near perfect. Drums, guitars, everything. I think I would have pushed Geoff up a touch because it felt like he was being drowned out in parts, but this is way above the standard we've come to expect.
For a 20 year old recording using 20 year old technology? My buddy just saw them play at a casino in Connecticut and the tickets were free for everyone. I just paid $4800 so me and my family at four to go see Taylor Swift. I want to kill myself now.
KISW has been playing an awesome new tune called Won't Cry Now. Sounds exactly like Geoff Tate singing but I can't find any record of him singing a song called that. Anyone heard it or was I having another Mindcrime flashback.
@@RobinBCzar Todd is pretty good, but Geoff has the better overall voice, and much better stage presence. Its alot easier to copy someones act than create one, Butt Todd is a nice fill in.
OMG.....Geoff's voice...the extended note at the end of Eyes of a Stranger...I>N>C>R>E>D>I>B>L>E>..it actually brought tears to my eyes to hear him sing that...
It truly is. I never ever get tired of hearing it. I wish they would play it on the radio more often, or even sometimes major radio stations suck that’s why they’re all going out of business.
Geoff will always be the fucking ruler of these tunes- it’s in his timbre, his rhythmic delivery. All due respect to Todd, who is an incredible singer -
Between the mezmorizing lyrics, Geoff's incredible talent and the band's deeply-developed skills-- Queensryche is the complete package. Amazingly captivating to this very day... Always a fan!
I saw them for the 1st time back in 1986 at the Gulf Coast Collusium in Biloxi MS . They were 2nd openers on the RATT tour with "Rage for Order" album, and they were so good!!! The next time I saw them was in a Rock Club in Raleigh NC in 1988 called " The Switch " , were they played " Operation Mindcrime " album...I even helped Scott Rockingfield setup,mic, and sound chk. his welded chains cage kit !!! I feel sorry for today's youths, they will never experience the pure perfection of Queensryche in concert!!!
When I saw them open up Metallica ajfa at the brendenburn arena in New Jersey operation mindcrime album and they opened up with queen of the reich what a voice what range that gave me chills I will never forget that one of the greatest voices ever in Rock and no one can take that away from him
@@billyreynolds4749 I think Tate, Dio, and Kevin DuBrow are all on even ground for contenders, but there's no doubt that Dio is the greatest voice in heavy metal
just glorious! love Geoff at 5:57 after holding the long note just turning around and walking off. He's like "Yeah my work is done here" what a hell of a show those guys put on back then!
When they finished this song during Operation Livecrime, the Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drum Corps marched onto stage and pounded out a 3 minute outro along with the band that was about the most-rocking moment I've ever heard at a live show.
Many Ryche fans only have these absolutely incredible performances from the past to hold on to in the present. Always pulling for them to bring back some of the magic of the past but coming to the realization that it will never happen. A band diminished in all senses unable to hold on to what they had.
All of those guys are very talented musicians, guitarists Chris Degarmo and Michael Wilton worked great together in unison, and of course Geof Tate was one of the iconic vocalists from the 1980s.
Saw them in 88 an they played almost if not this whole album opening for Metallica . An while Geoff is amazing an my favorite singer this album is a result of the whole band regardless of who Got songwriting credits 😊
Scott is a beast man !!! I mean just look at him at the very end , each and every single one of those strikes is a living breathing part of him , it is the only way I can describe it. It is so incredible to watch Every single shot is purposeful Nothing lazy the very end of the song though says it all to me Very Peart-esque if there is such a word
Agreed. Look back at their 90's tours videos and he is just as great. One of the fastest metal drummers that no one talks about. You were spot on with the Peart-esqe label
Yeah, you just sound up Scott and that performance perfectly. I could not have done it better myself he absolutely killed it and so that the rest of the band.
See other 80's era vocalists with severely diminished chops, then see Mr. Tate as powerful as ever! Absolutely the best lead vocalist of all-time if judged on pure singing talent.
Now that's power, balance, and control...5:40--6:00...wow. I saw Queensryche in Chicago on the "Empire" tour, and as an encore, they played O/M from start to finish !!! They are every bit as good now as they were then...maybe better...PEACE
I've been singing in rock bands since about 1985 as well, and even though I'm not even in the same league as people like Geoff Tate and the like, (though I used to try!), I'm 44 now. I used to sing "The Lady Wore Black" with no problem hitting those notes, and several songs by Priest, Maiden and such. High screams and all. Age just catches up with you. I can't hit those notes anymore. They're just gone. It's terribly sad, but it just happens.Still, Geoff Tate, you're one of my biggest heroes!
Met Geoff Tate backstage on the original, classic Operation Mindcrime tour... heard Queensryche before, liked them etc. Chatted about things that had nothing to do with music at all. Then the show started and I was in awe that the individual I was casually talking to was the one with this cosmic voice. My only regret is that I couldn't tell him how impressed I was after the show. Then I realized that the reason we talked and shot the shit was largely because I wasn't fawning over him, asking him to sign this or that and so on. He was a normal guy, enjoying being a normal guy... a very nice guy too, I might add. 😉
Okay, as Guitarplayer I must tag in here now, because this is just too much Vocalist up there. He deserves 110% everything of what all you people said, but.... do you guys actually know that, at the Solo 06:15 ...... that his Brain is on a total shutdown and the only thing that is driving this forward are his emotions? No? 😅 Okay its no problem, thats why im here. I just wanted to say it ;) He does play that specific guitar for a reason. Because he is able to even kill active players like me every f**kin single time with that thing, cause it fits him 110% as well.
phenomenal driving arrangement. how tight is this band, damn. I remember where I was, who I was with.......what I was smokin' when somebody at a party handed me some obscure cassette tape of this band none of us had ever heard of called "Quennsryche". Was gonna just throw it in the trunk of my car, my buddy says to me,"let's check it out".....never been the same
I know exactly,what u mean......It was similar to me : a friend of mine came with a live CD and said"Listen to this...!" And I did...And I still do.....
LOL, I have a similar story. I was lead singer in a Metal Cover band in the 80's, and every week each member chose a song for us all to learn that week, and it seemed by Bass player and Lead Guitarists goal was to find a Metal lead singer that had a range so high I couldn't hit the notes....I was getting REAL tired of it....they hand me a tape of "Take Hold of the Flame"....I REALLY didn't even want to listen to it but I had to....blew me away! To this day Queensryche is my favorite band hands down! And by the way....it fucked up my Bass & Lead players when I NAILED IT ! After that they kinda concentrated more on songs everyone wanted to hear instead of trying to find the limits of my range, LOL
I wish I could have made it to a Steel Heart concert. I never knew what happened to them until I looked it up today. Brought back a lot of great memories.
From @6:12 though . . . Jeeeeeeezis ! This tune is friggin amazing in so many ways !! Plus the fact that aint DeGarmo this tune sounds as good if not better than any other version I have heard studio or live . They were soooooooooo tight! and soooooo bad ass !
This song has a great opening riff and I love how they exploit it to transition to the pre-chorus at 2:35, the best moment of the song in my opinion. They all must be getting a beat in the beginning thru the in-ear monitors because I don’t hear Scott clicking his drum sticks which is great, adds to the element of surprise
The greatest Cd of All time!
Fucking right!!!!
The late 90's, early 2000s versions of him are the one i prefer!! His voice was so warm back then....
Geoff is a BEAST
One of the best frontman ever. Geoff never misses a note. His intensity is undeniable! Seen them four times now. The original lineup is how it was Everytime I saw them. Wish oh how I wish it was still the same. Miss Chris, Scott. Awesome memories will never be forgotten!
Geoff Tate = One of the ever very best lead vocals in rock history. Unbelievable high range.... Wooooow !!!
Undervalued.
Totally agree with you man. What a voice range he has!
But this wasnt his best performance.
@@chrisradtke3645 well duh, this is way past peak Tate.
Geoff Tate best rock voice ever
I don't care what anyone thinks or says about Geoff Tate he's the most amazing vocalist ever can't nobody ever fade him I can't get enough of listening to him his voice makes me so emotional and I get goose bumps everytime hands down Geoff u r the best and I listen to u every morning b4 work and every night b4 bed u truly touch me thank u so much!!!
yea , you're not alone sista, you're still not alone . . . .
Amen brother amen
Same.. I feel him... voice intrigues me..
Just look at the intensity and how he’s singing. It’s like he’s singing it for the first time. You can truly tell that he has her amazing passion for what he’s doing.👍
Absolute truth!
Still gives me chills in 2024!!!!
you're not the only one young lady.. 🫶
No one can top this mans voice. Not even on a bad day.
He is fucking bad ass
Geoff, Ronnie, Rob, Klaus, Bruce..... the BEST!!!
The more i watch Geoff Tate, the more i realize that his presentation is impeccable.👌
Empire,,,,Great ALBUM, with cans on...Sonys..
ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!
One of rock's greatest bands and one of rock's greatest voices...
THE greatest
Steve Haigh they should be as big as Van Halen or queen or Bruce Springsteen which is totally overrated.
Your so correct.
From one of the greatest albums!
Hell. Great times. One of the BEST ALBUMS FROM THE BEST EVER ROCK BANDS. ABSOLUTLY UNBELIEVABLE MASTERMINDS.
This is truly one of the best performance bands ever !!!
In 1986 he was 👑 the band was so far from the norm heavy metal it changed us forever.class of"88".
Love you, Geoff Tate! Thank you, Queensryche, for making my life so awesome!
Geoff and Chris had a lot of magic.. lots of great songs
One of kind Voice, Nobody like him
he's a legend. period. Hall of fame type of singer. in 80' he was unbeatable.
really guess u have not heard of Rob Halford ( JUDAS PRIEST )
@@mickowen3318 another legend. Of course I did.
@@thifelicii would u not put him on a par with tate
@@mickowen3318 Rob Halford is not on Tate's level at all. He's got the high notes but the feeling is missing. Not dynamic enough to be among the best
@@MichaelHolmgaard rob could match him note 4 note .im not looking 4 feelings i just listen 2 the music i dont analyes each song
Probably one of the best sounding live bands on the planet ..some bands would even kill for a sound crew like the one Queensryche has.🤘😎✊
Their percussion always sounds *so* on point: great drumming is at the core of that of course, but it sounds so crisp in all of their live recordings. Agreed there Axl, some credit for that has to go to their sound crew!
Oh yeah seen them 4 times wish it was more!!!
Yeah, damn, for a recording of a live gig of 2001 uploaded, that sound was damn near perfect. Drums, guitars, everything. I think I would have pushed Geoff up a touch because it felt like he was being drowned out in parts, but this is way above the standard we've come to expect.
For a 20 year old recording using 20 year old technology? My buddy just saw them play at a casino in Connecticut and the tickets were free for everyone. I just paid $4800 so me and my family at four to go see Taylor Swift. I want to kill myself now.
What an incredible high range Geoff has. "Eyes Of a Stranger" is my most favorite song.
But he still sings within key. Range isn't everything.
Robin B. Czar still has a great voice but damn sure do miss that high range that was amazing and I one better at the time
Too bad he screwed the band smfh
KISW has been playing an awesome new tune called Won't Cry Now. Sounds exactly like Geoff Tate singing but I can't find any record of him singing a song called that. Anyone heard it or was I having another Mindcrime flashback.
@@RobinBCzar Todd is pretty good, but Geoff has the better overall voice, and much better stage presence. Its alot easier to copy someones act than create one, Butt Todd is a nice fill in.
Geoff Tate is royalty in Rock vocal supremacy 💪🎵
One of a kind voice! He puts so much feeling into this song. It's incredible!
As a vocalist myself Geoff is incredible and so is Queensryche
Long live the original Queensryche. Turn it up.
+IamVega Ahowudoing This isn't the original line up. Hence the botched solo
got it and looking into the eyes of a stranger.
Guitar to your right is not original
I actually like the last solo, Chris was best but by far this is good👍good old Kelly grey🤘
Not quite the original..its missing Chris Degarmo 🙁
Like 17 seconds long Geoff holds that final note for . . .
That is pretty amazing
THIS is the best band from Seattle, not the other one that's more famous.
For those who didnt know... THIS IS QUEENSRYCHE!!!!
4/5 of Queensryche
This is NOT Queensryche.
Without Kelly Gray
queensryche never dies
No QUEENSRYCHE without GEOFF!.
If you compare him with anyone else of his age few can compare. He is one of the top vocalists of all time!
Michael sweet.... Go see him live
I agree with that 100%
Top notch band!! Drummer is a beast.
OMG.....Geoff's voice...the extended note at the end of Eyes of a Stranger...I>N>C>R>E>D>I>B>L>E>..it actually brought tears to my eyes to hear him sing that...
He has been one of my fav singers since I first heard this band back in 1990.
That's crazy bro !
incredible +1
Amazing control.
Voice is unreal!
Damn that Chris DeGarmo riff is one of the best metal riffs ever during 1st verse after bridge.
One of the best, most consistently best rock bands of all. Tone, rhythm, phrasing, unbelievable. My opinion.
Greatest Band, deep lyrics, kick ass music, and the Greatest Singer of ALL TIME !!!
Lol. That was freakin BAD ASS!
this song is a masterpiece
It truly is. I never ever get tired of hearing it. I wish they would play it on the radio more often, or even sometimes major radio stations suck that’s why they’re all going out of business.
I was fortunate enough to see them twice, always be one of the best ever.
Geoff will always be the fucking ruler of these tunes- it’s in his timbre, his rhythmic delivery.
All due respect to Todd, who is an incredible singer -
One of the best sounding bands period
Phenomenal to say the least. What a FUCKING voice 💢💯💯💯
That note he held towards the end was amazing.
GT - BMF vocals. Queensryche, one of the best all times.
Between the mezmorizing lyrics, Geoff's incredible talent and the band's deeply-developed skills-- Queensryche is the complete package. Amazingly captivating to this very day... Always a fan!
Todd Rosenzweig Great words. Perfect review. This is exactly what it is.
I saw them for the 1st time back in 1986 at the Gulf Coast Collusium in Biloxi MS . They were 2nd openers on the RATT tour with "Rage for Order" album, and they were so good!!! The next time I saw them was in a Rock Club in Raleigh NC in 1988 called " The Switch " , were they played " Operation Mindcrime " album...I even helped Scott Rockingfield setup,mic, and sound chk. his welded chains cage kit !!!
I feel sorry for today's youths, they will never experience the pure perfection of Queensryche in concert!!!
When I saw them open up Metallica ajfa at the brendenburn arena in New Jersey operation mindcrime album and they opened up with queen of the reich what a voice what range that gave me chills I will never forget that one of the greatest voices ever in Rock and no one can take that away from him
Had to come here after hearing that imposter and wasn't disappointed what a voice.
This was a really cool version of this song!!
Geoff is king of heavy metal!! what a voice!!!!!!!!!!
Certainly Ronnie James Dio is in that debate as far as the "king" of metal!
@@billyreynolds4749 I think Tate, Dio, and Kevin DuBrow are all on even ground for contenders, but there's no doubt that Dio is the greatest voice in heavy metal
If you leave Halford off the top of the list you are insane. Love Tate!
I think George corpsegrinder of cannibal corpse is the best
@@billyreynolds4749 He's in the debate but it is a no brainer , just need ears
just glorious! love Geoff at 5:57 after holding the long note just turning around and walking off. He's like "Yeah my work is done here" what a hell of a show those guys put on back then!
Lmao so right
ya one bad ass singer
When they finished this song during Operation Livecrime, the Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drum Corps marched onto stage and pounded out a 3 minute outro along with the band that was about the most-rocking moment I've ever heard at a live show.
Wow
@@shack8110 I never saw that, is there a video of it anywhere?
Many Ryche fans only have these absolutely incredible performances from the past to hold on to in the present. Always pulling for them to bring back some of the magic of the past but coming to the realization that it will never happen. A band diminished in all senses unable to hold on to what they had.
I just saw them at Mohegan sun casino in Connecticut last week. Trust me they were all on point, and I’ve recorded in Denmark!
Geoff Just is so talented. Miss DeGarmo and the original members. Still hold out hope for a reunion some day.
Geoff Tate is amazing. Love Queensryche. Seen the Operation Mindcrime Tour. Mind blowing.
All of those guys are very talented musicians, guitarists Chris Degarmo and Michael Wilton worked great together in unison, and of course Geof Tate was one of the iconic vocalists from the 1980s.
Excellent DRUMS !!
Saw them in 88 an they played almost if not this whole album opening for Metallica . An while Geoff is amazing an my favorite singer this album is a result of the whole band regardless of who Got songwriting credits 😊
Scott is a beast man !!!
I mean just look at him at the very end , each and every single one of those strikes is a living breathing part of him , it is the only way I can describe it.
It is so incredible to watch
Every single shot is purposeful
Nothing lazy
the very end of the song though says it all to me
Very Peart-esque if there is such a word
Agreed. Look back at their 90's tours videos and he is just as great. One of the fastest metal drummers that no one talks about. You were spot on with the Peart-esqe label
Yeah, you just sound up Scott and that performance perfectly. I could not have done it better myself he absolutely killed it and so that the rest of the band.
Saw Geoff last night in Swansea, and can confirm…. He still kicks ass… ❤️🤘
See other 80's era vocalists with severely diminished chops, then see Mr. Tate as powerful as ever! Absolutely the best lead vocalist of all-time if judged on pure singing talent.
Scott has shown those drums once and for all he is their master!
and i raise my head and stare, into a song of perfection
i've always known that the queensryche never die
OMG! I get GOOSEBUMPS!!!! Geoff Tate is one of the greatest rock/metal vocalists of all time! Very powerful Voice!
Now that's power, balance, and control...5:40--6:00...wow. I saw Queensryche in Chicago on the "Empire" tour, and as an encore, they played O/M from start to finish !!! They are every bit as good now as they were then...maybe better...PEACE
The Truth is, that all things come to an end. I’m glad that I got to see them in the beginning. Great Live Show.
Geoff Tate is absolutely incredible.
He’s awesome!!!!! Very few can hit those notes, BRAVO GEOFF!!!!!!!!!!
Luv ya!!!!!’ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I was 5 years old when I started listening to queensyrche and now I'm 12
A+ percussion.
New Queensrhyche can’t compare to this. Never will 👍🏼
One of the best solos to Finnish of a great song👍
The guitar riff at the end makes the song!
I've been singing in rock bands since about 1985 as well, and even though I'm not even in the same league as people like Geoff Tate and the like, (though I used to try!), I'm 44 now. I used to sing "The Lady Wore Black" with no problem hitting those notes, and several songs by Priest, Maiden and such. High screams and all. Age just catches up with you. I can't hit those notes anymore. They're just gone. It's terribly sad, but it just happens.Still, Geoff Tate, you're one of my biggest heroes!
Damn dudes got some serious chops.
This band is legendary I have it all love you guys rock hard and play free
Queensryche on mindcrime tour opened up for mettalicas and justice for all tour, that was the best concert I ever attended
Met Geoff Tate backstage on the original, classic Operation Mindcrime tour... heard Queensryche before, liked them etc. Chatted about things that had nothing to do with music at all. Then the show started and I was in awe that the individual I was casually talking to was the one with this cosmic voice. My only regret is that I couldn't tell him how impressed I was after the show. Then I realized that the reason we talked and shot the shit was largely because I wasn't fawning over him, asking him to sign this or that and so on. He was a normal guy, enjoying being a normal guy... a very nice guy too, I might add. 😉
great singer!!
Okay, as Guitarplayer I must tag in here now, because this is just too much Vocalist up there. He deserves 110% everything of what all you people said, but.... do you guys actually know that, at the Solo 06:15 ...... that his Brain is on a total shutdown and the only thing that is driving this forward are his emotions? No? 😅 Okay its no problem, thats why im here. I just wanted to say it ;) He does play that specific guitar for a reason. Because he is able to even kill active players like me every f**kin single time with that thing, cause it fits him 110% as well.
Geoff still has it. truly amazing.
phenomenal driving arrangement. how tight is this band, damn. I remember where I was, who I was with.......what I was smokin' when somebody at a party handed me some obscure cassette tape of this band none of us had ever heard of called "Quennsryche". Was gonna just throw it in the trunk of my car, my buddy says to me,"let's check it out".....never been the same
I know exactly,what u mean......It was similar to me : a friend of mine came with a live CD and said"Listen to this...!" And I did...And I still do.....
LOL, I have a similar story. I was lead singer in a Metal Cover band in the 80's, and every week each member chose a song for us all to learn that week, and it seemed by Bass player and Lead Guitarists goal was to find a Metal lead singer that had a range so high I couldn't hit the notes....I was getting REAL tired of it....they hand me a tape of "Take Hold of the Flame"....I REALLY didn't even want to listen to it but I had to....blew me away! To this day Queensryche is my favorite band hands down! And by the way....it fucked up my Bass & Lead players when I NAILED IT ! After that they kinda concentrated more on songs everyone wanted to hear instead of trying to find the limits of my range, LOL
@@keithsowder275 great story
I wish I could have made it to a Steel Heart concert. I never knew what happened to them until I looked it up today. Brought back a lot of great memories.
Love this song EVER And Forever
Absolutely Amazing performance!!!
Some singers you just cannot replace. Geoff Tate is one of them.
From @6:12 though . . .
Jeeeeeeezis !
This tune is friggin amazing in so many ways !!
Plus the fact that aint DeGarmo this tune sounds as good if not better than any other version I have heard studio or live .
They were soooooooooo tight! and soooooo bad ass !
BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG??😮,👍👍❤️
been listening for over thirty years still awesome!!!!!
Saw em live on New Year’s Eve one year. Epic!
Please best band ever, come together again as you were meant to be and make music once more. Your fans will never abandon you. WE LOVE YOU FOREVER!!
Tate one of the best singers in rock ever. Period!! Mic drop!
When I bought this dvd I must have watched it every night six months in a row, headphones on and a few ciders, brilliant👍
What's the Title of the DVD?
one of the great voices of my youth
THAT VOICE!
This song has a great opening riff and I love how they exploit it to transition to the pre-chorus at 2:35, the best moment of the song in my opinion. They all must be getting a beat in the beginning thru the in-ear monitors because I don’t hear Scott clicking his drum sticks which is great, adds to the element of surprise
absolut fantastic…! this Video is 20 years ago! But still my favorite…
He sounded great here, love it
Operation Mindcrime was one of the best concerts I've ever seen.
... And one of the best albums I've ever heard ! ;-)
Thats a FACT Jack! I have ALWAYS ranked OM in my top 5 concerts I've ever seen also. Cow Palace, San Francisco (Daly City) 1991
Hi there, I'm Very, Very touched by Your Voice, it's so, so Powerful and so, so Awesome!! Oh so Touching thank u lord, for this Awesome band--