Queensryche - Queen Of The Reich

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2010
  • Music video by Queensryche performing Queen Of The Reich. (P) 2007 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by EMI Catalog,

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  • @paulgregory4659
    @paulgregory4659 2 місяці тому +58

    I am 87 and a classic rock fan. Just discovered Queensryche and cannot stop listening.

    • @Liberty-Grunt
      @Liberty-Grunt 2 місяці тому +3

      So incredible! I saw them at a 16 year old back in the 80's opening for KISS at the Spectrum in Pennsylvania and was entirely enthralled thereafter. They were known as the "thinking man's metal." Keep on rocking (check out Kamelot, Circus Maximus, and TNT if you are so inclined.) :)

    • @paulgregory4659
      @paulgregory4659 2 місяці тому

      @@Liberty-Grunt thanks so much. I will check them out

    • @wendymears7696
      @wendymears7696 Місяць тому +1

      Never too late. Enjoy the ride

    • @Stefan-1978
      @Stefan-1978 Місяць тому

      Amazing

    • @danielletorres3093
      @danielletorres3093 27 днів тому

      Welcome

  • @keithgabbard4816
    @keithgabbard4816 2 роки тому +314

    Even after all these years Geoffs vocal performance on this song sends chills through my soul .

    • @starrfire75
      @starrfire75 2 роки тому +8

      Indeed he is awesomeness vocals no one is better them him 😘❤

    • @benitokamelo252
      @benitokamelo252 2 роки тому

      Check this live perfomance: ua-cam.com/video/5ddk8X1X7Do/v-deo.html

    • @angelap32
      @angelap32 2 роки тому +4

      YESSS ME 2 !!! INSANE VOCALS NO ONE CAN DUP THAT

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 2 роки тому +9

      Hard to believe this song is coming up on being 40 years old.

    • @aarongarrett1190
      @aarongarrett1190 2 роки тому

      I personally think that they gave Seattle a bad name. Jimi Hendrix was good, heart was good, and all of the Seattle bands all the early 90s, better known as grunge, or great! I thought Queensreich were boring! I did like the "Operstion Mindcrime" album. It was really good, but adide from that...too Heavy Metal starting out, and too boring from "Empire" on up.

  • @robertleggio9733
    @robertleggio9733 2 роки тому +172

    We listen because it is the greatest era of Rock and Metal! There will never be bands anything like Metallica, Ozzy, Priest, Maiden, Van Halen , Queensryche, Scorpions and the list goes on! This music NEVER gets old!

    • @celianelson3786
      @celianelson3786 Рік тому +3

      Agree

    • @rebeccasheehan9045
      @rebeccasheehan9045 9 місяців тому +2

      Amen.

    • @lsutton4193
      @lsutton4193 8 місяців тому +5

      I don't understand why people list off bands like this but never include UFO. Michael schenker and the rest of the band outshine everyone you just listed.

    • @arnekorpen3143
      @arnekorpen3143 5 місяців тому +1

      Thank god there will never be bands like Metallica, Ozzy, Priest, Maiden.

    • @gattingbowledwarne
      @gattingbowledwarne 4 місяці тому

      @@lsutton4193I don’t know about that. They definitely outshone queensrych, but the rest? I can’t agree with that though. Great band though. Force is a great album

  • @windrider777
    @windrider777 2 роки тому +196

    Hold on 2.7 million views ?
    This should have at least 700 million views.
    This song and this band is a legend.

    • @alexscharff4993
      @alexscharff4993 Рік тому +5

      100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @user-zw7ym4nq3d
      @user-zw7ym4nq3d Рік тому +2

      These dudes played basketball in my driveway... drinkin beers and other things....

    • @RGMUFC1
      @RGMUFC1 5 місяців тому

      Now it's 3,1 mil. if this help.

    • @doodaduhcree7140
      @doodaduhcree7140 Місяць тому

      They’ve always always always been under appreciated. Lack of radio exposure and chicks didn’t dig them like dudes did. That’s the key to any band of that era getting any heat: how many groupies lined up to both give and receive STDs. Chicks put Poison over the top, so…

  • @5FingerRule
    @5FingerRule 2 роки тому +146

    If you don’t get goosebumps from that opening scream and intro YOUR DEAD ! Still get ‘em 40 years later

    • @traceyfitzpatrick5622
      @traceyfitzpatrick5622 Рік тому +2

      Me too ✋😪😢😞🙂😕✋😪😢😞🙂😕

    • @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn
      @Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Рік тому +4

      You can't imagine, as singers, how much we worked on those type of screams in the 80s and 90s!
      The James Hetfield 'yeahyeahahyeah' stuff saved our arseses! 😁

    • @gianlucasbarbati
      @gianlucasbarbati Рік тому +5

      @@Dave-Rough-Diamond-Dunn Yes, it is really true. And Geoff Tate performed this kind of mixed head voice sound without efforts while it is really difficoult to emulate this register, even with lots of singing lessons. He was really blessed by nature

    • @Rockerlady
      @Rockerlady Рік тому +1

      Always reminds me of Highway Star by Deep Purple. Ever since I first heard this in '83! Exciting song

  • @ThePlaymayker
    @ThePlaymayker 2 місяці тому +12

    Saw them open up for Dio in 1983 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium and it was a night I would never forget!!

  • @marnieculotta2002
    @marnieculotta2002 2 роки тому +79

    Queensrÿche Queen Of The Reich Lyrics
    In the dead of night
    She'll come and take you away
    Searing beams of light and thunder
    Over blackened plains
    She will find her way
    Flying high through the night
    She will hide your fate
    As she takes your soul from under
    And the blinding light of the castle fades
    There is no escape
    It's the ending of your precious life
    Your soul slipped away
    It belongs to the Queen of the Reich
    The Queen of the Reich
    Yeah she's coming for you
    You're fading away
    Your life cast astray
    A victim the beast shall obtain
    The light will not shine
    For you'll die tonight at her shrine
    And black is the last thing you'll see
    Over and over
    Dreams of dying fill your head
    It's the sign of the cross
    That you'll find ahead
    No one will answer
    The light is fading away
    Captive souls are screaming out in pain
    There is no escape
    It's the ending of your precious life
    Your soul slipped away
    It belongs to the Queen of the Reich
    You're fading away, No, No, No
    The Queen of the Reich
    You're slipping away, yeah
    The Queen of the Reich

  • @bdizzzzy
    @bdizzzzy 3 роки тому +828

    I'm only 22 why am I addicted to this band and genre .. friends usually make fun of me and say "why do you listen to this stuff , it's what my grandpa listens to" 😑

    • @cactuscanuck6802
      @cactuscanuck6802 3 роки тому +199

      You're addicted to these guys because you have impeccable taste! It doesn't matter how young you are, good music stands the test of time 🤘🤘

    • @TheKevo7777
      @TheKevo7777 3 роки тому +80

      Because no human can resist amazing music writing. This "stuff" is the hardest to play and sing. Trust me I have been singing for years and I have to give it my all to sing it..

    • @michaelglattli4768
      @michaelglattli4768 3 роки тому +63

      Audrey,you should make it your mission to get your fellow GenZers into 80s metal.🤘

    • @loudnproud2704
      @loudnproud2704 3 роки тому +58

      Us grandpa's know real talent and music when we hear it and lived it!

    • @mframemusicdtp
      @mframemusicdtp 3 роки тому +30

      Bc you have good taste. I guess not everyone does 🔥💗

  • @crystalpeek7656
    @crystalpeek7656 7 років тому +538

    Chris DeGarmo: The most underrated songwriter & lead guitarist in rock history!!!!Chris DeGarmo is Awesome!!!!

    • @mikedehooghblackflagracephotos
      @mikedehooghblackflagracephotos 5 років тому +13

      They never were the same after he left. Just today I learned Scott has left as well. Down to two. Bloody shame.

    • @CrossfitBrent
      @CrossfitBrent 5 років тому +5

      As one of the biggest Queensryche fans over the years, I couldn't agree more! I got here over the course of connecting dots on many recent artists and came across a cover of QotR which brought me to this video. I just so happened to expand the only comment that caught my eye that was 1 year old only to find out Mike posted 4 hours ago about Scott leaving. How does this happen?! Chris, Scott, original Queensryche told an amazing story over the years and I'm honored to have experienced the rise and fall in my lifetime!

    • @fernandes5986
      @fernandes5986 5 років тому +1

      Do you know what guitars they are using?

    • @Xavierweekers
      @Xavierweekers 4 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @stevenrobertson0787
      @stevenrobertson0787 4 роки тому +7

      I was never a huge fan of them but I've been listening to them more lately and I cannot understand why I wasn't a fan of them now, they have the total package

  • @RobertoJRGouvea
    @RobertoJRGouvea 8 років тому +704

    "To be continued...."
    2015 and I'm still waiting =(

    • @quilmesdave
      @quilmesdave 8 років тому +5

      +Roberto Gouvêa hahahahhahahaha!!!!!

    • @TheMillieBurton
      @TheMillieBurton 8 років тому +45

      +Roberto Gouvêa Okay I'll update. In trying to destroy the evil queen, Geoff contracted a non lethal virus from her which actually turned him into an evil queen, he continued with this for about 30 years before eventually being defeated by a dedicated band of disgruntled Queensryche fans...............To be continued (probably).............................................................

    • @diegolima9708
      @diegolima9708 8 років тому +15

      You're not alone bro...

    • @MegaWumba
      @MegaWumba 7 років тому +5

      Roberto Gouvêa TO BE CONTONDERED

    • @tcorporation66mg94
      @tcorporation66mg94 7 років тому +16

      ........2017. and we still waiting !

  • @gabrielbehd704
    @gabrielbehd704 5 років тому +674

    THE HISTORY WILL NEVER FORGET THE GOOD CLASSICS AND THERE ARE STILL YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO THESE SONGS. 1984 - 2019

    • @saidalbalushi8228
      @saidalbalushi8228 5 років тому +8

      You came from gta vice city stories

    • @Fjcc1971
      @Fjcc1971 5 років тому +2

      spot on !!

    • @brennanfry3768
      @brennanfry3768 5 років тому +24

      I'm 20 and have been jamming to bands like Queensryche, Iron Maiden, Dio Sabbath, Megadeth since I was 7 years old. The metal lives on.

    • @ardon68
      @ardon68 5 років тому +1

      lol not me anything from Queensryche from 1984 till whenever Jeff Tate left i think was around 2014 basically with Jeff Tate vocals

    • @mysouliswet
      @mysouliswet 5 років тому +9

      I'm 17 and I love Queensryche, they're one of my favorite bands, though only the Geoff Tate albums are good imo. Todd La Torre has nothing on Geoff

  • @RGBisFREE
    @RGBisFREE 3 роки тому +63

    My grandson is only 2, but when he gets a little older, he'll be hearing some Queensryche as long as my heart is still beating.

  • @davidkyalah9911
    @davidkyalah9911 7 років тому +339

    I bought this ep at the Record Vault in San Francisco in 83 when I was 12. A guy at the counter took pity on my lost metalhead searching and recommended that I give this a try. Put it in my Walkman ,pushed play as I rode my skateboard down Haight, I was so blown away, I don't even remember getting home, all I remember was this blasting in my ears as the street scenes passed by like a haze....Good times!!!

    • @tangerinerose3724
      @tangerinerose3724 6 років тому +5

      David Valenzuela I still blast it in my ear buds today. Never gets old.

    • @tonysouthdakotaha8728
      @tonysouthdakotaha8728 6 років тому +7

      David Valenzuela
      Nice story, thanks.

    • @sunnys5150
      @sunnys5150 6 років тому +11

      Reminded me of those days when I too would ride my bike home with a new tape blasting in my ears. I would scrounge all the change in my moms purse and take off to the record store.... man the 80s....

    • @Val_kyriee
      @Val_kyriee 6 років тому +11

      I have a similar memory. I was about 11 when I first heard this. It was a Saturday night and I had the stereo on low as grandpa disapproved of "metal". I was blown away, even at that volume. I remember telling my elder cousin about the band the next day and he laughed at me. Few months later, I caught him listening to mindcrime.

    • @themadmattster9647
      @themadmattster9647 4 роки тому +4

      I heard it around the same age but years later since im much younger than y'all. I listened to it so much I considered it their first "album" even though it's an ep, and to this day I get confused when people say the Warning is Queensryche's "Debut" album even though the self titled is only an ep- I guess that's the impact it made lol

  • @thunderous3806
    @thunderous3806 8 років тому +164

    the scream sends chills down my spine everytime

    • @homefront3162
      @homefront3162 5 років тому

      Thats the sound chicks make when I shove my love-hammer balls deep

    • @nospam3327
      @nospam3327 4 роки тому

      Haha, one of the best :)

    • @tothandras1741
      @tothandras1741 3 роки тому +1

      just like in Highway Star by DP

  • @ronmurrin5018
    @ronmurrin5018 2 роки тому +29

    I remember driving around in my First Truck Trying to match Geoff Tate's high notes on the way to my Job at the Grocery store. What a time to be alive and young. Thought I knew it all and took myself way too serious. Just waiting for my heart to be broken by the next Fawn Eyed farm girl to cross my path. When I hear this song a whole chapter of my life flashes through my head, I hope its the same for you.

  • @anz2441
    @anz2441 5 років тому +46

    what a Voice ! At his peak, he couldn't be touched !

    • @Revelator2025
      @Revelator2025 Рік тому +7

      Heard him 11 days ago. Belted out this one. Mind blowing!!! Still has the f’ing range that he had 40 years ago. How is that even possible?!!

    • @MrJimenrique
      @MrJimenrique 16 днів тому

      He's in the top 5 of greatest rock voices ever.

  • @JuanFernandoRamirezMarin
    @JuanFernandoRamirezMarin 8 років тому +192

    One of the best heavy metal screams!!!

    • @tothandras1741
      @tothandras1741 3 роки тому +5

      no, that was in Highway Star by Deep Purple

    • @jamesbuckner4791
      @jamesbuckner4791 2 роки тому

      @@tothandras1741 I would argue Dickinson on wrathchild.

    • @kit2558
      @kit2558 2 роки тому

      @@jamesbuckner4791 XD

    • @crunked6674
      @crunked6674 Рік тому

      @@jamesbuckner4791 bruh

    • @jmscoving
      @jmscoving Рік тому

      @@jamesbuckner4791 that would be Diano on wrathchild as Bruce was first on NOB album.

  • @hanzzz2303
    @hanzzz2303 Рік тому +32

    Massive. The beginning of a great oeuvre that lasted this EP and 4 fantastic albums. This is among the best music of its time, and - for me - ever.

  • @Nata789black
    @Nata789black Рік тому +19

    Yesterday Geoff Performed this song in Colombia, Bogotá(29/01/2023). His voice is incredible and sounds the same as this performance, insane. ❤

    • @laurasupko
      @laurasupko Рік тому +2

      I hope I get to see him again. Saw him when he was in the band in the ,80s and 99s

    • @briansauer6695
      @briansauer6695 2 місяці тому

      Going to see how the new singer holds up this weekend in Kitchener Ontario (04/11/2024) when they play the EP and The Warning in their entirety, along with Armored Saint! Can't wait!

  • @amadeuswolfe7180
    @amadeuswolfe7180 9 років тому +389

    the most underated metal band

    • @HollowDesert
      @HollowDesert 6 років тому +16

      Nanny Wolfe I think that's Angel Witch.

    • @1964TexWiller
      @1964TexWiller 6 років тому +3

      Couldn't agree more

    • @paulosicne5803
      @paulosicne5803 6 років тому +6

      Queensryche kicked major ass with their debut EP. But they decided to take a progressive direction and just cancelled themselves as the most underrated metal band, unfortunately.

    • @lemmyblackman5715
      @lemmyblackman5715 5 років тому +13

      Warlord... Savatage... Titan Force... are underrated bands... Queensryche definetely no.

    • @DasSuper
      @DasSuper 5 років тому +1

      If you're going to make a stupid comment at least spell check it prior to posting.

  • @ericroll
    @ericroll 8 років тому +28

    The first 40 seconds is my favorite intro for a rock song. Just killer! You don't have to sit and wonder if this song is gonna finally kick into gear at some point. Grabs you right from the start.

  • @charlottewillis5738
    @charlottewillis5738 5 років тому +14

    Queensryche
    Hi
    Long time fan. I remember recording this video on VHS from MTV's Headbanger's Ball probably late '80's or early '90's. I watched it over and over.
    I even had the Album on tape cassette.
    I loved the videos like these. Some of the newer bands are going back to the older theatrical video formats.
    I had always hoped to see another video that tied in with a continuation of Queen Of The Ryche.
    Anyway, due to the fact that I had lost my VHS tapes when I became homeless for a few weeks back in 1996, I am so happy to find this video here on UA-cam.
    Thanks for the good memories.
    Keep Rockin'!

  • @thorboysen3318
    @thorboysen3318 6 років тому +304

    Please bring back the 80's....!!! Best decade ever...!!!

    • @kovalfetterer8691
      @kovalfetterer8691 5 років тому +5

      Yes!!!!!!!!!
      #bringbackthe80s

    • @iouund3rtak3r13
      @iouund3rtak3r13 5 років тому +6

      Amen...the best period...

    • @china_is_asshole
      @china_is_asshole 4 роки тому +3

      Easy.... you don't have to tone low to be heavy..😂🤣... if anyone knows that reference. 👌

    • @wayne3340
      @wayne3340 4 роки тому +3

      Yes, but then came the grunge. And they got their grunge on everything. So much grunge it stopped the lead solos for awhile, BUT! Metal lived on! And where is the grunge? Washed away by all that Seattle rain. Ironic that the whole grunge thing came out of the same city that produced Queensryche.

    • @copacdenorcusoare9503
      @copacdenorcusoare9503 4 роки тому +1

      LOL The most kitschy maybe. But yes, it was funny 😊

  • @alundain
    @alundain 8 років тому +383

    geoff tate, amazing amazing singer

    • @terryadams8620
      @terryadams8620 5 років тому +7

      Yup

    • @stargirl2710
      @stargirl2710 5 років тому +16

      He is one of the very best vocalists

    • @TrixxxTC
      @TrixxxTC 5 років тому +12

      It resambles Bruce Dickinson imo

    • @2Times22
      @2Times22 4 роки тому +9

      @@TrixxxTC Waaaaaay better..!!!!!

    • @scout805
      @scout805 4 роки тому +6

      @@TrixxxTC closer to the metal God I'd say. And phenomenal live!

  • @jimploechl9071
    @jimploechl9071 8 років тому +173

    Still my favorite Queensryche song of all time.

    • @tangerinerose3724
      @tangerinerose3724 6 років тому +5

      Jim Ploechl Mine too ! Great dueling guitars, thundering drums and phenomenal vocals! They had it all...

    • @greg33770
      @greg33770 5 років тому +3

      mine too !!

    • @peggycreek449
      @peggycreek449 5 років тому +2

      Jim Ploechl mine too. Also love. Operation Mindcrime.

    • @Fjcc1971
      @Fjcc1971 4 роки тому +1

      same here :)

    • @johnbettencourt8387
      @johnbettencourt8387 4 роки тому +1

      mine too!!! 2020 here by the way

  • @kainedakillerv2704
    @kainedakillerv2704 Рік тому +7

    Ok I'm not going lie, the first time I heard this was in 2006 on GTA VCS. And no shit I swear to God I thought it was Bruce Dickinson of iron maiden singing, they sound very similar to me.
    Then I listened to silent lucidity and was like wow, this guy has some serious vocal range. This band is awesome

  • @MrSixxshooter
    @MrSixxshooter Рік тому +10

    I remember my brother gave me this record . I was loving this album .

  • @culcune
    @culcune 6 років тому +34

    When I was back in high school, KLOS of Los Angeles was giving away tickets to the first 100 callers to Queensryche at the Hollywood Palladium. A few weeks prior, for another concert, I had heard the DJ laughing at one of the winners who used the San Diego phone number to 'sneak' in for a win. So, I figured, what the heck; I dialed the San Diego number probably running up the phone bill for my parents, and voila! I won tickets. I couldn't get the car that night, so a metal head friend with an old 70's Cadillac Coupe de Ville hand me down car was invited, and it was quite the show. If I remember, the opening act was Carmine Appice's King Cobra. Oh, and I got a cassette of one of the albums which was played on the way home in my buddy's car, LOL

    • @DrRockso.
      @DrRockso. 3 місяці тому

      Nice, that San Diego phone number probably had a 714 area code.

  • @shounenk
    @shounenk 7 років тому +26

    In my honest opinion this is one of the greatest heavy metal songs ever! If you would to introduce someone to heavy metal who never heard it before this is a great song to start with. It has almost everything killer vocals, fantasy themed lyrics, driving riffs & blasting drums.

    • @RyRoc
      @RyRoc 6 місяців тому +1

      But they'd be on and endless search for vocals like this and quickly get discouraged lol

  • @Frankystein840
    @Frankystein840 Рік тому +35

    For sure one of the best Heavy Metal songs ever written

  • @timhorn9615
    @timhorn9615 3 роки тому +7

    Everthing from the 60's to 90's really shaped music with energy and adventure, almost like a endless indiana jones movie and soundtrack all mixed in perfect balance!

  • @Sabbathman1979
    @Sabbathman1979 7 років тому +7

    The 80's music, the sound, the vocals, the music videos with real props and cool-looking special effects, the looks of the women...you just can't beat any of these, you just can't!

  • @witenite68
    @witenite68 10 років тому +71

    Incredible vocal range, love it

  • @bikerbigs4818
    @bikerbigs4818 7 місяців тому +3

    The absolute best band I ever saw live (mid eighties). The lead singer sounds exactly like this live. His mike went out during the show and you could still hear him in the arena. Amazing show!

  • @missdamned_1
    @missdamned_1 Рік тому +8

    I remember this song when I was a kid, never forgotten. That voice though!!! 😅🙏🏽

    • @scottwoodham7842
      @scottwoodham7842 8 місяців тому

      How old are you now okay I'm 53 and my wife is 55 okay let me know okay

  • @Shortround03
    @Shortround03 7 років тому +38

    When I was a deployed marine in Okinawa (1988) there was a club near Camp Hansen called the East Coast Club that had a screen as one of the walls. The first time I ever walked in this was playing on the screen and it was so loud it shook the club!

    • @nanettelandstrom7422
      @nanettelandstrom7422 7 років тому +1

      MrGreenwood8 That has got to be 'one for the record books' of your memories... Hell Yeahhhhh!! musta been incredibly Rad! 🤘

    • @josephmccaughey3486
      @josephmccaughey3486 6 років тому +5

      That's amazing. They got big in Japan

    • @bustermcnutt2452
      @bustermcnutt2452 6 років тому +4

      I was deployed to Oki in '94 and '96! They still had the screen there, and I would always request this--much to the annoyance of the other Marines in the place, who would rather have been listening to Soundgarden or Tool. Oh well, tough breaks!

    • @LaughingSkull451
      @LaughingSkull451 4 роки тому +2

      I'm going there next time I hit Okinawa! If I ever get liberty, that is. 😂 Although I'm probably gonna hear the mainstream rap that these fucking kids listen to now-a-days. 🙄

  • @lathejordon6892
    @lathejordon6892 11 років тому +18

    Back when metal was great! Geoff's voice is still unbeatable today. Such a shame there is no more Queensryche.

  • @dwade6322
    @dwade6322 2 місяці тому +8

    These guys are Elite. When i found them in 1988 i was like 'OMG' 🤟

  • @martineduhaime826
    @martineduhaime826 5 років тому +9

    The first time time I saw them was In 1982 , with that EP album, amazing , in Montreal

  • @robhalfordtate
    @robhalfordtate 9 років тому +45

    Moral of the story of this video ....
    Without Geoff the rest of the band is frozen in time.
    ..

    • @skilldeath666
      @skilldeath666 9 років тому +4

      robhalfordtate Damn right!

    • @roscoe1237
      @roscoe1237 8 років тому +6

      Your right , without geoff they should retire

    • @deustaitan
      @deustaitan 8 років тому +14

      And without chris degarmo

    • @mskARin888
      @mskARin888 7 років тому +9

      Chris and Geoff were the heart and soul of the band. They were the storytellers. You couldn't pay me to go see the current line up. Nothing against TLT as a vocalist, but for me, it hurts me to my core to hear him sing Geoff's songs.

    • @mcclane8812
      @mcclane8812 7 років тому +4

      mskARin888 indeed. Geoff's voice and Degarmo guitar skills ..bottom line between Operation Mindcrime and Empire, that was the height and demise of the band. best they ever composed.

  • @kentr1435
    @kentr1435 8 років тому +11

    This song shreds!!! Geoff's vocals are so powerful!

  • @josephponce
    @josephponce 5 років тому +18

    one of THE most memorable screams in Metal.

  • @sjnix7044
    @sjnix7044 2 роки тому +4

    Ahh, the 80s. The decade of cheese videos. The song and EP are still bloody amazing.

  • @WillRock07
    @WillRock07 7 років тому +15

    1:58 Fucking lol at the drummer. Pounding that shit to dust.

  • @vladlashing
    @vladlashing 10 років тому +245

    This was a great era to be a teen. So much fantastic metal was out and coming out each month. Today .... I cant tell todays bands apart. This gem is from the days when bands all had a sound. You couldn't cover it accurately. Now any pub act can cover the so called top metal acts as they all have the same vocal and guitar sounds.

    • @theinfeno
      @theinfeno 5 років тому +6

      vladlashing Well today we have Sabaton and Powerwolf, their not quite like the music from the late 70s to mid 90s, but I’d say their distinguishable and are pretty good.

    • @seanmiller7889
      @seanmiller7889 5 років тому +5

      Couldn't agree more. Started with Iron Maiden and I never looked back.

    • @LocoDirewolf
      @LocoDirewolf 5 років тому +7

      There are some pretty good bands out there today, but you have to look to find them. The popular "metal" scene is blah. The vocals all sound exactly the same. The sorry assed tone of the guitars too.

    • @BoneStack117
      @BoneStack117 5 років тому +3

      There are great metal bands today. Defecto, Primal Fear, Cain's Offering, Stratovarius, Enemy Inside, Megadeth (still king), Dream Evil, Beast in Black, Adagio, Dynazty, Judas Priest (still powerful as ever), and many many more

    • @Avalk9724
      @Avalk9724 5 років тому +6

      I agree. I was also teenager in eighties.
      How lucky we were!

  • @Gramma_Is_pissed
    @Gramma_Is_pissed Рік тому +16

    Favorite band of all time!!! I started listening to them at 15, Im 55 now, and I still LOVE them! Fk yeah!

  • @brianmildebrandt9322
    @brianmildebrandt9322 Рік тому +3

    F'n Queensryche, there is no substitute!! Have seen Geoff 2 x's in the last 1 year, and at 63 he still absolutely crushes it, night after night.. his voice has held up extremely well!!

  • @steveslayton154
    @steveslayton154 5 років тому +6

    One of the best yet underrated bands of that era!

  • @FallenAngel333GR
    @FallenAngel333GR 7 років тому +52

    BY FAR, One of the TOP US Power Metal songs in History of Metal Music! \m/

  • @lunanielsen9144
    @lunanielsen9144 9 років тому +66

    This video is like a mix between Star Wars and Flash Gordon

    • @littleteethkeith
      @littleteethkeith 5 років тому +1

      Aaron Nielsen And Downs Syndrome

    • @larrywashburn6916
      @larrywashburn6916 5 років тому

      Aaron Nielsen bam!!

    • @nospam3327
      @nospam3327 4 роки тому

      Haha, exactly! it's like kissing your sister :)

    • @sebastianp.48
      @sebastianp.48 3 роки тому

      I'd say Conan and Terminator

    • @darkmarv8045
      @darkmarv8045 2 роки тому

      More like Star Crash and Flesh Gordon (the erotic parody).

  • @yongkim777
    @yongkim777 2 роки тому +19

    Awesome band! Tate's vocals are incredible!

  • @mullen1972
    @mullen1972 3 роки тому +11

    After all these years this song still rocks hard 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @erich84502ify
    @erich84502ify 7 років тому +84

    How does he sing like that? Damn!

    • @SirBoycie
      @SirBoycie 7 років тому +14

      tight pants.

    • @Lengsel7
      @Lengsel7 6 років тому +10

      "He eats a lot of pussy!"

    • @tyvonix7238
      @tyvonix7238 6 років тому +1

      Mixed voice

    • @Lengsel7
      @Lengsel7 6 років тому +2

      Mixed emotions.

    • @rednab2001
      @rednab2001 5 років тому +25

      The singer, Geoff Tate, was instructed as a teenager by his aunt, who was an opera singer. He learned proper breathing technique and he could bridge the gap between chest voice and falsetto with no break.....and of course with great power.

  • @top10tenvids
    @top10tenvids 11 років тому +17

    Genius to drive on this song in Gta VSC

  • @moltokitty
    @moltokitty 4 роки тому +5

    I saw them when they only had the EP out at a small club in Boston OMG blew me away -- That voice - such an amazing band

  • @arkangel7j
    @arkangel7j Рік тому +3

    when the total awesomeness of the song completely negates the cheese of the video , and we watch again , and again , and again ;)

  • @faithnomoreaddict6850
    @faithnomoreaddict6850 8 років тому +200

    This is my all timd fave queensryche song ever made, first time i heard it it gave me the best fucking metal feeling ever

    • @inkoinfinity2
      @inkoinfinity2 7 років тому +5

      Fun fact:They got their name from this song.Queenreich sounded too nazi ish so it was changed to Queensryche.

    • @teamEP789
      @teamEP789 7 років тому +8

      "metal feeling" yeah man that's a thing that cannot be described. when your ears fill with a sound that makes you shiver....

    • @tangerinerose3724
      @tangerinerose3724 7 років тому +4

      Tristan Hall YES! Mine too..it never gets old...great vocals - excellent guitar riffs and explosive damn drums!
      Rock the fuck on bitches! \m/ \m/

    • @joebuckley4377
      @joebuckley4377 6 років тому +3

      Seen them play as a support band to the late great Dio and have loved this band ever since

    • @chrismichaels4874
      @chrismichaels4874 6 років тому +1

      Joe Buckley lucky dude , i saw dio 1994 with freak of nature

  • @angeloachmedmerkel5462
    @angeloachmedmerkel5462 6 років тому +4

    3:22 amazing special effects 10/10
    xD

  • @rawbroberson5521
    @rawbroberson5521 3 роки тому +10

    The band never did recover after he left Chris that is. Chris DeGarmo is never underrated to those of us who know. Chris we all miss you and so does queensryche. There's only 5 guys that deserves to be in this band, and we ALL know who they are.

  • @boohenry5150
    @boohenry5150 4 роки тому +5

    A great combination of a fabulous singer with super talented musicians. The amount of talent coming out of this band is way beyond the norm. They are definitely on the front line in my book!!!

  • @hilanocarvalho3945
    @hilanocarvalho3945 3 роки тому +8

    Queensryche is one of the greatest Metal bands of all time ! The Warning, Rage For Order and, especially, Operation: Mindcrime are fantastic albums. Undoubtedly, Operation: Mindcrime is a milestone to the further development of Heavy Metal music, the so-called Progressive Metal.

  • @dansteffens4757
    @dansteffens4757 7 років тому +62

    Still waiting for Part II...

    • @littleteethkeith
      @littleteethkeith 5 років тому +4

      Dan Steffens We are Part 2. The smartphones have consumed our minds.

  • @PhilMante
    @PhilMante 6 місяців тому +2

    I remember hearing this in GTA Vice City stories as a teenager and the song blew me away.

  • @venomagent76
    @venomagent76 5 років тому +6

    Rockenfield plays the drums in this vid like a pianist during a grand performance!

  • @JUdas3.2
    @JUdas3.2 7 років тому +117

    This video is so corny, yet so awesome lol!

  • @gilberttorres2002
    @gilberttorres2002 6 років тому +5

    Man, I really like these guys! Miss real music like this; never get old.

  • @magensenior6195
    @magensenior6195 2 роки тому +4

    Saw Queensryche open up for Judas Priest a few weeks ago and this is one of the songs that really stuck with me. Fantastic band, and still bringing it live!

    • @al1665
      @al1665 3 місяці тому +1

      I saw them on that tour also, the new vocalist impressed me. They sounded tight.

  • @user-wg8yk4do3l
    @user-wg8yk4do3l Рік тому +3

    THIS IS THE BEST ERA.

  • @lorrieanngranthawk7518
    @lorrieanngranthawk7518 8 років тому +38

    Geoff Tates voice rocks! The top of the business!

  • @darbimetalqueen
    @darbimetalqueen 10 років тому +54

    I sure miss Tate!! I have loved this band since they began, and will forever....

  • @mariella4322
    @mariella4322 2 роки тому +3

    Ragazzi che tempi!!!
    Geoff la tua voce è insostituibile ed irripetibile
    Grazie di esistere❤️

  • @louie115
    @louie115 4 роки тому +2

    remember when this cassette came out. it was only four songs. but i played that sucker over and over. every now and then had to stick a pencil in the cassette hole to unwind the tape. lol!

    • @acimvideos2259
      @acimvideos2259 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah man, I bought the album when it came out. At that time, I remember reading in Hit Parader or Circus Magazine that some record company thought it was so good that they released the LP with only four songs.

  • @rockinrio96
    @rockinrio96 3 роки тому +4

    Who else had the cassette copy with the same program on both sides? Great times!!

  • @Omar_E11
    @Omar_E11 4 роки тому +7

    They really showed their Sabbath admiration with this one.

  • @Isengard2626
    @Isengard2626 3 роки тому +2

    Man, the vocals.......

  • @TruckeeDwayne
    @TruckeeDwayne Рік тому +3

    Empire Tour . LONGBEACH. They played full empire album. Old school material . Thought they opened with warning.
    *they shut the lights down.?.. then played full Mindcrime with the vhs version playing double screen.
    Insanity!!!!!
    We drove quiet in the car. Was Great!

  • @sebastiannarvaez862
    @sebastiannarvaez862 4 роки тому +3

    The perfect image for those 80's Sci fi low budget films... 36 years and we are still waiting the finish.

  • @ambriaharris4821
    @ambriaharris4821 2 роки тому +3

    My first time seeing this video. I've danced to this song, on stage, over 200 times lol. Thanks

  • @bradcooke5998
    @bradcooke5998 5 років тому +1

    That scream at the first totally sick 😈😈😈 metal af

  • @neverafter6634
    @neverafter6634 5 років тому +2

    I don't know any rock singer who can hit that high note like this King front man..

    • @johndef5075
      @johndef5075 3 роки тому

      Rob Halford was pretty incredible too.

  • @gellowyellow
    @gellowyellow 3 роки тому +7

    What a masterpiece...Queensryche has a very special place in my heart.

  • @steviesugarman7416
    @steviesugarman7416 5 років тому +4

    From the very first moment I heard this, I thought it was the quintessential metal song. 35 years later I still do. It's perfect.

  • @orpheus2112
    @orpheus2112 2 роки тому +1

    I was a member of the first fan club before they got famous. There motto was "rocking down the door" and I remember the only album out was the EP

  • @mikieson
    @mikieson 5 років тому +1

    Never heard this until tonight on Dee Snider house of hair radio program..I was blown away..

  • @deustaitan
    @deustaitan 9 років тому +158

    This video is way better than every 2014 vid.

    • @throatwobblermangrove8510
      @throatwobblermangrove8510 8 років тому +1

      +Richard Coffman Haha... that's one of the funniest comments I've seen attached to a UA-cam video, and I can only imagine it being said with sarcasm. Don't get me wrong; I love Queensryche, and always considered their EP their best album. Maybe because I bought the cassette tape new when it came out, and nothing they did afterward rocked quite as hard (although they still created some amazing stuff). This is one of my favorite Queensryche songs, but the video, although an interesting a window back to a time when MTV actually used to play music instead of completely unrelated television shows, just can't support such an obvious overstatement.

    • @themetalone7739
      @themetalone7739 8 років тому

      +Richard Coffman everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I must ask...were you on any hallucinogenic drugs when you made this comment?
      The song is great. Like, really great. It's one of my favorite songs by this band, second only to songs from the "Operation Mindcrime" album.
      However, this video is complete and total garbage. It's a prime example of why music videos are as irrelevant as they are now. They're irrelevant because they got so far up their own ass, and the creators of them became so desperate to innovate, that they created visual excrement that gets pumped directly into the eye-sockets of everyone who watches videos like this.
      Let me put it this way. Ever heard of the band "Grim Reaper"? I would put one of their videos on loop for the rest of my life, before this.
      I came back to this video because I remember watching this vid as a teenager, and thinking it was trash. I wanted to see if I still felt that way. I do.

    • @FreshLyte
      @FreshLyte 8 років тому +2

      +The Metal One I get what your saying but why are you shocked with his comment? Every music video today is GARBAGE even compared to this. In fact this video is way better than anything new, sad but true.

    • @themetalone7739
      @themetalone7739 8 років тому +1

      ThunderForce I disagree (not that I'm championing new music videos).
      Still, it's cool, man. You have your opinion, I have mine.

    • @rickanimaltaylor2758
      @rickanimaltaylor2758 8 років тому +1

      +ThunderForce Hell yea man!!!

  • @grimsnark4849
    @grimsnark4849 10 років тому +4

    3:42 - Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnndddd........JUMP!

  • @mikewatts1533
    @mikewatts1533 25 днів тому +1

    I found Queensryche when Empire came out and I was hooked!
    I had to listen to as much as I could.
    Thanks, Queensryche for giving us so much kick ass music!

  • @juliereminiec4937
    @juliereminiec4937 Рік тому +2

    I owned a copy of this lp back in the day
    this is the Queensryche that I prefer

  • @Ausamte
    @Ausamte 7 років тому +60

    "Let's turn it up to twelve... Bitch!"

  • @A1Authority
    @A1Authority 4 місяці тому +3

    I cannot believe I've never seen this before, in all the millennia I've been online. Geoff Tate was one of the first, if not the only one, to do high pitched banshee wailing correctly. I know others will say... Merciful Fate... etc... And some of that passes the grade... but nobody got it better that Geoff, and for that matter, when it come to arrangements, sound and over-all kicking ass, Original Queensryche is still among the top 10 Metal bands of all-time.

  • @anz2441
    @anz2441 6 років тому +1

    That opening scream wakes the Soul right up !!

  • @louie115
    @louie115 6 років тому +2

    first heard this song in the 80's when a friend gave me their first cassette. only four songs on it. i was blown away. became a fan ever since.

  • @Philharmonica-7445
    @Philharmonica-7445 5 років тому +3

    Queensryche was so ahead of their time! I got Operating Mindcrime on cassette when it first came out and I wore that sucker out. Geoff Gate's vocals and Chris Degarmo's guitar work nobody knew how amazing that was because we were in the times of hair bands and shit like that! I knew because I was into Queensryche when nobody else was!

  • @TheLordGoat
    @TheLordGoat 9 років тому +16

    Maiden must have been like "oh shit..we better get on the grind", when they first heard Queens.

    • @thereallycool
      @thereallycool 4 роки тому +2

      Steve Harris was an early fan , and had Queensryche open for them multiple times back in the day. I remember seeing their homecoming show supporting The Warning lp , opening for KISS / Animalize tour in Seattle. It was killer.

  • @wesleyshelburg5611
    @wesleyshelburg5611 17 днів тому +1

    To answer your question of why you are addicted to this band ! Nothing that is written or sung currently even compares talent wise just pure talent and work! No auto tune no fluff no bullshit just raw music!

    • @lindaahlers367
      @lindaahlers367 9 днів тому

      I’m seeing them next month. Wisconsin

  • @Nickk2022
    @Nickk2022 2 роки тому +1

    This great bands name originally was The Mobs.. One of the first songs they wrote was “Queen of the Reich.” About a year later, The Mob was courted by Easy Street Records’ Kim and Diana Harris, and their manager urged them to change their name. Exhausted from trying to think of replacements, they settled on plucking a couple of words from the aforementioned track and then changing “reich” to “rÿche” (which can mean “realm”)

  • @topcat4759
    @topcat4759 2 роки тому +4

    Pure early '80's US metal, video as well as the track. Superb vocals by Geoff Tate, good job there were no glass windows on set!

  • @jmac1638
    @jmac1638 6 років тому +3

    That voice...

  • @TyphAle99
    @TyphAle99 4 роки тому +2

    I Love his vibrato

  • @EerieVonIII8574
    @EerieVonIII8574 2 роки тому +1

    "to be continued" I'm still waiting after almost 40yrs.