Everyone in this band is phenomenal. All play their instruments great! Geoffs voice is second to none! Their harmony is awesome. My favorite band ever!
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When Queensryche released their debut EP everyone who loved metal knew they were all ready on a different planet musically. Powerful progressive melodic masters.
@@ianmason2003 I remember seeing the first concert without him with Q2K with that Kelly dude, it was horrible and I knew this band would never be the same, should have ended after that Grunge album imo.
Most talented, hardest-working band of the 80's and 90's. Queensryche was the entire package. Saw this tour twice in one week. Wouldn't trade that Mindcrime experience for any other.
This is heavily cleaned up but I will say this, the earlier shows did not have the bass presence from the gear that this era carried. It was a HUGE difference because you could feel it. They were very good live and Tate. just wow back then.
Scott Rockenfield was definitely far too underrated as Queensrÿche's drummer. Great sound, and so unique. No one else played or sounded like Scott. Miss his drumming, that's for sure.
The album after Mindcrime was Empire, the tour I saw. In the middle of the concert they began the Mindcrime album, and from the first 5 seconds you just knew there's no way to play that beginning without finishing the whole album, and they did. Everyone lost their shit knowing that, and all lighters came aflame. Fantastic stuff, I'm here to tell ya.
You do know the video of these 2 Mindcrime songs is from the 1991 Building Empires Tour? It comes from the Operation: Livecrime video which shows the whole live Mindcrime segment of that tour when they were in Wisconsin.. To see the whole show with the Empire songs when they were in Toronto, watch this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DOaWRBYP7SQ.html
Todd La Torre cannot sing these songs. Anyone who says he can knows absolutely nothing about singing and clearly have a hearing problem. Geoff is just something else and so under appreciated by the main stream it’s criminal
When they toured for empire, they played operation from start to finish. It was as mind blowing as it was unexpected. I thought I died and went to different realms of the universe.
This has to be one of the most amazing live performances I've ever heard. I'm a huge fan of the band RUSH and, this is almost equal to their live sound. THAT SAYS A LOT!!!
well to be honest, there are instances where Geoff will sing a part slightly different than he did on the album. So I wouldn't say it sounds exactly the same, but I agree they do get closer than any other band I've seen/heard
I saw them when they were touring with Metallica. I was simply amazed how Geoff sang exactly same as on the record. He could hit very high notes back then.
for me queensryche is their amazing rithm section, probably the best in histroty of rock. Eddie Jackson and Scott Rockenfield were hart and soul of their music.
it's amazing how certain songs, certain music can take you back in time...just close your eyes and smell, feel and hear the past...I loved these songs then..love them now..a brilliant , underrated album...
Raymond Lalmuana Not really underrated, this album has been voted the best hard rock, metal concept album ever! Kerrang and metal edge voted operation as the best concept album ever, till today nothing surpasses this album ahead of its time...
Exactly, this album is not and has never been underrated. Why do people say this... Sometimes I think people need to look up the term "underrated" and understand its meaning.
I've been listening to Queensryche since the 7th grade. I still listen to them today and love the music , so many memories !! This was a mind blowing performance !!! Geoff Tates vocals are beyond amazing !! Phenomenal band !!!!
I was lucky enough to catch them in Portland, Or back around '90 when they toured promoting Empire... and did Mindcrime in its entirety for the final time. LEGENDARY fucking band! Celebrate their catalog to my last breath.
saw the same concert dallas,tx played entire mind crime it kicked ass they had suicidal tendencies open for them and i remember they didn't serve alcohol per band,still good show
This was from a time of perfection in live music. Queensryche was underrated and when whole their writing/performance skills were unmatched. No single piece of featured talent, just a combination of VERY skilled musicians that applied their education and imagination. Miss them badly.
Hell you guys Geoff invited me into their tour bus ,got all there autographs .I hungout with the whole band for about 30 minutes .Queensryche .The best ,unreal . .one of the best concerts ever...
Saw them in Seattle several times and every time it was perfect. I didn't realize it then but now that I'm an old man I realize I was watching the best live shows that I will ever see in my lifetime. I've tried to think of a show that had a better live sound and... I... just... can't.
They used to do a killer dual solo back on the Warning and Rage tours, but as they matured, they seemed to be more into playing the music and making it more uniform. Badass pros.
I remember seeing Queensryche on their Building Empires Tour... Seattle, New Yeas Eve, Key Arena.. Flew Down and realized it wasn't Operation Mind Crime... I was actually Bummed in a sense but. DIE HARD ! QUEENSRYCHE FAN ! So Queensryche in Concert ! YES ! The Show was incredible , and anyone who saw it and remembers Tate on the Stage Length tread mill up behind the Drum Kit... Geoff would walk in place stage left with a swagger while Singing... as the tempo built up .. he would walk faster and faster until he is in a FULL ON BALLS OUT RUN WHILE SINGING..... STILL IN PLACE.. then the music stops at the same time he stops running , just Bam! Stops running , right into a stance , as he hits and Holds a Beautiful Full Voice High Note Scream ... and the tread mill is Hauling Ass By Now.. so while he's holding this Note.... HE LAUNCHES ACROSS THE BACK OF THE WHOLE STAGE TO STAGE RIGHT... Stops and back into music and him singing while walking in place... ! and on. Then later Geoff is Singing Best I Can , while dribbling a basketball... then start shooting the ball across full stage into a Basketball Hoop... ,Nothing But NET ! .. I shit you not ! He dropped Atleast 20 shots during the song , from all over that stage... Not One Miss.. Sunk Them All Like a Game of Heavy Metal Horse ! Awesome.. Best Basketball Game I've Ever Seen... later on after playing songs from Queensryche, The Warning, Rage For Order and all of Empire... The Lights Go Out and From the Darkness You Hear Geoff Tate, say.. "Seattle Washington ! .... Are You Ready For....OPERATION MINDCRIME ! " THE CROWD GOES WILD ! The Lights Go Up ! and The Veil DROPS ! .... Theres the giant Mind Crime Video Screens and the Evil Nurse... Sweet Dreams.... you Bastard..... BOOM ! FUCKIN INCREDIBLE... THEY PLAYED THE ENTIRE ALBUM.. His Voice was Like Surgical Strikes of Heavy Metal Soul ALL NIGHT LONG ! and then OPERATION MINDCRIME ! OMFG! Sooo much to say... but at the end he Runs up the drum riser and DIVES ! HEAD LONG ! FULL BOAR ! OFF THE BACK OF THE STAGE INTO OBLIVION ! UTTER ! FUCKING MADNESS... ! What a Show.. Everyone played perfect ! Maybe the Best Concert I've Ever Seen..... Then they did a New Years Toast ! and the rest is History... Me reliving it right now ... \m/
That sounded like a KILLER performance!! I've seen and met them several times and agree with you 1,000%, NO ONE could TOUCH them!!! Absolute BEST concerts I've EVER experienced!!!
I was there, and they were badass. Tate was in his prime as far as vocals goes. Queensryche nowadays sounds good with Todd La Torre and he does a great job at it,but Geoff Tate was the shit and untouchable at that time IMHO.
BS he was flawless on the Livecrime tour and the Empire tours. I rather doubt any band has ever sound closer to studio before or since. Not my favorite live show from back in the day but a flawless performances in Norfolk.
Saw them open for Metallica in 89 or 90 in support of this album, I was young and a Metallica fan that never paid no attention to Queesryche before then, hands down they blew Metallica off the stage not only in performance but also amazing sound. Still probably the best live band I've seen to this day!
Yep, saw the same tour. I actually went mainly for Queensryche, but was still blown away to see an "opener" destroy a headliner like they did. They were SO on their game.
I saw that tour as well my friend. I was a Ryche fan seeing Metallica. It was good show, what I remember. I was into Queensryche heavily since the Warning Album
Nothing gets close to this. The riffs and the dramatic melodies with smart lyrics is unbeatable. Tons of other music and styles i like from different eras but this is top class.
I saw the very last show, played in Spokane Washington (last stop before they got home to Seattle). After the show, they filmed the video for Anybody Listening.
Good Lord this band was tight. That big, raw wall of sound- their mix is nothing like I'd ever heard in a concert before. Heavy, dense and yet very clean. You can hear every instrument clearly. Just superb production. Almost three dimensional somehow....The thundering bass line and pulsing drums grooved all the way through, searing dual lead guitars, and Tate's unearthly vocals elevating the sound to an entirely different level. You didn't so much listen to Queensryche as you let it absorb you. Reminds a little of Judas Priest that way. Still, no one brought it like Q.
Well, this an official and professional recording. If course it was heavily polished in postproduction. So you can't really take such a recording as measure for their real live sound. They sure were super tight and clear in their prime but not that much.
Saw these guys twice, first time on this tour in Mpls, and they we're better live than their CD, then on the Empire tour in GF ND 1991, and it was just as good. Got to meet them the second time as I was a stage hand, and they we're all the nicest guys on the planet. Their live performances were amazing, as this video shows.
