Why to this day does Rage For Order still not get the love, appreciation & props it's been so long overdue?? THAT is the album where they came into their own. THAT is the moment where they sounded like no other artist on the planet. NOT on Op: MC. Mindcrime is beyond amazing but Rage is when they really made the 1st big move to establish themselves. And it's packed full with truly great well written songs. This video comes off like cut clips of him answering the interviewer's specific questions. I don't believe Whip himself would just skip over Rage if he was openly talking about Ryche's history.
The press hated their use of synths and samples, it was a huge leap from The Warning or the QOTR E.P. I still think Rage is their best work. The early work is untouchable and lucky to have seen them several times up to Hear In The Now, which was all down hill after that for me.
met him and the various incarnations of the band dozens of times over the decades, and he is as humble and cool today as he was in the beginning, as are the rest of the band regardless of who is playing with them, best band ever bar none !
I AM SO F-ING GLAD TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE STAND UP FOR "RAGE FOR ORDER" I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE. IT WAS JUST AS GOOD AND NEVER GOT THE CREDIT IT DESERVES. THANKS GUYS FOR STANDING UP FOR THE UNDER DOG IN MY OPINION ONE OF THE TOP 5 OF ALL TIME
I was stationed on the USS Mars in '88 or '89 when I met a cook named DeGarmo. Jokingly I asked "DeGarmo, eh? You got a brother in the band Queensryche? Haha!" And he said yeah, his brother played guitar for them. I told him he was full of shit, and he took me to his rack where he pulled out a photo album full of family pictures. It was him. It really was his brother.
Yeah, Ill never forget it. It trips me out to this day. I told him that was the coolest fucking thing that ever happened to me and asked him why he was in the Navy and not on tour! Lol!
Where's part 2?? I met these guys in NJ after they opened up for Def Leppard. We were there for Rych, so after they were done, we walked out into the parking lot to see if we could find their bus. Sure enough came across a bus sitting in lot, the driver said it was their bus and they'd be out soon. About 20 minutes later, here comes these dudes walking towards us, it was them, couldn't believe it. It was only about 6 of us, they hung, talked, signed autographs for a while, such cool guys. Really miss that band the way it was back then.
I remember in the later 80's maybe early 90's is when a lot of people started naming things after their local area code. I forgot Ryche's record company 206 is names after the area code. Always thought this band was ahead of its time. \m/
Operation: Mindcrime is a Masterpiece. A whole lot of very great tunes to go back and re-visit amongst their material before and up to Operation: Mindcrime, as well. Queen of the Reich was the first song I heard by them. Looking back, some of the imagery of the 80's warrants forgetting, but the brilliance of Queensryche's music should not be forgotten!
Michael is very likeable. It's weird, for years I am sure these guys hated being asked the same questions about their origins but now ... people have forgotten, it's not mainstream anymore and they seem to relish recounting their origin stories.
ROCK N ROLL VETERAN, Right There !! Much respect to a Rock musician who has toured/worked and written as much as someone like Michael has. Seen him many times, never disappoints
Michael is such a unique musician and such a professional. I really like his playing and how much of a team player is without being over-indulgent as a guitarist. His solos within the songs are great as well.
Micheal WAS Queensryche. He did the mo s t amazing rifts and classical undertones in the ballads. Jeff was one of the most versatile vocalists in the world because of his low tones that would suddenly gp into these high notes however, Micheal is the one that made them. No more to say. Love this channel.
Queen of the Reich comes out in the early 80s. I’m a sophomore in high school and a guitarist buddy of mine comes running down the hall with the EP in the air yelling “you have to hear this!” It was a game changer. What was great to find out later was that QR was only about three/four years older than we were, at the time. It was an awesome time to be a musician. Great interview with Michael and I’m looking forward to the next videos.
,,,,so cool.......remember those years,,,,,,great story told..........wow..first years hearing this band,I was instantly a fan,,,,,......and then..........EMPIRE....!.........................great memories made with Queensryche in the background...
Warning is the soundtrack of my life! I’ve absolutely loved and worshipped that album since it’s release! It never gets old to me. It’s timeless and iconic
He is still an amazing guitarist! Saw them play live in 2019 and they absolutely rocked! He is very reserved but still manages to capture the spotlight with his playing.
Thanks for posting this! Its cool to hear the musician's point of view about an album I've loved for 30+ years now. Start to finish, it is a great journey.
Mindcrime is one of my top 5 albums of all time. But, I've been relistening to Rage and Warning recently and I have to say I like them better than Mindcrime at the moment. Great interview. Keep up the great work.
Caught the '89 tour in La Crosse, Wi. Went out and bought everything they had out. They were killer. Went and saw the 30 year anniversary show at The Rave in Milwaukee and they were even better.
@@markdinnauer888 You couldn't lose at the rave. No matter where you were it was a good deal. I was about 5 rows of people back and it was great. The people were cool, singing along, a great audience participation show. The STP show w/Weiland at The Rave was fantastic also.
When Met was touting for JUSTICE, They rolled through Dallas, opening for Metallica, for the Mind Crime album and to this day, I sincerely wish I had been able to see that show.
This band taught me to think constructively.One of the many reasons Gen X’rs are so self sufficient.I used to be somewhere else when Mindcrime was on my Walkman .It really is too bad the dynamics in your group changed,what an experience live
Saw them on Operation Mindcrime opening up for Def Leopard in 88' Still have memories from that show. Wow. Didn't know they opened up for zebra a new Orleans band. Very cool
If you haven’t already seen the other interviews, many of them get continued or part 2. What I’ve noticed is they cut out any filler, including whoever is asking the questions (sometimes can hear them faintly react or laugh). I love it! Hope more people subscribe and support this channel so they keep lifting out more. Can’t get enough…it’s EXACTLY my era and influences, especially QR!!
I bought "The Warning" on cassette. This was 1982 or 83. I love Rage, it's a great album. Mindcrime literally changed my life. I used to leave it on when I would sleep at night. Listen to it in my sleep. Never did that with any other album. Later I was in a band that rehearsed next door to them at NAF studios in south Seattle. Never met him, but my drummer played golf with Michael a few times. Brag alert: I was a guitar player being considered to play with Geoff Tate on his solo project. In summation, I have a lot of personal history involving Queensryche!
I listened to this entire album for the first time in well over 20 years a couple years ago. Im a musician and i loved this music early on in my adolescence and teen years, but my taste really changed earlier on than most people who's tastes change. Usually it's in their later 20s, with my it was late teens. Even though i was a kid in the 80s, and came of age in the 90s (graduated highschool in 94), the 2000s Indie scene is where my heart is. I only say this to qualify that I'm not an old 80s band fanboy. That said, "Operation Mindcrime" was a killer fucking Album that stood up as well as anything else. There are certain bands or albums that just NEVER got old. Usually even classic albums will have at least a few years where it seems dated, and then is rediscovered and polished up again, but there's a handful of albums that just never suffered that fate, temporary as that fate may be. I think in regards to bands, Tool is probably the band that most epitomizes this. "Aenema" from '96 sounds just as contemporary as "Fear Inoculum" that came out 2 years ago. "Lateralus" i think will sound fresh 30 years from now. Albums like "Siamese Dream," "OK Computer," etc always have kept their sheen, along with a lot of other 90s hard rock/Alternative albums. The 80s though; there are just SO many dated sounds, instruments, production techniques that are so specific to that era that the result is that even great songs and albums can be considered great, while still sounding really dated. There were MANY great records from that era that sound just as fresh as anything else, it's just that they aren't usually found in the hard rock/metal genre. You tend to find them in the "College radio" (80s Indie music) genre. REM, The Cure (Kyle from South Park was right, Disintegration IS one of the best albums ever), Cowboy Junkies, etc. Mindcrime is one of those albums in that short list. When I downloaded it i remember thinking "man i thought this album was great, I'll probably realize it sucked." It did not. Setting aside some of the problematic tendencies that concept albums can have, namely a pretty dumb storyline that is taken way too seriously that causes it to be cringe worthy on later listening. while it's obviously a concept Album, the story and characters are present throughout; each song stands on its own and could come from any other regular record. The guitar tone is killer, the bass and drumming is precise without being cold and icy, and Tate's voice and singing was quite different from how his peers sounded. I ended up working out half the album on the guitar, which is ironic because i didn't do that when i was younger and listening to the album. Way too long a post, i need to stop using voice typing. I think if i have typed this post would have been done 2 paragraphs ago.
And boy o boy were they ever some badass musicians! Bets sounding and 1 of the tightest bands ive ever seen live... n ive seen 100's of live shows since I was 7 years old back in 1977! Early n mid 80's they were on FIRE! The rise n fall of their pop sell out album empire, the rise n very hard fall of going mainstream killed them over night. Dont fk with the recipe! If its not broke dont fix it! Why jump out of the plane thats taking you to your destination just fine! When will musicians ever learn.
Really enjoyed this one! It is apparent Michael is intelligent and has for the most part taken care of himself. 30-40 years later some guys in interviews can barely string together a coherent sentence because they are just fried...Michael is the exact opposite.
The opening stanza to a 1990 hit Queensryche song recently came to fruition, after 33 years, when the Lunar New Year Mass Shooting occurred at Monterey Park, California. According to law enforcement, 10 died and 10 others were injured in the tragic shooting. The 1990 release "Empire" begins with a voice mail (next message, saved, Saturday @ 9:24 pm) followed by a distressed man's voice message and: "Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown Innocent, their only crime was to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time" Sadly, one of the surviving ten victims has since passed, in the following days. Reportedly, the 33rd mass shooting this year.
I became a fan when my brother introduced me to OM. Initially I didn't really like the early albums (except for RFO). I have since gone back and learned to appreciate the true genius of some of the early stuff - Take Hold of the Flame gives me chills now, and really showcases Tate's vocals.
I think he may have forgotten about their video for "Gonna Get Close to You", which came first. They also had videos for Queen of the Reich, and Nightrider, but I don't think they got much, if any, play on MTV.
THANK YOU!!!! WTF RAGE STANDS RIGHT NEXT TO MIND CRIME it's not as long or a concept record but it's amazing I can't stand that it never gets the credit it deserves
they think it's "derivative" because it has a lot of those timely 80's synths nobody uses anymore...... but it was the way the music was put together and arranged...... all those classic Ryche albums are amazing, because they weirdly sound like everything and nothing at the same time :D:D cause the productions on those records were pretty timely and mainstream at the time, but the songwriting was way ahead of its time....... I guess that "symbiosis" worked out really well, since all those albums still sound brilliant
Queensryche was one of the more talented bands to come out of the 80's heavy metal. I saw them back int he day and they played the entire MIndcrime album start to finish. They put on a great show and they sound in concert just like they do on the albums. A lot of bands can't pull that off because of all the studio tricks and production to cover for thier lack of talent, not so for Queensryche.
I remember that tour Mindcrime start to finish. First saw them on the Warning tour, supporting Dio. I thought wow, who are these guys and started following them. Then saw them on the first Mindcrime tour, half full gig, but awesome. Then Mindcrime broke big, they toured it again. This time the gig was packed, sold out. They played the whole album through. Still my favourite gig, ever.
Absolutely, RFO was def the best album they ever recorded. Shame that sound didnt inspire more of the same in the following albums really. Too me that was a unique sound that could have cemented them as pioneers of their own genere in metal in a way.
Why so many promises for future videos with the interviewees on this channel where those videos never appear, even after a year? That's annoying. Don't promise if you won't deliver.
@@paisleyprincess7996 Can't hit the high notes, hasn't for a long time. But listen to him on Invincible, Avantasia, Moonglow album. Or the Sweet Oblivion albums, especially the first. He sounds good, very good.
Great interview , funny how he mentions rooting through the import records when he was younger I did the same and found their EP only 4 songs it was great . My opinion they lost a lot of fan based momentum after mind crime because it seemed like they were convinced doing these kind of what I call concept albums was the way to go , just my opinion , glad he is doing well . \../
Sad that you show pictures of all other bands he mentions, but in the beginning where he's talking about the influence of the imported records, you show all of them but not Accept. Couldn't find a picture or just don't like Accept?
@Guitar Rush It's not about if other bands exist - he mentions his influencing bands by name and one of them is Accept. And they show pictures of all mentioned bands, but not Accept. He's not mentioning UFO so I wouldn't expect a picture of them. What's so hard to understand about my question?
