Anarchy-X 1:03 Nightrider 3:20 Breaking the Silence 7:15 The Whisper 12:04 En Force 15:50 Warning 21:10 The Needle Lies 26:43 NM 156 30:00 Arrow of Time 34:24 Eyes of a Stranger 38:48 Queen of the Reich 46:50 Take Hold of the Flame 51:35
Queensryche is definitely reinvigorated. Anyone who saw them back in 2012 when the Tate era was coming to its close knows that the guys were not nearly as energetic as they are now. You can see that they're enjoying what they're doing again, and that is the most important thing.
"I have been a fan since the early 1980's. When all the stuff with Geoff Tate went down I was bummed out. I figured there goes another great hard rock band. I am glad to say I was VERY wrong. Tod La Torre is the real deal! After I heard him sing the Queensryche oldies "Queen of the Reich" I was greatly impressed. Now with the new Condition Human I am glad to say like the band I am back. Congrats guys on the new record which not only holds its own with Operation Mindcrime but it takes the band back to a harder edged sound. This is one Queensryche fan who can stop holding my breath and enjoy seeing the band having fun again!!!" This not to say that Geoff Tate has slipped or that I would not like to see him back. Just that the new guy fits in real well and Geoff seems to be okay too. I will be buying both of the bands music.
when ripper Owens joined JP there were lots of hate out there... Also when blaze bayley joined IM... It's hard to be the original singer.... But this queensryche looks more exciting and energetic than the queensryche of 2000 era
IT'S OFFICIAL! QUEENSRYCHE IS BACK! This is the best I've ever seen them. Fucking amazing from start to end. Todd is kicking ass and his voice is just phenomenal! The band seems to be enjoying themselves too! It's been a while since I got this excited about a band from my childhood. Can't wait for the next album. QUEEEEN OF THE REEEICH!!
rockwell1544 The best you've seen them? Are you fucking for real? Queensryche circa 1983-2005 DESTROYED this version of the band. I even saw them live in 2009 and this is a PALE SHADOW of that performance.
Danimal300zx Dude, this is not their best performance... but it is pretty good and we should be proud they had an opportunity to play at Wacken Open Air in Germany. That is a first for Queensryche. Give credit where credit is due. If you didn't like these guys, you wouldn't have posted a comment.
All things change in time - I embrace this one! I will always support people trying to survive and better themselves. Queensryche is doing their best to do just that.
All of you giving Todd such a hard time here, you all have to remember first they did Queen of the Reich as their first encore song.. that takes some serious balls. Usually that's the opening while to vocal chords are fresh and not tired and worn after a full set. Second they have been touring a lot since Todd joined. I think they're on the road more than they're home. So give him a break.. when he's fresh he nails it. Just like any singer. I've heard Bruce Dickinson fall off key a bit especially near the end of a long tour.. so..quit hating
Todd has NOWHERE near the CLEAN high range that Geoff used to have in spades. When Todd tries to go high all he does is scream. Geoff not only used to go HIGH without screaming, but used to be able to sustain that high note for MANY seconds. Todd's not even in the same universe in raw talent as Geoff used to be circa 1981-1987. Geoff was still better than current day Todd at least up until 2005.
I am very much enjoying this concert! It's so great to hear all these older classics done with respect and integrity. So..go ahead ask me how old I am....if I am a "real" fan..blah blah blah and other useless nonsense. I don't need to justify one thing to anyone but myself and I LOVE this performance. End of discussion.
Danimal300zx You're right, they never left, so they can't be "back". They were a pale imitation of themselves for the last 10 or so years of the T,ate regiime, but now they're finding their footing again. Much like a nation ousting a leftist dictator and re-establishing a free republic. (Are you listening, 2016?)
Tres da formaçao original dao suporte a banda , músicos exepcionais e muito acima da média além de Todd que faz variaçoes vocais incríveis, sim esse é o QR!!
yes you can tell Chris and Geoff are not in the band anymore......but i can tell you now that i Was impressed!!!! They are still making a very good living doing what they're doing.....and true metal heads will love this regardless \m/
I saw this shit back in 85 when Geoff could still sing. Todd is doing a decent job in bringing the classic QR to the masses who never had the opportunity to see the real deal. But still? The morality/ethics are "somewhat" questionable on this matter. I wonder what Chris (who wrote a pile of this stuff) thinks about it all? The performances on this are pretty strong and that says something about the commitment that these guys have as far as the legacy of Queensryche is concerned
Personally, I'm really enjoying them. I like what Todd brings to the table. I loved the latest album and hope the new one will be even better. As I said, to each their own.
Let me get this straight... you're telling me that I have no right to my own subjective opinion? Is that what you're saying? It's a problem because I think Todd is exceptional?
the scale i use to judge a person singing a geoff tate song is the scream in the Queen of the Reich. and what i heard here doesnt compare to geoff tates original recording!
Indeed, they got off on Anarchy-X, but recovered. It happens. But this lineup is the best it has been since the Warning-Mindcrime days. Tate is a sad shell of his former self and is a complete embarrassment. Kicking him out was the best thing for this band. Not only does he suck ballsack now, but he's a complete douchebag. Todd kicks his ass all over the place. And the kid, Parker is amazing. Nobody can replace DeGarmo, but he is filling the shoes and I have faith in this band again.
ELDUCE580 What's your problem man? Geoff fucking did himself in...those guys were miserable playing with that ego freak. Yeah Geoff had a great voice, but it's who you are as a person and professional that makes for longevity. So take your one line, unlettered criticism and point it at yourself....
Wow! That Buck Norris guy comes across as a bitter, narrow minded old man. Obviously people are going to be torn in this situation. Myself, I'm SO glad Geoff is out and Todd is in. An exceptional talent and seems to be an even better all around dude. Anyone that would bash him or what he brings to the table are obviously just Tate die-hards (however few) that won't be swayed no matter what.
1st time of the band at Wacken i guess. They should play som Empire and Promised Land stuff. Old songs are missing, like "Deliverance", "I dream in infrared", "Spreading the Disease"
I like Todd's tattoo on his left arm of the Tri-ryche...might be a bit presumptuous, although perhaps he got that to cover up the Crimson Glory tat and what is that on Michael's chin? Has he been playing with a paintbrush and glue while watching a particular Laurel and Hardy film...like Busy Bodies! Oh! and why no songs from the Empire record, admittedly not everyone's cup of tea but bloody good none the less. As for the concert it was good to hear some of the old classics.
Yeah, they fucked up Anarchy X. So what? Anyone criticizing obviously hasn't played in a live band. It happens.......to everyone. What is awesome is that they pulled it together and kicked ass through the rest of the show. You have to move on after something like that. Easier said than done. They are awesome guitar players....get real.
+Al Bundy The riff is fairly standard and average. The hook line of The Mission is the theme during the chorus. I wouldn't expect Degarmo to win a lawsuit here.
Having to replace Geoff Tate is never an enviable task,and I won't judge either side for the split.A lot can happen in a 30 year marriage and divorces usually turn out to be ugly.However it seems Todd is struggling in the upper registers at times.
Chip Chipperson I just feel so sad the have witnessed the downfall of such a great band, I do wish them all the best!... it ended for me after Promised land every album before that including Promised land was IT for me...Tate was such an amazing singer , I was shocked and sad to see him fall.and turn into a drunken crackpot...If I listen to QR?, I always go back to the good old days, This is like it was with Journey....No Steve No Journey....what remains is karaoke....Sad just sad
Definitely, the new guys need to preheat before shows: just compare the absurd errors in Anarchy-X with the impecably done duo in The Whisper. Also, as with any direct audio record, its quality does no justice to the live performance.
Damn... They just dropped the ball from the word go. They eventually got the ball back under control, but a band loses such momentum when this happens...
Todd can hit the notes, but his voice lacks fullness and character that Tate had (note.. I said HAD). Wilton sounds like he doesn't care anymore. The "other" guitarist is just plain awful. Makes me sad when I think about the shoes he's trying to fill. DeGarmo and Wilton were "THE" dual-guitar team in my youth. Scott still hits 'em hard though. This is such a letdown from my memory of the Rage & Mindcrime era shows.
There are times where this sounds awesome, and times it doesn't.... That's what you get when you are running live sound for multiple bands; I run Live Sound; its not easy..... Both bands have their stake; I like both bands.. but remember the lawsuit, that was not only about the name but on song rights. So there some songs that he is not allowed to play..... that's why we have the cds and the dvds to remember to good old days. Todd and the band, can play practically everything cause they retain the band name. I li9ke them both for different reasons, But so far The Key is my fave in a long while........
Does anybody know the song/artist of the first song that plays over the PA or whatever before Queensryche starts? I'm trying to prove to my family that it IS NOT Rammstein.
I think the guy singing is doing a great job but they should have picked a different set list to put a charge into the audience. The first 5 songs were good but they could have picked better songs to start their set with.
I'm not really sure why anyone would bash this performance. ....all bands have some glitches. ..I thought Todd went through some tough songs ,very well.......and I'm not a real big fan of the new QR.
The band has definitely been revitalized since Todd joined, but my one com plaint is that they seem to be stuck on the same "oldies". Warning, En Force, etc. ever since the first show with him, they have only added NM156 and Nightrider. Why not bring out No Sanctuary, Deliverance, Surgical Strike, Before the Storm...
JayTor2112 - Because there may be copyright issues at stake with those songs. Also many songs are awesome to listen to at home but don't transfer well to a live show.
+Kevin Richards Rock the Stage NYC I think the point was that they're been playing pretty much the exact same setlist for 3 years now, give or take. They did a rather poor job of promoting the S/T on the tour, and even after they had settled things in court, they continued with this setlist that screams nostalgia. I hope they start turning the boat around when the new album hits the street, as well as when they're going on tour with the Scorpions. PS. You're doing a great job of talking sense into Tate's mindless fanboys, even though they refuse to face the truth about Tate and DeGarmo's exit.
Simon Christensen The S/T album tour was to establish the new line-up with fans by being new but familiar. They couldn't fill it full of new songs. These guys were kept from playing, and the fans were kept from hearing, a lot of these songs for almost 20 years so they've been itching to play this stuff again. I'm sure being able to play "Enforcer" again was a huge thrill for them. I'm sure they'll start working in newer songs on the next tour. Tates tours have been mostly older material as well, basically filling most of his show with "MIndcrime".
You know I'm ok with the new Queensryche. They moved on from what they were. So I'm cool with it, I think if they did more new material that originates with the currant line up it would be better. I cant blame them for trying to make a living and continuing. At least they keep going, I respect that...Bands change, so are these guys. I like them.
+Animate1978 Degarmo wrote alot of stuff for the band.Fact is they would never really be the same anyways even with original line up Geoff could never hit those highs anymore.not even close to what he use to.
A for effort, but an effort is what it is. I saw Empire in 90-91 this singer does not compare well. Good luck Queensryche I will spend my money on Geoff's new band, Mindcrime.
From 12 dislikes to 56 overnight. Looks like the astroturfing Tate fanatic used 40 or so of his/her accounts last night. Too bad it's still less than half the people who liked this. Anyway, great job guys (after an admittedly rocky start)! Much better than when Tate and his band stunk up Monsters of Rock 2013.
I enjoyed this but I feel instead of being a Queensryche cover band they need to forge ahead. Its painful to see them part ways so harshly. I dont think anyone will survive unless they "let go of the flame".... my $.02
i was at the first show they did with todd la torre. in sault ste marie MI. after the show was done i went to play poker and the wife went to party with them. i wonr 1500$ she had a great time.
Buck Norris Actually the guy's doing a decent job, and so's Tate as a soloist. I will never understand why bands like Queensrÿche, Accept, and others replace legendary singers with clones, though. At least Maiden took a chance (and failed miserably) with Bayley.
+Mauricio Hernández Díaz shit happens sadly, but like you said, both Queensryche and Operation mind crime are doin' great but a lot of these long time folks were expecting Geoff Tate to be there and I don't blame them, but sooner or later they will get use to Tod La Torre in vocals.
Lol who cares about Tate. So many people were better than him even back in the 90's...Lance King, Chris Salinas, Roy Khan, Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin. Wilton and DeGarmo could have fired Tate's ass anytime and everything would have been just fine. Too bad Wilton and DeGarmo didn't do it back in 1997 and save us twelve years of mehness. Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton however....both very difficult to replace. They were the main songwriters and the magic behind the first five albums quality. The self-titled was a step in the right direction, but Condition Human is going to be the true test to see how far they can go creatively. I have no faith in Geoff though....Kings & Thieves and F.U. were both shit and The Key sounds uninspired. He's nothing these days. I would have loved to be at Wacken this year though: Todd is dominating here and in great form. His pitch is perfect. :)
Buck Norris I've seen a lot said about DeGarmo, but I've never seen anyone as disrespectful and nasty as you in regards to the things you say about him. You should be ashamed.
Buck Norris You know so much and yet at the same time you know so little. Wilton had nothing to do with DeGarmo leaving: Tate wouldn't show up and play ball or accept other people's ideas and so DeGarmo had to step in and play mediator between everyone else. Unfortunately, you are under the flawed and blatantly false perception that Geoff was the "only one" who DeGarmo had a great working relationship with. Chris and Wilton were closer: hell, DeGarmo called Wilton his "brother" on multiple occasions. Geoff's "vision" for QR involved cutting out the original band members after DeGarmo gave up and making the band more of a revolving door so he could write with other people. "My way or the highway". Unfortunately, real bands don't work that way. You need real communication with your existing band members or its not a band anymore. Geoff doesn't care about that. That's why a Geoff-led QR was crap and why every one of his solo projects (so far) have been miserable failures. He wants to be Todd Rundgren, Peter Gabriel, etc....but he doesn't have the chops to pull it off like those guys can. I'm sure The Key will be better than F.U....hell, anything would be better than F.U. at this point...but until you wake up and acknowledge that Michael Wilton and the other founding members are just as "relevant" as Geoff was, you'll just continue to be miserable. Grow up kiddo.
Buck Norris Sorry, but I don't agree at all. If that were actually true about Wilton, he'd have no songwriting credits at all on any of the original albums. The truth is that Geoff just didn't want to work with him or accept his songwriting contributions after Chris left: simple as that. Geoff's reputation as a domineering asshole was established LONNNNNG before the band ever split up: fans had been taking note of it all the way back to Q2K. He's such a drama queen even Mike Portnoy when he was with Dream Theater commented on it during that big tour they did back in the mid 2000's. If I had been in QR, I'd have wanted out too. Who would really want to work with somebody as pompous as Geoff? He doesn't listen to other people.
Buck Norris Wilton did 'Reach' on HITNF, but since nobody was getting along it was up to Chris to do everything else lol. Come back when you have something interesting to talk about. La Torre may be a "bore" to a manchild like you, but he's certainly more interesting than you and Tate put together these days lmao...
It amazes me how many experts comment. Degarmo quit. His last record blew rocks. Tate is gone. His direction was the downfall of this band. New members. A buzz surrounds the band. Two incredible releases. Dont like it? Please leave. More than enough of Tates vision out there for you.
Seems like an okeyish setlist but meh... Like the biggest metal festival in the world and they don't play anything from their commercially most successful album. Not like the songs from warning and rage aren't good but should've fitted in something from empire. And nothing from their latest album either, where the songs are made for Todd to sing... *sadface*. Todd sounds good but even deaf hears that he's no Geoff.
Wow. This is terrible.. Todd sounds like a crying goat. Whats with that huge fuck up on Anarchy X? Tate may not hit the high notes anymore, but his band is a lot tighter live. This sounds like a cover band now.. Sad to see the road the QR world went. Guess thats what happens when you try to live the past.
Mixed opinion on this one. Lead singer needs to work on his vocals more... He falls of the pitch a bit much. The music's good, but it falls a bit flat; Doesn't have the right feel. See "Eyes of a Stranger" for example. This song should be speaking straight to the soul. It doesn't. not here.
I Wear My Sunglasses At Night While Geoff's singing ability drastically declined over the years (starting as early as 1988 live) he still had SOUL and a haunting quality to his vocals. This is something Todd (the new singer) lacks in spades. He sounds generic and doesn't fit in.
Danimal300zx he falls off of the vocal spectrum rather easily. He needs to immerse himself in the band's legacy. Don't get me wrong, the new guy is decent; but he needs to practice more.
I Wear My Sunglasses At Night and you are qualified to judge his vocal technique how exactly? Ever done an outdoor show in the heat after traveling over international time lines while suffering jet lag? Hmm.... do tell. I have. Have you? walk a mile in his shoes and maybe you can judge.
Not to mention that the constant travelling and EXPOSURE to hundreds of new people every day also puts you at a high risk of getting ill. Add that to Todd's smoking habit, and you get a good base for blocked/infected sinuses.
Ronn Rozman So do I, even with his drastically limited singing abilities these days. He still sings with soul passion. This new singer doesn't. Not even close.
