Geoff Tate
Birth : 1959-01-14, Stuttgart, Germany
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Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire. Tate is ranked fourteenth on Hit Parader's list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. He was voted No. 2 on That Metal Show's top 5 hard rock vocalists of the 1980s. In 2012, he won the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Award for "Voice in Progressive Heavy Metal". In 2015, he placed ninth on OC Weekly's list of the 10 Best High-Pitched Metal Singers. After his farewell tour as Queensrÿche, he renamed his band Operation: Mindcrime, after the Queensrÿche album of the same name.
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This year Tobias Sammet's Avantasia will once again bring us an amazing all-star show with many famous musicians. Furthermore we can proudly say that it's the 12th time that Tobias Sammet visits Wacken and it's the fourth time he does it with Avantasia. Today we can also let the cat out of the bag and announce the bands awesome line-up for Wacken 2017!
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Queensrÿche at Pryor Festival Grounds, Pryor, OK, USA on May 27, 2012. Setlist: 01. Get Started / 02. Damaged / 03. I Don't Believe in Love / 04. Hit the Black / 05. I'm American / 06. NM 156 / 07. Screaming in Digital / 08. Walk in the Shadows / 09. Silent Lucidity / 10. Jet City Woman / 11. Empire / 12. Eyes of a Stranger
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Queensrÿche at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA on May 12, 2012 (M3 Rock Festival). Setlist: 01. Get Started / 02. Damaged / 03. I Don't Believe in Love / 04. Hit the Black / 05. I'm American / 06. NM 156 / 07. Screaming in Digital / 08. The Lady Wore Black / 09. Walk in the Shadows / 10. Silent Lucidity / 11. Jet City Woman / 12. Empire / 13. Eyes of a Stranger
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The cameras filming a TV pilot capture the brutal killings of a home renovation crew.
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Mindcrime at the Moore is a live album and DVD by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche, that was released on July 3, 2007. The album/DVD was recorded live during Queensrÿche's three night stint at The Moore Theatre in Seattle in October 2006, on the band's tour in support of Operation: Mindcrime II. The group performed that album and 1988's Operation: Mindcrime in their entirety, supported by a cast of actors and by the Seattle Seahawks Drumline. Also included on the DVD is a tour documentary, a piece on the band’s "Rock & Ride Across America" charity motorcycle ride for the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, and a live performance of "The Chase" from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, featuring Ronnie James Dio's only public appearance as Dr. X. The DVD live concert was edited by Scott C. Wilson.
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The summer tour was a co-headlining run with Dream Theater. Queensrÿche perform classics, their newest songs and a cover encore of The Who's 'Won't Get Fooled Again' with Dream Theater.
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This compilation of music videos, concert clips and commentary will have Queensryche fans rockin' the house. Packed with videos from the "Empire" album, the program also features sessions from MTV's "Unplugged" and live performance footage. Alternate versions of "Eyes of a Stranger" and "Another Rainy Night" coupled with band member interviews reveal the creative range of these iconoclastic heavy metal performers.
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Live Evolution is the title of a 2001 live album and a DVD released by Queensrÿche. It was recorded over two nights (July 27–28, 2001) at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington. On the CD the tracks were collected in suites, which represent different moments of the band production and include a large section of the concept album Operation: Mindcrime. The DVD contains footage shot at the same concerts and features less songs listed in the order they were played during the shows.
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Queensryche at MTV Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA 01 I Will Remember (take 1)
02 The Killing Words
03 Della Brown
04 Silent Lucidity (take 1)
05 Scarborough Fair (take 1)
06 The Lady Wore Black
07 I Will remember (take 2)
08 Scarborough Fair (take 2)
09 Silent Lucidity (take 2)
10 Is Anybody Listening? (take 1)
11 Is Anybody Listening? (take 2)
12 Rockin' In The Free World
13 Silent Lucidity (take 3)
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Queensryche's massively popular concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" -- which tells the story of a junkie hit man -- comes to life in this rousing theatrical performance from 1991. Singer Geoff Tate is in fine voice as the progressive hard rockers rip through "I Remember Now," "Anarchy-X," "Speak," "Spreading the Disease," "The Mission," "Suite Sister Mary," "The Needle Lies" and more. Also included is an interview with Tate.
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Video magazine with interviews and video clips.
Featured on this volume is: Aerosmith, Poison, Damn Yankees, Whitesnake, Ozzy, Cheap Trick, Overkill, Love/Hate, Queensryche and more.
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Compilation of music videos for the US heavy metal band Queensrÿche's classic 1988 concept album Operation: Mindcrime about disillusioned Nikki, brainwashed by sinister Dr. X to kill for him. Nikki falls for one of his targets - nun Mary.
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Queensryche - Live In Tokyo
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Upcoming noir-crime drama about a New York City detective investigating the murder of his daughter.
