Queensryche announce album of covers
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Topic: Queensryche announce album of covers
Posted By: jikai55
Subject: Queensryche announce album of covers
Date Posted: August 29 2007 at 09:45
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003631740  -------------  I like cheese and I like metal! --Mikael Åkerfeldt |
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Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: August 29 2007 at 10:34
This is a band that urgantly needs to pull a creative Rabbit out their hat and release a great CD ... doing a covers CD is the last thing they should be thinking about doing IMHO (though it will go down well at the state fair) 
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: August 29 2007 at 12:33
Agree'd |
Yorkie X wrote:Posted By: FranMuzak
Date Posted: August 29 2007 at 13:02
| ^Agree too. Although would be interesting to hear those songs from Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, U2 and The Police in a Queensryche style. I just hope this isn't going to be just another weak album to add to their recent career. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 29 2007 at 17:40
^^ if ever there was a band with a one way ticket to Palookaville.....
and to think, they used to be so great 15 years ago.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: August 29 2007 at 17:55
 for a second I thought this thread was entitled 'A cover full of albums' - like in a box compilation.Can't say I like this idea, but I moved on after Empire anyway.... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: August 29 2007 at 23:25
| I enjoyed Tribe and OMII, but this is testing my patience a little. As Yorkie said, these guys need to be focusing on winning back fans (critics have actually stayed with them for the most part) before they indulge. Mindcrime at the Moore was a good step in showing how well the new stuff fits with the old, and they could have capitalized on it. Sill, it might be interesting to hear some of these. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 30 2007 at 08:16
so did they, Angelo..... in the wrong direction....  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: August 30 2007 at 10:31
You guys definitely need to relisten to Promised Land, such a great album (their most artsy and moody, beautiful piece of work really!!!) It went downhill (and what a drop!!!) with Hear in the Now Frontier, followed by Q2K (
 ), picked it up for Tribe and Mindcrime II.Seriously, do yourself a favor and rediscover Promised Land.
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Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 00:12
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 04:29
^ Agreed 100% ... from a prog perspective Promised Land is their most interesting album by far. You simply cannot judge this band's prog status if you haven't heard this album. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 06:46
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^^I agree... PL is one of my Q'ryche faves...bought it the week it came out in '94 and must have heard it over 250 times.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 08:02
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^^^Careful now - I never said Queensryche isn't prog, but I did move away after Empire. Last year I bought Mindcrime II and I only played it 4 or 5 times, it simply doesn't have the magic of the original, nor the power of songs like Road to Madness... I'll give Promised Land a chance if you say so, though. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 08:29
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^ Let us know what you think of it!
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 09:23
All in due time, Mike  I have to get through a stack of Collegium Musicum, Herbie Hancock and Julverne first....EDIT: Hehe, I just saw the track listing. At least they don't get up at 6:00am, like Dream Theater did on Awake:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 01 2007 at 11:43
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 14 2007 at 19:58
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I've had Operation Mindcrime II playing in my car for the last two weeks (which means I've listened to it about 4 or 5 times in a row). It is "classic" Queensryche. It is an excellent album by them. Like many people here, the original Mindcrime and Empire are my favorites from the 'Ryche, but I like most of their output. Dio has a small part as Dr. X but it is awesome to hear him and Tate singing on the same songs. On an aside, has anybody heard the "old" rumors about Geoff Tate's involvement in a band called The Three Tremors with Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Rob Halford of Judas Priest. Was there any truth to this? Did it ever happen? ------------- 
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: September 14 2007 at 20:07
| The Three Tremors never panned out. The closest thing came when all three performed The One You Love to Hate when Halford went on tour with his solo band in 2000 |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 14 2007 at 20:14
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Thanks. That's too bad it didn't pan out. That might have been an interesting group. I think that I have a Halford double live album. I wonder if that is on there. I will have to check. -------------
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: November 18 2007 at 17:36
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just added in PA by Raf the song choices seem interesting but I don't think I will bother to listen to it the band has not revived since Promised Land... even OMII was quite 'uninspired' IMHO |