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I have not like anything from Q since Empire. Geoff is one of the best vocalists ever, it's a shame he's being wasted like this. I'm off to listen to Operation Mindcrime. Ciao.

31 is way too generous this should have gotten the crap of the month award. This next to St Anger is one of the worst albums done by any band in the rock/metal world.

Queensryche need to call it quits and this monstrosity is living proof they should end it right now.

I'd give it a 65-70/100. It's a good album by a band who clearly had a lot of fun in the making. I guess the best way not to be disappointed by a Queensrÿche album is to not expect something for it, that was the case for me with American Soldier and again with DtC and both have been good surprises.

Surely if you're actively looking for ways to not be disappointed by a band's new album, that speaks volumes about the band's current status? It may be that some people are too critical, clinging to their ideals of what a band "should" be, but it's certainly possible to go too far the other way as well, defending something just for the sake of it, whether it deserves it or not. Having said all that, I haven't actually heard this yet, but I really don't want to based on their last couple...and the album cover and song titles fucking stink.

Seriously this is what the band has been reduced to (Warning not for the faint of heart):













































They've been reduced to creating shitty ass albums and shitty ass cabaret tours.

So no I don't expect them to make any decent albums anymore not with DeGarmo out of the equation.

DeGarmo can't save these cats. It's the Geoff Tate Show now. That fact is clear.

And let's not forget, Hear In The Now Frontier was pretty much a DeGarmo solo album. And I imagine you dislike that one. DeGarmo co-wrote some tunes on Tribe...and they're not great. Spys4Darwin, his post-QR band, was alt-rock. He's also worked with Dredg since then.

Musically, he's done nothing even closely resembling the Queensryche everyone wants to hear again, so why does anyone think DeGarmo would somehow save this band? He won't. He's probably less "metal" than the rest of the guys at this point.

Oh, and this album sucks.

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Their continuous sinking is painful to me, since they're still my second favourite band ever (behind JP only), based exclusively on their first 4 albums. And in some ways, in some moods, they can even touch me on a more personal and intimate level than the Priest does. Which makes it so hard for me to stomach this long series of mediocre or shitty albums. Although I'm sure their legacy will remain, no matter what, I can't help feeling but sadness whenever I remember this incredible waste of time and talent that by now constitutes the better part of their carier.

Do you have specifics on the "show" this picture was taken from? I mean, what the hell is this?

It's from their "cabaret" tour. It's real...and it's lame.

I... had no idea.

edit: Alright, watching videos right now. Lame songs & undressed chicks. Mkay, I think I get the concept... I'm insanely glad I stayed away from this band all these years.

The problem is that too many people are expecting Queensrÿche to be something they're not. They're not a progressive metal band, a heavy metal band, an alternative metal band, a progressive rock band or a new wave metal band (tell me RfO doesn't sound an awful lot like the new wave music that was released at that time!)... They're all of that and probably some other things that I did not think of. IMHO the element of suprise is primordial in how these men lead their career and, oh boy!, have they surprised us!
As far as Queensrÿche will remain doing whatever they want the way they want to do it (aka not like that utter piece of opportunistic crap Mindcrime II was), they'll remain an interesting act despite them losing fans (and not gaining as many) at every twist of their evolution.

I agree, but it's definitely a metal album overall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuNtjy9Cl-w

It could have been that kind of an album.

I just died a little inside...

Damn! They've been at it for almost 30 years now, can't they have their fun? I honestly don't see what's wrong with this... Not that I want to see Geoff in speedo (I'd rather have the same with Lacuna Coil ), but it's just harmless fun.
Get over it, geez.

It's just hard to see one of my idols dressed like a bitch.

How do you look like at the beach, bitch?

EDIT:

1986



And you act surprised?

That's classy glammy 80's stuff. Appearing live in underwear and with that big belly moving around it's just too much. I'm going to my bed to cry a little...

It's not Poison or Stryper we're talking about, it's Queensrÿche. By the time's standards this was even worse than the speedo and beer belly, trust me.

I've seen old pics of The Maiden and The Priest, even Dio dressed in a similar fashion, so I don't know about those "time standards" you talk about.

I'm going to have nightmare tonight about speedo's and beer bellies...