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GEOFF TATE Says His Upcoming 'Operation: Mindcrime III' Album Will Explain More Of 'What Is Happening Within The Story'

In a new interview with 96.1 KLPX afternoon jock Larry Mac, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about his upcoming "Operation: Mindcrime - The Final Chapter" tour. The U.S. leg of the trek, which will kick off on March 18, 2025 in Tucson, will see the 66-year-old vocalist perform the band's...
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I really, really hope he puts together songs that better fit the original O:M than the sequel (in which the first 2/3 of the songs were fine, had they been branded a solo venture. Certainly not QR worthy and especially not if the band didn't really play on it). His current band are good musicians though and they vibe on stage, so I'm hopeful it will at least be decent.
 
Yax said:
The booking/touring company he partners with being from Vaasa probably has something to do with it.
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Interesting, I had no idea about that. I've noticed he seems to come here all the time though. Some of the towns he visits are really small too.
 
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GEOFF TATE Says His Upcoming 'Operation: Mindcrime III' Album Will Explain More Of 'What Is Happening Within The Story'

In a new interview with 96.1 KLPX afternoon jock Larry Mac, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about his upcoming "Operation: Mindcrime - The Final Chapter" tour. The U.S. leg of the trek, which will kick off on March 18, 2025 in Tucson, will see the 66-year-old vocalist perform the band's...
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I really, really hope he puts together songs that better fit the original O:M than the sequel (in which the first 2/3 of the songs were fine, had they been branded a solo venture. Certainly not QR worthy and especially not if the band didn't really play on it). His current band are good musicians though and they vibe on stage, so I'm hopeful it will at least be decent.
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Yeah, this is exactly what makes me so sick about Tate. Constantly claiming he is done with Queensryche (and metal), but at the same time constantly touring with their catalogue and now even continuing with Queensryche material. Please Goeff, either just stop it and focus on your career, or at least be a man and admit that you would sell your firstborn and your left testicle to be back in Queensryche. It is so blatantly obvious.

And please don't taint this classic even more. Musically, the 2nd part fell extremely short to the first one. And the story of the whole concept is pretty poor to begin with. O:M is a masterpiece bc of the music, but definitely not because of the story, which is basic cliche villain-vs-wannabe-antihero stuff without any depth. Clearly no basis for TWO sequels.
 
Yax said:
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GEOFF TATE Says His Upcoming 'Operation: Mindcrime III' Album Will Explain More Of 'What Is Happening Within The Story'

In a new interview with 96.1 KLPX afternoon jock Larry Mac, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about his upcoming "Operation: Mindcrime - The Final Chapter" tour. The U.S. leg of the trek, which will kick off on March 18, 2025 in Tucson, will see the 66-year-old vocalist perform the band's...
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I really, really hope he puts together songs that better fit the original O:M than the sequel (in which the first 2/3 of the songs were fine, had they been branded a solo venture. Certainly not QR worthy and especially not if the band didn't really play on it). His current band are good musicians though and they vibe on stage, so I'm hopeful it will at least be decent.
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My problem with this is I really can't imagine what would make a third Mindcrime worth listening to. We know that musically it's not going to be close to the original since Tate is the only one from the original involved. As far as the lyrics go, it's not like the original Mindcrime left anything open that we need to learn about on the sequel album. And now that there is a sequel album out there, there's even less room for further development. The story itself is pretty basic, it's not like Geoff Tate was doing any world-building and creating Dune here.
 
Geoff posted on his Instagram that he took his bass player and guitar player to the Queensryche show in Copenhagen yesterday. That's pretty cool. I think the last time he caught QR were in 2018-2019 at a festival both acts played, which had Geoff and the QR guys engaging in a bit of small talk and pictures.
 
Yax said:
Did you spot Tate?
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No, unfortunately not - though reading questions like these are the greatest Mandela effect generators. Did I really see someone yesterday and wonder "Oh damn, that dude looks a bit like Tate", or does this question suddenly make me feel as if I felt that?

I was having such a great Friday too before I got unsure hahahahaha mannen varför var du tvungen
 
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Abas said:
That show in Copenhagen yesterday was a fucking great one. Night Demon were also top 3 opening bands I ever saw
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It was just the other day I reminisced how nice that show was. And would you know, they have announced a new Europe 2026 tour already!
Three weeks and lucky me they are somewhere near me again. Excited to see what they will play this time around - though I wouldn't say no to the same stuff as last year's.
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Let's hope they come back with relevant songs. Since after the self-titled album, I have been unable to remember any song, though I've given their chance to Condition: Human, The Verdict and Digital Noise Alliance.
They really should have quit after Q2K, to be honest ("The Right Side of My Mind" would have been a fitting farewell). :(
 
Black Bart said:
They really should have quit after Q2K, to be honest ("The Right Side of My Mind" would have been a fitting farewell). :(
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Nah, Tribe was a really good album, with several DeGarmo co-penned songs. But OM:2 should certainly have been branded a Tate solo release, like his upcoming OM:3.

Which reminds me, Tate announced three dates in Sweden in October/November, so I guess I'm seeing Mindcrime in its entirety one or two more times.
 
Yax said:
Nah, Tribe was a really good album, with several DeGarmo co-penned songs.
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I admit that Tribe has its moments, but it lacks focus in my opinion. And the recording process really spelled out "beating the dead horse", with DeGarmo contributing writing, but refusing to continue with the band all the same.
That said, back in 2002, there wasn't as much as demand for nostalgia acts as nowadays, so why not release that...
 
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I admit that Tribe has its moments, but it lacks focus in my opinion. And the recording process really spelled out "beating the dead horse", with DeGarmo contributing writing, but refusing to continue with the band all the same.
That said, back in 2002, there wasn't as much as demand for nostalgia acts as nowadays, so why not release that...
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Well, DeGarmo left the sessions after Tate flipped out on him for helping out with producing the vocal recordings like back in the day. Had this not happened, we might have had the band do an all-out reunion.
 
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Well, DeGarmo left the sessions after Tate flipped out on him for helping out with producing the vocal recordings like back in the day.
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Interesting. Have you got a source? From what I can find here and in the court declarations from Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield in 2012, I didn't remember it was that specific.
 
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I have read it on a QR forum a couple of times, but it has since shut down. Might have been the guy who since wrote a book on QR, Brian, but don't remember. He used to have access to the band.
 
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