On March 30, 2025, Geoff Tate performed with his Operation: mindcrime band at Empire Garage in Austin, Texas, during “The Final Chapter” tour. The concert showcased his remarkable vocal…

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I gotta admit, I wasn't totally sure that I'd be loving Geoff Tate's concert at the Great Canadian Casino Vancouver last night.

One of my favourite prog-metal albums of all time is Operation: Mindcrime, released by Queensrÿche in the Year of Our Metal Lord, 1988.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 19, 1991 By Steve Newton When it comes to progressive rock bands from the ’70s, there’s no middle ground—people either love ’em or hate ’em. Fans of groups like Yes, King ...

I've interviewed Geoff Tate three times, but I think this is my favourite of the three conversations because at the time Queensrÿche was tou

LOS ANGELES, CA: Rock musician, actor, songwriter and filmmaker Kurt Deimer is honoring Suicide Prevention Month with a deeply personal reinvention of the Queensrÿche classic song “Silent Lucidity,…

At the big metal show slated for the Coliseum on Wednesday Queensrÿche will perform between openers Halford and headliners Iron Maiden.

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Geoff Tate is returning to Australia with a set that reaches from the earliest days of Queensrÿche through to the album that became the band's defining conceptual work. Presented by Hardline Media, the tour will see Tate perform ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ in its entirety for the final time in Australia, alongside the complete ‘Queen of the Reich’ debut EP and a selection of career favourites. The shows will visit Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, giving Australian audiences one last opportunity to hear ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ performed from beginning to end. Released in 1988, the record helped establish Queensrÿche at the forefront of progressive metal, combining a continuous political narrative with a collection of songs that have remained central to Tate's live repertoire.

This song just grips you. Here is yet another in a long line of incredible songs that almost ended up on the cutting room floor. ‘Silent Lucidity’ is a song that that has that rare capacity to actu…