The Charismatic Voice - Hot For Teacher

[Seshmeister]

Yeah, so glad she sees the humor in this otherwise sexist video.


I'm so woke these days.



I blame slave FORD

You are falling into the trap of mistaking sexy with sexist.

[Seshmeister]

They both wear mascara, too!

I'm guessing she has never spat on a drummer or any percussionist but who knows?

If you are a big fan of Geoff Tate I recommend you never read the court documents on the Queensryche case.

I say that as someone who is going to his gig here in a couple of weeks but yeah I wish I knew less....

[Terry]

Was never particularly a big fan of either Queensryche or Tate, but I do recall thinking in the late 80's that Tate was actually singing rather than just yelling, unlike a lot of other 80's American hard rock singers.

I only saw him live once, in a sort of incidental way. 'Queensryche' was the opening act on a triple bill in...2006(?). Or maybe 2007. It was Queensryche, then Alice Cooper with Black Sabbath headlining. It was the Ronnie Dio version of Sabbath. So, I think that was billed as Heaven And Hell, if memory serves...the headlining act, that is. I'm pretty sure the opening act was billed as Queensryche. Maybe it was billed as Geoff Tate's Queensryche, or Queensryche featuring Geoff Tate. Whatever. I think Tate may have been the only member of the 1980's Queensryche playing that night.

Anyway, Queensryche/Tate live didn't leave much of an impression on me that night. Tate sounded okay, but the band sounded a bit amateurish. Definitely came across like what it was, I suppose, which was an old rock act a decade past its prime carrying on with no particular purpose and not a lot of energy. Even more so when contrasted with Heaven And Hell, who I must say were very, very good that night: if you're gonna do a nostalgia gig, at the least a band can still deliver the goods live should it be the case that there's no creative juice left re: new music. Heaven And Hell circa 2006/2007 could still deliver live, but that version of Queensryche I saw that night...one got the impression the band was lucky to have even got that opening slot on that tour, which was a tour of mostly 10k + capacity arenas.

[ZahZoo]

Yeah, so glad she sees the humor in this otherwise sexist video.


I'm so woke these days.



I blame slave FORD

As someone who tends to embrace more cultural fringe elements and scoffs at mainstream popular things... this surprises me that you, of all people, would be jumping on this latest cultural woke fad.

What's next..? You gonna discover country music and make a pilgrimage to Nashville to shop for some gender neutral western boots and rhinestone skinny jeans..?

Stay tuned for the next episode of Kristy Goes Country™...

[Seshmeister]

I actually first heard the terms woke and privilege on this message board of all places from Kristy back years ago when presumably she learned them that time she went to college for a while.

We need some new young blood here so we can find out what's coming next...

The vibe I'm getting is a complete lack of humor from the left and the right.

[Seshmeister]

Was never particularly a big fan of either Queensryche or Tate, but I do recall thinking in the late 80's that Tate was actually singing rather than just yelling, unlike a lot of other 80's American hard rock singers.

I only saw him live once, in a sort of incidental way. 'Queensryche' was the opening act on a triple bill in...2006(?). Or maybe 2007. It was Queensryche, then Alice Cooper with Black Sabbath headlining. It was the Ronnie Dio version of Sabbath. So, I think that was billed as Heaven And Hell, if memory serves...the headlining act, that is. I'm pretty sure the opening act was billed as Queensryche. Maybe it was billed as Geoff Tate's Queensryche, or Queensryche featuring Geoff Tate. Whatever. I think Tate may have been the only member of the 1980's Queensryche playing that night.

By 2006 they had lost the plot completely, things started to go downhill from about 1993 and then they lost their main writer and lead guitarist in 1997 so you were seeing them close the their nadir although it was basically still the original members.

They split up around 2012 and are better for it tbh because now you have 2 bands competing against each other.

The Tate business model is pretty unique, he hires European backing band members and then sells tour packages to US fans for $5k or so and you travel with the band. On days between shows the band members double up as tour guides so for example next week they are doing Scotland and their Scottish guitarists will be taking fans around castles and shit before you get a VIP pass to the gigs which are at club venues maybe 3/400 or so people. The band travel super light using line 6 type stuff rather than a proper backline to keep costs down. I think next year it's NW USA so if you live up that way and know your history and can play Queensryche songs keep an eye out in the jobs vacancy pages. FORD?

[Von Halen]

Stay tuned for the next episode of Kristy Goes Country™...

I think you meant Kristy Goes Cuntry.

The Roth Army has always been ahead of its time. What other message forum openly welcomed the transgender into their family, like we welcomed Kristy all those years ago?

[Von Halen]

The Empire tour was nothing short of phenomenal. They really should put the original band back together. Although the drummer seems to be missing in action.

[Seshmeister]

Yeah I was at the Empire tour as well.

I would be really surprised if they ever reform, a lot of bad blood there. To be honest given their track record without DeGarmo I'm not very interested in any new music they would come up with so without him and Rockenfield a greatest hits night with Tate and a hired band is about as good as it's going to get. Last year he did the whole of Rage For Order and it was actually a really good show.

[Mushroom]

My hot take on Queensryche, in case you were waiting for me:
Operation Mindcrime was their masterpiece.
Empire was subpar, mostly boring,and beginning of the end.
Geoff Tate has the personality of a tree stump.

[Nickdfresh]

Yeah I was at the Empire tour as well.

I would be really surprised if they ever reform, a lot of bad blood there. To be honest given their track record without DeGarmo I'm not very interested in any new music they would come up with so without him and Rockenfield a greatest hits night with Tate and a hired band is about as good as it's going to get. Last year he did the whole of Rage For Order and it was actually a really good show.

I recall something about Geoff Tate swinging a knife around at other members of the band, yeah I'd say there's some bad blood...