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Started by Mr. Roboto, Jan 24 2009 05:29 PM
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Posted 24 January 2009 - 08:44 PM
Kick Ass band, never seen them live but if they come around I will definately go see them, glad you posted that vid earlier cuz I hadn't listened to them in a long while, I did pull out the old CD and listened to the whole thing while washing my car today....Again, very cool band!!!
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Posted 28 March 2009 - 02:31 AM
QUEENSRYCHE REACHES OUT TO SOLDIERS WITH NEW ALBUM:
March 27, 2009
When Queensryche singer Geoff Tate was growing up, he was curious about the experiences of his father, Perry, a career veteran who fought in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. But the elder Tate, who was nearly killed by a mortar in Korea, was of the generation who didn't discuss their service, so he didn't start opening up until recently.
The stories inspired his son to learn more about soldiers' experiences, which in turn led him to interview hundreds of vets from conflicts that spanned from World War II to the current occupation of Iraq. The results can be heard on "American Soldier," the Seattle rock band's new album on Rhino, which is due March 31.
To ensure that the soldiers whose stories inspired the album get to hear it, Rhino is heavily marketing "American Soldier" to service personnel. Vice president of marketing Kenny Nemes said the video for lead single "If I Were King" had its world premiere March 23 on military.com as a 24-hour exclusive. The label also is using TroopTube, an interactive video Web site for members of the military and their families.
When Queensryche goes back on the road, starting April 16 at Snoqualmie Casino in Seattle, it will do meet-and-greets and performances at military bases along the route and hopes to do a USO tour as well.
In addition, the band has teamed with JamsBio.com to create an online forum where fans can post tributes to soldiers and earn chances to win "American Soldier" merchandise. Queensryche also made 30,000 free download cards for "If I Were King" available March 31 at retail exchanges that serve the Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.
Sales and marketing service firm Eurpac is distributing 9,000 of the download cards to Navy stores. Vice president of purchasing Kerry Fly said he hasn't seen many artists use the card format to sell music to the military. "It will be interesting to see how it does, because it's something that's a little new and different," he said.
On the civilian side, "American Soldier" is rapidly making gains at Amazon with a presale price of $9.99. The band established a phone number for fans to call to hear daily updates about the record and to leave messages, and all four Queensryche members are now Twittering.
The record, however, goes deep into emotional territory that can't be captured within the 140-character Twitter limit. Songs detail the wrenching emotions that service people endure, like devastating survivor's guilt after watching your friends be killed ("If I Were King"), internal chaos when returning to society ("Man Down!") and homesickness ("Home Again"). Tate hopes that when troops hear the album they'll feel like "maybe they're not so alone, like other people have done this. You know, 'I can do it too, I can get through it.'
"This is the first time that I wrote songs from other people's perspectives," Tate said. "I'm not even important in this. There's no observation, there's no politics, there's no moralizing or anything like that. It's just other people's stories."
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March 27, 2009
When Queensryche singer Geoff Tate was growing up, he was curious about the experiences of his father, Perry, a career veteran who fought in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. But the elder Tate, who was nearly killed by a mortar in Korea, was of the generation who didn't discuss their service, so he didn't start opening up until recently.
The stories inspired his son to learn more about soldiers' experiences, which in turn led him to interview hundreds of vets from conflicts that spanned from World War II to the current occupation of Iraq. The results can be heard on "American Soldier," the Seattle rock band's new album on Rhino, which is due March 31.
To ensure that the soldiers whose stories inspired the album get to hear it, Rhino is heavily marketing "American Soldier" to service personnel. Vice president of marketing Kenny Nemes said the video for lead single "If I Were King" had its world premiere March 23 on military.com as a 24-hour exclusive. The label also is using TroopTube, an interactive video Web site for members of the military and their families.
When Queensryche goes back on the road, starting April 16 at Snoqualmie Casino in Seattle, it will do meet-and-greets and performances at military bases along the route and hopes to do a USO tour as well.
In addition, the band has teamed with JamsBio.com to create an online forum where fans can post tributes to soldiers and earn chances to win "American Soldier" merchandise. Queensryche also made 30,000 free download cards for "If I Were King" available March 31 at retail exchanges that serve the Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.
Sales and marketing service firm Eurpac is distributing 9,000 of the download cards to Navy stores. Vice president of purchasing Kerry Fly said he hasn't seen many artists use the card format to sell music to the military. "It will be interesting to see how it does, because it's something that's a little new and different," he said.
On the civilian side, "American Soldier" is rapidly making gains at Amazon with a presale price of $9.99. The band established a phone number for fans to call to hear daily updates about the record and to leave messages, and all four Queensryche members are now Twittering.
The record, however, goes deep into emotional territory that can't be captured within the 140-character Twitter limit. Songs detail the wrenching emotions that service people endure, like devastating survivor's guilt after watching your friends be killed ("If I Were King"), internal chaos when returning to society ("Man Down!") and homesickness ("Home Again"). Tate hopes that when troops hear the album they'll feel like "maybe they're not so alone, like other people have done this. You know, 'I can do it too, I can get through it.'
"This is the first time that I wrote songs from other people's perspectives," Tate said. "I'm not even important in this. There's no observation, there's no politics, there's no moralizing or anything like that. It's just other people's stories."
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Posted 28 March 2009 - 07:57 AM
I'll have to find a PX and check it out....Or just down load it. The last time I was in a "Navy store" was in 2004. I don't plan on looking for one really, I used to go to one near me but they closed it. Years ago it was like going to Costco where you went and bought too much stuff that lasted for a year.
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Posted 29 March 2009 - 02:05 AM
Mindcrime and Empire were a great one-two punch. While Empire was massive at the time, it didn't seem to hold up well. Never gets listed on any top album charts from that era, which is a shame.
Surprise, surprise, surprise!
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Posted 15 April 2009 - 10:58 PM
Caught up in Orlando with Kujo about half a year back. Great effin show.
They are coming back in a month or so. Same location.
O Town? I might be down for that again. I think they are coming to Ruth Eckerd in Clearwater too!
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Posted 25 April 2009 - 04:05 PM
QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate has told Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal that his band is "in negotiations" to fly over to Iraq this July to play for the troops.
QUEENSRŸCHE's new album, "American Soldier", is a boots-on-the-ground look at the soldier's life, told in part by running audio clips from soldiers themselves.
The concept album started with singer-songwriter Geoff Tate interviewing his own father — a career military man — and grew from there.
"Only the people who have been there and done that really know what it's like. The rest of us are just speculating," Tate says. "The best way to understand something is to talk to people who have actually done it."
Casual conversations evolved into formal interviews with cameras and microphones, some eventually finding their way onto the album and music videos for the songs.
"As I started writing for the project, I realized sometimes their actual voices were so much more effective, and quite a bit more moving than any sort of words I could put down. It kind of hits you in the gut," Tate says.
Read more from the Las Vegas Review-Journal
http://www.roadrunne...wsitemID=118828
QUEENSRŸCHE's new album, "American Soldier", is a boots-on-the-ground look at the soldier's life, told in part by running audio clips from soldiers themselves.
The concept album started with singer-songwriter Geoff Tate interviewing his own father — a career military man — and grew from there.
"Only the people who have been there and done that really know what it's like. The rest of us are just speculating," Tate says. "The best way to understand something is to talk to people who have actually done it."
Casual conversations evolved into formal interviews with cameras and microphones, some eventually finding their way onto the album and music videos for the songs.
"As I started writing for the project, I realized sometimes their actual voices were so much more effective, and quite a bit more moving than any sort of words I could put down. It kind of hits you in the gut," Tate says.
Read more from the Las Vegas Review-Journal
http://www.roadrunne...wsitemID=118828
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