"When I See Geoff Tate Smile"

[Rocker Chic]

He sounded AWESOME in Dallas the other night... I wasn't expecting that, and was really blown away.

Rip, didn't I tell you that already???!!!

Damn, why won't men just listen.

Debbie

[Ratgirl]

He sounded AWESOME in Dallas the other night... I wasn't expecting that, and was really blown away.

Rip, didn't I tell you that already???!!!

Damn, why won't men just listen.

Debbie

Typical man!

[Lady Luck]

Hey Angela...

You can see Ed handing you his pick during Jet City Woman. I think my hand makes an appearance or two. LOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_HtbmKj ... re=related

CLEARWATERHAG got some great clips!

[Rip Rokken]

Of course.. More than likely if you put in for both, you would get one or the other. They claim it's a lottery type system. This is the first time I've got passes and I've tried 3 other times.

If you could also meet the band during soundcheck, I guess it wouldn't really matter. Might be nicer to do that than bother them after the show. All I know is that it looked like the VIP fans were being very well treated that night. Maybe if not enough people request passes to a show, they will give both.

[Rip Rokken]

He sounded AWESOME in Dallas the other night... I wasn't expecting that, and was really blown away.

Rip, didn't I tell you that already???!!!

Damn, why won't men just listen.

Debbie

Typical man!

I must not have been paying attention. Like any good man, I was probably too busy thinking about myself.

[Rip Rokken]

What all comes in the fan club kit? I'll be joining shortly.

Mine came with:

(1) 8x10 signed by the whole band (Geoff has short hair/glasses in it)
(2) "Operation Mindcrime II" round stickers (1 white and 1 black)
(1) "The Best of Queenrryche: Sign Of The Times" promo sticker
(1) "Queensryche: Mindcrime at the Moore" postcard-sized promo
(1) "Queensryche: Take Cover" postcard-sized promo

[Lady Luck]

Rip, here's one for you from Tampa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vihRJ8IJ ... re=related

[Blueskies]

He sounded AWESOME in Dallas the other night... I wasn't expecting that, and was really blown away.

Rip, didn't I tell you that already???!!!

Damn, why won't men just listen.

Debbie

Typical man!

I must not have been paying attention. Like any good man, I was probably too busy thinking about myself.

Never more truer words have been spoken on this board

[Ratgirl]

Hey Angela...

You can see Ed handing you his pick during Jet City Woman. I think my hand makes an appearance or two. LOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_HtbmKj ... re=related

CLEARWATERHAG got some great clips!

Awesome.. I'll have to check it out when I get home. I cant access it at work.

[Ratgirl]

He sounded AWESOME in Dallas the other night... I wasn't expecting that, and was really blown away.

Rip, didn't I tell you that already???!!!

Damn, why won't men just listen.

Debbie

Typical man!

I must not have been paying attention. Like any good man, I was probably too busy thinking about myself.

LOL!

[Lady Luck]

Of course.. More than likely if you put in for both, you would get one or the other. They claim it's a lottery type system. This is the first time I've got passes and I've tried 3 other times.

If you could also meet the band during soundcheck, I guess it wouldn't really matter. Might be nicer to do that than bother them after the show. All I know is that it looked like the VIP fans were being very well treated that night. Maybe if not enough people request passes to a show, they will give both.

Their M&G was great. I was expecting it to be the usual cattle line up process with the band sitting at a table but it wasn't. There was about 20 people waiting upstairs and each band member came out and just started chatting it up with fans. Once they got done signing stuff and photos with a few people, they'd move on to the next few. There was a time limit though. I didn't get Whip's autograph or photo because the bus was fixing to leave without him. LOL I think they had a show in New Orleans the next night, so they had quite a drive.

[Ratgirl]

Of course.. More than likely if you put in for both, you would get one or the other. They claim it's a lottery type system. This is the first time I've got passes and I've tried 3 other times.

If you could also meet the band during soundcheck, I guess it wouldn't really matter. Might be nicer to do that than bother them after the show. All I know is that it looked like the VIP fans were being very well treated that night. Maybe if not enough people request passes to a show, they will give both.

Their M&G was great. I was expecting it to be the usual cattle line up process with the band sitting at a table but it wasn't. There was about 20 people waiting upstairs and each band member came out and just started chatting it up with fans. Once they got done signing stuff and photos with a few people, they'd move on to the next few. There was a time limit though. I didn't get Whip's autograph or photo because the bus was fixing to leave without him. LOL I think they had a show in New Orleans the next night, so they had quite a drive.

I couldnt believe how short all the guys were. They had to be no taller than 5'7 or 5'8. I felt tall..
Stone took it real well though.

[Lady Luck]

Of course.. More than likely if you put in for both, you would get one or the other. They claim it's a lottery type system. This is the first time I've got passes and I've tried 3 other times.

If you could also meet the band during soundcheck, I guess it wouldn't really matter. Might be nicer to do that than bother them after the show. All I know is that it looked like the VIP fans were being very well treated that night. Maybe if not enough people request passes to a show, they will give both.

Their M&G was great. I was expecting it to be the usual cattle line up process with the band sitting at a table but it wasn't. There was about 20 people waiting upstairs and each band member came out and just started chatting it up with fans. Once they got done signing stuff and photos with a few people, they'd move on to the next few. There was a time limit though. I didn't get Whip's autograph or photo because the bus was fixing to leave without him. LOL I think they had a show in New Orleans the next night, so they had quite a drive.

I couldnt believe how short all the guys were. They had to be no taller than 5'7 or 5'8. I felt tall..
Stone took it real well though.

They're the perfect height for me. LOL! Looking at my pic with Geoff, he's definitely the tallest. I'm 5'4" and he looks to be about 5'8"...5'9" at the most.

Yeah he did. When he said how people tell him all the time, "I can't believe how small you are"...the door was wide open, but I was a good girl.

[Ratgirl]

Of course.. More than likely if you put in for both, you would get one or the other. They claim it's a lottery type system. This is the first time I've got passes and I've tried 3 other times.

If you could also meet the band during soundcheck, I guess it wouldn't really matter. Might be nicer to do that than bother them after the show. All I know is that it looked like the VIP fans were being very well treated that night. Maybe if not enough people request passes to a show, they will give both.

Their M&G was great. I was expecting it to be the usual cattle line up process with the band sitting at a table but it wasn't. There was about 20 people waiting upstairs and each band member came out and just started chatting it up with fans. Once they got done signing stuff and photos with a few people, they'd move on to the next few. There was a time limit though. I didn't get Whip's autograph or photo because the bus was fixing to leave without him. LOL I think they had a show in New Orleans the next night, so they had quite a drive.

I couldnt believe how short all the guys were. They had to be no taller than 5'7 or 5'8. I felt tall..
Stone took it real well though.

They're the perfect height for me. LOL! Looking at my pic with Geoff, he's definitely the tallest. I'm 5'4" and he looks to be about 5'8"...5'9" at the most.

Yeah he did. When he said how people tell him all the time, "I can't believe how small you are"...the door was wide open, but I was a good girl.

Yeah.. but your short. LOL!

I found him and Scott to be the most personable. Great guys, all of them.

[7 Wishes]

I defy ANYONE to tell me the 'Ryche aren't all demi-gods. They laid the framework for every single European hard rock / melodic metal band out there.

Tate is unreal. The show with Dream Theater a few years back was mindcryme-blowing. Wow.

[Ratgirl]

Hey Angela...

You can see Ed handing you his pick during Jet City Woman. I think my hand makes an appearance or two. LOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_HtbmKj ... re=related

CLEARWATERHAG got some great clips!

Too cool.. thanks lady!

[mikemarrs]

[mikemarrs]

a young geoff there at far left.....

[mistiejourney]

a young geoff there at far left.....

I thought that was a girl! Or Boy George

No disrespect intended, that's just what I saw at first!

[Ratgirl]

a young geoff there at far left.....

Gotta love the 80s.. yikes!

[weatherman90]

Alright Rip, I just finished listening to Empires. I'm hooked on "Best I Can" at this point, and of course "Jet City Woman" which I've known about for a long time.

It's a very good album - sounds almost ahead of its time.

[Rip Rokken]

Alright Rip, I just finished listening to Empires. I'm hooked on "Best I Can" at this point, and of course "Jet City Woman" which I've known about for a long time.

It's a very good album - sounds almost ahead of its time.

Awesome songs on there -- I love every single one of them, and amazingly, the title track became one of my lesser faves from that album. "Della Brown" is a great song, too! Be sure to catch that one unplugged when you can... Other faves are "Hand On Heart" and "Anybody Listening?" Great album...

[Rip Rokken]

He's starting to resemble Kim Jong IL.

LOL! Someone else on the Metal Sludge board asked me if that's who it was, too!

[JohnH]

my coworker Armando just got in on the Queensryche Neon Knights competition in San Diego and was personally called by Geoff's wife. Hope he wins, he sings great.

John

[mikemarrs]

empire is queensryche very best release.almost every song on this is good.i never cared for the ballad 'silent lucidity' but it was a huge hit back in '90 but everything else on there was pretty good.

[Ratgirl]

my coworker Armando just got in on the Queensryche Neon Knights competition in San Diego and was personally called by Geoff's wife. Hope he wins, he sings great.

John

The guy who performed here in Tampa was amazing too..
Hopefully Krista can find the youtube of him.. Im stuck here at work.
I think his name was Vincent Solano or something.

[Rip Rokken]

In Dallas, 3 people competed to sing "The Machine" (Pink Floyd cover) w/Queensryche, and we all thought the 2nd guy was the best of all -- he even sounded like Geoff Tate (but looked like Bo Bice... haha!). For some reason, they picked the third guy, who was bald and had a longgg goat beard. He got the most applause, but he was also apparently from a local band, so he must have been better known by people in the audience. Either way, he looked to be having a blast with the band when he played.

Mikemarrs -- I also love "Empire", but for me, I thought it was just a little too much more commercial than "Operation Mindcrime", so as much as I love "Empire", it's not my top. I honestly can't really rank them, because they are all so different, I love them all for different reasons.

By the way, what the heck does this thread have to do with Dokken? Can we please get back on topic? J/K !!!

[Lady Luck]

my coworker Armando just got in on the Queensryche Neon Knights competition in San Diego and was personally called by Geoff's wife. Hope he wins, he sings great.

John

The guy who performed here in Tampa was amazing too..
Hopefully Krista can find the youtube of him.. Im stuck here at work.
I think his name was Vincent Solano or something.

All the performances are uploaded on Ryche's web site. There is a Youtube, but the quality is better here.

http://www.queensryche.com/sing/

The finalist in Orlando was pretty good too.

[Rocker Chic]

empire is queensryche very best release.almost every song on this is good.i never cared for the ballad 'silent lucidity' but it was a huge hit back in '90 but everything else on there was pretty good.

Love, love, love "Empire" but hate, hate, hate Silent Lucidity. From anyone else, on any other album, I probably would have liked it, but it just seemed to mellow and ballad-y for Queensryche for me. It's their more powerful, passionate, harder edged songs that blow me away.

Debbie

[Ratgirl]

my coworker Armando just got in on the Queensryche Neon Knights competition in San Diego and was personally called by Geoff's wife. Hope he wins, he sings great.

John

The guy who performed here in Tampa was amazing too..
Hopefully Krista can find the youtube of him.. Im stuck here at work.
I think his name was Vincent Solano or something.

All the performances are uploaded on Ryche's web site. There is a Youtube, but the quality is better here.

http://www.queensryche.com/sing/

The finalist in Orlando was pretty good too.

Noway.. Vinny was miles away from the Orlando guy.