OT-QUEENSRŸCHE Part Ways With Guitarist Mike Stone

[jrnyman28]

Shame, Empire and OM 1 are two of the best albums in prog history. They suck now, and we can thank Geoff Tate's overblown ego for that.

are you sure it wasnt because Chris DeGarmo just lost interest and quit.... i love empire and OM 1...

DeGarmo's a commerical jet pilot now, of all things. Tate's still a cocksucker, that's well-documented. Hear In The Now Frontier is one of the biggest piles of dog shit I've ever heard. My car wouldn't start for three days after I unknowingly tried to play that thing in my car. After that, it was game over. I haven't heard OM 2, but I've heard a very mixed bag about it. If I ever see it for like 3 bucks I'll pick it up.

HITNF was DeGarmo's baby...

[jrnyman28]

the last good album they did was 'empire' back in 1990.

Promisd Land is a GREAT CD. Tribe was fair. OMII was not bad, just suffered from budget and production. Live OMII has been very successful.

[conversationpc]

the last good album they did was 'empire' back in 1990.

Promisd Land is a GREAT CD. Tribe was fair. OMII was not bad, just suffered from budget and production. Live OMII has been very successful.

Agreed on "Promised Land"...Very different from what came before it but I love it.

[Rip Rokken]

The only image I have imprinted on my mind of Geoff Tate is the "We're Stars" video....with his brunette Flock of Seagulls doo, and his operatic yodeling....

If you ever catch the behind the scenes cuts from those sessions, they really humanize a bunch of these guys during the recording process, especially Tate. Takes away a lot of the thinking that these guys just open their mouths and the polished perfection you hear on the albums comes out... haha!

[Rip Rokken]

the last good album they did was 'empire' back in 1990.

Promisd Land is a GREAT CD. Tribe was fair. OMII was not bad, just suffered from budget and production. Live OMII has been very successful.

Agreed on "Promised Land"...Very different from what came before it but I love it.

Great songs on it, but it just didn't stick with me overall like the previous 3 albums did.

[SF-Dano]

I would love to see Frank Aresti from Fates Warning with them....
guy can play, sing and! write....

Cool choice.

For some reason I always felt that Alex Skolnick of Testament/TSO would fit well with the ryche. Might help them return to a bit harder sound.

Stone grew on me after a while, I thought he did a good job.

[Alex Landenburg]

I would love to see Frank Aresti from Fates Warning with them....
guy can play, sing and! write....

Cool choice.

For some reason I always felt that Alex Skolnick of Testament/TSO would fit well with the ryche. Might help them return to a bit harder sound.

Stone grew on me after a while, I thought he did a good job.

yeah, many seem to feel that way

http://petitionspot.com/petitions/queensryche

just found that on blabbermouth underneath a jss article....