In recent years, we have seen Geoff Tate part ways with Queensryche, the band in which he became a household name in the hard rock world. Following his departure, he formed his own version of the band, initially called Geoff Tate’s Queensryche, which put out the Frequency Unknown album back ...

It has been over a decade, but Styx is back with a new studio record! The Mission, released in June 2017, is the first studio album from the band since 2005’s Big Bang Theory, and the first of original material since 2003’s Cyclorama. While classic keyboardist/vocalist Dennis DeYoung is no ...

In the mid 1990s, Wolfsbane vocalist Blaze Bayley gained a brief few years of fame as the vocalist who replaced Bruce Dickinson in Iron Maiden. Bayley’s partnership with Maiden was short lived, and those albums tend to draw in a mixed reception from fans. Despite that, the experience did introduce him ...

With Geoff Tate’s split from Queensryche and subsequent revival with a new band under the name Operation: Mindcrime, eyes of hard rock and metal fans all over the world have turned to Tate to see what he will do next. Following the release of The Key album last year (which ...

    The battle over the Queensryche name has ended. With the “main” band (now featuring vocalist Todd La Torre) keeping rights to the name, the former “Geoff Tate's Queensryche” has evolved into Operation: Mindcrime, taking their name from the classic Queensryche record that remains a fan favorite. Tate has ...