Bummed
Tonight's concert was supposed to be Queensryche opening for The Scorpions. We are still seeing The Scorpions tonight; however, Queenryche won't be opening for anybody. Seems the boys have forgotten how to play nice together. On June 20th, the band fired Geoff Tate but still want to tour under the Queensryche name. So does Geoff. Now the long legal battle shall begin.
I'm a big Queensryche fan. Liam and I went to see them early in our relationship as an opening band for someone at Madison Square Garden. This was in The Ryche's early days when they were wearing frilly shirts and froofy hair. Liam's Dad worked as a bartender in that area and told Liam that some guys had come in and how they were dressed and that they looked very young so he had asked for ID. I remember Liam's eyes getting very wide as he asked "YOU CARDED QUEENSRYCHE?!"
Queensryche has gone through a lot of phases. Chris DeGarmo leaving was not a good thing for the band, IMHO, because I think he helped keep Geoff in check. If you've ever seen Queensryche perform, you know that Geoff has a substantial ego. Who knows what happened here. It may have been creative differences or it may have been Geoff's ego interfering. All I know is it has been a messy few months for the band, culminating in Geoff losing his shit backstage and attacking some of the band after being told he was being fired. And that might not even be accurate. I really just wish they could have decided in a civil fashion to just call it quits instead of all this drama. I will really miss them.
I'm a big Queensryche fan. Liam and I went to see them early in our relationship as an opening band for someone at Madison Square Garden. This was in The Ryche's early days when they were wearing frilly shirts and froofy hair. Liam's Dad worked as a bartender in that area and told Liam that some guys had come in and how they were dressed and that they looked very young so he had asked for ID. I remember Liam's eyes getting very wide as he asked "YOU CARDED QUEENSRYCHE?!"
Queensryche has gone through a lot of phases. Chris DeGarmo leaving was not a good thing for the band, IMHO, because I think he helped keep Geoff in check. If you've ever seen Queensryche perform, you know that Geoff has a substantial ego. Who knows what happened here. It may have been creative differences or it may have been Geoff's ego interfering. All I know is it has been a messy few months for the band, culminating in Geoff losing his shit backstage and attacking some of the band after being told he was being fired. And that might not even be accurate. I really just wish they could have decided in a civil fashion to just call it quits instead of all this drama. I will really miss them.