Sacked by your own band? You are not alone...

Funny the things that happen in the world when you're not looking. I found out today in this Rolling Stone article that Queensryche had fired Geoff Tate. Huh? How does that work? I asked myself - though, in reality, I know first hand exactly how that works. It was still something of a surprise though. No wait - surprise is not the right phrase. How about commercial suicide? If you're a fan of the band and happen to be passing by, your best port of call is to read it at source. It's full of Guns n Roses type conspiracy and rumour - but what I will say on it is how the hell do you even begin to replace Geoff Tate? That's like replacing Gene Simmons. No Geoff Tate = No Queensryche = No Interest from me and rather a lot of other people. Replacing Geoff Tate with the guy from Crimson Glory though? Well that's our relationship done and dusted for the future.

I'm sure there's a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes that we'll never get to know about here but since Chris DeGarmo left the band in '98 (that's like, 14 years ago - wow), they've been a different band anyway. A band I've always had time for but that's only ever been because of Geoff Tate. I Certainly don't want to hear some other guy (who will no doubt want to bring his own creativity to the band now) delivering material that's been sitting in my heart since the mid-eighties. Read this as well if you want a shot at making your own mind up as to who cares about you, the listener...

But if it ain't working, it ain't working. Is this a good place to pimp Black Dye, White Noise and the interview I did with Tate on the release of Mindcrime 2? I can't think of a better place right now.