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Operation: mindcrime (feat: geoff tate original singer of queensryche) plus guests i

Operation: Mindcrime (feat .: Geoff Tate Original singer of Queensryche) plus guests I.C.O.N. | Fire and Water

08/12/2015

Operation: Mindcrime (feat .: Geoff Tate Original singer of Queensryche) plus guests I.C.O.N. | Fire and Water

featuring:
Geoff Tate Original singer of Queensryche
Simon Wright Drums (AC / DC)
John Moyer Bass (Disturbed)
Kelly Gray Guitar (Queensryche)
Randy Gane Keyboard (Queensryche Rage for Order)
Scott Moughton Guitar (Geoff Tate solo band)

What would you do if you discovered the key to changing the way we look at the world, the way we look at it, and how could it be? The key is part of an epic musical trilogy of iconic metal vocalist Geoff Tate, and it initiates that very question in a web of international politics, the world economy and social ethos. It is the debut album under Tate’s new Operation: Mindcrime banner, a creative platform that continues in the spirit of the same name, spawning concepts as grand as the music, and intertwining the intensity of the former Queensryche vocalist’s iconic past with the provocative, progressive mindset that has made him one of music’s most resolute forces and frontmen.
Geoff Tate has been awarded 25 million records at the helm of Queensryche, the band’s fronted for 30 years from their 2012 inception, earning three Grammy nominations, five MTV Music Video Awards nominations, and one MTV Music Video Award along the way. The landmark concept Operation: Mindcrime thrusts Tate’s unique social consciousness, style and expertly crafted lyrics into the national spotlight in 1988, and then followed by Empire in 1990, the album that delivered Queensryche to arena-headlining status and sold more than three million albums “Silent Lucidity” and “Jet City Woman.” Promised Land in 1994, Geoff Tate was universally recognized as one of the greatest frontmen in rock and metal, and a driving force behind one of the most innovative bands in mainstream music. From Mindcrime and Promised Land through 2009’s overlooked American Soldier – Tate’s ambitious concept album that explores the consequences of the voices of veterans – Tate’s 13-album tenure with Queensryche, which is marked by exploration, intrigue, bold and gratifying results.
The Key continues in that fine tradition.
“Musically, this album is quite adventurous,” says Tate of his first release in a new worldwide deal with Frontiers Music SRL. We are very happy with it, but I have opened my eyes and ears to new standards and arrangements, and that’s what keeps things fresh and exciting as an artist – we ‘ve thrown out the rules for this record, and it’s been really liberating. I’m a fan of old prog, and that music did not stick to rules. It’s inspiring and enjoyable to explore, and it’s great to be in a position to write without constraints. ”
Tate has been nurtured for the better portion of the last decade. Instead of asking, “Who killed Mary?”, Mindcrime now asks, “What are the implications of changing the world?”
“Like every album I’ve ever done, people want to hear and experience it differently, and that is something that I look forward to,” continues Tate. “Music is an intimate experience – your inspirations are unique to you, and you want them to be different.” It inspires us in different ways and for different reasons, and this album is no different. There are quite a few sections of this album that propose the story with words and dialogue, but the lyrics do not lay out a breadcrumb trail and tell the story in a linear fashion, there’s a puzzle. We have several characters, and three other people singing lead vocals on the first album. That made it even more fun for me and helps give the album its own special character.
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“Musically, there’s quite a smorgasbord, we’ve played with a sound palate – heavy guitar, obviously, cool drumming … all the music is very sophisticated, and there are interesting time changes” we switch every piece. We can perform the verse in one feel, the bridge in another, and the transition to a new chorus, very challenging stuff and lots of different sounds treatments, very dynamic stuff. ”
Dave Ellefson [Megadeth, Metal Allegiance] and John Moyer [Disturbed, Adrenaline Mob], drummers Simon Wright [AC / DC], Scott Mercado [Joining Tate on The Key are a hard-hitting cast of familiar faces and new collaborators. Candlebox] and Brian Tichy [Billy Idol, Ozzy Osbourne], guitarists Kelly Gray [Queensryche] and Scott Moughton [Geoff Tate], keyboardist Randy Gane [Myth] and vocalist Mark Daly [The Voodoos]. Tate makes one point exceptionally clear – Operation: Mindcrime is not a band, it is a musical project of like-minded people uniting to achieve a common goal. While the songwriting rest predominantly on the shoulders of Tate, Gray and Gane, it’s up to every contributor to add their influence and help to the landscape.
Tell a story, and each song is a scene or chapter – every scene is different. The words tell the story, the musical bed, the chord progression and melodies, they set the pace. That’s how I envisioned this album in total, very theatrical and definitely cinematic.
“How do I describe passion?” Tate asks in conclusion, cautiously answering his own question: “Music is a personal journey, and all you can do is write what moves you. That’s what passion is – it’s so difficult, yet it’s looking for an important human emotion. There are moments in which we have a lot of fun, but that’s the same thing on everyone else, but that’s where my passion and their passion meet. I do this because i love doing it. I love touring and I love playing live, performing with like-minded people in front of like-minded audiences, and being there in the moment when all of our passions collide. ”
And if, in the process, Geoff Tate can tell a story that turns people on end and keeps them talking long after the music has stopped playing? That’s not all on the cake, that’s what it’s all about …
That is Operation: Mindcrime.
-Paul Gargano, 06/15

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