On this week's episode of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show," show host Eddie Trunk and his sidekicks Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson talked with Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate about the band's new record American Soldier, a concept album about American military men and their experiences in various wars, from World War II to the War in Iraq.
Also check out our podcast with Tate and our exclusive video interview clips here, here and here. Now click more to see Tate's "That Metal Show" appearance. Read more...
On the last episode of "Headbangers Ball" we premiered videos by Lizzy Borden, War of Ages, Queensryche and Hed PE. Now's your chance to let us know what you thought of them and which, if any, deserve to encore on the next show. You can also vote for one of the other videos listed below. Click "more" to see this week's choices. Read more...
In the last of our week long string of Queensryche interview posts, vocalist Geoff Tate talks about the band's new video for the song "If I Were King." The track is on the group's new album American Soldier, out March 31. Click "more" to watch the video and hear Tate's comments. Read more...
Last week, we posted a lengthy, comprehensive interview with Isis frontman Aaron Turner about the band's new album Wavering Radiant, which comes out May 5. Turner also discussed the band's development, the power of trance-metal and the state of the music industry. Click "more" to hear the podcast, listen the Wavering Radiant track "20 Minutes/40 Years" and find out what else you might have missed if you weren't glued to HeadbangersBlog.com all last week. Check out our Twitter site regularly to stay on top of every new post. Read more...
The concept for Queensryche's upcoming album American Soldier (out March 31) may have begun with conversations between vocalist Geoff Tate and numerous past and present members of the U.S military (including his dad), but once the ideas were in place for the lyrics the band members had to mold them into songs that complimented the messages within. In today's interview segment with Tate, the singer describes how the band wrote the music for American Soldier. Read more...
Yesterday, we brought you part one of our video interview with Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate.
Today, we offer up four more clips for part two. Stay tuned for the remaining two segments tomorrow and Friday. Queensryche's new album, American Soldier, comes out March 31 and documents the experiences of men and women in the U.S. military between World War II and the current War in Iraq. Click "more" to watch. Read more...
On March 31, Queensryche will release their new powerful and ambitious concept album American Soldier. It's certainly not the first time the Seattle band has told a story over the course of a record. In 1988, the group's epic Operation: Mindcrime set the standard for futuristic metal concept records, and in 2006 the band issued the highly anticipated sequel Operation: Mindcrime II. But while both Mindcrime albums were political American Soldier is the band's most topical offering to date.
The disc is a non-judgmental chronicle of war stories from U.S. soldiers who were in combat between World War II and the current War in Iraq. The idea for the album concept began with a candid conversation between vocalist Geoff Tate and his dad, a war veteran. The singer was so inspired by his father's stories that he decided to interview other members of the military to document their experiences in song. We recently interviewed Tate about American Soldier and over the next four days we'll present insightful and informative clips from the conversations. click "more" watch the first batch. Read more...
Like many artists, Queensryche frontman Geoff Tate considers himself anti-war. Even though his father was is a war veteran who fought in both Korea and Vietnam, Tate has always felt that killing is wrong and that there should be alternatives to war and human bloodshed. Then he had his first real conversation with his dad about being in battle, and he was mesmerized by what he heard. Not only did his father open up about the struggles and sacrifices being a soldier, he revealed that most men in the military, if given a choice, would opt not to fight.
Intrigued, Tate spent several years recording interviews with his father's military friends, then soldiers they knew and eventually decided to write a Queensryche album with his bandmates based on the conversations. American Soldier, the group's twelfth record will come out in March and feature personal, gripping stories about the triumphs and tragedies of combat ranging from tales from World War II veterans to recollections from soldiers in Iraq.
This spring, Queensryche will present much of the material on an extensive U.S. tour that starts April 16 in Seattle's Snoqualmie Casino.
For our last podcast of 2008, we called up Tate and talked to him about American Soldier and the more we talked, the deeper the conversation became. Pretty soon we were discussing the recent presidential election, the way the government trivializes rock music, the slumping economy and the failure of the music industry to confront the threat of illicit downloading. Click "more" to stream or download the podcast. Read more...
