Geoff Tate resurfaces

2015-06-29 by Trey STAFF | 56 Comments
Geoff Tate (Ex-Queensryche) has resurfaced with his new band, Operation: Mindcrime. The first album of his planned trilogy is titled 'The Key' and is set for release through Frontiers Music Srl on September 18th.


Tagged: Operation: Mindcrime

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Judio!
June 29th 2015
8523 Comments


Can he go back under the surface please

Titan
June 29th 2015
26462 Comments


jesus these images

mindleviticus
June 29th 2015
10914 Comments


Goddamnit will this guy just give it a rest

Willie
Moderator
June 29th 2015
20672 Comments


The samples make it sound like it's going to be a continuation of his last Queensryche release, Frequency Unknown. Kind of an alt rock/hard rock sound. Definitely has a better sound and seems more thought out than his last release. It also sounds just like you'd expect from a post-'Hear in the Now Frontier' Geoff Tate release.

romulanrancor
June 29th 2015
7575 Comments


oh boy

Gard3n
June 29th 2015
439 Comments


Sounds pretty good and I'm not a Geoff fan.

Tunaboy45
June 29th 2015
18942 Comments


Ugh I thought we 'drowned' him

Trebor.
Emeritus
June 29th 2015
60329 Comments


Ugliest man on the planet

LepreCon
June 30th 2015
5482 Comments


Encase his feet in concrete
Let's see him resurface after that

DrJohn
June 30th 2015
1041 Comments


vomit

zaruyache
June 30th 2015
28617 Comments


a 2.5 if I've ever heard one before. also what is with that album art? Some dude's abs? wat

Friday13th
June 30th 2015
7624 Comments


Tate has become more pretentious than every prog metal band he influenced combined.

DrJohn
June 30th 2015
1041 Comments


It resurfaces... that's why u always need to flush hard.

Parallels
June 30th 2015
10215 Comments


lol dude took a picture of his sweaty chest for his cover art

DrJohn
June 30th 2015
1041 Comments


It's the Key mate... the charm north of the abs--it's a meta-phor! Tate knows.

beefshoes
June 30th 2015
8448 Comments


Midlife crises must really blow ass

Parallels
June 30th 2015
10215 Comments


i fucking lost it and died laughing as soon as that vibroslap went off

Scoot
June 30th 2015
24131 Comments


i

er

what

ksoflas
June 30th 2015
1510 Comments


Sad.

bloc
June 30th 2015
70880 Comments


Interesting look in the vid thumbnail. Looks like he belongs in an EBM act.

judasgoat
June 30th 2015
366 Comments


hahaha the article title.

These songs sound like Geoff and his writers actually put a modicum of effort into them. If the whole album is like this, then it will easily be the best thing GT has been involved in since American Soldier, which means it will be a solid 3.

That cover is so dumb though. That spike necklace is so #modern and #edgy.

impoppy
June 30th 2015
2286 Comments


A family member of mine has toured with both the original Queensryche and with their newer singer, and he said Geoff Tate is one of the biggest assholes he's ever toured with. He's a touring member in a prominent 80's metal band (I'll leave unnamed for privacy reasons), and he's toured with a shit-ton of people, so being the #1 asshole is saying something.

Snake.
June 30th 2015
25598 Comments


this guy should kill himself because he's dug himself sooooooo deep

FlyheadMetal
June 30th 2015
2422 Comments


hurray more shit albums

romulanrancor
June 30th 2015
7575 Comments


he doesn't deserve the name "Operation: Mindcrime"

BAT
June 30th 2015
2196 Comments


operation mindcrime!?

EnyaFangirl
June 30th 2015
1822 Comments


oh my god he actually used that as the band name

tempest--
June 30th 2015
20634 Comments


one of my fav ever comments on this site was when trebor said this guy was like the worst batman villain of all time.

FearThyEvil
June 30th 2015
19394 Comments


dude is such a cunt

Voltimand
June 30th 2015
1670 Comments


Note how the USB is a not-quite-Queesnryche-symbol fleur de lis.

someguest
June 30th 2015
30519 Comments


make like Sharon

BMDrummer
June 30th 2015
15279 Comments


this fucker just doesn't die

FearThyEvil
June 30th 2015
19394 Comments


He looks like Lambert from Witcher 3 if he were to come out of the closet.

idontcareaboutthis
June 30th 2015
952 Comments


is he a real person

impoppy
June 30th 2015
2286 Comments


He looks like a really bad street magician.

Parallels
June 30th 2015
10215 Comments


@tempest hahahah that is so good

Makemebad35
June 30th 2015
1056 Comments


Operation: Mindcrime?! Really?!

tempest--
June 30th 2015
20634 Comments


yes his band is called Operation: Mindcrime, part of his deal with QR is that he owns that name and has the exclusive right to play the 2 albums in their entirety, whereas Toddryche can only play songs.

tempest--
June 30th 2015
20634 Comments


also this Operation: Mindcrime band is essentially made up of the musicians that played on Frequency Unknown, although Tate says he wants a revolving door type setup with this band.

InFlamesWeThrash666
June 30th 2015
10623 Comments


this guy should call it quits

CusmanX1
June 30th 2015
375 Comments


This is pretty terrible

ShakeSoda
June 30th 2015
157 Comments


Wow. Would've thought he'd kinda fuck off after that whole litigation thing. If anyone is in need of a good laugh, look up that promo vid he put out a couple years ago. Pure comedy gold.

MrMatt767
June 30th 2015
559 Comments


"Operation: Mindcrime"
Made me lol

Sabrutin
June 30th 2015
9843 Comments


This is better than his last two albums with the Ryche moniker, or even anything he ever did in solo. That's not saying much though, and should make you think about the quality of the rest.

WhiteNoise
June 30th 2015
3948 Comments


I dont get how they made one good album yet this guy is still going. Were they massive in america or something?

Dis_Con_Nec_Ted
June 30th 2015
5098 Comments


He's kinda still going cos they made more than one good album.

kaparoni
June 30th 2015
375 Comments


Why ?? Whyyyy??? He even doesn't sound like before . Operation:Mindcrime was written by him so I think he can choose to use it as a bandname .

AtomicWaste
Moderator
June 30th 2015
2916 Comments


I kinda liked the first song. Had a bit of a Skunkworks edge to it. The rest was not quite so good. Band name choice is awful, but continues Tate's attempt to cling to his former image.

Still glad I saw them do the Mindcrime performance before Mindcrime II with the whole crew.

GringoSuave89
June 30th 2015
1135 Comments


God awful

betray
June 30th 2015
9392 Comments


is geoff tate the queenryche ruining guy

Willie
Moderator
June 30th 2015
20672 Comments


Yes.

Parallels
June 30th 2015
10215 Comments


lol

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
June 30th 2015
11511 Comments


Well, he will ruin the Operation: Mindcrime moniker as well.

betray
June 30th 2015
9392 Comments


yeah fuck him

Willie
Moderator
July 1st 2015
20672 Comments


New Queensryche comes out the first week of October.

Sabrutin
July 1st 2015
9843 Comments


They hope so, at least. Probably going to check out Tate's album to create even more hype for them.



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