Queensrÿche

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风格: #重金属　#前卫金属
地区: United States of America 美国

艺人介绍

成员简介

Geoff Tate - 主唱 (能弹Guitar、吹Saxophone，偶而客串keyboard)

Michael Wilton - 主奏吉他/Background Vocals

Chris DeGarmo - 主奏吉他/钢琴/Background Vocals (1999年离团，由Kelly Gray取代)

Eddie Jackson - 贝斯/Background Vocals

Scott Rockenfield - 打击乐器/Background Vocals

此外每个团员皆能作曲填词。

乐团简介

两位重金属乐团Mob的吉他手Chris DeGarmo与Michael Wilton打算另组新团，于是邀请他们高中时代的同学Geoff Tate担任主唱，同时也找到了贝斯手Eddi Jackson与鼓手Scott Rockenfield，Queensryche 1981年在西雅图正式成立，有别于一般的乐团，他们没有热衷于Club的演唱，而是整整花了两年的时间苦练。

1982年他们制做了四首歌的Demo Tape，并且在美国西北部的地方电台播放，立刻引起当地唱片行老板Kim与Diana Harris的注意而成了他们的经纪人，1983年五月，也以自己的唱片公司206 Records发行这张四首曲目的EP 《Queen Of The Reich》，当时大约销售了两万多张之后引起EMI唱片公司的注目，于1983年底与他们签约同时以《Queensryche》的Title重新发行这张LP，之后这张LP打入专辑排行榜第81名，这个时期他们的乐风比较接近传统的Heavy Metal，往后的几年他们常为一些大型的演唱会如Bon Jovi、Metallica暖场。

1984年《The Warning》(由Pink Floyd/The Wall的制作人James Guthrie担任制作)，1986年的《Rage For Order》都有不错的表现，后者还进入美国专辑排行榜47名，此时的Queensryche才正式被定位为颇受Progressive Rock影响的前卫团体，这种前卫的作风终于在1988年发行的专辑《Operation: Mindcrime》开花结果，这是该团截至目前为止最投入，企图心最旺的时期，这张专辑在排行榜停留了一年，成为畅销百万张金唱片，Queensryche也正是进入主流市场，在这段期间Queensryche全力投入现场演唱(如Monster Of Rock Tour以及Operation Livecrime)，他们Art Rock的装扮(庞克发型，长统马靴，高耸垫肩贴亮片的军装式长外套)，以及极其夸张挑衅的舞台演出，的确是独树一格总是令人印象深刻。

1990年秋天推出的《Empire》表现更加亮丽，为他们夺得了双白金唱片，这得归功于单曲"Silent Lucidity"的热卖以及MTV强力的打歌，1991年秋天他们将Operation Mindcrime Tour的现场录音加以整理后发行了现场专辑《Operation Livecrime》，而在精美的套装专辑中不但有CD并且含录像带以及一本小册子，这张专辑可以视为《Operation: MindCrime》的金属歌剧(Metal Opera)。

沉寂了三年的Queensryche终于1994发行了名为《Promised Land》的专辑，仅管有些歌迷已将注意力转移到其它前卫乐团，甚至去听另类摇滚;却无损他们的魅力，再次夺得了双白金，并且发行了两首单曲 "I Am I"及 "Bridge"。1997年的《Hear In The Now Frontier》，是他们在EMI旗下的第七张专辑，这一次他们拋弃了前卫的包袱，重新进入原始Heavy Metal的领域。1999年他们离开EMI转进Atlantic，发行专辑《Q2K》，此时Chris DeGarmo离团，由Kelly Gray取代，2000年EMI将其旧作重新编辑之后发行了《Great Hits》，或许因为版权的关系，这张专辑并未选录《Q2K》的歌。

以传统重金属为主轴，没有复杂的编曲与变拍，不刻意卖弄技巧，兼具节奏感与流畅性;旋律十足，曲风多元化，既非Dream Theater式的Power Metal，也非Neo-Classical Speed Metal而自成一格，因无适当字眼，笔者姑且用一个名词来形容他─Metallic Opera (金属歌剧)，我之所以这样形容他是因为Geoff Tate的唱腔具有歌剧张力，在当时只有Crimson Glory的主唱Midnight可与他比美，而之前的Heavy Metal是没有人这样唱的 (最近Virgin Steele的《The House Of Atreus ACT I & ACT II》专辑David Deffeis也不是这种唱法)，这是他们之所以称为前卫的原因(Crimson Glory亦如是)，而这又有别于Queen的Symphonic Rock Opera (有兴趣的乐友可听他们的专辑《A Night At The Opera》，真是华丽壮阔，绝对是经典中的经典)。

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Greg Prato

Although they were initially grouped in with the legions of pop-metal bands that dominated the American heavy metal scene of the 80s, Queensrÿche were one of the most distinctive bands of the era. Where their contemporaries built on the legacy of Van Halen, Aerosmith, and Kiss, Queensrÿche constructed a progressive form of heavy metal that drew equally from the guitar pyrotechnics of post-Van Halen metal and 70s art rock, most notably Pink Floyd and Queen. After releasing a handful of ignored albums, the band began to break into the mainstream with the acclaimed 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime. Its follow-up, Empire, was the groups biggest success, selling over two million copies due to the hit single Silent Lucidity. Queensrÿche never sustained that widespread popularity — like most late-80s metal bands, their audience disappeared after the emergence of grunge. Nevertheless, they retained a large cult following well into the ensuing decades.

Guitarists Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton formed Queensrÿche in 1981 in the Seattle, WA, suburb of Bellevue. Both guitarists had been playing in heavy metal cover bands and had decided to form a group that would play original material. The duo recruited high-school friends Geoff Tate (vocals) and bassist Eddie Jackson (bass), as well as drummer Scott Rockenfield. Instead of hitting the club circuit, the group rehearsed for two years, eventually recording and releasing a four-song demo tape. The cassette came to the attention of local record store owners Kim and Diana Harris, who offered to manage Queensrÿche. With the help of the Harrises, the tape circulated throughout the Northwest. In May of 1983, Queensrÿche released the EP Queen of the Reich on their own record label, 206 Records. Queen of the Reich sold 20,000 copies and, in the process, earned the band major-label attention. By the end of the year, the band signed to EMI, which released an expanded version of the EP as the Queensrÿche LP later in the year; the record peaked at number 81.

At this stage, Queensrÿche sounded closer to British metal bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Over the next few years, the group continued to refine its sound, opening for hard rock acts as diverse as Bon Jovi and Metallica. Their next two albums — 1984s The Warning and 1986s Rage for Order — sold respectably, with the latter reaching number 47 on the U.S. charts. Rage for Order also demonstrated a flowering of progressive rock influences, an idea that would reach its fruition with 1988s Operation: Mindcrime. Boasting orchestral arrangements from Michael Kamen, the album was Queensrÿches most ambitious and focused effort to date, earning both positive reviews and strong sales. Operation: Mindcrime stayed on the American charts for a year, selling over a million copies during its run.

Queensrÿche returned in the fall of 1990 with the equally ambitious Empire. The album proved to be their commercial high watermark, peaking at number seven on the U.S. charts and going double platinum in America; in the U.K., the album also cracked the Top Ten. Empires success was instigated by the stately art rock ballad Silent Lucidity, which received heavy airplay from MTV and album rock radio. All the exposure eventually sent Silent Lucidity to number five on the U.S. singles charts. Following the long Empire tour — which included a spot on the 1991 Monsters of Rock tour — Queensrÿche released the live Operation: LIVEcrime in the fall of 1991. Recorded on the Operation: Mindcrime tour, the album replicated the groups live performance of the rock opera that comprised their 1988 artistic breakthrough; the package also included a video and a thick book.

In the three years following the release of Operation: LIVEcrime, the band rested and leisurely worked on the follow-up to Empire. Occasionally, they contributed a song to a soundtrack, such as Real World for Arnold Schwarzeneggers 1993 movie Last Action Hero. Queensrÿche finally delivered their sixth studio album, Promised Land, in 1994. Though the heavy metal audience had changed drastically since Empire, with many fair-weather metal fans switching their allegiance to grunge and alternative rock, the group retained a strong following, as evidenced by Promised Land debuting at number three on the U.S. charts. Promised Land would eventually go platinum and spawn two album rock hits, I Am I and Bridge.

With 1997s Hear in the New Frontier, Queensrÿche stripped back their sound to the bare bones, leaving behind the prog rock influences that made them distinctive. Although the album debuted at 19, it received mixed reviews and quickly fell down the charts, leading shortly thereafter to founding guitarist Chris DeGarmos exit from the band. (DeGarmo would soon resurface as part of former Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrells touring band.) Q2k followed in 1999, as new guitarist Kelly Gray took DeGarmos place. Queensrÿches first best-of set, Greatest Hits, was released in 2000; the band supported the CD with an opening slot on one of the years hottest metal concert tickets — Iron Maidens Brave New World reunion tour, which also included former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford.

In 2001, the band issued the double CD and DVD Live Evolution. Meanwhile, former member DeGarmo was also gearing up to form a new band, said to include former Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez; although he appeared on Jerry Cantrells Degradation Trip in 2002, no solo material was forthcoming. Queensrÿche finally returned to the studio and released Tribe in 2003 on Sanctuary. In 2006, Queensrÿche released Operation: Mindcrime II, the long-awaited sequel to their 1988 conceptual smash. 2007 saw the release of Sign of the Times: The Best of Queensrÿche, as well as a brand-new album, Take Cover.

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