Queensryche

timc

Saw them last night in Virginia at the Norva. What a show real small crowd Opened the show with Rage for order album awesome hearing those songs again, then went right in to American solider. This is a great album Geoff explained it was written from an interview he had with his dad and hundreds of other soldiers. No politics just about feelings and emotions pretty intense. Closed the night with the Empire album. It was pretty cool how they did the show playing each album. They played about 2.5 hours thanking everyone for keeping live music alive. Last time I saw them was operation mindcrime tour so I was happy to finally hear all the Empire songs live.

UKDave

Saw them last year and they did Op Mincrime I & II and then encored with some Empire tracks...

Previous time to that was Empire tour years ago but they played Op Mincrime through that night too

timc

timc wrote:

Saw them last night in Virginia at the Norva. What a show real small crowd Opened the show with Rage for order album awesome hearing those songs again, then went right in to American solider. This is a great album Geoff explained it was written from an interview he had with his dad and hundreds of other soldiers. No politics just about feelings and emotions pretty intense. Closed the night with the Empire album. It was pretty cool how they did the show playing each album. They played about 2.5 hours thanking everyone for keeping live music alive. Last time I saw them was operation mindcrime tour so I was happy to finally hear all the Empire songs live.

Well saw Queensryche last night good show played 2.5 hours three albums worth of material very small crowd

All I will say is one song on American Solider Coming home is a song that gets me every time! They sang it last night and had the 13 year old girl from the album version on stage singing with Geoff. It was very intense for me as I just got back from deployment and then was sent to a school in Virginia after a 7 month deployment so I really miss both my kids a lot by the time I see them again both kids will have had birthday. I will be back with them again in Nov I left for deployment last January. Here are the lyrics to the song I recommend hearing it the little girls voice is very good!

So to me it was an AWESOME show!!

Album: American Soldier (2009)


It's harder than I thought,
To be so far away.
So I thought I'd write this letter to you and explain.
For me it wasn't easy to raise the flag and leave.
But I thought that you should know how
Much you mean to me.

I won't be there to see you dance and hear
You sing the songs we love.
So please be strong and it won't be long till
I'm home again.
You know you make me proud
Because you're the one that I depend upon.
And when I return, I promise,
I'll never leave you alone again.

It's harder than I thought and you're so far away.
So I thought I'd write this letter to you and explain.
It was only a moment.
I turned my head to wipe my eyes and
When I looked again I saw your smile that
Said goodbye.

Mama says don't worry,
Because Daddy's brave and he's coming
Home. But if I could change one thing,
I'd never let you go.

I want you here to see me dance and sing
Along to the songs we love.
So I'll be strong. It won't be long till you're
Home again with me.

When it feels too much to take,
I want you to know that I'm thinking about
You, making plans for when I'm home.

Why aren't you here?
I wake up every night.
I check the front porch light,
Making sure it's shining bright.

And I'll be there to shine the light
So you can find your way to me.
I'm feeling strong, but don't take too long.
Please come home to me.

I'll be there to see you dance and hear you
Sing the songs I love.
It won't be long.
It won't be long till I'm home again!

Why aren't you here?
I'm coming home!

timc

UKDave wrote:

Saw them last year and they did Op Mincrime I & II and then encored with some Empire tracks...

Previous time to that was Empire tour years ago but they played Op Mincrime through that night too

very nice the are a very underrated band I think.

g under p

timc wrote:

UKDave wrote:

Saw them last year and they did Op Mincrime I & II and then encored with some Empire tracks...

Previous time to that was Empire tour years ago but they played Op Mincrime through that night too

very nice the are a very underrated band I think.

I agree they're very inderrated and for you to see them at the Norva, in Norfolk is awesome. A small club but one of the coolest backstage with all the mant assets for bands to feel very comfortable.

Peace

timc

Yes it was very cool seeing them at the Norva! I was lucky to be here at school VA, I live in Hawaii. Now I will be off to Philadelphia on the 30th with no tickets since I had no idea I would be at this school or I would have bought through 10c I have a decent number. been away from family for awhile so going to Philly for both nights will be awesome, I am sure I will find a decent ticket for both nights on the street. Then I will be on my way to Hawaii and off to pick up the family! Looking forward to that!

g under p

timc wrote:

Yes it was very cool seeing them at the Norva! I was lucky to be here at school VA, I live in Hawaii. Now I will be off to Philadelphia on the 30th with no tickets since I had no idea I would be at this school or I would have bought through 10c I have a decent number. been away from family for awhile so going to Philly for both nights will be awesome, I am sure I will find a decent ticket for both nights on the street. Then I will be on my way to Hawaii and off to pick up the family! Looking forward to that!

Are you going to that school basically next door, I forgot what kind of school it was? I've seen Michael franti and Spearhead there along wit State Radio and SOJA. Love the Norva.

Peace

timc

UKDave wrote:

Saw them last year and they did Op Mincrime I & II and then encored with some Empire tracks...

Previous time to that was Empire tour years ago but they played Op Mincrime through that night too

I am old i saw the mindcrime tour way back when They opened for metallica saw the rage for order tour twice first time they opened for ACDC then headlined there own show! Saw the warning tour when they opened for Kiss.

timc

g under p wrote:

timc wrote:

Yes it was very cool seeing them at the Norva! I was lucky to be here at school VA, I live in Hawaii. Now I will be off to Philadelphia on the 30th with no tickets since I had no idea I would be at this school or I would have bought through 10c I have a decent number. been away from family for awhile so going to Philly for both nights will be awesome, I am sure I will find a decent ticket for both nights on the street. Then I will be on my way to Hawaii and off to pick up the family! Looking forward to that!

Are you going to that school basically next door, I forgot what kind of school it was? I've seen Michael franti and Spearhead there along wit State Radio and SOJA. Love the Norva.

Peace

No I wish I have been in the navy 13 yrs been a pearl jam longer than that I joined 10c in 1994 but being in the military my member ship dropped I rejoined over 10 years ago so I still have a decent number . I just got back from a seven month deployment thought I would be with my family then got sent here, so I am making the most of it!

g under p

timc wrote:

g under p wrote:

timc wrote:

Yes it was very cool seeing them at the Norva! I was lucky to be here at school VA, I live in Hawaii. Now I will be off to Philadelphia on the 30th with no tickets since I had no idea I would be at this school or I would have bought through 10c I have a decent number. been away from family for awhile so going to Philly for both nights will be awesome, I am sure I will find a decent ticket for both nights on the street. Then I will be on my way to Hawaii and off to pick up the family! Looking forward to that!

Are you going to that school basically next door, I forgot what kind of school it was? I've seen Michael franti and Spearhead there along wit State Radio and SOJA. Love the Norva.

Peace

No I wish I have been in the navy 13 yrs been a pearl jam longer than that I joined 10c in 1994 but being in the military my member ship dropped I rejoined over 10 years ago so I still have a decent number . I just got back from a seven month deployment thought I would be with my family then got sent here, so I am making the most of it!

Cool I wish you luck on tickets, I've been to many many, concerts with no tickets and I've gotten in with great seats. One catch single tickets can get you some great seats. If I wasn't busy i would travel up there and grab a ticket but we shall see I'm going to a Living Colour show Nov 1.

Peace

PearlOfAGirl

I like this band, a friend introduced me to this music a few months ago, and I was so amazed of how much they sound like Pink Floyd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V92cqMgMAM

timc

HeartShapedBox wrote:

I like this band, a friend introduced me to this music a few months ago, and I was so amazed of how much they sound like Pink Floyd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V92cqMgMAM

Ya they are really good band and as others have said underrated! I would say Floyd in terms of most of there albums have a concept and full of emotion.

rrivers

I recently bought Mindcrime I and really like it. "Anybody Listening" came on my ipod on shuffle yesterday and blew me away by how good it is.

Do they always play whole albums at their concerts?

timc

rrivers wrote:

I recently bought Mindcrime I and really like it. "Anybody Listening" came on my ipod on shuffle yesterday and blew me away by how good it is.

Do they always play whole albums at their concerts?

sadly they aren't playing any material from mindcrime I or II :(

jimed14

timc wrote:

rrivers wrote:

I recently bought Mindcrime I and really like it. "Anybody Listening" came on my ipod on shuffle yesterday and blew me away by how good it is.

Do they always play whole albums at their concerts?

sadly they aren't playing any material from mindcrime I or II :(

How much are they playing from Warning and Rage for Order?

Would love to see them do a tour of exclusivesly pre-Mindcrime stuff ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc75bQ-v ... re=related

gabers

HeartShapedBox wrote:

I like this band, a friend introduced me to this music a few months ago, and I was so amazed of how much they sound like Pink Floyd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V92cqMgMAM

Most of their stuff doesn't sound like Pink Floyd, but definitely Silent Lucidity. I have a friend that's a huge PF fan and thought it was a PF track the first time he heard it.

kenny olav

HeartShapedBox wrote:

I like this band, a friend introduced me to this music a few months ago, and I was so amazed of how much they sound like Pink Floyd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V92cqMgMAM

That song features the late, great Michael Kamen, who orchestrated the string section - he did the same on Pink Floyd's The Wall. So there you go!

timc

jimed14 wrote:

timc wrote:

rrivers wrote:

I recently bought Mindcrime I and really like it. "Anybody Listening" came on my ipod on shuffle yesterday and blew me away by how good it is.

Do they always play whole albums at their concerts?

sadly they aren't playing any material from mindcrime I or II :(

How much are they playing from Warning and Rage for Order?

Would love to see them do a tour of exclusivesly pre-Mindcrime stuff ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc75bQ-v ... re=related

they played 6 tracks
I will remember
I dream in infrared
gonna get close to you
surgical strike
Neue Regel
Walk in the shadows

I was yelling Take hold of the Flame to no avail!

Flagg

I am sad that I lost track of this band. I was amazed at Mindcrime and Empire and I thought Promised Land was incredible. After that, I don't know if my taste change or if they changed but I just couldn't get into them anymore.

Damage is one hell of a track.

timc

if you get a chance see them again you won't be disappointed