Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime II

barcoach

transplant wrote:

Barcoach, didn't know you were a fan of the original! I should have known better!

Of course, man, early in my story as music lover I'll never forget my uncle -who is a drummer- coming back after some time working at Austin and telling me, "have you listened to Queensryche? No? You have to! They rock! Saw them opening for Metallica and they're insanely good, the singer has the greatest voice, sort like Rob Halford but only better! And their guitar players know how to nail it. They just put an album out titled Operation Mindcrime is a conceptual thing, you know? It tells a story. You really need to get that album... Here you go, it's a pin of them"... And I still keep that pin to this day, it's pretty cool, with the cover of OM... after that I went and get that album and a t-shirt... I was blown away, and immediatly became a fan... After Promised Land I lost their track, though, I didn't enjoy that one that much and was getting into some other kinds of music... but maybe like 3 years ago I found myself diggin' out my ol' QR collection, and coming back especially to Operation... those songs are sooo good, Eyes of Stranger, Revolution Calling, I Don't Believe in Love (which in more than one time I've stated is MY song). Last year the band was about to play in Mexico, but for some strange reason the concert was cancelled... I was so hot about it, wanted so bad to listen some Operation live, and rumor was they'd be playing some of the new stuff for OMII... who knows, maybe now that the album is out and if it receives a decent amount of attention from the music media here, we will have our chance...
But yeah, Operation Mindcrime I think was a very special album for certain people of my (our?) generation.

jeffbr

Best album of 2006 so far for me. It fucking rocks. And the more you listen to it, the more you get from it. A couple of songs didn't grab me the first few times, but I've been listening to it for a month+ and am totally loving it.

Here's a link to a board where people have been discussing the album: http://www.breakdownroom.net/forum/

UKDave

jeffbr wrote:

Best album of 2006 so far for me. It fucking rocks. And the more you listen to it, the more you get from it. A couple of songs didn't grab me the first few times, but I've been listening to it for a month+ and am totally loving it.

Here's a link to a board where people have been discussing the album: http://www.breakdownroom.net/forum/

Oh, it's a grower all right, has made me go back for some original 'crime, both studio and live......!!

loveboatcaptainsinge

I still cant believe how good MC2 is. Thats all I can really say. MC is one of my favorites of all time. I didnt even really expect this cd to be at best decent. Its been a long time...IT's been a long time since the ryche have put out anything worth listening to. I just dont know how they did it...Geoff Tate is a genius.

GummiBeer

I'm listening to it for the first time as i type this, its great, But Geoffs voice is not what it was, but still awsome

loveboatcaptainsinge

Youll grow to love it.

Inkdaub

I pretty much share the opinion of most others here. Mindcrime 2 is a great record that honors but does not equal or surpass Mindcrime. The production, naturally, is better though.

I agree Tate's voice isn't what it was...or that he at least isn't doing any glass shattering screams like he used to. It still sounds like Tate, though, and still sounds good.

DeGarmo is no longer in the band and that's too bad. The new guy, Stone, seems to hold up his end of the guitar playing.

My favorite Ryche record is Rage For Order and I wish they would remaster it.

jb13letters

rbrianj wrote:

Anybody else think that Nicki blows up the city at the end or do you think he just shoots himself? I guess this will be the question that everyone will ask, kinda like who killed mary in the first one.

I'm convinced that Nikki blows up the city. That sound toward the end of Fear City Slide sounds like an explosion, not a gunshot.

Also, the artwork in the booklet points toward this theory- one page has the bomb, another the explosion.

Got tickets to see them here in September- they're playing OM I and II in their entirety (did I spell that right?). Maybe the question will be answered when I see it.

Also, I like that the record only implies that Nikki kills X. I read somethwere that in concert they plan to put it to a vote, and have it set up where they can go either way.

transplant

barcoach wrote:

They rock! Saw them opening for Metallica

that was the first time I saw them also. I had been a fan since Rage came out but that was my first live experience. Opened up with Queen of the Reich and I went apeshit.

on a side note, do you have that Metallica Box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge? I just realized that live CD was cut from the Mexico City shows and were curious if you were there?

spnoone

thanks for the heads up. strong album. its no godfather 2 but at the same time its certainly no 3. now i wanna go to my mom's and dig up my rage for order cassette.

transplant

spnoone wrote:

strong album. its no godfather 2 but at the same time its certainly no 3.

I like it. Nice one.