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Geoff Tate Does Right Thing, Leaves Queensryche

Posted by on June 20, 2012

Forget about having to explain to your friends who this “Rising West” band is you are going to see live.  According to Billboard, Geoff Tate is no longer in Queensryche and the remaining members will continue on with Todd La Torre as singer.  I do not know who owns the name Queensryche, but it did […]

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Drama Queens(ryche) Pull Out Of Scorpions Show As Rising West Debuts

Posted by on June 11, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUrLBIIDW98[/youtube] Well this is not surprising. After playing two very well-received shows over the weekend as Rising West, all the members of Queensryche who are not named Geoff Tate have opted to not open for the Scorpions tonight in Salt Lake City.  The Geoff Tate solo band will be performing instead.  It looks like we’re […]

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