QUEENSRŸCHE - New Album

QUEENSRŸCHE - New Album "Based On Modern American Life, Sort Of A Social Commentary"

Billboard.com's Christa Titus has filed the following report:

Queensryche has begun working on the follow-up to last year's Operation: Mindcrime II in Seattle. Frontman Geoff Tate tells Billboard.com he hopes the as-yet-untitled set will arrive next summer or fall.

"We're just into the first couple months of writing for it, and it's a theme record. It's based on modern American life, sort of a social commentary," Tate says. "Musically it's very adventurous for us. It's something we haven't done before. It's going to take a lot of people by surprise, and at the same time I think they're going to be very intrigued by the concept of it."

The band, which hits the road in September with Heaven And Hell and Alice Cooper, will release Sign Of The Times, its second greatest-hits collection on EMI, prior to the tour. Among hits like 'Walk In The Shadows' and 'Silent Lucidity', the two-disc set contains rarities like songs from Myth, the band Tate sang in before joining Queensryche, that later became demos for early QR tunes like 'No Sanctuary'.

Sign Of The Times also includes a recent interview with Tate and former Queensryche guitarist Chris DeGarmo. In it Tate says he and DeGarmo hang out often and write together, but the musical work they've done is on a "casual" basis.

Meanwhile, Queensryche is enjoying the success of its double-CD/DVD package Mindcrime At The Moore. The live set captures the band playing both Mindcrime albums in their entirety on tour last year. Released July 3rd, the title debuted at a career-best No. 1 on Billboard's Top Music DVD chart.

QUEENSRŸCHE's 'Welcome To The Machine' Available On iTunes Tomorrow


'Welcome To The Machine', the first single from QUEENSRŸCHE’s new album, Take Cover, will be released on iTunes tomorrow, October 16th.

Queensrÿche pay tribute to some of their favorite songs on Take Cover, which will be released by Rhino on November 13th - click left to view the artwork.

Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield put their stamp on 11 classic tracks with Take Cover. Not known for playing many covers live, Tate says the album gave the band a chance to relax and have some fun. "During sound checks, Stone and Michael like to play 'name that riff,' and sometimes the whole band joins in. That's really the way this album came together too. We got together and started playing songs to each other, and then we picked our favorites."

Take Cover tracklisting (original artist in parenthesis):
'Innuendo' (QUEEN),
'Bullet The Blue Sky' - Live (U2),
'Synchronicity II' (THE POLICE),
'For What It's Worth' (BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD),
'Welcome To The Machine' (PINK FLOYD),
'Red Rain' (PETER GABRIEL),
'Neon Knights' (BLACK SABBATH),
'Almost Cut My Hair' (CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG),
'Heaven On Their Minds' (Jesus Christ Superstar),
'For The Love Of Money' (THE O'JAYS),
'Odissea' (CARLO MARRALE & CHEOPE).

QUEENSRŸCHE - Take Cover E-Card Available

An e-card for QUEENSRŸCHE's forthcoming all covers album, Take Cover, is available here.

As previously reported, the Take Cover tracklisting will include (original artist in parenthesis):
'Innuendo' (QUEEN),
'Bullet The Blue Sky' - Live (U2),
'Synchronicity II' (THE POLICE),
'For What It's Worth' (BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD), 'Welcome To The Machine' (PINK FLOYD),
'Red Rain' (PETER GABRIEL),
'Neon Knights' (BLACK SABBATH),
'Almost Cut My Hair' (CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG),
'Heaven On Their Minds' (Jesus Christ Superstar),
'For The Love Of Money' (THE O'JAYS),
'Odissea' (CARLO MARRALE & CHEOPE).

'Welcome To The Machine' was released on iTunes on October 16th. Take Cover will be out on November 13th via Rhino.

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"Take Cover" track listing (original artist in parenthesis):

01. Innuendo (QUEEN)
02. Bullet The Blue Sky - Live (U2)
03. Synchronicity II (THE POLICE)
04. For What It's Worth (BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD)
05. Welcome To The Machine (PINK FLOYD)
06. Red Rain (PETER GABRIEL)
07. Neon Knights (BLACK SABBATH)
08. Almost Cut My Hair (CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG)
09. Heaven On Their Minds ("Jesus Christ Superstar")
10. For The Love Of Money (THE O'JAYS)
11. Odissea (CARLO MARRALE & CHEOPE)