History Music / Queensryche

* CoverVersion: Lisa Dalbello's "Gonna Get Close to You" (''Rage for Order'') and the traditional "Scarborough Fair" (bonus track on the reissue of ''Empire'').

** Concepts can also be interpreted in ''The Warning'' (1984) about a mad prophet's ramblings, ''Rage for Order'' (1986) about a stalker and an underground revolution, and Empire (1990) about scenes possibly connected in the same neighbourhood, as some songs fade into each other and have similar lyrics.

* GreatBallsOfFire: the stage set for performing the ''Mindcrime'' shows, including twin wall-sized TV screens.

* RecordProducer: They've self-produced or co-produced a few of their albums (the self-titled EP and album, ''Q2K'', ''Tribe''), and worked with [[Music/PinkFloyd James Guthrie]] (''The Warning''), [[Music/{{Yes}} Neil Kernon]] (''Rage for Order''), [[Music/{{Rush}} Peter Collins]] (''Mindcrime'', ''Empire'', ''Hear in the Now Frontier'') James Barton (''Promised Land'', the SelfTitledAlbum), and Jason Slater (''Mindcrime II'', ''Take Cover'', ''American Soldier'', ''Dedicated to Chaos'' - possibly the most disliked of all their producers), among others.

* ExecutiveMeddling: EMI America forced the band to adopt a more HairMetal image for ''Rage for Order'' due to the style's popularity at the time, but otherwise didn't interfere with the recording. The album's booklet shows publicity stills of the band wearing [[TrenchcoatBrigate trenchcoats]], heavy make-up and perms despite the album itself containing experimental ProgressiveMetal.

Starting out as something of an Music/IronMaiden-esque Euro-metal band, Queensrÿche has experimented with many different sounds and styles over the course of their career. For example, for their second album ''Rage For Order'' they utilized highly industrialized orchestrations (dubbed "techno-metal"); and ''Hear In The Now Frontier'' featured a raw, stripped-back sound with little to no audio effects other than natural overdrive for the guitars. Albums such as ''The Warning'', ''Mindcrime'' and ''Empire'', meanwhile, featured comparatively straight-forward arrangements.

In June 2012, Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield kicked Geoff Tate out of the band. Todd La Torre of the band Crimson Glory was chosen as Tate's replacement. Geoff Tate continues to tour under the Queensrÿche name with past Queensrÿche member Kelly Gray. So yes, there are actually '''two Queensrÿches''', causing the mother of all [[BrokenBase divided fanbases]].

* 2006 - ''Operation Mindcrime II''

* BlackSheepHit: Their one and only Top 40 single, "Silent Lucidity".

* CoverVersion: "Gonna Get Close to You" and "Scarborough Fair".

* EpicRocking: "Roads To Madness" and "Suite Sister Mary".

* IntercourseWithYou: Sacred Ground, Anytime/Anywhere, Got It Bad.

* SignificantMonogram: After the Split, Geoff Tate's version of the band released "Frequency Unknown" - with the initials featured prominently on the cover.

* '''Chris [=DeGarmo=]:''' guitars

* '''Geoff Tate:''' vocals, keyboards where necessary

* HeyItsThatSound/{{Leitmotif}}: A little lick from ''Operation:Mindcrime'' not only returns nearly two decades later in the sequel, but is also heard floating around in the bridge in the 1990 song ''Empire''.

** [[OperationMindcrime The segment ''My Empty Room'']]
** [[OperationMindcrime REVOLUTION!!!!]] ("Eyes Of A Stranger)

* 2013 - ''[[SignificantMonogram Frequency Unknown]]'' (The [[FanNickname "Taterryche"]] album)
* 2013 - ''Queensrÿche'' (Full length album, first release with Todd LaTorre on vocals)

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Rage for Order'' perhaps most obviously. ''Dedicated To Chaos'', later, but not in a good way.

* SignificantMonogram: After the Split, Geoff Tate's version of the band released "Frequency Unknown" - with the initials featured prominently on the cover. This pretty much tells you how he feels about his old bandmates.

* SignificantMonogram: After the Split, Geoff Tate's version of the band released "Frequency Unknown" - with the initials featured prominently on the cover. This pretty much tells you how he feels about his old bandmates.

* Significant Monogram: After the Split, Geoff Tate's version of the band released "Frequency Unknown" - with the initials featured prominently on the cover. This pretty much tells you how he feels about his old bandmates.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: in addition to the HeavyMetalUmlaut, the band is named for one of its earliest songs, "Queen Of The Reich".

They also frequently worked with the late MichaelKamen.

** CoverAlbum: "Take Cover".

In June 2012, Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield kicked Geoff Tate out of the band. Todd La Torre of Crimson Glory has been chosen as Tate's replacement, with Parker Lundgren also joining as a guitarist.

In June 2012, Wilton, Jackson and Rockenfield kicked Geoff Tate out of the band due to his abusive behaviour, history of IAmTheBand tendencies and his wife Susan's incompetent management and embezzling of band funds. (Parts of Michael Wilton's court statements can be found [[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=176587 here]].) Todd La Torre of Crimson Glory has been chosen as Tate's replacement, with Parker Lundgren also joining as a guitarist.

* HeavyMithril: Their first full-length album, ''The Warning'', is music to play RPGs to.

* IntercourseWithYou: Sacred Ground.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Rage for Order'' perhaps most obviously.

* EpicRocking: "Roads To Madness".

Properly, [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Queensrÿche]].

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome Geoff Tate sings the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPJW9O0_w3E "National Anthem"]]

* EpicRiff: A lot of them on ''Operation: Mindcrime'' in particular, but many of the non-ballad songs have an epic riff

* InternetBackdraft: Just look at the reactions to the Cabaret shows and Dedicated To Chaos. GOD.

* ParanoiaFuel: It's decidedly '''not''' recommended to listen to ''Rage for Order'' late at night, or at least keep one hand near the tone arm/skip button.
--> I'm so close to you...

* YokoOhNo: Many fans feel that the band took a downturn in fortunes when lead singer Geoff Tate's wife, Susan, took over management duties.

Starting out as something of an IronMaiden-esque Euro-metal band, Queensrÿche has experimented with many different sounds and styles over the course of their career. For example, for their second album ''Rage For Order'' they utilized highly industrialized orchestrations (dubbed "techno-metal"); and ''Hear In The Now Frontier'' featured a raw, stripped-back sound with little to no audio effects other than natural overdrive for the guitars. Albums such as ''The Warning'', ''Mindcrime'' and ''Empire'', meanwhile, featured comparatively straight-forward arrangements.

* MetalScream: Early in their career, this was a frequent tool (as befitting an IronMaiden clone); but it pretty much fell off after ''Empire''.