Queensryche- Empire 35th Anniversary- Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo 9-1

As early as 1983’s “Eyes of a Stranger”, Seattle’s Queensryche had shown that they could rock with conviction, while 1988’s thematic Operation: Mindcrime revealed keen collective intellect with bold musical ambition; but it was September 1990’s fourth full Queensryche effort, Empire, that planted the quintet’s flag in a whole new territory of popularity atop the sales charts.

With amazing song and production depth including “Best I Can”, “Jet City Woman”, “Another Rainy Night (Without You)”, “Resistance”, “Hand on Heart”, and the Top Ten Billboard hit “Silent Lucidity”, this Empire had scope, extending into the following year as the #9 seller for the entire year 1991!

Queensryche co-founders and former members guitarist/songwriter Chris DeGarmo and singer/lyricist Geoff Tate explore the whole of the Empire here In the Studio the week of September 1 for its thirty-fifth anniversary. -Redbeard