GEOFF TATE "Queen Of The Reich" live in Athens, 14 Oct 2022

[@damned_1]

Wow!! Not too many singers from that era or other eras can hit those notes from back then, I’m impressed, then and now! 😯

[@GensX666]

Yeah, Geoff manages to sing very freaking great here!

[@Darthrocker06]

he is not hitting the original notes, they are tuned down for him

[@damned_1]

@@Darthrocker06well for all these decades later… it least it sounds recognizable, of course it’s not exactly like he belted it out in the 80’s, but still all good.

[@countroshculla]

Awesome. One of my fav singers of all time.

[@trishastargirl]

That's a pretty big turn out. Takes me back to when I was fortunate enough to. experience it live in the late 80s. Still one of my many favorites. Sounds good in 2022.

[@grasskass]

Zero phones up.’Killer crowd. Take notes kids. This is like It should be done!

[@isaacslingerland451]

Nobody has a phone out cause They don’t want Geoff to swipe it out of there hands, turn around and toss it up in the air aimlessly into the crowd lol

[@adamr1987]

There is literally 3 phones filming in view for most of the song, in the front row.

[@giorgosioakim5807]

Geoff Tate best singer ever

[@andrejz8954]

Surely in the top 10 rock/metal singers. There are many many greats- Gillan, Plant, Osbourne was amazing on Sabo and SBS, Dio, Halford (as they say), Dickinson (as they say), Matijevič- Steelheart (although not much material), Kiske-Scorpions, Coverdale, Ray Gillen....

[@giorgosioakim5807]

Tate Dio Midnight Halford and Dickinson of course my favourite

[@down-the-rabbit-hole]

Geoff has said he absolutely hates this old stuff....So I imagine that he's only doing it for the fans.........Too bad since the EP, The Warning and Rage For Order are by far the best of the QR catalog...

[@chriszaa2309]

he said that at the time and at that time he did , times have changed

[@frankzimmermann1318]

He‘s doing it for the money and because he doesn’t have his own new material. Living from the past. I have always loved his voice and those memories will never be forgotten but somehow….. Great to have both eras out there.

[@3sidesofeve711]

63 amazing he's hitting all those notes.

[@metalmike570]

I think Halford hits them too, and at 73. 😆

[@ppuntrotzooizooi7692]

Geof Tate, the one. the only, the original! Nothing better 🤘🤘👏👏 greetz, fan from Holland, Netherlands, yes, the land of the klumps 😁

[@Psykootje71]

Hitting those notes at the end of the show....impressive

[@arisathan6569]

Fucking exactly My knees were hurting from standing for so long And he sang the whole bible from start to finish I do t know how he is able to do that

[@chrisslooter2825]

Yes it is. Some night he sings it with a real good pierce. There are even better nights than this once you look around!

[@meatball6930]

This is 4 months after open heart surgery and he’s 63. The crowd is young is the difference. In America it’s much older. I see Tate every year he comes to a tiny old theater 5 miles from my house. Im going tonight actually. Give him another 6 months and he’ll sound insane again. I see him every year so i can hear the tiny bit of him being winded and using the echo more. I have no doubt he’ll be insane in months if he’s this great after heart surgery.

[@meshuggener667]

HOT DAMN! HE STILL SINGS LIKE THAT?! 😲

[@jameskuhn432]

I remember seeing him live in 2013. He definitely wasn't singing like this. If it came to the part of a high note, he would just skip over it. In 2015, his voice was sounding stronger, but still no highs. In 2017, he started throwing some in finally. And when I saw him live last year, he's sounded better than I've ever seen him live. I don't know what it is... Seems like the older he gets, the better he's getting!

[@MarcusFHurt]

@@Crooked_Rhyme Correct! lol

[@Thirdfish]

@@jameskuhn432 I agree his voice did bomb. He gave up smoking and drinking and retrained his voice, I saw him in May this year doing Rage and Empire back to back, he was superb, just got tickets for the Mindcrime shows next June. First saw him with QR supporting Dio in 85, he's 63 so to get even 50% of his range is impressive

[@Thirdfish]

@@Crooked_Rhyme He's 63 mate.

[@nmb7179]

Saw Geoff last night; he played his whole show then CLOSED with Queen of the Reich after all that. Duly impressed! 🙌

[@JulieArmstrong-ww7nr]

Love y'all no matter where you are never ever get tired of it ❤❤❤❤❤

[@fifthstoryfall]

Lower key, but sounds good. The crowd is into it. Love that!

[@andreasoikonomidis1411]

No lower key its Em

[@ronniecutler2068]

He sang in this tune even 20 years ago

[@operasinger2126]

Amazing he can do this at 63.

[@arisathan6569]

He sang 2 complete albums And many encores Half a semitone is not even a matter of discussion after 2 hours and 40 minutes in this type of register

[@doctalksdude651]

Get em Geoff

[@jackmasters9953]

Almost hitting the high stuff!! Lost count on how many times I’ve seen Geoff and crew. Never disappoints. What a catalog of great music 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@metalmike570]

Close enough - let's have a rock show!!!!!

[@Hoglife]

Pure Geoff Tate at his finest,he may have lost a step or so,but still fuckin killin it🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻QR Forever🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@petermoroz6556]

Tate getting back into the old stuff. Giving new Ryche band a run again.

[@vikramdias5496]

This is outstanding! ❤Love Geoff Tate and watched QR live in Orlando, Florida December 1999. Watching QR live on Thursday opening for Judas Priest! 🔥🔥🔥

[@brendaminchew]

I still love him, he is still going strong! I saw him in 94 and 95 in Colorado. Best shows ever! ❤❤❤❤

[@bigtommy9715]

Best he’s sounded since 09

[@trishastargirl]

That opening note!!!! Bravo, Geoff.

[@Wizardofgosz]

I don't believe for one second that was him based on what we heard 10 seconds later. That was a sample they played while he looked down so we couldn't see it wasn't actually him.

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

@@Wizardofgosz He hits that exact same note each time on the chorus.

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@ItsNotaTuhmah his pitch is all over the place. It's bad.

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

@@Wizardofgosz Man, stop the hate. This guy is 63 and is kicking asses. He has nothing to prove anymore, he's a legend and also has the diginity of singing the material with obvious passion.

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@ItsNotaTuhmah He is 63. It's time to admit this isn't 1983 anymore and lying to him and yourself that he's still got it. It's OK to get old and admit it. I LOVED their first record EP thingie. When I used to play out in a band it was ALWAYS played between sets. But they went to shit when they tried to be Pink Floyd, but yeah. This album was in your face metal (I mean, it sounded like it was recorded in a bathroom at the Holiday Inn, but the music is so strong we'll overlook that.)

[@RScott413]

I was learning this song on guitar as a teen, my mother, a music teacher from a family of music teachers heard this and said "that guy is extremely well trained on vocals and well practiced. Even my grandmother said so. When I asked about singing it she said "NO" not for you.

[@GabrielOlympic]

Geoff tá demais bixo pqp veiote ainda canta demais !

[@tommysurace2597]

Amazing!

[@jannishatzidakis2902]

I hope still sing so good on Chania-Crete- Greece , tonight...

[@csaenz14]

Sounds great

[@azwris]

Μεγάλε Tate τι έβγαλες πάλι live...

[@arisathan6569]

Τα γαμησε όλα και μας άφησε χωρίς Κόκκαλα

[@traganosdellas1980]

Υπέροχη βραδιά!! Για παντα ανεξίτηλη θα μείνει στην μνήμη μας! Να σαι καλά φίλε για το βίντεο

[@elricImmortal666]

BEST FUCKING METAL SINGER EVER

[@3sidesofeve711]

Totally agree.

[@benitokamelo252]

After Dio and Halford, no doubt.

[@mohdhusein4510]

The one and only Geoff Tate

[@hansemanuelsson9005]

Sounds better that what I would have expected

[@KurtStoffer]

Cool !

[@daviclar867]

Awesome audience reaction!

[@richardbelisle4807]

This is the sound ……Geoff just gets better…

[@seangerant653]

sounds good !!!

[@amadeoamadeo8064]

👌🏻

[@chriszafiras4447]

Epic!

[@blvm]

That crowd, dude godammit

[@omajaozturk989]

Fuck! Geoff nailed that. Brilliant!

[@tamemedown5545]

And this is how you sing live!!! Take note pop singers.

[@mercenarygains8125]

MAn he’s still got it

[@Misc-Ellaneous]

🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

[@paulkruger491]

Great band .

[@yourdreamswontdie6925]

Geoff certainly rolled the years back 🤘

[@grasskass]

Top 5

[@Saxostryche]

👍👍💯💯❤❤

[@jakelee1357]

Geoff is “Raising” the Dead with this one!,…there should be no empty “Graves!”,…just a Herd walking towards the Gig!,…Holding a sign saying!,….”Give us the CD!,…or else!

[@whitenoise546]

Love Geoff and happy they did an oldie, but goodie (QR's better stuff anyway), but no means are those guitars DeGarmo and Co. I just hope for the sake of the fans, Geoff and QR can do what many other legendary bands do...put your differences aside for the better and do a reunion tour. Keep on rockin'!

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

Believe it or not, Queensryche starts and ends with Scott Rockenfield , you lose Rockenfield, you've lost Q/R make no mistake about it , Kelly Gray did a phenom job steppin in for Christ and you barely knew he was not there, this drummer has the timing all fucked up, everyone is stepping all over the next guy because he can;t keep they rhythm

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

That is not to shit on DeGarmo, I would love to see them all back but I think DeGarmo might be the hardest to get back, though I have not heard hide noir hair from Scott in a while and that is a lil concerning , I have so much admiration and respect for that guy , he never got nearly enough credit !

[@cemetarygates2800]

Geoff is sounding strong y'all. I wish he'd put together a little better caliber of musicians around him!

[@petrawannowius6051]

Great Geoff!!! 👋👋🎤 But only with Queensryche the original. 🎸🎙️

[@fitzy2912]

Band look like models for an alternative clothing company

[@ChrisBealsProductions]

Like to look of the acoustic drums but wish they’d stuck with the production with digital for the room the size they’re playing. Was better last year.

[@JanPatrick]

What tuning is this in, cis?

[@tstein725]

E flat

[@Andybaby]

Q: How big is metal in Greece? After plane tickets/accommodation etc ... did the band even break even for one (?) show at a smallish venue?

[@ilmizarnanda]

63 whaat???

[@metallion0738]

Sounds great, he still has his high register range.

[@nahnotsomuch2292]

Well, sort of. They're tuned down a few steps from the original.

[@odysseaslag8567]

@@nahnotsomuch2292 most bands do the same not a bad thing.The voice change over the years

[@arisathan6569]

@@nahnotsomuch2292 Half a step for a 2 hour 40 minute show

[@metallion0738]

@@nahnotsomuch2292 . That song is still tough to sing, doing full step will kill your voice after a while if it's not down tuned a step down no matter how old or young the singer is, at least he doesn't run out of breath like Todd does on this song, the new Queensryche singer is good but runs out of breath quick, even though Todd La Torre is younger.

[@ST-cy6we]

​@@nahnotsomuch2292 .. by my ear everything was about a fifth down

[@chucknovy7694]

Who the fuck said he can't hit the notes anymore? He STILL blows LaTorre away.

[@kotzensue]

Agree

[@chucknovy7694]

LaTorre's voice will be gone inside of 5 years because of his (admitted) smoking habit.

[@andreasoikonomidis1411]

Without effort......

[@nahnotsomuch2292]

Well, other than the fact that they're tuned down a few steps and Todd and the boys are still using the original tuning...uh, sure. Whatever you say.

[@madpriest7822]

@@chucknovy7694 During the beginning of their first time performing Behind the Walls the other day he can be seen leaving the stage and coming back out blowing smoke

[@cristianmancuso2739]

Sulle note più alte sparisce la voce.

[@down-the-rabbit-hole]

I love Geoff, but I think some of the high notes are piped in. If you look closely, a couple of the times he pulls the microphone away from his mouth, yet the high note is still going on in the background...

[@arisathan6569]

I can assure you Being in the front line He sang with reverb and pulled every note The high notes got muddier as time progressed because we couldn’t breath in the room because it was full of smoke He sang this after having sang the complete rage for order and empire albums… plus many encores I could hear the voice and was locked in his mouth cause I’m a singer myself Plus , we don’t use this kind of technology at small venues in Greece He is just a monster musician

[@benitokamelo252]

That's called reverb...

[@chriszaa2309]

wrong get your ears fixed

[@down-the-rabbit-hole]

@@chriszaa2309 sorry but I've seen Geoff live recently and he as horrible........to much of his vocals sounded forced, not pleasant on the ears at all.......

[@chriszaa2309]

@@down-the-rabbit-hole he sounds way better now than when he had the split

[@stephenpetrovich2383]

i dont know if its my hearing or whatever...but this sounds faster than it should....is that just my ears?

[@Plingsel]

live energy

[@AggelosScorpion]

Πόσο κόσμο είχε;

[@nikosoutsikas9643]

αρχιζει και εχει βιμπρατο αντζελας δημητριου.

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

I wish these guys sounded more like Queensryche , Geoff is struggling because the band is absolutely horrible ! they can't bring out his beast, you can hear and fell when he is on , he's a bit out front

[@anthonysaponaro6318]

These dudes are too worried about being rock stars than playing the song . . .Mike, Eddie and especially Scott must laugh their asses off , I so, so , so wish I wasnt saying that cause I love Geoff Tate

[@kingdiamondgod5824]

Hopefully he will find the right fit for the band.. He must be working on it different players every so often..

[@shanemullen3629]

Just saw Queensryche open up for Priest. Sounded way better than this!

[@timbutler6447]

I love Geoff Tate but I agree. Saw QR and Priest in March.

[@Misc-Ellaneous]

30 years since I saw them Live, he's Majestic 🙏

[@SASQUATCHBROTHERS]

comparing a KZbin video to live, you may be r tar did

[@Mr100Rupees]

Queensryche is more like a cover band , Geoff is the voice of Queensryche dude is 64 years old and still kicking ass.

[@nathanaelpeace9550]

@@Mr100Rupees Geoff might be the voice in a way but his band is usually pretty sloppy

[@ST-cy6we]

It's not in the original key, but ok, it's pretty cool...

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

If you ever saw Queensryche since mid 90's onwards, then you would know this is the key they sang this until Tate left.

[@A1000-b9s]

​@@ItsNotaTuhmahit's half a step down only

[@ItsNotaTuhmah]

@@A1000-b9s Yes. Queensryche already did this subtle change back in the 90's.

[@puppetmaster1777]

He bashes the song in an interview as D&D inspired; cartoonish and juvenile and nobody really knows the song. A subtle jab at LaTorre who can belt it out as a great opening to the set. He might as well bash DIOs songs as cartoonish and juvenile while hes at it. Why sing it if you dont like it. We all know why. He just doesnt have the chops for it anymore.

[@madpriest7822]

I remember that, wasn't it 10 years ago? That was'nt a good time for surer haha

[@benitokamelo252]

Dio songs have a meaning...I don't think "Queen of the Reich" has any meaning but the tale. Stupid comment.

[@puppetmaster1777]

@@benitokamelo252There are plenty of Dio songs that are similar to Queen of the Riech that are simply D&D inspired because thats what was big in the 80s. Sacred Heart. Killing the dragon etc A mix of D&D with Heaven and hell, good and evil concepts. If I want your opinion I'll give it to you. 🤡

[@benitokamelo252]

@@puppetmaster1777 Sacred Heart, among other Dio songs, has many metaphors within that lead to the same equal. What's the meaning of QotR?

[@mikemoore8521]

Dumb comment!

[@RScott413]

Tate IS more QR than QR is now.

[@clemclemson9259]

lame

[@SubRosaUSA]

how little is he paying this band of misfits?

[@SubRosaUSA]

probably about $100 a show

[@apskelett]

Looks kinda stupid everytime he takes the mic from his mouth whilst the echo still sounds in the speakers. Oh well, still have a good voice comparing to other old heroes (I'm looking at you Vince Neil).

[@mikemoore8521]

It’s called reverb! Do you know anything about music???

[@dag1263]

Horrible!!! These musicians sound like a high school band.

[@jackblack4593]

Hä???

[@davidwagstaff47]

Poor man's Halford, sorry

[@robardsjason9174]

he sounds terrible. lowered key and can't hit the notes. Todd La Torre can still hit them all in the original key.

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

I think queensryche is going to get back together. A big part of the reason the band booted him is because he wouldn't do any of the material older than mindcrime. He would only do the newer stuff that wasn't as popular with fans. Now that Tate has got his voice back into shape and can sing those songs again, they might as well get back together and make more money than they do split up.

[@turyjordan3827]

That voice is shot

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

geoff tate sounds great here but for a long time his voice was horrible. I thought he'd just lost his voice from age but apparently he just wasn't trying hard enough or something.