Queensryche Live '88 Full Concert

[@sydhamelin1265]

Scott Rockenfield is a criminally underrated drummer. MIndcriminally underrated.

[@chassy]

Totally true.

[@Spock456]

Agreed totally he was amazing live

[@lespaulcustom7309]

With out a doubt

[@christschinwon]

Just a class act. I still listen to Mindcrime and Empire and hear bits of his playing I've previously missed. Solid and talented beyond belief!

[@deathtothebots1]

Isn't it sad how a band member is rated by "popularity" of the band at the moment? Geoff is an excellent singer, Michael and Chris work together seamlessly on the guitar, Eddie and Scott worked together excellent, kinda makes you feel sorry for what Cliff/Jason/Robert had/have to work with for the band Scott and company were opening for in this. I like Metallica well but Lars is probably the most overrated drummer of all time.

[@m.d5483]

I remember taking my sister in law to see this show with Metallica and she had never heard Queensryche before. She cried during the show. That's how you know a band is truly great when it evokes an emotion that cannot be contained. She still talks about it. This band is hands down the best progressive metal band of the era.

[@alisonannallyallen1437]

Facts

[@MAX_0033]

00:00 Interview 04:52 Anarchy X/Revolution Calling 10:58 Operation Mindcrime 15:30 Speak 19:09 Spreading the Disease 23:37 Take Hold of the Flame 28:30 Breaking the Silence 33:20 I Don't Believe in Love 37:49 Eyes of a Stranger

[@YusukeTomB]

When De Garmo left....it broke them....and me. I thank them for the amazing work they gave us. This band was everything to me back in the day.

[@dancampbell9652]

l recently read an artical in which the masterpeice(operation mindrime)was rated on a scale of 1-10 on various aspects of its content. After reading and trying to relate to the critic,it became painfully obvious this group knew absolutely nothing of the true storyline or its theme yet labeled it as an 80's commercial sellout that didnt stand the test of time. Are you kidding me? That album is the defenition of a conceptual master peice.Absolutely one of a kind.Without a doubt my deserted island first choice.BRILLIANT

[@divinederelicts2956]

Before its time for sure

[@curtnicholson7771]

Dan Campbell You are exactly right Dan it was and always will be a masterpiece, and as far as I'm concerned you gotta remember that music critics are like used toilet paper FULL of SHIT.

[@jmzochsnrtr]

Put a space before and after parenthesis and after periods, exclamation marks, etc. .... You can work on that on your deserted island.....

[@angusorvid8840]

I've always been a huge QR fan, and when Operation: Mindcrime came out it blew people's minds. It's conceptually brilliant, the arrangements are utterly original, and the guitar work is absolutely clean and rhythmic. Scott Rockenfield is one of the most underrated drummers out there. Tate had a voice like no other. I'm not going to say my songwriting was anywhere near this level. It still isn't. If I want to tell I story I do it one of two ways: I write a novel (I write science fiction) or an instrumental guitar piece. I don't write good lyrical music. I consider Mindcrime to be of the highest plane of lyrical metal. The popularity of this album galvanized the truth that many of us metalheads were serious thinkers and wanted something more from our genre. We wanted something that dealt with the reality of the world, government corruption, crime, the human lust for power, justice and injustice. Mindcrime has everything. That album just wrenched me when I heard it. I can think of very few times when an album, concept or not, got to me. I felt the drama of the music, and it helped me deal with the world. Iran-Contra and all sorts of ugliness where going on back then. The 80s were not the chair of bowlies a lot of people think they were. The world still had its problems. Mindcrime dealt with these problems. It's the first metal album to deal with the drug war as well.

[@festushaggen2563]

2nd only to Pink Floyd’s The Wall for conceptual albums. A very close 2nd.

[@TheSobe30]

There are absolutely no words to describe this band. Pheeeenominal!

[@aarondeepurple]

Don't forget to mention they had the most thought-provoking, moving lyrics in the late-eighties metal world. A bulletproof band.

[@D6EH]

Bulletproof….until they imploded. Sad but true.

[@festushaggen2563]

These lyrics are more relevant than ever today. “I used to trust the media to tell me the truth. But now I see the payoffs everywhere I look. Who do you trust when everyone’s a crook?” - Revolution Calling

[@gaetano5669]

Hey bud, cool it with the pro maga talk.

[@Muisje68]

Exactly my thoughts!

[@loveloveandhatehate]

Try to distinguish between art and reality... They may overlap but don't let the sound drive you crazy 😧🤣 Magagagagoogoogaga 😆

[@LarryWhitford]

Should be a movie!. Probably a documentary today though.

[@ejd715]

Tate and DeGarmo firing on all cylinders! Absolutely perfect! DeGarmo's backing vocals really shine on this video.

[@kit4626]

Stunning performance. Good old times. This album is a masterpiece. Thx for the upload.

[@OchoaMichaelVincent]

Im so glad my pops and all my uncles put me on this when i was like 8 years old. My fav band EVER

[@mitchkms]

They are SO TIGHT live! Super grooving, high energy, great vocal harmonies, such great live performers.

[@Rui.Bordalo]

I was there at Köln Sporthalle in 88. Queensrÿche opened for Metallica's And Justice for All tour. The first song they played was Queen of the Reich, which does not appear in this video I don't know why. Queensrÿche performance was incredibly accurate and the sound was fantastic. After this Metallica played so loud that I've spent three weeks with continuous feedback ringing in my ears. I thought I was going to be deaf forever.

[@rafaelmarmusic]

The first deeply intelligent metal band, the one that made Heavy Metal seem to have reached some maturity. Geof was untoutcheable at live performances...

[@sltwentytwo]

without question. few were in their league. they had it all. great vocals, drummer, guitar duo, & bassist. not many bands managed to string together a stronger set of records like they did. everything from the ep-empire is brilliant.

[@kelstar1967]

I have this CD and have it playing constantly in my car , over and over! Perfection , pure and simple! ♥

[@Konijninzicht]

operation mindcrime is by far the best album i EVER heard! Mythic, magic....!

[@dawnman57]

Huge THX !!! Watching this concert on RTL+ was like a slap in the face. I will always remember this afternoon.

[@Lordestroyer]

DeGarmo is so underrated as a guitar player, but forget that. Let’s talk about his vocal ability and range!!!

[@Mechashiva76]

Under lights and judging eyes ;)

[@PlacidDragon]

No, he was not underrated as a guitar player (both DeGarmo and Wilton were very very good). He might have been a bit underrated as a backup vocalist, because his voice is surprisingly good (for someone who isn't a vocalist). Where he was definitely underrated was..well.. how do i say this... it became very evident that DeGarmo was the "engine" of the band.. he wrote most of the songs, etc. When he left, it created a void that simply could not be filled. For me personally, when DeGarmo left, Queensryche died.

[@pelliot100]

Thanks! As much as I love Operation Livecrime, I've always thought these songs sounded best when Geoff sang them in '88. Especially Revolution Calling and Operation Mindcrime

[@zionmartell42]

I agree his voice started slowly changing, to his tone in Empire, less high & squeeky imo. He's Impeccable here 🔥

[@jasonadkins8894]

So loved Scott Rockenfield's chain hardware back then , still do. Too sweet.

[@ThomasJRyan-ct3dv]

so amazing, still one of the best metal albums of all time

[@chriskuehnle1913]

The whole band is criminally underrated!!

[@betsywaldrop]

Geoff Tate is the all time greatest metal singer...ever.

[@scout805]

Cool Pic Betsy Roo Cheers 🍺

[@pokospikos5672]

I am a huge fan of them. Overall performance is even better than the original album. This shows their enormous skills. It's a pity we 'll not have the chance to enjoy this lineup again.

[@johnanderson1818]

Skipped a day or two of high school and went to Shreveport Louisiana to see Metallica on the Justice for All tour! Queensrych opened for them. I had no clue! Didn't want to either! As soon as I heard Eyes Of a Stranger! It changed my life! Geoff Tate is in my opinion, one of the best front men ever! 💯

[@iancorcoran713]

I saw Queensryche on the Operation Mindcrime tour at Nottingham’s Rock City in 1988. One of my all the favourite gigs! What a band, what an album…

[@jeanlucgaliana6697]

THE GREAT QUEENSRYCHE ! One and only !!!

[@hushdrops]

Thanks for posting , many times better than Live Crime which was overdubbed n cleaned up so much it's like a studio release, this is classic, LIVE queensryche (saw them open with this set Jan '89 for Metallica)

[@JamesMartinGuitar]

In their prime, these guys were downright intimidating to aspiring musicians.

[@paulmaddicks6642]

The best band I ever saw live by a mile ....Hammersmith 89/91

[@swampscott2670]

Saw this a few days earlier in Dortmund, opening for Metallica. This was Queensrych in their prime and they blew Metallica away, both musically and for having a much better mix. Came mostly to see them and remember leaving during the Kirk Hammett solo...

[@raymondlurvink348]

swampscott2670 They blew Metallica away damn right. I saw them in Leiden, it felt like they had a podium of just 10m2 but the sound and the set were amazing. Geoff hit every note, Chris, Michael and Eddie were spot on and Scott was out of this world. Never ever saw an opening act better than QR, they should have been headers already by then, they were in their prime. After Chris left in 1997 the band lost its magic, he was the spider in its web.

[@hillarysoldsaggytit8666]

Geoff was at the top of his game then. Damn, he was one of the greatest singers of all time then.

[@WebSolutionsMediaDesignAgency]

Awesome. Great Geoff, great Queensryche.

[@karenkimberley241]

Geoff,s voice sounds f....king awesome !!!

[@marcelosiqueira982]

27:07 Pure energy...reminds so many scenes of my youth...

[@merlesmith6794]

Fantastic. Thanks for posting this. 🤘🤩

[@curtnicholson7771]

One of the best drummers there is with the best looking drum setup I've ever seen used. I would like to know if Scott thought it all up and had someone build it or if he did or if he helped. It makes me wonder what he has done with it as we no longer see him use it. I hope that he would still have it somewhere. It's to bad that this band was so good that you knew something would have to happen to it. They were definitely Ass Kickers and I'm glad I was alive in their time of touring!

[@scotthawkins8003]

I spoke with Scott about his rig. He welded every link of chain himself

[@carolbruce7608]

I Love Queensryche, saw them on their Empire tour when they played the Entire Mindcrime Album. But..., No One had a Better Drum Set than Mr. Neil Peart, The Professor of RUSH.

[@FreeMTrider]

@@scotthawkins8003 Wow that's pretty cool. I saw them on the Warning tour and it was the first time seeing the kit. He didn't play it as much on the Rage tour, but brought it back out during this one.

[@RedLP5000S]

Oh man thanks for sharing this! So cool to see the band performing Mindcrime upon release. Too bad about the watermark BS.

[@markjones4403]

Saw this tour in Richfield Ohio and Buffalo New York with Metallica as well amazing concerts the is missing a couple songs but still awesome thank you for the great upload!!😊

[@rychew1280]

Chris sounded tired during this interview. Poor guy. My all time favorite guitar player.

[@TheSoundgod59]

We were all tired, tough schedule through Europe.....

[@holgerhahn8615]

Hahaha, great to see this! I saw the package in Dortmund and I recorded this show on VCR. Great memories!

[@sroth42]

I saw Queensyrche about 3-4 years ago at a small venue in So. Cal. It was just the band, the fans and the music; no theatrics, pyrotechnics, video feed in the back, etc. I was very impressed. Geoff Tate is as good live as on CD or better. Everyone's vocal range changes with age, but that didn't impede his ability to belt out the music better than I've seen in most concerts. The best part about rock/metal bands is there is no autotune to make them sound good on CD and suck in concert.

[@Lighteye67]

I saw the Mindcrime tour in Germany and in the US in 88 & 89. Fantastic concept album.

[@paulmaddicks6642]

The best band I have ever seen live ..quite a few times 89 Hammersmith - 91...incredible !

[@dannythompson9163]

I was months old when queensryche released operation mindcrime but has been my favourite album ever I can remember being 3 or 4 years old and having operation livecrime cd and vhs boxset and belting it out lol

[@alisonannallyallen1437]

This is so good. One of my favorite bands. Love Geoffe Tate. I saw him a few years ago on his birthday. It was amazing.

[@1life2pono]

With training from the maestro David Kyle, Geoff Tate mastered his craft as one of the all time greatest singers ever. While in his prime, he wrote brilliant and incredible songs with vocal parts that pushed his vocals to their limit. Then he toured for years with almost super-human effort, to almost nightly reproduce what is impossible for 99.9% of humanity. It's amazing he did as well as he did for as long as he did. I only wish he would have gone out on top, instead of trying to eek out relevance after the break-up with (what seems like) half-hearted performances with horribly under qualified musicians. Thank you for the good times and your priceless contribution to music Geoff. Go now, be at peace.

[@JuanLeg]

I caught the bands first 6 tours and 'Operation' was by far my favorite. The set list never let up, nor was it bogged down by future,(YAWN), ballads which later dominated shows.

[@kevinnazario1015]

Live performances dont get much better than this. Pure 80' s metal awesomeness!!!!

[@jamesbaksa]

Wow - thanks so much!!

[@pfyddogs]

Love this,. Love Queensryche! Thank you.,

[@pierretaulet5918]

Just amazing!!! All is perfect!!!!!

[@metalman1767]

AWSOME!!!! Thanks!!!!

[@scottduyser8583]

I saw this American tour. these guys opened for Metallica on there Justice for all. Awesome!!!

[@angusorvid8840]

Yeah, I saw it at Long Beach Arena. The Hell's Angels stole our seats! Then ripped them off the foundations! We had floor seats, center, four rows from the stage. It was a madhouse! I was there for QR, not 'Tallica.

[@dnashofficial]

......and wiped the FLOOR with them! i was tenth row centre in New Haven, and it was a slaughter. metallica was wasted and just god awful. lars didn't get a single double kick run in "one" proper. ryche was surgical, note perfect, and didn't even take an encore.... just left you with "REVOLUTION!!!". the lights went off, and when they came back on again all of 10 seconds later, half their set was struck and the crowd was left standing there in shock, lol. simply amazing.

[@kennethfurr7397]

Me too! In Greensboro, NC. Queensryche sounded better than Metallica.

[@MetalMike87]

Thaaaaaaaaaanks! Great show!

[@SimonChristensen]

A tad better than the 90's versions! ***** 1651997 39:32 It's very close to the studio version!

[@diegogharcia9552]

WTF...his voice was amazing in that time...

[@Encrypted_God]

JESUS CHRIST! THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH FOR THIS UPLOAD!!!!!

[@metalfan210]

One of my favorite bands, and you said right great line up

[@devildude64]

DAMN !!!!! Eddie Jackson's bass sounded KILLER !!!!!!!!!!

[@janieappleby6639]

Queensryche is my favorite.

[@SYNAPTIKMETAL]

Excellent. This was such a great tour.

[@JimsDoors1971]

Saw them in Cleveland that year in 88 opening for Metallica. Sounded as if I was listening to the cassette in my bedroom Blown away!!.

[@TheSoundgod59]

JimsDoors1971 Thanks! I remember that night in Cleveland, we all had a great show.

[@RochelleEskue]

+JimsDoors1971 That was a great tour. I also saw them both in late 88', in Denver. That was my 1st time seeing Queensryche, and they didn't disappoint.

[@loumason6120]

Well i had the Privilege to watch them play a set in a Bar!!!! in Winston Salem, NC on THIS tour that only held 300 hundred people, on the same stage i use to play My drums. i stood 8 feet away from them as They F'n rocked out for over an hour. They played a handful of bars/club dates to keep tight and promote. It was one of the best shows i ever been to in My life!. I've been a Ryche fan since 84.. so it was just crazy!

[@TheSoundgod59]

@@loumason6120 Was that show in 88' ? I remember playing there on that tour.

[@loumason6120]

@@TheSoundgod59 YEP summer of 88...You played where? and what band?

[@karenkimberley241]

I actually saw them back up Ronnie James Dio,loved them from that night I always thought Geoff had an awesome voice 😊

[@CasonovaCorkClub]

WOW!!! ... that's as good as it gets. ... What year?

[@jubankta1627]

Karen Kimberley hello beautiful

[@benitokamelo252]

1984/1985 I guess.

[@larspetersen9553]

It was on DIOs Holy Diver Tour in 1983 and - as I remember correctly- again on the Last in Line Tour in 1984. I saw them in both years being an opener for DIO and a few times after that again. Magic time the 80s were

[@dcummings4834]

Damn they were good! 💯% on point from start to finish

[@traceyrychewhite6374]

Om gosh! I got to see Queensryche in Pittsburgh. I went with like 15 people and we went for Queensryche. Geoff seems to be struggling a bit in this concert. He sure as hell nailed Take Hold of the Flame. His voice sounds perfect on that song. I don't think that a lot of people know that Geoff is a baritone not a tenor like most of the high note hitting vocalists, like Don Dokken, Michael Sweet. This is the true Queensryche! I'm so glad I grew up on their music.

[@drivventodrumm1]

I played this all the way through more then any other recordings I’ve ever had

[@needahandle]

Great!. Wish I could have seen them live back then.

[@chriskuehnle1913]

Hey can we get a Savatage, Queensryche concert before we die!

[@traceyrychewhite1874]

I saw them with Metallica, but I was there for Queensryche!!! Im Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, The Civic Arena. They were amazing!! The first time I heard Operation Mindcrime, my hair stood up on my arms. It was the best CD I'd ever heard. They are incredible !!!!!

[@Zykomazika]

this show's been a favorite for years. after listening to a recent, post-degarmo live run of mindcrime, i knew i had to dig this one up.

[@TheLoveSignGuy]

WOW, this is hard rocking perfection. Out of all the years that I've watched live Queensryche, this is a band at thier absolute best.

[@GetfitwithWitt]

This is pure joy, listening to QR firing on all cylinders. All the theories posted here on why Geoff's voice faded over the years, especially taking a hit starting with the "Empire" tour. Well, QR was mostly just doing 45 minute sets as the opening band for their "Warning", "Rage" and "Mindcrime" tours. Starting with "Empire" tour, the set time doubled to 90 minutes as they were now the headliners. That was a certainly a great endurance strain on Geoff's voice right from the start and his vocal chords were just not able to sustain it...especially since that highly successful "Empire" tour lasted more than a year I do believe. Geoff was and still is (for his age) amazing. A real trail blazer vocally, and a wonderful song writer/composer.

[@Kommentaraccount]

I would like to be able to sing like Geoff back then. Fantastic performance.

[@Wer666wie]

How stupid I must be - I have Internet in approximately 22 Years and TODAY i had the thought to give `QR live full Concert´ at tag by youtube - IT WAS THE GREATEST BAND ON EARTH - with deGarmo & Tate!!!

[@QueensrycheGirl]

Love this video !

[@scout805]

Odd how no "my mission" and the crown jewel "suite sister Mary" and "needle lies" Great Upload tho! Cheers from Milwuakee Wis. 🍺 🍺 FJB

[@cay113]

This Queensrychr line up...absolutely untouchable!...Geoff ...unmatchable voice...DeGarmo...untouchable riffs and voice...Scott...so much feel, amazing technique and uniqueness in his drumming!...

[@BeachRose61]

Damn, you can tell he's blown out his voice, because when he hits the super high notes, he only sustains them for a second or two and has to drop down an octave. Remember how he used to blast those high notes and just keep it going? There's probably a little vocal chord damage going on, but these guys will rock my world forever!

[@Bigtime1998]

+Wendy Rose He was a smoker for a long time too.

[@FreeMTrider]

@@Bigtime1998 In smoker years, he really didn't smoke as much. Rarely did anyone see him smoking and I've never seen him with a smoke on stage. I have seen them live since the Warning tour. They toured non-stop from that point on and he was singing his ass off.

[@DreidMusicalX]

Glad I got to see them live Empire tour and then again in 2008.

[@OpheliaDarkling]

What a weird interviewer lol...Fantastic performance captured here. The energy & power of the conceptual set is something to behold live. Goddamn I miss Chris. He did the right thing leaving when he did--they were all tapped out. Part of me wishes/hopes they'll do just one more tour but I don't think it's possible cos of everything that's happened. Thankful for this to capture and share the magic they once had. Cheers all!

[@cyberdon9668]

Perfect band

[@Fasttounge]

saw them back then in Saarbrücken on this tour, best QR time ever !!

[@celestelongway7315]

Saw this tour! Warrant opened in Irvine. Irvine Meadows. Ampitheatre. Big. Seemed sold out too. rock on! mtw in LA. QR fan. guitarist, singer. 2022

[@marinmikloska1429]

Find someone who looks at you just like Geof looks DeGarmo when he sing back vocals.

[@hazor777]

Damn, for a live mix from 32 years ago , this sounds amazing- the band sounds brilliant, of course

[@JB-wi2wh]

Rage for Order album is my favorite from Queensryche!

[@j800r]

PL wasn't just a great album. It was a Prog masterpiece. It's unfortunate that people seem to lack the insight and open-mindedness to enjoy that album. It's actually the one that first introduced me to the band. People love to make Geoff the scapegoat of the failiure that was Dedicated To Chaos yet overlook the fact that HITNF was almost entirely DeGarmo.

[@stuartewoldt1513]

I loved QR until they put out Empire and don't get me wrong it has fantastic songs but I just didn't check out anything else. I'm gonna go listen to Promise Land just to see if you are right. If you are, Thanks in advance 😊

[@JacksonAxe]

I saw this tour in April 1989. Queensryche opened with Queen of the Reich and it was one of the very few shows on that tour where Metallica switched instruments for Am I Evil. James on drums, Jason on guitar, Kirk on bass and Lars "singing" if I remember correctly. Great show, still have the ticket stub.

[@heashon2000]

I was there too! Minneapolis, 1988! It was fantastic and I was a Ryche fan ever since!

[@gregalabama]

My favorite part is the watermark! :)

[@neugey]

No need to worry, Queensryche made videos for Operation Mindcrime which turned out to be a masterpiece with or without them!

[@yanava]

Whatever happened to Geoff's voice, it was beetween this and 1990.

[@SoapinTrucker]

You will FULLY understand some time in the future ;)

[@yanava]

Mike Tayon Care to elaborate?

[@SoapinTrucker]

Well it's simple Bro, when YOU get older, you will notice, feel, and see serious changes, that's all I meant :)

[@yanava]

Mike Tayon I agree in a sense that age requires that you pay more attention to what you do to your voice. And if you are not careful enough you may end up with no voice at all. There are many examples of people that took care and continued to perform well: Dio, Pavarotti, Michael Kiske, Glenn Hughes, and so on. The problem with Geoff's voice is that it radically changed between 88 and 91. Just compare Empire with Operation Mindcrime, the voice sounds so different in certain songs you can almost say they got a different singer. Some say smoking did it, some say playing many live shows did it. I believe it was a combined effect of all. He did not preserve his instrument and as a result he lost it. Fast.

[@SoapinTrucker]

Moreno Addad Hassem Well, what about the idea that maybe he was straining all of those years to create the sound he had, could have ended it early? Dunno.........

[@wisdomoverfear2685]

I was fortunate enough to see them and meet them at a local record store(anyone remember those ?) back in the late eighties ! What a great time and what great memories ! This band was absolutely incredible live back then ! What I wouldn't give to go back to that time and place !

[@TheJimmybang]

QR were the pinnacle of the genre.. A whole nother level of musicmanship, and Geoff sounds pretty damn good here considering he'd been belting QR songs on the road for about 5-6 years by this time, they are absolutley historical in the Metal music world. Listen to Live in Japan '84 tour...

[@donaramco]

Geoff sang EFFORTLESSLY back then - WOW!

[@johnlopresto439]

I worked out in a gym in Jersey when they were touring in North America Took a great pic with all of them. Mind Crime is an epic album. Geoff’s voice is off the hook!!! 🤟🏼🤟🏼

[@PropertyOFTheState]

Gives me the chills, so awesome at this point in their career. A+++

[@U3X6785]

I saw them less than a month later for the first time in Indy. Geoff still had this voice at that point. Something happened to him in Japan in 89 that changed his voice and made those higher notes more and more harder to hit.