Queensryche Operation LIVEcrime

[@mlaborde66]

Simply one of the greatest albums ever made.

[@matbuchanan9765]

Moe?

[@4amcreationshhi]

It's coming in to play in real life in real time and is unbelievably crazy to watch it happen, knowing it was going to. 😢

[@kenmocek7766]

Absolutely. They were talking about the 1 percent ruling the country even back then. Nothing has changed.

[@milesyager2903]

EVER MADE!!! Yes!!!

[@simonking5863]

I concur, a brilliant live band…saw them a couple of times in the mid 80s, operation mindcrime is without doubt one of the very best albums ever.

[@sunnys5150]

All orig members. What talent these guys had and what an amazing time in music it was. Queensryche will always be connected to my teen years. I miss the days when rock and metal ruled the world

[@Caltops78]

Wish I could have seen them live all the originals. Chris DeGarmo’s guitar playing would have been amazing to witness in person. All of these guys are amazing musicians

[@oscarfranciscoramirezdelpr576]

Rock and metal still rules the world. It's MTV that change from what it was to what it is, trash.

[@richard6704]

@@Caltops78I got chance to catch this tour here in the UK, they did the whole Operation Mindcrime album and other songs, phenomenal gig!

[@Caltops78]

@@richard6704 so jealous my man. I wish I could have been there for this. I was in middle school when “Empire” came out and that was my first exposure to Queensryche: I didn’t get to appreciate Mind Crime until I was older. Happy you got to see and hear this masterpiece live

[@glennsmiley7704]

The very best concept album ever. Nothing else even comes close🤟🤟

[@Georgia-Vic]

Yes, best album and concert tour!

[@johnnyjohnson1326]

Every song continues the story! Mindcrime is probably more relevant today than it was in 88! A true masterpiece that speaks Truth about the corruption/evil of both government and organized religion. This album has stood and will stand the test of time long after we're gone. Thank you for posting this!

[@no_country_for_real_men]

The lyrical line that stands out for me and couldn't be any more true is the line " I use to think america's way was right" No other lyrical line deserves more respect for courage to speak truth than that line.

[@davidlaws1438]

DEFINITELY,,,HOW DID THEY KNOW, WOW...

[@stephenoglesby4263]

Exactly. Along with Rush 2112

[@snowmanfl]

I’m 52 yers old now and this is still the best concert I’ve ever been to…

[@evacruz6930]

My kids grew up with this album. 🤘🤘 Now in my mid 50's, it's still my favorite album EVER!! 👍👍 "RYCHE'N' ROLL BABY.... ❤

[@roberthope9347]

Greatest father on Earth.

[@gmquizon6024]

Better than any album period and any band period.

[@jayfisher9338]

Do they sing opera?

[@ItzMetal1013]

0:00 I Remember Now 1:21 Anarchy-X 2:51 Revolution Calling 7:48 Operation: Mindcrime 12:14 Speak 15:58 Spreading the Disease 21:08 The Mission 26:53 Suite Sister Mary 38:02 The Needle Lies 41:18 Electric Requiem 42:37 Breaking the Silence 47:14 I Don't Believe in Love 51:19 Waiting for 22 52:46 My Empty Room 54:23 Eyes of a Stranger

[@userperson5259]

I'm speechless. This is my favorite album of all time.

[@stephensmirnow5671]

This is one of the greatest albums and concerts ever!

[@StevieDee64]

I saw this show from the 7th row at the Providence Civic Center. One of the greatest concert experiences I have ever had.

[@tracybosworth1033]

Lucky guy!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@vinzo3159]

I was right behind you in the eighth row. I’ll never forget it! Hands down the best show ever!! Masters at their craft!

[@hillena]

the best setup...queensryche now?...it is a karaoke band , All hail Tate...this was sooooo good

[@patriotroydie3745]

At 61 I still crank this album with headphones and definitely brings back memories. Sister Mary

[@jeffdarnell9932]

With you. These days are crazy

[@HaraldLabout]

Same

[@Thee_Dr_Evil]

us old fools lived through a time when some of the best music ever was made.

[@RQH781]

61 give it 😂up over 😂 hill

[@MrsAcecard]

Same here!

[@chrisb5986]

These guys were up there with Rush and Pink Floyd for concept albums and the hottest stadium rock band of their era. Fantastic recording.

[@Powermad-bu4em]

Damn right. I saw Metallica September 8th, 1989 and as soon as we heard about the show we immediately got tickets thinking Queensryche was still on the tour. My buddy had seen them earlier in the year together and he said it was the most incredible thing he's ever witnessed. Unfortunately by the time I caught Metallica in SLC the opener was Faith No More. None of us had ever heard of them and we were extremely disappointed. Needless to say us little teenage Metallica freaks were not kind to FNM. I never was able to catch Tate era Queensryche. A huge regret to this day.

[@blackiesavage7661]

@@Powermad-bu4em The Real Thing is a great album too

[@Powermad-bu4em]

@@blackiesavage7661 That's another story. Not too long after the Metallica show my buddy bought TRT and came and picked me up so we could cruise around and listen to the disc. It was fucking amazing. They just sounded really bad live. One of our other buddies at the Metallica show was all the way up at the top of the cheap seats and he said they sounded killer. Live and learn.

[@chaddoyle6329]

@@Powermad-bu4em metallicka sucks, sold out decades ago🤓

[@matbuchanan9765]

I agree 100%

[@jeffsadowski7759]

You know, I never hear how unique these two guitarists are. Been playing drums for 38 years; never heard anyone quite like them. They leave so much space to let the songs breathe, but they aren't lazy, either. You guys are the Best.❤

[@michelleburkholder2547]

Best voice that ever came out of Seattle.

[@edben5652]

Probably the best voice in Metal

[@paulsteier9510]

I AGREE ONE OF A KIND GREATEST ALBUM I HAVE EVER HEARD AND I'M 63 YEARS OLD I LISTEN TO IT AT LEAST EVERY MONTH FROM START TO END!!!!!

[@jamesmiller-vf7hu]

❤

[@davidlaws1438]

YEP, IM 60, IT COOKS!!!!! PUMPS ME UP EVERYTIME

[@metalmagic1984]

Based

[@binderfan436]

I'm the same age as you. At the right age to enjoy many years of real rock and roll. There's nothing now as far as that kind of music. So I listen to 45 years worth of great tunes .

[@misterbaker9728]

I’m 47 and love it too F the grunge bs other than Alice In Chains this band is the best period

[@damiancady7061]

There was absolutely no way they could ever top this album . It is an epic concept album .😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@shnz6440]

Empire was a pretty great follow up…lol These guys hit the ground running with their first album and just got better from there.

[@redpilledape5633]

Most artists these days wouldn't be able to pull this off in studio much less LIVE

[@darinfaux6565]

For shure

[@bobjohnson1633]

All good bands are better live

[@Georgia-Vic]

Nope, not most... Nobody!😉

[@RB-oc7ti]

I can’t tell from this concert video?! Too much post production lip syncing and drum fills added that were not coming from Tate’s mouth or from the drummer on the video! Shouldn’t have done that - So I can’t buy your assertion.

[@Elaureana]

@@RB-oc7ti Just shut up

[@hikikomori_trader]

If I was stranded on a deserted island with only one album to listen to, this would be the one!

[@RScott413]

I would have to go with Live After Death but I would want to have this one too.

[@albeckwall]

Saw this show twice in the early 90s. What you are hearing in on this vid is what we heard in the room. The mix and the performances were spot on! That snare drum did in fact sound like a cannon in person! Talk about a tight band - they were locked in. I agree with other commenters that Chris DeGarmo was underrated (outside of musician circles anyway). What a phenomenal player.

[@nicefish10]

They had a couple of sound guys back then that are still very active today. Brad Maddox and Alex Raphael.

[@RB-oc7ti]

I can’t tell from this concert video?! Too much post production lip syncing and drum fills added that were not coming from Tate’s mouth or from the drummer on the video! Shouldn’t have done that - So I can’t buy your assertion.

[@albeckwall]

@@nicefish10 It was fairly common back then (less so now) to combine performances from multiple nights (and in this case some staged performance shots), so I can see where there could be inconsistencies. Also not uncommon to re-record audio in post for live gigs. My point was the live show, in the room, sounded amazing.

[@queensryche52]

Best band of all time from beginning to end this album changed my life

[@JimCollurafici]

Geoff was so intelligent and very down to earth

[@gerryhamner9850]

One of the best concept records EVER!!! Along with Rush "2112"

[@stephenoglesby4263]

Good answer

[@davidlane9138]

Indeed. They are classics that can't be duplicated.👍

[@FerreiraLG]

I would also put on that list Dream Theater's Metropolis pt II: Scenes from a memory

[@magilla7887]

You said it brother, my words exactly my friend. Keep Rockin 👍🏼

[@blak1lyte]

After watching him sing take hold of the flame...i wished i could sing with that range... one of my many musical inspirations. Even my wife loved this.

[@allenwilson1664]

PHENOMENAL...... The spiritual vibe is mesmerizing. In 88 I was 20, lived in Arlington Tx, had a lil run with methamphetamines and listening to this album was other worldly! Listening now is like a time machine!

[@christophemonnier9019]

Thanks a lot ! Great concert and great music ; probably the best Metal Concept Album all times for me ! :)

[@randymorrison6774]

It's right there with The Wall, for me. And I saw that PF show, in LA

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

Greatest album ever made. By the greatest band to ever exist.

[@hussle2654]

This is the only album I listen to without skipping a track.

[@Eddy_tooCold]

Also rage of order 😊

[@jangkim5080]

It's amazing whenever I listen to this album. They are one of the few bands rock my soul.

[@TheLorielei70]

My first stadium concert in '91! I was hooked immediately! Just saw them again this past Friday, and they were just as amazing with La Torre! I was impressed!

[@MsLynn251]

Best line up of the best bands of the 80's. Damn, these guys were so talented and so underrated. I NEVER understood that!! They were phenomenal. I so very wish they were still together making music.

[@binderfan436]

They had big time airplay on FM rock stations and sold millions of albums. Sold out concert venues .How is that underrated ?

[@nathanh869]

I had this in my Discman for literally 2 years. Still gives me chills. I saw them in Greensboro on this tour. Flawless. DeGarmo was the soul of this band.

[@oldfriend327]

Thank you and God bless you so much for posting this. I haven't seen this in what feels like a century no joke. Seeing this and hearing that music takes me back 32 years to when I was a teenager with six of the best friends of my life. Wherever they are, God please be with them.

[@JanineAhola]

AMAIZING!!! KILLER SEEING THIS CONCERT LIVE!!

[@MrAnimal1971]

This is what happens when passion, hard work, and a dream come to fruition!! Simply amazing!!! Thank you to all the unseen that made this happen!

[@charlessnyder7624]

Absolutely fantastic I see them 3 times live montage mountain Scranton Pennsylvania Scott the drummer is amazing.

[@bellamyribeiro]

This masterpiece needs to be remastered in 4k goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SteveSparx]

8K

[@bellamyribeiro]

@@SteveSparx even better!!😎🤓

[@kotogray8335]

It's like a spiritual experience every time I watch this. So great and moving

[@tiborkoncz9202]

My all-time favorite album and concert.

[@DavidHiggs-k8x]

Incredible! Freaking amazing band and performance!

[@jonwhite1479]

Was in Lakewood at pizza and pipes...lady walks up to and my brother and asks if we listen to rock n roll, we say ya,... she asks if we ever heard of Judas priest... we say ya... she says I met them the other day my son is in a band called queensriech have you heard of them....blew us away it was Geofs mom....sorry if I spelled your name wrong...either way wonderful lady, we talked about how they played at all kinds of keg parties and so on thank you all of you guys...years later got talk to chris and Jerry Cantrell, scott vanderpool the awesome DJ from pnw. Love you guys. Thank you so much.

[@4ontheFloorMojo]

Amazing to be there live and amazing to relive it through this video! There just is NOT anything comparable to the sheer "EPICNESS" of this album!! Fuck me they were SOOOO good!!!!

[@johnbaron8543]

To this day... One of the BEST shows I ever saw

[@RetroMediaLibrary]

the last remnants of the stellar '80s tone. so good!

[@MrDuds1984]

This album is a masterpiece

[@lindalavallee2874]

We saw Geoff Tate two years ago and he sounded just as good if not better than this. I'd pay to hear him sing the phone book! 🤘

[@omniken66]

I saw them at LaMour East in Queens NY back in 1987....I was 10 feet from the band. Geoff Tate vocals were so powerful that certain segments of songs he did't even use his Mic.....It was around Valentines day and we were packed in there like sardines but it was absolutely fucking amazing! I would've never thought they'd play a club like that but they did and I was fucking there.....

[@JeffreyBuck-z9q]

Remember seeing this tour In Michigan one of the best shows ever

[@Terry-u8k]

If there ever was a better live band, I just didn't see them. They rock!

[@paulpattyn7742]

We need music like this now.

[@Moment-14]

Looks like the 91 tour.? Jan 91... El Paso UTEP.... 2nd show of tour.... Middle 6th row..... shrooming.... Most impressive was Rockenfield... his drumming still lives in my bones to this day.... Crisp, powerful.... he gave it all.... always has stayed with me.... Of course the entire band played and sang balls to the wall.....

[@WOLFENCT]

Best conceptual rock album of all-time! RYCHE & ROLL!

[@gamelivejonathan2843]

São os melhores ❤🇧🇷

[@SteveSparx]

I had the great pleasure of meeting the band on this tour @ Jones Beach NY w Type O Negative opening. Phenomenal Show !!

[@loneranger9485]

WHAT A VOICE . WHAT A BAND 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@RockDom]

Queensryche on their peak !! This entire Project with that Formation will always be a Genius Strike 🎶🤍🎶 🤘 Still 2024 🤘

[@SykesFW]

I wore this album out as a kid, I would literally put on my headphones and go to sleep every night playing this album

[@breshkotashmal7362]

I was in that audience (well, for the parts filmed in Milwaukee). The video can't do justice to just how awesome this was in person.

[@adamallred5305]

Simply one of the greatest albums ever made, damn right!

[@kimgow7671]

I was lucky enough to see this live, 2x's Brilliant

[@madmaxgenerico9761]

Comprei esse DVD em 2005 na Galeria do Rock........ registro impecável do Queensryche!

[@mauro6436]

Il miglior conceptalbum d sempre!lo adoro!😝

[@PamelaTurpin-rd2yo]

I want to thank this band for saving me giving me the strength I needed

[@stevenanddaisysjourney8922]

I've been a fan since the early days of their 1st album. I listened to mindcrime constantly for years. Monster album. Not the biggest fan of the story in it but it doesn't matter, what they did w it was huge! A work of art!

[@a2ndopynyn]

If you look into traditional (orchestral) opera, the stories are often like this. Real tragedies with lots of pain and suffering and characters doing bad stuff to each other. This is a perfect opera 'libretto.'

[@GuillaumeCroteau-e7f]

Spectacular album great band and great concept album my top 5 favorite of all times

[@SébastienGagné-h4o]

My favourite album ever 🤘🏻

[@poppyhimbo]

one of the best concerts I've ever seen

[@jameswoolley7421]

ONE BAND THAT I SAW IN 1991 THAT I WISH I WAS SOBER .

[@ToddMcF2002]

They opened for Def Leppard in 88 and I saw portions of the full show. They had the Mindcrime stage out too. Incredible band!

[@michaelferguson4086]

Absolutely Queensryche firing on all cylinders

[@adrianocomitti2617]

Showzaco uns dos melhores discos de metal do anos 80s muito afrente do seu tempo !!

[@Marie-t7d]

Long beach CA USA it was simply amazing concert that I went to not this one o course but damn Long Beach California was oh wow. Will never ever ever 4 get it. Love these guys!!!! No matter what ❤❤❤❤❤ from me Marie in Buena Park CA USA love you guys really ❤❤❤❤

[@bigjohnson7415]

A moment in time, A perfect confluence of Power and Fury, young men at the top of their game. I witnessed it in Tulsa Oklahoma, and sadly will never be repeated again.

[@oldschool2118]

Didn't know that Queensryche had this kind of songs and vocals! 👌🤟❗️

[@toddlesiak3837]

You must be used to the new Queensryche with Todd? He can really sing, but he's no Geoff Tate!

[@cryptog5543]

I saw them play this whole album live at First Avenue in downtown Mpls. A venue that was under 1500 capacity. I think I spent about $17 back in 2006. It was awesome. They did the whole dramatic show. Very cool.

[@jerryandrews7951]

Props to the current lineup, but Geoff Tate IS the master.

[@matbuchanan9765]

My favorite album from the early 90's. "Dr J Hamilton.. "

[@RScott413]

Tate went through a period of issues with his voice, the guy just aged and it was going to change some but after hearing him recently he has returned very close to form. The guy is in his 60s and delivering Tate-like vocals. They need to do another show with DeGarmo in Seattle while they still can. Good Grief Geoff Tate was the icing on the cake of a fantastic group.

[@gmquizon6024]

This is MASTERPIECE!!!! Better live performance ever from alpha to omega!!

[@paulajane9828]

I love your music legends 🎶🎸♥️🤘🌟

[@rAsphkA]

probably the best concert/concept metal album of all time

[@calzone2112]

This whole album seems to be underrated. One of my all time. Got to see them at a super small venue in Hartford Ct. Performing the whole album. Fucking amazing!!

[@ferencszabo6683]

A világ eddig iródott legjobb zeneanyaga stilustól függettlenül.

[@spearshome0329]

What an amazing performance! WOW

[@michaelperry8177]

Yet another awesome band from this era out of Seattle it is a slice in time that will never be duplicated ever 😀 😉 not a chance so amazing i still listen to all of these great bands don't really have a favorite they are all incredibly talented peace out...

[@michaelmoore5738]

No matter what they call themselves now it is not Queensryche without Geoff Tate

[@frankwoltje1658]

Der Hammer, ich, liebe, die Band vom ersten Album an, PS Wahnsinn sound, bin froh, daß es die Band nach den, umbesetungen, weiterhin so gibt

[@b17bomber]

saw this show in 1991 in Albany, NY and they stone cold killed it.

[@mattfletcher5526]

I watched a documentary of the Seattle music scene a while back and these guys were forgotten. They referenced Heart, Hendrix then skipped right to the 90s grunge phase. I love grunge, but these guys were a huge influence of that scene.

[@marylynnearnold4236]

Yeah when I think of Seattle I think of queensryche

[@neilswan-h2z]

only knew one of their songs in the past but gotta say they sound incredible here

[@Alfredo-ok2ts]

The BEST heavy metal album off the history

[@scout805]

For those of you unfamiliar with Queensryche and our music, your probably wondering What the Hell is going on here.

[@Bonjonify]

The Best.I miss this MUSIK!🫶

[@davidkramer4710]

My teenage son and I saw that tour that year one word FLAWLESS!!!! D

[@Darkseidx]

Classic show and album!

[@tomasplinta8501]

One of the best

[@philkiyite8294]

God bless America ❤❤ for ever

[@larrycrabs5995]

Probably the best concept album of all time!

[@alfredoobregon2618]

Simplemente extraordinario concierto.

[@kevintossin]

My first concert in 92 or 93..maybe I was 12 years old I went alone my mom dropped me off haha! Fargo North Dakota Bison sports arena. Warrior Soul opened, it was the Empire tour and I had the time of my life. I was a little kid, I remember the crowd being awesome with me, on people's shoulders everything

[@LC-qr1uu]

I was lucky enough to see this twice.