Favorite "Queen" Songs #4 - "Queen of the Reich"
@teamfreak16 (43421)
Denver, Colorado
February 11, 2018 8:26pm CST
A band that regularly shows up in my music series' appears once again. We are at #4 in my countdown of my favorite songs with "queen" in the title: "Queen of the Reich" by Queensryche.
The first single from the Seattle metal band's 1983 debut EP, Queensryche, "The Queen of the Reich" is probably best known for being the source of the group's name (the spelling of "Reich" was changed because the band wanted to avoid any connection with Nazi Germany.) The band was originally called "The Mob," but changed the moniker to "Queensryche" out of necessity upon signing their first contract after it was discovered that another band called "The Mob" already existed (and "Queensryche" is both more metal and memorable, anyway.)
As a single, the song was a very minor hit in the UK, where it charted at #94. It was also featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
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queensryche performing queen of the reich live in tokyo , japan 1984 on the warning tour /,,/ /,,/ Lineup Geoff Tate - Vocals Michael Wilton - Guitars...
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Feb 18
This was a group I missed completely.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Feb 18
Queensryche? Oh man, they were a great metal band. I say "were" because the lead guitarist and the vocalist are no longer in the band. SPIN Magazine once accurately called them "thinking man's metal."
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
12 Feb 18
@teamfreak16 Who does the vocals these days? I haven't kept up on them since they had the lawsuit over who got to keep the band name.
I got to see them in Tucson in 1995, where they did Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety as part of their Promised Land tour. I saw them again in 2000 when they opened (no longer headliner status!) for Iron Maiden, but Chris DeGarmo was gone by then. I think they were at their peak at that first show.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
12 Feb 18
@JolietJake That was such a wonderful album.
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@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
17 Feb 18
i remember when that album came out.geoff tate's vocal range for the time was insane.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
20 Feb 18
He is one of my favorites. I don't listen to anything that they've done since they fired him.
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@FourWalls (62118)
• United States
12 Feb 18
And you just can't put an umlaut in "The Mob" the way you can in "Queensrÿche." 
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Feb 18
That's true. I didn't even think about that!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
12 Feb 18
I do not know the name, I will listen when at the computer
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Feb 18
Very, very good metal band from Seattle. Their original singer is one of my favorites.
