This album will be in my heart forever .....carried me through some tough times in my life ....But I'm still here 52 years old and still listening to Queensryche .
got your feeling bro, I'm 52 myself and I beat a cancer 11 years ago and still here we are listen to the second great band coming out seatle after Jimmy Hendrix Experience and before Nirvana and Soundgarden, cheers.
this is my favorite queensryche... I had an old cassette of this I blasted a million times in the 80's. I wish I lived in an alternative reality where queensryche stayed this hardcore!
+gregory clewell Double sided tape? Rock the hell out, flip it, repeat. My god, so long ago but I played the shit out of that tape. And every thing after this EP seemed to be heading more and more towards a rock opera
everything up to and including mindcrime was amazing....made my teenage years complete.... they were my intellectual metal.... had king, antharx, metallica etc for the headbanging.. queensryche took me someplace special
@@agentjohnson3973 which albums are you referring to? I think he sounds very good on the first 5 albums and is overall a highly above average vocalist. Screaming is not the only way to show power in vocals.
I wasn't a fan of Queensryche in the 80s but they're still in my collection. Pulled this out today and came here because the balance on my vinyl seems pretty right side dominant. Luckily I still use a 2 channel amp and eq. Anyway, I'm glad I still have a copy because at 50 I'm loving it.
Couldn't get enough of this growing up. Almost broke the volume knob trying to make it louder. Tate gives Rob Halford a run for his money. Love the blistering guitars in this ep.
@@88anarahammertime I do not know if I am a boomer or not (51 this year) but I think that is one of the most silly phrases that are used nowadays 😆! But, in truth, those who have been young in the eighties have good reason to wish for a time machine... In my opinion, and my experience, at least... But to each their own... But, if we are talking about Heavy Metal, then I do not think that no one can deny that those times were the best for this genre, at least for the kind of Music that we "oldies" have known as HM. If for the younger generations HM is downtunings and growling orks... 🙄 Let just say that I would not change place with them. And someone should build that fucking time machine! 😄 Greetings from Italy!
I was 15 in 1984 and saw Queensryche open for Kiss in Dayton, Ohio. I still remember Geoff Tate just belting it out. Amazing, life changing concert! One of my all time favorite bands.
I saw them on that tour also; opened for Kiss at the Peoria Civic Center. I still have the Warning tour T shirt which I can't fit into any longer sadly!
I do miss the late 80s early 90s life was good ... metal was king and still is in my book ! Wish bands still play music 🎶 like this ... some day a singer will touch my sole like Jeff did .. untill then long live queensryche my friend!
i remember hearing this for the first time in Aug 1983. I was stationed at Sheppard AFB TX . I went to the local Mall to the Music Store and this album started playing. By the time the last song finished playing I was purchasing My own copy! Still Have it! Epic Metal at it's Finest! \m/ \m/
The best EP in the history of rock/heavy metal. Every track is stunning. Especially Queen of the Ryche... the best vocal performance in metal. I had just started singing casually, when I heard this song. Everything changed. I was astonished by Geoff's voice; I had never heard such an amazing singer. It inspired me to take my singing to the next level.
When Queensryche was good! My high school years were so, so AWESOME. It must suck for all the kiddos after the mid 80's!!! Thanks Steve Barnett for turning me on to this band before they sold out.
awww memories of being 12 years old, blasting this cassette on my boombox, getting yelled at to turn it down. sorry mom! man, I miss the 80's! Hope u all are having a fantastic day!
+Daniel Carrasco Yeah, I was 15 when this came out and when I heard this and still listen to it today I was blown away, and still am. Tate's vocals crush all others.
Jeff Butner it was the Ultimate Sin tour and it was Rage for border for Queensryche! I saw them in Greensboro NC and by pure coincidence got to meet both bands minus Chris DeGarmo at the Sheraton hotel. And every one except Phil Sousa from Ozzy treated me like we had known each other forever. Randy Castillo took me and my friends to his room where we hung out all night and gave us back stage passes and tickets to the next night in Fayetteville NC which of course I went and watched from the side of the stage! Changed my life! I was a Jake E Lee fanatic at the time as I'm a guitar player but I'd known Queensryche and was also blown away at the live performances!
Hey there, I went to Charlotte, NC to see Ozzy on The Ultimate Sin tour in '86 and Metallica opened for him. What was really cool is that Cliff Burton was still in the band then! It was about 3 months before the bus crash I think. We lost a great one when we lost Cliff!
Here's the the thing... as a teenage boy, I went to see Kiss at age 15. Then it happened: Qeensryche opened up the show and the skies parted and the metal god appeared to me and I was born again. I entered an innocent child and I left as a man.
Damn! You saw them w/KISS?!?!? there's the deal. My 1st KISS concert was to be w/Stone Temple Pilots, their singer f'd it up and some "who are these guys?" band was along for the ride instead.
@@thorstenkehde3453 queensryche isn't shit compared to Dio lol. This was their only good material, after this they went to playing hard rock instead of power metal.
Now this is Queensryche back when they truly stood apart from everyone else. I saw them open for Dio in the Paramount Theatre(Seattle) not long after this ep was released. That was way back in 1983 and even now, many years and shows later, it was still one of the best shows I've ever seen. Pure magic.
@@elonsmydaddy4560 Nope. Not true. A stupid rumor from decades ago, because he's that good. He himself stated in a recent interview on here somewhere that "he started playing piano and keyboards around 9 years old. Didnt even think of being a singer until around 14 or 15 years old. Told to take lessons (albeit from some amazing vocal coach apparently), took about 6 WHOLE LESSONS, Perfected those six lessons and stopped going (it was expensive). Convinced band to go later on after they were already signed and did a refresher himself. " Now I paraphrased that, but thats the long and short of it. This dude was taught briefly and mastered signing, for the most part, on his own. Give credit to his dedication! (if you doubt my account, look it up on here. Its 80's metal bin something like that)
Lol! What a scream to start the first song. 😀 This album is a pure gem. Geoff Tate was out of this world. In concert when they were doing Lady wore black. Wow! Thanks for posting this.
This brings back memory's back in 1983when a friend lend me this album , from beginning Riff on Queen of the Reich to The last song Lady wore black ... Awesome Guitar work on this album . 34 years later and it's still kicking ass.
June 1983, Alameda California, I was 16 years old, and I was looking for new music on the radio. I had my cassette deck on rec+pause, and when a song would start I'd unpause it and if it sounded good I'd keep recording, but if I didn't like it I'd stop, and reset it. That's how I heard Queen of the Reich for the first time. I didn't know the name of the song or the band, but I rocked that shit all summer long, and eventually I became a huge Queensryche fan.
I bought this cassette when I graduated basic training at Ft. Benning Ga. Bought it in the px after hearing just this song. I still have it today......
Absolutely GORGEOUS BAND!!!! They will definitely go done in history! AMAZING DEBUT ALBUM! They are truly the definition of metal as someone here has already stated!
Shortly after this ep came out, I won a copy of this and tix to the Twisted Sister/Queensryche show. It was in a small hall, maybe 250 people. It was the TS tour for the album You Can't Stop Rock and Roll. QR signed autographs that day, Geoff wasn't speaking as he was sick with throat issue. Anyways, they BLEW away TS. I only knew Queen of the Ryche prior to the show. But, when he started whistling the beginning of Lady Wore Black and then let loose the song on us was mind blowing. I, and the crowd, was stunned. So so stunned. So so good.
I saw that tour too. I lived in Cleveland, and the band signed autographs earlier that day at a small record store called Warped Records. That was such a fantastic time to be young!
Let's hear it! No one can sing like Geoff Tate nobody! The guy is classical trained hands down and can hit a E5 no problem he can hit 5 octave range!! With out a sweat!
I heard Queen of The Reich for the first time and immediately went to Tower Records to buy the album. Been a fan from day one. I'm old now and the pain never goes away but hearing these tunes again helps me feel young.
I love you, Queensryche. And I love you, Geoff Tate. Heavy metal has not known a finer vocalist. And I've heard most of them but through all of the undeniable talent this fast, aggressive yet utterly human music has known, your light shines the brightest. Please know that you made a dent in people's lives.
The Pioneers of Prog😎🤘 Geoff Tate is a vocal God😎🤘 Nobody has this on their resume 😎🤘 Here's our demo😎🤘 Queen of the Reich,Take hold of the flame😎🤘How are those vocals 😎🤘
And the magic began! .... The beginning of one of the best band of all. 🤘🤘🤘 I still love to listen to their first five albums. This one is a gem and The Lady wore black an absolute masterpiece.
When this came out I bought this cassette tape. It was only 4 songs. On the flip side of the tape it said the songs had been rerecorded for your listening pleasure. I was so moved by the raw emotional power of this music that I actually appreciated this.
…She wore her pain like a shackled spirit Eternal life was her debt to pay... The Lady Wore Black... See the years through the tears in her eyes... ... The words she spoke were of forgotten lives And of all knowledge gained Memories I had and didn't know why With a smile she explained... ...I should have listened to the wind's cold warning And walked the other way I touched her soul and now I bear her sentence But for her love I'll gladly pay... The Lady Wore Black... See the years through the tears in her eyes... Ethereal, timeless, majestic beauty... shiiiiiiiiiiiverssssssss!
They were the opening act for KISS in early 80's, the year escapes me, imagine that, but we knew of the one tune Take Hold of the Flame, so I was curious to see them. Mind blowing set, that I believe KISS cut short, the crowd was going crazy. A Star Was Born, called the Ryche!
I was 14 when this ep was released and I was addicted to it so much and blasted it so loudly that I drove my family nuts! My mom misheard the songs as they blared from my bedroom and asked "What's a queen of the right?"
+James K. Welcome to my world. Thats really funny and sounds all to familiar. Our Mom could not only misunderstand what was being played on our stereo, but she'd butcher the bands names all the time.
QR was my first concert, opening for Dio. Queen of the Reich opening still takes me back to me hanging on for my life to the front barrier, scared shitless but loving it. Smell the leather, the beer, the weed, the sweat we all shared together. Great times!!!! 1983? 84? I was only 13 haha
Goddamn this band is so freakin' good. When the EP came out, my buddy and I instantly became lifelong fans.... Don't even get me started on how amazing Warning is.
I got hooked on Queensryche when this ep was released! In 1987 I think it was I was very lucky to have seen then in concert during their rage for order tour!
The best Ep they ever put out in my book! Never listened to much of anything after this! This was the heaviest thing they ever came out with worth having. Still have the original CD. When it finally came out on XD.
I saw this band In san antonio when this album broke......didn't see them since. Knew they were going to go steller. Flash forward 40 years. My daughter went to see Jeff Tate's when he did his acoustic show in san antonio and she met Jeff and he sent me a happy birthday video. I saw him 2 weeks later in Arizona and he remembered. Class act
I have had the pleasure of seeing Queeensryche 3 times. The last show was the Paramount in Seattle 2003 with Dream Theater. OMG hands down the best i have seen beside RJD. Will always be a fan!!!
Not to get all nerdy, but Chris DeGarmo himself said, "Music is cyclical". Progressive Metal HAS evolved into Djent, which is some good shit! We might not ever "go back" to sounds like these in Metal (the tacky Operatic shit won't be back, thankfully), but its legacy is strong today, imho. Metal is a theatrical genre!
Thanks for a so great melodic metal album ep awesome Sound excelent guitarist end the voice is so nice end from 1983 iliket this band stay care by thomy a good time by
Hay queensryche fans Griff does have an amazing voice. At age 15 I was homeless and a friend of mine,his brother and 3 other guys were living under the same roof and the accepted in there home. My job was to watch the equipment while they were gone doing there gigs at the time. WE'LL one day my friend Edwards gives me a tape,tells me..here listen to this while we're gone,sure no problem. Well I took it to church,at church I help my pastor clean the church after hours. One day my pastor took off went home. I ran to lock all the emergency doors,ran back in the autatouriam and hooked up the sound system and turned everything on. I shoot a queensryche tape in and fast forwarded to suite sister marry. Honestly I'm not trying to brag about but I was recording myself because I never really heard myself sing I always had headphones on while singing,I heard some of my voice but not a lot. Well I got busted by my pastor,he came back to the church because he forgot his study note book. I got kicked out of quite and church for 30 days. Went back to church got dressed for quire and I was put at the front of the quire,right to the Mike. My voice replaced a lady that really couldn't sing church songs. I also got pick up by a guy there at church,his name was Ronnie he played for a band called midnight under glass. The last singer they had..had taken his life about 3 weeks before I was brought on board. A friend of mine,(Edward) played in another band and I lived with those guys for guite some time,but yes singing queensryche songs is pretty Kool. I still sing them today. God bless
Nobody knows who she is and no one has ever seen her. Listen to the lyrics. Griff is the only one that knows who she is. He saw her in his recollected vision. A vision that only you could see...only if it has been granted to you.
Reminds me of driving around with my Bros in a yesterday giant luxury car worth about $400 drinking tons of cheap beer and loving America and what we were all about
These guitars rip and shreds into the space time continuum....and the vocals make you want to jump up and start building a alter to the the high priest of metal QUEENSRYCHE !!!!!!!!!!
This album was like, real awesome! These guys put in all effort on this album. I saw them on Rage for Order tour- in Atlanta, Ga., they were awesome and rocked!!
The power of the great music the original band put out and one of the greatest voices in Metal history. I still hope Geoff will reconcile and they bring it back this hard!
Back In 88; I Was Already A Metal Head I Was Only 13 At The Time I went into my attic found this album.And It Just Rocked. And Guess What ? A Year Later My older brother slept out for tickets to metallica' s An Justice For all's Tour. Not only did he get me 4th row but Queensryche Was Opening. they opened the show with queen of the ryche. Great Album Great show .
When I first heard this material, it was brand new -- and it hit like a battering ram. Three and a half decades later, I still get off on this EP mightily. A classic!
in 1983 I saw queensryche in Little Rock Arkansas at Robinson aditorium it was queensryche,Motorhead,and quitriot headlined the release of there new album me and Amanda Buck we got front row center seats the next day we went out and bought queensryche E.P. I been a fan ever since
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This album will be in my heart forever .....carried me through some tough times in my life ....But I'm still here 52 years old and still listening to Queensryche .
Iam here with you my friend happy to share corpus Christi Texas in November 2022
Great band mate, greetings
got your feeling bro, I'm 52 myself and I beat a cancer 11 years ago and still here we are listen to the second great band coming out seatle after Jimmy Hendrix Experience and before Nirvana and Soundgarden, cheers.
@@rmcduarte God bless you brother 🙏🏻
Saw them with IRON MAIDEN around 81 🤘don't remember 🙃, would listen to the lp when ever I was down and rocked on always smiling
What a way to start your career, one of the greatest EP's of all time.
Well said!!! Where do you go from here...
Towards U.S. Power... where else...
A sweet deal with EMI
The first and best progressive metal band.
Black people like Queensryche? :o
this came as storm, then and even now. such a beauty never dies, not even sleeps. among the best, forever and ever.
this is my favorite queensryche... I had an old cassette of this I blasted a million times in the 80's. I wish I lived in an alternative reality where queensryche stayed this hardcore!
+gregory clewell This too me was their best metal
+gregory clewell Double sided tape? Rock the hell out, flip it, repeat. My god, so long ago but I played the shit out of that tape. And every thing after this EP seemed to be heading more and more towards a rock opera
+gregory clewell i agree,i love this and the warning album...both kicked ass
+gregory clewell You and me both.
everything up to and including mindcrime was amazing....made my teenage years complete.... they were my intellectual metal.... had king, antharx, metallica etc for the headbanging.. queensryche took me someplace special
Fantastic EP! One of the best metal records of all time! Yes! It is that good!
Every time I hear Geoff Tates 15 to 20
Second scream in the beginning of Queen of the Reich, I still get goosebumps, it is that good.
I wish his vocals were this powerful in other albums, but they fall short.
@@agentjohnson3973 which albums are you referring to? I think he sounds very good on the first 5 albums and is overall a highly above average vocalist. Screaming is not the only way to show power in vocals.
@@komputerLuek i didnt say anything about screaming, i was referring to his vocal range and how much power he puts in it.
@agentjohnson3973 I agree, though we still got 4 or 5 top-tier albums. All good things must end eventually sadly
Tate doesn’t have the same one more note for the rest of his life because of what he’s done.. man can sang!!!!!
When I was a teenager I bought this album just based on the cover . The metal inside blew me away. I was hooked and I still own it today.
I wasn't a fan of Queensryche in the 80s but they're still in my collection. Pulled this out today and came here because the balance on my vinyl seems pretty right side dominant. Luckily I still use a 2 channel amp and eq. Anyway, I'm glad I still have a copy because at 50 I'm loving it.
awesome :)
This EP, The Warning, & Operation Mind Crime Are the Trifecta of Heavy Metal.🤘🤘🤘😎
Couldn't get enough of this growing up. Almost broke the volume knob trying to make it louder. Tate gives Rob Halford a run for his money. Love the blistering guitars in this ep.
Yeah, the blistering guitars is really cool, have never it before. It really makes the songs explode with anger, especially Night Rider.
Let's all get in a giant time machine and go back to the 80s!!
If we could 👍🍁🇨🇦
Okay...boomer
@@88anarahammertime I do not know if I am a boomer or not (51 this year) but I think that is one of the most silly phrases that are used nowadays 😆! But, in truth, those who have been young in the eighties have good reason to wish for a time machine... In my opinion, and my experience, at least... But to each their own... But, if we are talking about Heavy Metal, then I do not think that no one can deny that those times were the best for this genre, at least for the kind of Music that we "oldies" have known as HM.
If for the younger generations HM is downtunings and growling orks... 🙄
Let just say that I would not change place with them.
And someone should build that fucking time machine! 😄
Greetings from Italy!
@@88anarahammertime tf is boomer kid?
Sign me up!!!!
This never gets old, still one of the best ever.
I was 15 in 1984 and saw Queensryche open for Kiss in Dayton, Ohio. I still remember Geoff Tate just belting it out. Amazing, life changing concert! One of my all time favorite bands.
My brother we drove drove to that concert from Baltimore remember it well probably saw you LOL
Wow and I bet that was a treat for u :). Awesome man 😊
Yes , same tour went through San Bernardino ca I was 14
I saw them on that tour also; opened for Kiss at the Peoria Civic Center. I still have the Warning tour T shirt which I can't fit into any longer sadly!
I do miss the late 80s early 90s life was good ... metal was king and still is in my book ! Wish bands still play music 🎶 like this ... some day a singer will touch my sole like Jeff did .. untill then long live queensryche my friend!
i remember hearing this for the first time in Aug 1983. I was stationed at Sheppard AFB TX . I went to the local Mall to the Music Store and this album started playing. By the time the last song finished playing I was purchasing My own copy! Still Have it! Epic Metal at it's Finest! \m/ \m/
The best EP in the history of rock/heavy metal. Every track is stunning. Especially Queen of the Ryche... the best vocal performance in metal. I had just started singing casually, when I heard this song. Everything changed. I was astonished by Geoff's voice; I had never heard such an amazing singer. It inspired me to take my singing to the next level.
Geoff is very good!!! But there is only 1 Rob Halford!!! Long live the mighty Priest....
To me, that's the definition of metal... This style seems classical to me. Simply amazing
Classic is Tom petty the door's fog hat zeppelin etc etc etc this just 80s metal 🤘🤘🤘
This style can be considered power metal
Amazing from the start. What talent.
When Queensryche was good! My high school years were so, so AWESOME. It must suck for all the kiddos after the mid 80's!!! Thanks Steve Barnett for turning me on to this band before they sold out.
Lady wore black. Probably my fav Queensryche of all time. Powerful, in your face. Doesn't get any better.
awww memories of being 12 years old, blasting this cassette on my boombox, getting yelled at to turn it down. sorry mom! man, I miss the 80's! Hope u all are having a fantastic day!
+Daniel Carrasco Yeah, I was 15 when this came out and when I heard this and still listen to it today I was blown away, and still am. Tate's vocals crush all others.
RycheRageForOrder i
Great taste. Im 23 right now and love this stuff
redline, chocolate thai, boo boxes dude your bringing back. class of 87
Thai bud,redline and boom boxes ya bringing me back bro. class of 87
Went to see an Ozzy tour think it was the Ultimate Sin Tour and Queensryche opened for him. Queensryche blew him away and I was hooked!
Jeff Butner it was the Ultimate Sin tour and it was Rage for border for Queensryche! I saw them in Greensboro NC and by pure coincidence got to meet both bands minus Chris DeGarmo at the Sheraton hotel. And every one except Phil Sousa from Ozzy treated me like we had known each other forever. Randy Castillo took me and my friends to his room where we hung out all night and gave us back stage passes and tickets to the next night in Fayetteville NC which of course I went and watched from the side of the stage! Changed my life! I was a Jake E Lee fanatic at the time as I'm a guitar player but I'd known Queensryche and was also blown away at the live performances!
Hey there, I went to Charlotte, NC to see Ozzy on The Ultimate Sin tour in '86 and Metallica opened for him. What was really cool is that Cliff Burton was still in the band then! It was about 3 months before the bus crash I think. We lost a great one when we lost Cliff!
Some of the best metal ever recorded ... or played live!
amen brother
You mean AND played live
Listen to Crimson Glory or Vicious Rumors.
Queensrÿche (EP 1983)
Queen of The Reich 0:00
Nightrider 4:23
Blinded 8:10
The Lady Wore Black 11:17
You are thanked.
Blessed indeed and thought.
Missing prophecy at the end but then again if I remember that was only on select cuts of the ep
@@lazerousmadthree yeah
Prophecy is my favorite song on this disc! Criminal to leave it off
Here's the the thing... as a teenage boy, I went to see Kiss at age 15. Then it happened: Qeensryche opened up the show and the skies parted and the metal god appeared to me and I was born again. I entered an innocent child and I left as a man.
you didn't go to the Zebra show?? lol
Cosmo Spacemonkey what
good grief
AMEN
Damn! You saw them w/KISS?!?!? there's the deal. My 1st KISS concert was to be w/Stone Temple Pilots, their singer f'd it up and some "who are these guys?" band was along for the ride instead.
1."Queen of the Reich" 0:00 - 4:22
2."Nightrider" 4:22 - 8:08
3."Blinded" 8:10 - 11:17
4."The Lady Wore Black" 11:17 - 17:32
Thx for tabs...!
Tate's opening scream literally mirrors Gillan's opening Highway Star scream - I love it. You can definitely tell the influence there....
I want to try it in a garage band set up once in my life. Along with Hell Awaits by Slayer and Aces High from Iron Maiden
And i absolutely cannot sing. Like at all. 😃😃
I have fun trying. My neighbors , daughters, and dog would beg to differ
You can also hear influences of Rainbow and Black Sabbath era James Dio.
Bought tickets for Dio 85 and thought "who the hell is Queensryche"? wow and wow did I get set straight
I saw them on the same tour!!! A changed man I became...
I was there.....mindblown
I was blown away and went home when Dio played.
@@thorstenkehde3453 queensryche isn't shit compared to Dio lol. This was their only good material, after this they went to playing hard rock instead of power metal.
hahaha awwww and Dio is great too.
Maybe the greatest EP of all time.
Now this is Queensryche back when they truly stood apart from everyone else. I saw them open for Dio in the Paramount Theatre(Seattle) not long after this ep was released. That was way back in 1983 and even now, many years and shows later, it was still one of the best shows I've ever seen. Pure magic.
I was there
@@brettpair6485 Then you already know!
I wish I would have seen them back then. I was only an hourish from Seattle.
I've seen them a few times now though, including with their new singer
Too bad they didn't keep their Power Metal sound on their first album
Brilliant. Powerful. The early days.. Queensryche as it should be!
Mind blown right here --------> 0:30
and i was hooked!
30plus years later...still blows my mind.
Geoff had such an unbelievable voice. I mean wow, just wow.
bottomfeeder420 I met the band up close in person ! They worked hard for success and are deserving of all the good they get!! Truely a great band!!
He's still doing it in operation mind crime
what do you know...your a bottom feeder....who just happens to be right
He started in opera.
@@elonsmydaddy4560 Nope. Not true. A stupid rumor from decades ago, because he's that good. He himself stated in a recent interview on here somewhere that "he started playing piano and keyboards around 9 years old. Didnt even think of being a singer until around 14 or 15 years old. Told to take lessons (albeit from some amazing vocal coach apparently), took about 6 WHOLE LESSONS, Perfected those six lessons and stopped going (it was expensive). Convinced band to go later on after they were already signed and did a refresher himself. " Now I paraphrased that, but thats the long and short of it. This dude was taught briefly and mastered signing, for the most part, on his own. Give credit to his dedication! (if you doubt my account, look it up on here. Its 80's metal bin something like that)
Legends in their own time. This was the genesis of a truly great band I've celebrated since my teens (42 now)... and will to my last breath!
The voice and the band...perfection
The voice is also delights in this album nowadays hardly anyone could emulate something, so always listen to albums of the 80s
much agreed but too bad the sound quality was so muddy . always wished they had better studio
2nd favorite metal band in the entire world. Geoff Tate has and will always be one of heavy metal's greatest singers.
Lol! What a scream to start the first song. 😀 This album is a pure gem. Geoff Tate was out of this world. In concert when they were doing Lady wore black. Wow!
Thanks for posting this.
This brings back memory's back in 1983when a friend lend me this album , from beginning Riff on Queen of the Reich to The last song Lady wore black ... Awesome Guitar work on this album . 34 years later and it's still kicking ass.
I just love it... I could listen to this Ep for ever.....
June 1983, Alameda California, I was 16 years old, and I was looking for new music on the radio.
I had my cassette deck on rec+pause, and when a song would start I'd unpause it and if it sounded good I'd keep recording, but if I didn't like it I'd stop, and reset it.
That's how I heard Queen of the Reich for the first time.
I didn't know the name of the song or the band, but I rocked that shit all summer long, and eventually I became a huge Queensryche fan.
I think all us 80s rockers did that lol
i remember when this came out i downloaded it right onto my iphone
So I am not the only one that made tons of cassettes that way lol.
@@FlyBri2112 lolol! 😆
Same way I discovered Metal Church!!
I love this EP from Queensryche, I remember when and where I bought this EP when it came out. Man time flies.
It's all of Iron Maiden's melodic metal with Judas Priest's vocals! You can really hear the beginnings of Mindcrime on this! Loved Queensrÿche!
Still have this Bad Ass Album in the case. Best vinyl album I have ever owned
I bought this cassette when I graduated basic training at Ft. Benning Ga. Bought it in the px after hearing just this song. I still have it today......
Absolutely GORGEOUS BAND!!!! They will definitely go done in history! AMAZING DEBUT ALBUM! They are truly the definition of metal as someone here has already stated!
Shortly after this ep came out, I won a copy of this and tix to the Twisted Sister/Queensryche show. It was in a small hall, maybe 250 people. It was the TS tour for the album You Can't Stop Rock and Roll. QR signed autographs that day, Geoff wasn't speaking as he was sick with throat issue.
Anyways, they BLEW away TS. I only knew Queen of the Ryche prior to the show. But, when he started whistling the beginning of Lady Wore Black and then let loose the song on us was mind blowing. I, and the crowd, was stunned. So so stunned. So so good.
I saw that tour too. I lived in Cleveland, and the band signed autographs earlier that day at a small record store called Warped Records. That was such a fantastic time to be young!
THE GREATEST DEMO IN METAL HISTORY! "QUEEN OF THE REICH " SO MANY TRY TO SING IT BUT NOBODY CAN DUPLICATE THE METAL GOD!
I got it down,took a little time about a week,but I got it.
Let's hear it! No one can sing like Geoff Tate nobody! The guy is classical trained hands down and can hit a E5 no problem he can hit 5 octave range!! With out a sweat!
britney did a pretty good one
I heard Queen of The Reich for the first time and immediately went to Tower Records to buy the album. Been a fan from day one. I'm old now and the pain never goes away but hearing these tunes again helps me feel young.
I love you, Queensryche. And I love you, Geoff Tate. Heavy metal has not known a finer vocalist. And I've heard most of them but through all of the undeniable talent this fast, aggressive yet utterly human music has known, your light shines the brightest. Please know that you made a dent in people's lives.
Mindcrime was an absolute masterpiece. These guys rocked!!
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The Pioneers of Prog😎🤘 Geoff Tate is a vocal God😎🤘 Nobody has this on their resume 😎🤘 Here's our demo😎🤘 Queen of the Reich,Take hold of the flame😎🤘How are those vocals 😎🤘
And the magic began! .... The beginning of one of the best band of all. 🤘🤘🤘
I still love to listen to their first five albums. This one is a gem and The Lady wore black an absolute masterpiece.
How is Scott not talked about more
as the best drummer from the 80’s
He is
One of the best . A total badass
When I heard track 1,and 4, I was blown away and still am at 59 it's an amazing piece of music 4 songs ,and yes I bought the album
When this came out I bought this cassette tape. It was only 4 songs. On the flip side of the tape it said the songs had been rerecorded for your listening pleasure. I was so moved by the raw emotional power of this music that I actually appreciated this.
…She wore her pain like a shackled spirit
Eternal life was her debt to pay...
The Lady Wore Black...
See the years through the tears in her eyes...
... The words she spoke were of forgotten lives
And of all knowledge gained
Memories I had and didn't know why
With a smile she explained...
...I should have listened to the wind's cold warning
And walked the other way
I touched her soul and now I bear her sentence
But for her love
I'll gladly pay...
The Lady Wore Black...
See the years through the tears in her eyes...
Ethereal, timeless, majestic beauty...
shiiiiiiiiiiiverssssssss!
They were the opening act for KISS in early 80's, the year escapes me, imagine that, but we knew of the one tune Take Hold of the Flame, so I was curious to see them. Mind blowing set, that I believe KISS cut short, the crowd was going crazy. A Star Was Born, called the Ryche!
1984
1984
I became hooked on this band when this came out. I'm still hooked on them but only with TATE!
Definitely agree
I was 14 when this ep was released and I was addicted to it so much and blasted it so loudly that I drove my family nuts! My mom misheard the songs as they blared from my bedroom and asked "What's a queen of the right?"
+James K. Welcome to my world. Thats really funny and sounds all to familiar. Our Mom could not only misunderstand what was being played on our stereo, but she'd butcher the bands names all the time.
+James K. I agree this was the start of greatness, great songs not named silent lucidity that some people only know right James.
ha ha thats funny she got it right......
James K. Lol
Never forget the first time my buddy's and myself heard this we were blown away as I am now at sixty still blown away and loving it
QR was my first concert, opening for Dio. Queen of the Reich opening still takes me back to me hanging on for my life to the front barrier, scared shitless but loving it. Smell the leather, the beer, the weed, the sweat we all shared together. Great times!!!! 1983? 84? I was only 13 haha
What a show that would have have been to see I am envious. 😂
Goddamn this band is so freakin' good. When the EP came out, my buddy and I instantly became lifelong fans.... Don't even get me started on how amazing Warning is.
Tell me about Warning :)
Yeah, please DON'T tell us about Warning.
Queensryche stomped all over Kiss
Kiss isn't anywhere in the technical league with these guys.
I didn't even know it was a competition...it's like saying a professional sports team stomps all over a little league team.
@David Daniel lucky. Check out their live show in Detroit in 1984. It's on youtube. Amazing.
@David Daniel YOU WERE AT THAT SHOW?!
I didn't even stay
best band ever..... and the dream lives forever, a reunion with Geoff and Chris in addition to the actual lineup....
My name is Geoff Tate any other Questions,,,🤘✌ This song is one of the greatest demo's ever!!!! No one can touch this!!!
no one
Never forget the chills I got when I put this on the turntable. Cranked it up. Holy Shit!!! still have this on Vinyl mint and still play it.
This is brilliant, I don't know how I've never listened to Queensryche before!
@Beth Mitchell hahaaa was gonna say the same thing 🖤
I got hooked on Queensryche when this ep was released! In 1987 I think it was I was very lucky to have seen then in concert during their rage for order tour!
welcome to.....
anyone?
I have this on vinyl...signed!!!
@ Rolling Stones Records in Chicago got to talk to all of them and fanboy for a min...I will never forget iit+
Same here and Ive been a metal fan for 20 years. I mean I knew about Silent Lucidity but thats about it. That changed in 2021.
No one could compete with Geoff’s voice when he was younger.
The best Ep they ever put out in my book! Never listened to much of anything after this! This was the heaviest thing they ever came out with worth having. Still have the original CD. When it finally came out on XD.
The release that turned me into a MetalHead in mid-1983!
This is the one the got me into them! Got this EP as soon as it was released back in 1983,
Wow that was a Long time ago! :(
I saw this band In san antonio when this album broke......didn't see them since. Knew they were going to go steller. Flash forward 40 years. My daughter went to see Jeff Tate's when he did his acoustic show in san antonio and she met Jeff and he sent me a happy birthday video. I saw him 2 weeks later in Arizona and he remembered. Class act
I have had the pleasure of seeing Queeensryche 3 times. The last show was the Paramount in Seattle 2003 with Dream Theater. OMG hands down the best i have seen beside RJD. Will always be a fan!!!
Hopefully one day you'll get to see Queeeensrÿche.
I bought a new Bluetooth speaker,😆love this album, it blew my friends and myself away , It still blows us away
Man you can hear the early influences in their music- Iron Maiden, early Rush! So much better than the shit out today, please bring this back!
Not to get all nerdy, but Chris DeGarmo himself said, "Music is cyclical". Progressive Metal HAS evolved into Djent, which is some good shit! We might not ever "go back" to sounds like these in Metal (the tacky Operatic shit won't be back, thankfully), but its legacy is strong today, imho. Metal is a theatrical genre!
Mark Barboza It never went away really.
Mark Barboza you got that right. Amen....
Excellent singing and except musicians. One of my favorite bands
Good comparison, I hear both bands for sure
I had the opertunity to sit in the recording studio while this album was being recorded. The drummer was/is a friend of mine.
Really good production on a demo/EP!! The first band that I was ever in, in 1986, used to play The Lady Wore Black. Good times!
Love all these early '80s albums... Births of metal...
I think you mean 'thrash metal'. The broader 'metal' category started much earlier with Black Sabbath.
Class..today we will cover what true heavy metal was...
Queensryche
Blake Lynn So true hehe ;)
Hello
Mathew Fonger Hello my friend ;)
I've been a Queensryche fan since the '80's
Thanks for a so great melodic metal album ep awesome Sound excelent guitarist end the voice is so nice end from 1983 iliket this band stay care by thomy a good time by
What a voice...WOW!
Hay queensryche fans Griff does have an amazing voice. At age 15 I was homeless and a friend of mine,his brother and 3 other guys were living under the same roof and the accepted in there home. My job was to watch the equipment while they were gone doing there gigs at the time. WE'LL one day my friend Edwards gives me a tape,tells me..here listen to this while we're gone,sure no problem. Well I took it to church,at church I help my pastor clean the church after hours. One day my pastor took off went home. I ran to lock all the emergency doors,ran back in the autatouriam and hooked up the sound system and turned everything on. I shoot a queensryche tape in and fast forwarded to suite sister marry. Honestly I'm not trying to brag about but I was recording myself because I never really heard myself sing I always had headphones on while singing,I heard some of my voice but not a lot. Well I got busted by my pastor,he came back to the church because he forgot his study note book. I got kicked out of quite and church for 30 days. Went back to church got dressed for quire and I was put at the front of the quire,right to the Mike. My voice replaced a lady that really couldn't sing church songs. I also got pick up by a guy there at church,his name was Ronnie he played for a band called midnight under glass. The last singer they had..had taken his life about 3 weeks before I was brought on board. A friend of mine,(Edward) played in another band and I lived with those guys for guite some time,but yes singing queensryche songs is pretty Kool. I still sing them today. God bless
The greatest band to ever live.
There is no escape, it's the ending of your precious life...
Rochelle. That was my mom's name.
best line.
Queen of the ryche is a woman as Griff describes her a very tall woman with massive power to change things.
Nobody knows who she is and no one has ever seen her. Listen to the lyrics. Griff is the only one that knows who she is. He saw her in his recollected vision. A vision that only you could see...only if it has been granted to you.
Fantastic! Great opener!! Saw 'em do this in '83!!
Thaank you for sharing!
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GEOFF'S BEST SONG IS( ROADS TO MADNESS) JUST VOCAL PERFECTION ON THAT TRACK!!
the best
I think that may be my favorite Queensryche song ever.
Got that song down at 16.
Exactly!!!!!
Reminds me of driving around with my Bros in a yesterday giant luxury car worth about $400 drinking tons of cheap beer and loving America and what we were all about
Jimi Hendrix, Heart, Queensryche, Soundgarden, etc. What do they put in the water up there in Seattle? I want some...
heroine.
And meth
Coffee...maybe it's logging and fishing...if they don't look busy they'll have to go logging?
Crimson Glory and Sanctuary.. plzdon't forget those!!
Luis Alberto Pintos Refugee Denied!!!
These guitars rip and shreds into the space time continuum....and the vocals make you want to jump up and start building a alter to the the high priest of metal QUEENSRYCHE !!!!!!!!!!
Put themselves on the metalmap with this great ep...this blew me away immediately at first listen....back in the day
This album was like, real awesome! These guys put in all effort on this album. I saw them on Rage for Order tour-
in Atlanta, Ga., they were awesome and rocked!!
The power of the great music the original band put out and one of the greatest voices in Metal history. I still hope Geoff will reconcile and they bring it back this hard!
probably my favorit Queensryche album
This is so badass. I can't believe I didn't hear about this or The Warning when I was a kid.
One of best EP´s EVER made. In my opinion this is Queensryche best work.
this is awesome, Right? Tate is always unbelievable 😊
Now he's an unbelievable jackass lol
Back In 88; I Was Already A Metal Head I Was Only 13 At The Time I went into my attic found this album.And It Just Rocked. And Guess What ? A Year Later My older brother slept out for tickets to metallica' s An Justice For all's Tour. Not only did he get me 4th row but Queensryche Was Opening. they opened the show with queen of the ryche. Great Album Great show .
The outro to Blinded is the most intense piece of musical composition ever created.
When I first heard this material, it was brand new -- and it hit like a battering ram. Three and a half decades later, I still get off on this EP mightily. A classic!
this album is on my heavy metal top 5
ericou812 hope Metal Church is among the 5
in 1983 I saw queensryche in Little Rock Arkansas at Robinson aditorium it was queensryche,Motorhead,and quitriot headlined the release of there new album me and Amanda Buck we got front row center seats the next day we went out and bought queensryche E.P. I been a fan ever since