Título: Geoff Tate
Seção: Controversy
Background: Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) is a German-born American singer and musician. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensryche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire. Tate is ranked fourteenth on Hit Parader's list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time.

Conteúdo: Since 2012, Geoff Tate has attracted some controversy, mostly in part to the circumstances surrounding the split with Queensryche (when his bandmates, guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield fired him from the band and replaced him with then-Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre).  Tate attracted negative attention for spitting on and physically assaulting Wilton and Rockenfield before and during a show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 14, 2012. Then, during a later show the Rocklahoma Festival on May 26, Tate commented to an unresponsive crowd "You guys suck," which his bandmates, as well as some fans, felt was an insult, but Tate would later defend his actions by stating in a court declaration "I was not insulting the audience. I was trying to motivate or excite them." He finds that this was used against him in the lawsuit: "It's just something that the other guys [in the band] and their team of people are trying to twist into a 'Geoff doesn't respect the fans' type of thing." He elaborated on that in an interview, saying: "I say that stuff all the time, you know. It's part of being a front man, you know. You got to motivate the audience, you know. And I say things to get people motivated. I think... I say things to push people's buttons to get them to react. It's part of a performance. But if you're in a lawsuit, of course, these things get taken out of context and put into a new format. I guess the objective is to make me look like I don

user: What was the controversy about?

assistant: mostly in part to the circumstances surrounding the split with Queensryche

user: What happened that made them split?

assistant: (when his bandmates, guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield fired him from the band and replaced him with then-Crimson Glory vocalist Todd La Torre).

user: What did Tate do to get fired?

assistant: Tate attracted negative attention for spitting on and physically assaulting Wilton and Rockenfield before and during a show

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: ten minutes into a show in St. Charles, Illinois on May 17, 2013, Tate grabbed an audience member's smartphone, turned around, and threw it over his shoulder into the crowd.

user: Were there any consequences for doing that?

assistant: ]." He accused the uploader of the video showing this footage to have manipulated the footage to make it appear as though he threw it,

user: Why did he spit on those people?

assistant: 'Geoff doesn't respect the fans' type of thing."

user: Did he comment on the situation?

assistant: "Some actions that I have become very normal with as a performer are getting scrutinized and manipulated to paint a picture of me [

user: Were there any other controversies?

assistant: Tate has commented on these controversies in relation to the Queensryche lawsuits, saying: "I guess that's the nature of being in a lawsuit.

user: Did any band members release statements about Tate's behavior?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What year was it when he grabbed a fans cell phone?

assistant: May 17, 2013,