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Titolo: Operation (sic) Mindcrime II

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REVENGE, ROCK, REDEMPTION -- QUEENSRYCHE'S OPERATION: MINDCRIME II
Long-Awaited Sequel to Platinum-Selling Concept Album Available From
Rhino March 14
LOS ANGELES - Queensrÿche returned to the studio this summer to
record the long-anticipated sequel to 1988's acclaimed concept album
Operation: Mindcrime. Praised by critics and certified platinum, the
original remained on Billboard's album chart for more than a year and
its dynamic music and powerful message still resonate today. Rhino
Records helps unravel the mysteries of the original with OPERATION:
MINDCRIME II. The album is available March 14 at regular physical and
digital retail outlets and at 
www.rhino.com
 for a suggested retail
price of $18.98.
OPERATION: MINDCRIME II contains a 15-song story and is performed by
the Seattle-based quintet - singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate;
guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone; bassist Eddie Jackson, and
drummer Scott Rockenfield.
Tate says the current political and social climate inspired him to
revisit the storyline. "I left the original open-ended with the
intent to come back with a sequel to finish the story up," he says.
"Considering where we are today and how little things have changed,
it was too ironic not to continue the story."
Operation: Mindcrime's intriguing and complex plot revolves around
Dr. X, a political puppet master who brainwashes Nikki, the story's
main character, to assassinate corrupt public figures. The story also
includes Nikki's lover, Sister Mary. A former teenage prostitute who
becomes a nun, Sister Mary is murdered mysteriously, leaving the
cliffhanger "Who Killed Sister Mary?"
Set 20 years after the original, OPERATION: MINDCRIME II explores
Nikki's fate after being released from prison and reveals the
identity of Mary's killer. "I tried to put myself in Nikki's
shoes and imagine what it would be like for him to come back to society
after spending 20 years in jail stewing about what happened to him,"
Tate says. "I became fascinated with the concept of revenge and what
that would do to a person like Nikki. The story is ultimately about how
Nikki wrestles with his conflicted emotions. On one side, his base
instincts are pushing him to kill those who wronged him. On the other
side, his conscience-represented by the spirit of Sister Mary -
urges him to learn from his past mistakes and find salvation."
Earlier this year Queensrÿche launched a sold-out tour featuring the
original Operation: Mindcrime performed in its entirety with actors on
stage portraying the characters alongside the band. Tate says the band
plans to launch a tour in 2006 that will feature a stage performance of
both Mindcrimes in their entirety. "The actors on stage with us add a
new dimension to the music," he says. "It's different than your
typical rock show, but the audiences really got into the Mindcrime I
tour. It's exciting to have the opportunity to combine both albums
into one show. It's going to be epic."
Since its formation in 1981 near Seattle, Queensrÿche has released
nine studio albums. Empire, the 1990 follow-up to Operation: Mindcrime,
sold more than two million copies thanks in part to the enormous
success of the hit, "Silent Lucidity." Released in 1994, Promised
Land was certified platinum and featured the hits "I Am I" and
"Bridge."
QUEENSRYCHE - OPERATION MINDCRIME II
1. "I'm American"
2. "One Foot In Hell"
3. "Hostage"
4. "The Hands"
5. "Speed Of Light"
6. "Signs Say Go (Will I Surrender?)"
7. "Re-Arrange You"
8. "The Chase"
9. "A Murderer"
10. "Circles"
11. "If I Could Change It All"
12. "An Intentional Confrontation"
13. "A Junkie's Blues (Everything Will Be Alright)"
14. "Fear City Slide" 
15. "All The Promises"

it was too ironic not to continue the story."
Beh. Qua non è che abbia tutti i torti, eh?
Ma non c'è proprio possibilità che facciano la pace con DeGarmo?
Non ho seguito la vicenda, ma è innegabile che da quando se n'è andato
i Queensryche hanno perso buona parte di sé stessi.
-- 
Per essere definito tale devi ascoltare tanto metal (o, di nuovo, _anche_
tanto metal) e avere una passione sfrenata per quel genere...se poi
all'infuori di quello ascolti anche le cose piu' disparate o che tu
consideri, per concezioni personali, ugualmente "metalliche" e "true" pur
non entrandoci formalmente nulla col metal, libero di farlo ovviamente...ma
per quanto riguarda il metal devi ascoltare principalmente metal-metal per
essere un metallaro, non certo principalmente quei generi che ho detto
sopra.
The Sentinel - it.arti.musica.metal

 i Queensryche hanno perso buona parte di sé stessi.
Secondo me con lui o senza, le idee mancavano lo stesso. In fondo Hear
in the now frontiers la scritto in buona parte lui e anche su Tribe
partecipò su alcuni brani.
Carlo

partecipò su alcuni brani.
potrei sbagliarmi, ma su tribe de Garmo non ha partecipato alla stesura dei 
brani, ma solo in fase di registrazione

i Queensryche hanno perso buona parte di sé stessi.
Vero. Si sente che manca qualcosa.
Gianluca

"Country feedback (zio Billy)" <doh...@doh.doh> ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:4396cb24$0$27595$4faf...@reader1.news.tin.it...
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su quattro brani c'è proprio il suo nome per cui presumo abbia collaborato 
alla stesura. Mi risulta però che dopo si siano quasi presi per il collo :P 

 ha scritto nel messaggio 
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REVENGE, ROCK, REDEMPTION -- QUEENSRYCHE'S OPERATION: MINDCRIME II
(Cut)
due cose: per chi fosse interessato sul sito ufficiale dei Ryche cliccando 
su release e poi sulla ipotetica cover di questo nuovo album si possono 
ascoltare I'm american e Hostage (tracce che saranno sul nuovo album), 
registrate dal vivo, oltre che Electric requiem (da O:M1, un hint alla nuova 
storia, dicono... sister mary resuscita?O_o) ...
l'altra cosa è: ma Tate non aveva confermato che il titolo del nuono album 
NON sarebbe stato O:M 2? :-( 

 e Hostage
Già meglio, ma niente di che.
Gianluca
-- 
"Year after year, with renewed ambition,
  we scale the walls to find there's nothing there."
                                                  Fates Warning