Geoff Tate's Operation Mindcrime

In association with Glasgow based Shock City Productions,
ex-Queensryche front man Geoff Tate’s Operation Mindcrime band have
announced a return to UK stages this November/December.

Earlier
this year, Geoff and his band undertook an extensive tour of the UK to
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic Queensryche album
‘Operation Mindcrime’, with a number of the dates completely sold out.
So, this time around, Geoff and his band will play a variety of venues
and cities that missed out along with places desperate for another
helping of Operation Mindcrime.

One of the greatest singers in
rock and metal, Geoff was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1959 with his
family relocating to Tacoma, Washington shortly after his birth. His
first band was a cover band called Tyrant and after they split up, he
hooked up with progressive band Babylon. While in Babylon, Geoff was
asked to sing with a cover band called The Mob (who would later become
Queensrÿche) and after Babylon broke up, Geoff performed a few live
shows with The Mob. Following this, another progressive metal band,
Myth, lured him as both lead vocalist and keyboardist before The Mob
came back into his life in 1981 when they wanted him to help them record
a demo tape.

The Mob worked with Geoff to write the song 'The
Lady Wore Black' and the band produced a demo of 4 songs, which would
become the bands first EP later released on their own label called 206
records. Geoff and the band decided to change the name of the group to
Queensryche and were subsequently signed to EMI Records in the summer of
1983. They recorded six full length albums for the label including
‘Rage For Order’ in 1986, their career defining ‘Operation: Mindcrime’
in 1988 and it’s multi-platinum follow up, ‘Empire’ in 1990.

After leaving Queensrÿche in 2012, Geoff started a project called ‘Operation:
Mindcrime, named for his critically acclaimed concept album, and
re-invented himself with his Operation Mindcrime band mates, going on to
produce three inter-connected albums, ‘The Key’ in 2015 followed by
‘Resurrection’ in 2016 and the final piece of the puzzle, ‘The New
Reality’, being released in 2017. All three albums are part of a
concept album trilogy involving virtual currencies, internet banking and
stock trading, which were met with largely positive reviews.