Chris Degarmo

[MartinBarre]

I never listened to Queensryche but I think almost anyone would fir DL better than Viv.

[horns666]

There's tons of players better than both..and?

[atilla]

There's tons of players better than both..and?

Eh. You know how it is with music. Opinions, somethin' for everybody, etc. etc.

Plus I think some bands just add up to more than the sum of their parts. There are definitely better players than Wilton and DeGarmo. But how many of those better players will ever put out something like Operation Mindcrime?

[Cleveland Metal]

Mindcrime was prettttty impressive... One of my favs... Not a virtuoso guitar at all, just seriously well done. Lotsa emotion. Nice.

[thebeggar]

Mindcrime was prettttty impressive... One of my favs... Not a virtuoso guitar at all, just seriously well done. Lotsa emotion. Nice.

Gotta agree there. I only picked this album up last week. I'd known about it for years but only lately had I heard anything off it. Needless to say I was freekin impressed.

A definite classic.

What other albums are worth picking up?

[Snoogans]

What other albums are worth picking up?

If we're just talking Queensryche, I'd say everything up to and including Empire.
They just seemed to lose the fire after that.

[Endrik]

Chris was one of the best and most interesting musicians/songwriters in heavy metal music... he had a lot more to say than most of his peers... but bad fit for Def Leppard in my opinion.

Paul Gilbert has said that he would want to play with DF more than with any other band... don't know how he'd fit though.

[thebeggar]

If we're just talking Queensryche, I'd say everything up to and including Empire.
They just seemed to lose the fire after that.

Cool I'll check em out

[Larz]

You must get Rage for Order....Walk in the Shadows, I Dream in Infrared, etc., holy smokes there's some good stuff on there.

The EP with Queen of the Reich (Did that tune blow away almost anything made in 1983?) and The Warning are must haves as well if you want the band's great stuff from the era when they were like an underground band.

Mindcrime is epic obviously, it could be the band's greatest hits album almost by itself. The guitar arrangements were phenomenal. Like someone said it wasn't necessarily mind boggling stuff but they really captured the moment and feel for each of the songs as the story went along on the album. Beyond the MTV and radio hits......Suite Sister Mary......wow. The concerts where they played that album start to finish were so cool.

Empire had great stuff but was obviously moving in a new direction.

Promised Land had some good listenable stuff here and there, but beyond that album I generally stay away.

[Johnnyryche]

You must get Rage for Order....Walk in the Shadows, I Dream in Infrared, etc., holy smokes there's some good stuff on there.

Definitely! Rage is a great album and worth picking up.

And this has been posted many times but it's always cool for another look. I've always like DeGarmo and Wilton and thought their ESPs were very cool. Wilton had a white neck thru and DeGarmo had a trio of white bolt on's with the Tri Ryche graphic. So I decided to combine the 2 with my preference for a soloist with MOP inlays. I bought a used soloist, shipped it to GMW and let Lee and Dan work their magic. Here's what I got back. Killer guitar!

[thebeggar]

Damn that looks sweeeeeeet

Are Queensryche still recording or touring?

I'll definitely check out the albums mentioned. Geoff Tate's gotta set of pipes on him. So good that I can easily get past the similarities to Bruce Dickinson.

[thenine]

that soloist is badass bro!

[TexasRocks]

They are still touring, as I saw them back in August.

[shobet]

Yep still going strong. I saw them on the last tour where they played both the mindcrime albums, plus a few from the empire at the end. No Queen of the Reich though, which disappointed me a bit. The second mindcrime album is a bit weak in my opinion, but it was nice to see them do the original live, even if they are all a bit older and fatter.

[AlexL]

You must get Rage for Order....Walk in the Shadows, I Dream in Infrared, etc., holy smokes there's some good stuff on there.

I second that!

"No one can hear when you're SCREAMING IN DIG-I-TAAAALLLLLL!!!!!"

Awesome album. I saw them on that tour (opened for AC/DC), and many others after that.


- E.