First saw Queensryche in the mid-90s at Manchester Apollo back in the Chris Degarmo glory days, and saw them again at Warsaw Stodoła in 2008 when they were still a very good band. Thus, despite Geoff Tate's Operation Mindcrime getting some negative press, I thought that I still had to check them out at Warsaw Klub Progresja last night.
To a small but genuinely appreciative audience, the band came on with 'Revolution Calling' and went through the whole of the classic 'Operation Mindcrime' album. 'I Don't Believe in Love' and 'Eyes of a Strange' are my two other favourite tunes from this great album.
It seems fair to say that Geoff Tate's voice can no longer reach a very high pitch, but this didn't matter too much, as it was just good to listen to 'Operation Mindcrime' in its entirety live:
Tate was joined on stage to do 'Suite Sister Mary' by the young Irish lady from 'Fire & Water' (the opening band from Cork in Ireland):
My favourite tunes of the night were 'Burn' and 'Re-inventing the Future' from the recently released Operation Mindcrime album, 'The Key':
Just got the impression that the band looked a bit more naturally together doing their own numbers rather than the old Queensryche tunes:
And all the band members quite clearly buzzed off the small but appreciative audience:
And of course, as we headed towards the end of a two-hour set, we got more Queensryche classics like 'Silent Lucidity' and 'Jet City Woman'
Final few thoughts on this gig: it may not have reached the heights of the two occasions I saw Queensryche back in the day, but it was still worth turning out for. I also find Operation Mindcrime a good band in their own right, and think they should do more of their own stuff (especially from 'The Key') live.
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