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-Incoming!!! Queensryche Pay Homage To Their Idols With TAKE COVER
Adventurous 11-Song Collection of Covers Ranges From Black Sabbath to
Broadway, Including the Band's Unique Take on Songs By U2, Queen, Pink
Floyd, Buffalo Springfield, Peter Gabriel, The Police, The O'Jays, and
More
Available From Rhino November 13
LOS ANGELES -- Queensryche pay tribute to some of their favorite songs
with an adventurous collection of covers that range from Black Sabbath
and The O'Jays to Italian opera and Broadway musical. Singer and chief
songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone,
bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield put their stamp
on 11 classic tracks with TAKE COVER. The album is available November
13 at regular physical retail outlets and at http://www.rhino.com/ for
a suggested price of $13.98, with a digital version also available for
the suggested price of $7.99. The album will also be released on 180-
gram vinyl on November 20 for a suggested price of $13.98.
Not known for playing many covers live, Tate says the album gave the
band a chance to relax and have some fun. "During sound checks, Stone
and Michael like to play 'name that riff,' and sometimes the whole
band joins in. That's really the way this album came together too. We
got together and started playing songs to each other, and then we
picked our favorites."
The eclectic list of songs reflects the members' divergent tastes and
includes a few surprising selections such as "Heaven On Their Minds"
from the hit musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," the O'Jays R&B classic
"For Love Of Money" and an operatic epic originally performed by the
Italian duo of Carlo Marrale and Cheope, "Odissea." Recognized as an
accomplished vocalist, Tate says he enjoyed the song's demanding
arrangement. "I really like this song because there is a lot for a
singer to sink his teeth into, plus I got a chance to sing in Italian,
which was interesting considering I don't speak a word of it."
The set covers a lot of ground both lyrically and musically, opening
with "Innuendo," Queen's epic song about life and death; "Almost Cut
My Hair," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's paean to freedom; and the
medieval metal of Black Sabbath's "Neon Knights." Starting September
5, Queensryche and Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio (touring as
Heaven And Hell), will play a month of North American concerts. Says
Tate, "Ronnie took us out on our first European tour and he's always
been good to us. With the tour coming up, this seemed like a nice way
to pay tribute to him. I hope he likes it, or I'm sure I'll hear about
it every night of the tour."
TAKE COVER also features Queensryche's distinctive arrangement of Pink
Floyd's "Welcome To The Machine," an acoustic version of Buffalo
Springfield's "For What It's Worth," and a highly charged live version
of U2's "Bullet The Blue Sky." "We'll never top the originals; they're
classics for a reason," Tate says. "We were more focused on finding
different approaches that took the songs in unexpected directions."
Singing Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain" and the Police's "Synchronicity
II," Tate says, were opportunities for him to explore music he'd
previously overlooked. "I'd heard these songs on the radio before, but
I didn't really appreciate them before the guys suggested we record
them. It was a rewarding experience doing this album because it gave
us all a chance to pay tribute to some of the bands that have meant so
much to us over the years, and we all discovered new songs to love."
TAKE COVER
Track Listing
Original artist in parenthesis
1. "Innuendo" (Queen )
2. "Bullet The Blue Sky" -- Live (U2)
3. "Synchronicity II" (Police)
4. "For What It's Worth" (Buffalo Springfield)
5. "Welcome To The Machine" (Pink Floyd)
6. "Red Rain" (Peter Gabriel)
7. "Neon Knights" (Black Sabbath)
8. "Almost Cut My Hair" (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
9. "Heaven On Their Minds" (Jesus Christ Superstar)
10. "For The Love Of Money" (The O'Jays)
11. "Odissea" (Carlo Marrale & Cheope)
quite an ecclectic group of songs- this should be a very interesting album. i'm curious to compare their version of For What It's Worth to Tommy & Jack's.
