Re: Oh no -- Ryche looking into Mindcrime 2 ? -- and some Threshold news

I would like to see it..... would be intersting to see how Nik has evolved
over the years. We saw a brief idea on the Promised Land tour with I Am I
and all. With the politics that fueled OMC and the viewpoints they have with
Tribe, I am sure a very interesting album could be made. I have been hoping
for years to see some closure to the story. I think it is time for us to
know what happened to Mary.


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>       QUEENSRYCHE Singer Talks About Revisiting 'Operation: Mindcrime'
> Album - Nov. 4, 2003
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>         In an interview with Electricbasement.com, QUEENSRYCHE vocalist
> Geoff Tate talked about revisiting the acclaimed 1988 album "Operation:
> Mindcrime", which dealt with political schemes. "I would especially love
to
> work again with that album, but I think we would do it quite a bit
> differently this time than we did it then." Asked to offer details, he
kept
> most of it secret but offered a general idea, "Well, I don't really want
to
> expand on that because there is a definite possibility that we are going
to
> do it. It would have to be a different presentation though based upon what
> has transpired over the last 12 to 15 years. Maybe we could look at things
a
> little more objectively. I wouldn't want to make the same album again.
It's
> just much different writing at this point than it was then considering
that
> when 'Mindcrime' was written that I was probably in my early thirties. At
> that point, I was much more interested in politics than I am now. Right
now,
> I'm more interested in the social evolution in people. Politics is now the
> ultimate compromise business. It's not about truth, and it's not the about
> doing what's right. It's all just about winning. It's more of a sports
team
> mentality model. I choose not to play that game in my life anymore. So, I
> guess what I'm saying is that 'Operation: Mindcrime' was more of a
> black-and-white approach to things while 'Tribe' is more interested, not
in
> politics or the government, but in just winning and finding what's right.
> The songs on this record attempt to portray the real thing about America
> which is that we are an enormous group of people with completely different
> outlooks and mindsets and backgrounds. We're culturally different,
> intellectually different but somehow we manage to make it work in this
> country. I'm not so certain that all of us had a hand in making it all
work
> though. I think some people exist and stay here primarily because it's all
> they know. I think there's definitely a select group of people who call
the
> shots and make all the rules and enforce them and push us in the direction
> we're going. Once we're all aware of that and accept that that is a
> definitely a possibility, maybe we'll be a little happier because we'll
> understand how the system works. That may be the biggest problem with this
> country too-we don't know how it all works. We're illiterate and watching
> 'Jerry Springer'. what's that do for ya?"
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>       Read the entire interview here.
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http://www.electricbasement.com/interview_queensryche_november2003.htm
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>       THRESHOLD To Release 'Critical Energy' CD/DVD In January - Nov. 4,
> 2003
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>         U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have completed work on their
> live DVD and double CD, titled "Critical Energy". The following feature
list
> has been confirmed for the DVD:
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>       01. Complete concert footage filmed in Holland (18 songs, 118
minutes)
>       02. Selected ProgPower USA 2002 concert footage (3 songs, 24
minutes)
>       03. "Critical Moments" tour documentary (12 minutes)
>       04. Photo gallery
>       05. Stereo and 5.1 surround sound
>       06. Commentary by Karl Groom and Richard West
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>       The ProgPower USA footage features three songs: "Light And Space",
> "The Latent Gene" and "The Ravages Of Time".
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>       "Critical Energy" is due for release in DVD and CD format through
> Inside Out Music in January 2004.
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