_________________________________ | Screaming in Digital
        ________________*________________ | The Queensryche Net Digest
                       ***                | Volume 021, 16mar92
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        _Screaming in Digital______________________________Editor's Note_

                To all those who are Irish, happy St. Patrick's day.
                Thanks to everyone for all the great suggestions so far,
        some of them are made manifest in this issue.  Duplicate input
        is now merged into single paragraphs and credited to groups,
        which are listed at the end of the digest.  The order of things
        has been shuffled a bit - classifieds, as in a newspaper, are now
        near the end.
                Taking another suggestion, I'd like interpretations of
        "Queen of the Reich," off the EP.  I'll be assembling whatever
        information I receive into an interpretive file for the FTP site.
        I hope to do this for at least most of the early songs.
                If anyone would be interested in periodically getting
        together and chatting on IRC, ICB, or Bitnet Relay, let me know.

        _Neue Regel___________________________________________What's New_

                I've finally gotten around to tabulating all the votes
        people sent in for favorite songs and albums.  The most popular
        album, as expected, was "Operation: mindcrime," with "Rage for
        Order" second, and "Empire" third.  As far as songs, the top
        five are 'Eyes of a Stranger,' 'Suite Sister Mary,' 'Anybody
        Listening,' 'Roads to Madness,' and 'Take Hold of the Flame.'
                Statistically, this is a bit odd, as two of the top
        five songs are off an album that was next-to-last in preference,
        and no songs off the second-ranked album were at all near the
        top.  I take this to mean that "Rage for Order" is viewed as a
        strong album, with no song standing out, while "The Warning" is
        a weaker album overall, but contains some very strong songs.
        
        Group 1 (Mike, Dave, Paul, Don, Alan) write, 
                "I just got the 'Anybody Listening?' CD-5.  Now those
        who have always wanted the Queensryche cover of the elusive
        'Scarborough Fair' but didn't want to pay import prices, don't
        have to track down the import single.  The cassette single also
        has it, I believe.  My school's radio station got a promotional 
        copy of 'Anybody Listening?' which has both versions of 'Anybody 
        Listening?', but doesn't have 'Scarborough Fair.'  I've seen
        'Scarborough Fair' on an import single of 'Jet City Woman' but
        I forget which nation."
                        {Yep, the local music store confirms that the
                        cassette single - which is all any store near me
                        has, the bums! - contains 'Scarborough Fair.'
                        The clerk, obviously a Queensryche fan to some 
                        degree, was quite confused to hear that I already
                        had it on a _different_ single.  -sh}

        _Speak____________________________________________Correspondence_

        jlee@weird.miami.fl.us (Jason) writes,
                "I'd like to know where Queensryche got their inspiration 
        for the song 'Last time in Paris'."
                        {It sounds like a recounting of an... encounter
                        with a French groupie.  By the way, I've pieced
                        together what should be a 99%-correct set of
                        lyrics for it, from all the guesses people sent
                        me, and it's on the Glia FTP site now.  -sh}

        vriggs@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Eriol) writes,
                "The 'hospitality' collection of CD's is the collection 
        a band brings to wherever they are having their concert.  They 
        put them in the 'hospitality' room where their special guests are 
        invited to lounge around.  Guns N Roses had a huge stereo/video
        set-up and on top of it was their CD collection.  
                "While I was working, someone put on "Empire," which I 
        noticed when I was taping down cable outside the dressing rooms.  
        I'm sure they have many more that they didn't bring down to the 
        arena.  Maybe when Queensryche comes to San Diego, I can take a
        look at _their_ collection."

        kinga@sd.cadence.com (Kinga) writes,
                "I read somewhere - probably in Rolling Stone - that Axl 
        Rose thinks of "Operation: mindcrime" as the best conceptual 
        album ever done."
                        {Ack.  I agree with Axl Rose on something.  -sh}

        bdolson@cica.es (Brian) writes,
                "Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton used to endorse Kramer 
        Guitars.  Doesn't really matter any more since Kramer is out of 
        business.  ESP is known for treating their endorsees very well.  
        Plus, they still make guitars."

        _Roads to Madness___________________________________Touring Info_

        pha@cage.rug.ac.be (Philip) writes,
                "Is it true that Queensryche are going to tour Europe 
        again, this time with the complete "Operation: mindcrime" show? 
        I truly hope so.  Last time it was a cut-down show because of 
        the small size of the places they were playing, or so I have 
        heard.
                "I'm in Belgium, where somebody got killed after about
        the seventh song of "Operation: mindcrime," and the concert was
        stopped, naturally."
                        {Was their name Mary?  I believe this past
                        tour was to be the only time "Operation:
                        mindcrime" would ever be performed live in its
                        entirety.  -sh}

        _Spreading the Disease_________________________________Resources_

                For those of you who have sent in information regarding
        b-sides of singles and such matter, and are wondering where in the
        world it is, don't despair!  I've worked it into a discography, 
        which is now available in the site on Glia, in the subdirectory 
        /pub/queensryche/discography.  Digest issues have been moved to 
        /pub/queensryche/digest.  I am also working to prepare a FAQ 
        (frequently asked questions) list.  Note: the discography is by
        no means complete.  I am missing a lot of release dates, catalog
        numbers, and track times, especially on singles.  If you have
        information that's missing, by all means send it to me and I'll
        update it.  Thanks!

        dwb4025@rigel.tamu.edu (David) writes,
                "Anyone who still wants the "Operation: Empire" boxed 
        set, I got it for $89.95 from Pipedream Records in Arlington, 
        Texas.  The set had a total pressing of 1000 copies worldwide."

        sheehd@rpi.edu (Dave) writes,
                "I have the cassette single of 'Jet City Woman,' and the 
        acoustic remix of 'I Dream in Infrared,' along with the studio
        version of 'Operation: mindcrime,' is on the B-side."

        mweintr@auvm.american.edu (Mike) writes,
                "Empire" is on 2 LP's to maintain the best possible sound 
        on a record.  Over 30 minutes on a record side really stresses 
        the limits and possibly ruins the sound quality, since the sound 
        grooves are too close to each other.  Queensryche is not the 
        first band to do that, Metallica did it with their "...And Justice 
        for All" record, to protect the quality of the sound in the old 
        days when people still bought records."

        bk985@cwns2.ins.cwru.edu (Craig) writes,
                "Are there any possible plans to release any Queensryche 
        videos on laserdisc?  I have a VCR and am getting "Operation:
        LIVEcrime" soon on tape, but I would like to have a Queensryche 
        video collection on laserdisc.  I would like the "Operation: 
        mindcrime" and "Empire" videos or just an entire disc full of 
        their videos."
                        {I don't know of anything like that, but I'd like
                        to see it too.  With laserdisc prices getting
                        more affordable all the time, I'm actually
                        surprised the technology isn't catching on more
                        rapidly.  A lot of bands with bigger budgets have
                        released laserdisc works already, it's probably
                        just a matter of time.  -sh}

        _I Will Remember_________________________________________History_

                Several articles which were included in previous issues of
        the digest have been made available for FTP from the site at glia.
        They are in /pub/queensryche/text, and are catalogued by filename,
        'article.[periodical].[[month-]year].'

        mweintr@auvm.american.edu (Mike) writes
                "Here is the review of LIVEcrime in the April 1992 issue 
        of "Guitar for the Practicing Musician," p. 152."
        
                    "_Operation: LIVEcrime_, Queensryche, EMI"
        
        PERFORMANCE:  Riveting
        HOT SPOT:     The Concept
        BOTTOM LINE:  The ultimate Queensryche collector's item
         
                Queensryche's ambitious 1988 mini-opera, "Operation: 
        mindcrime," broke the band into the progressive metal big time.  
        Now the Seattle-based quintet has put together the ultimate 
        package - an overpowering limited-edition live version of their 
        paranoid epic that includes video, CD and stunning 44-page 
        story/lyric book.  The music is identical on the video and CD, 
        recorded over three nights in three Wisconsin music barns and 
        performed with passion, precision and contagious intensity.
        The original recording of "mindcrime" was imposing enough, but
        this live CD really reveals the depth of the band's technical and 
        musical brilliance.  Attach the high-tech cinema of the laser- 
        and video-decorated concert, captured by director Wayne Isham in 
        multiple images, razor-sharp, lightning-quick editing and oodles 
        of cameras and filming styles, and the opera reaches its full 
        power.  The hour plus set from the final full performances of 
        "mindcrime" lets you see guitarists Chris DeGarmo and Michael 
        Wilton create their dense, sensual aural magic up close, enabling 
        you to find out who does what, when and how.  For those who only 
        got into Queensryche with "Empire, put your money on "LIVEcrime"
        and live the moment.  For those already owning "mindcrime," if 
        you have the bucks, you won't be disappointed.  Neither the CD 
        nor video will be available separately.
                "Good review, eh?  It was also crowned "Co-album of the 
        month," sharing that honor with Marc Bonilla's "EE Ticket."

        _The Whisper__________________________________________Discussion_

        Group 2 (Jon, Ed, Tom, Raymond, Tom, John, Gene) write,
                "The cassette version of "Operation: mindcrime" doesn't 
        have a different ending than the CD, it _does_ contain the 
        "I remember now" part, and has the exact same amount of time as
        the CD does.  The "I remember now" is _not_ on the CD or cassette
        version of "Operation: LIVEcrime."  The live performance ends
        with "Revolution!"  If the ending is cut off, it's definitely
        not for a lack of space.  The second side has the last four 
        songs, "I remember now," and then about fourteen minutes of blank
        tape.  The extra there keeps "Suite Sister Mary" continuous on
        the first side.  The European release also has the complete
        "Eyes of a Stranger," which culminates in "Revolution!" and
        proceeds into a few seconds of moody keyboards, then ends with
        "I remember now."  A friend of mine bought "Operation: mindcrime"
        on cassette in Germany, and the song order is slightly different.
        One of the songs is moved out of order, so that the split from 
        side to side is not between the normal songs.  Unfortunately, I 
        cannot remember where the split occurs."
                        {This might not seem significant, but if the
                        order of the songs is changed, the entire story
                        could feasibly be altered.  -sh}

        pha@cage.rug.ac.be (Philip) writes,
                "Lisa Dal Bello is known over here, my friend has her
        recordings.  And she did play as support act for Marillion in 
        Belgium, thus being the only link between Marillion and 
        Queensryche that I know of (except for me and other people liking 
        both groups immensely)."
                        {I'm one of those people.  -sh}

        _The Killing Words_________________________Babble Interpretation_

                The rough draft (pieced together from all the attempts at
        interpreting the lyrics) of 'Last Time in Paris' is now complete,
        and is on the Glia FTP site in /pub/queensryche/lyrics/empire.
        If you have conclusive proof that any words are wrong, let me
        know, otherwise I'll just make any changes when I get the lyrics
        from the fan club.

        mweintr@auvm.american.edu (Mike) writes,
                "In the 'Anybody Listening?' babbles, the speakers have a 
        British accent.  Might the British members be able to transcribe
        it?  "Ipso" is a British name, and, if my geography serves me, 
        "Ipswich" is the name of a British town on the coast of the North 
        Sea.  That goes well with the assumption that the speakers are 
        sailors.  I will be researching UFO sightings for a paper, and 
        I'll look to see if there are any sightings in the Ipswich area."

        J.P.O'Broin@durham.ac.uk (Jason) writes,
                "From what I heard, the dialogue at the end of 'Anybody 
        Listening' was recorded by Geoff on his boat, using his new (at 
        the time) DAT recorder.  I think it is just him and his wife 
        (and friends?) talking.  As they are on a boat, this explains 
        the seagull sounds and the echo effect." 

        csweet@wheatnma.bitnet (Charlie) writes,
                "The babbles during the intro to 'Best I Can' are:
                "Man's voice: Don't worry dear, he'll never find the gun.
                "Woman's voice: Don't be scared.
                "(possible echo of woman's voice)
                "The second statement doesn't seem to be related to the 
        first unless it is indirect, i.e. the man is speaking to his wife 
        and then the wife tries to calm herself down, fearing something 
        will happen.
                "A good way to pick out these lyrics is to put on a pair 
        of high-fidelity headphones and turn on the dolby.  (don't turn 
        down the treble response, or you'll lose the high end of the 
        voice that helps to distinguish it.  
                "However, I still haven't come up with a transcript of 
        the end of "Anybody Listening?" that I feel comfortable with.  
        Maybe soon."

        mweintr@auvm.american.edu (Mike) writes,
                "Note that the CD listings of the song lengths for 
        'Another Rainy Night' and 'Empire' are off by approximately 13
        seconds (the length of the voice mail message).  Considering the 
        line in 'Another Rainy Night' to "check the voice mail," and the 
        13 seconds missing from 'Another Rainy Night,' I believe that the 
        voice mail belongs with 'Another Rainy Night,' and not 'Empire.'  
        The voice mail is on the 'Empire' track due to a pressing mistake 
        in the factory, not a studio intention."

        J.P.O'Broin@durham.ac.uk (Jason) writes,
                "In 'Empire,' the dialogue at the start (2 ton heavy 
        thing) is apparently done by their engineer (don't remember the
        name) - and was basically a bit he came up with off the cuff."

        _Anybody Listening?__________________________________Classifieds_

        Available: 'Silent Lucidity' CD single import from Holland
                     B/W 'The Mission,' 'Eyes of a Stranger' (both live)
                   'Jet City Woman' CD single import from Holland
                     B/W 'Empire,' 'Walk in the Shadows' (both live)
                   'Empire' CD single import from Holland
                     B/W 'Scarborough Fair,' 'Prophecy,' 'Della Brown'
        Reply to: dwb4025@rigel.tamu.edu (David)

        _Writer Group Listings___________________________________________

        Group 1 ('Anybody Listening?')
        mweintr@auvm.american.edu (Mike) dwb4025@rigel.tamu.edu (Dave) 
        pcrossma@cs.ulowell.edu (Paul) becker@acsu.buffalo.edu (Don)
        starr@dpe.enet.dec.com (Alan)

        Group 2 ("Operation: mindcrime" cassette ending)
        melman@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Jon) emw107@psuvm.psu.edu (Ed)
        twz101@psuvm.psu.edu (Tom) tmcdonal@ringer.cs.utsa.edu (Tom)
        rcleveng%eagle@blackbird.afit.af.mil (Raymond)
        cuthberj@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (John) talley@acc.stolaf.edu (Gene)

        _________________________________________________________________

                That's all for now, folks... remember - if you have any
        thoughts on the meaning of 'Queen of the Reich,' off the EP, send
        them in...  Have fun!

                                                -Shag