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        _Screaming_in_Digital______________________________Editor's Note_

                Hi, everyone!  Another week closer to The Promised Land,
        so here's the digest.

        _Contents________________Contributors____________________________

        Lots of News            Don <ai699@yfn.ysu.edu>
        The Promised Land       Charles <crenner@umr.edu>
        New Single              Clive <c.mccaig@queens-belfast.ac.uk>
        Release Date?           <st40v@jetson.uh.edu>
        Jesus Christ Superstar  Don <zzthom@acc.wuacc.edu>
        Bacardi Tri-Ryche?      <pjhollow@wheel.watstar.uwaterloo.ca>
        Order of Albums         Stephen <smooge@cs.nmt.edu>
        Hit Parader Top 25      Squrille <c561423@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
        Skinny Puppy            Shane <esbrown@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu>
        Mailing Labels?         Alan <bellivea@hellchild.ctron.com>
        Who Killed Who          Stephen <smooge@cs.nmt.edu>

        _Neue_Regel_______________________________________News_&_Reviews_  

        Lots of News            Don <ai699@yfn.ysu.edu>
                I just talked to my representative a few days ago, and
        boy did I get a lot of info.
                October 7th, radio stations will get their copies of
        the first single, titled 'I am I.'  The company will be sending
        stores dump bins (those cardboard stands to put product in) of
        the totem pole with the tri-ryche on the top, which is the new
        cover.  They're very tight with the advanced copies of the
        album, but as soon as they're available, I'll be getting one.
        There will be a Queensryche weekend coming soon on MTV to
        promote it.
                The US tour will be starting in February, and I have a
        possibility of meeting them backstage when they come - I'm so
        excited.  As soon as I get more info I'll let you know.

        The Promised Land       Charles <crenner@umr.edu>
                No sign of any music from Queensryche yet, but we did get 
        in a really cool - and really big - vinyl static-cling decal for 
        the new album.  It's something like 11x17", and has the totem 
        pole/tri-ryche on it.  At the bottom, it simply says 
        "Queensryche/The Promised Land/October 18th."

        New Single              Clive <c.mccaig@queens-belfast.ac.uk>
                I have actually heard the new Queensryche single.  It 
        sounds quite like something from "Rage for Order," maybe perhaps 
        a little more slick.  That's the kind of mood I got, anyway.

        _Speak______________________________________Comments_&_Questions_

        Release Date?           <st40v@jetson.uh.edu>
                When is the US date for release?  I'm having trouble 
        waiting.
                        {October 18th.  You might want to pick up "Awake"
                        by Dream Theater on the 4th, if you really can't
                        survive.  -sh}

        Jesus Christ Superstar  Don <zzthom@acc.wuacc.edu>
                A recent post on ALLMUSIC suggested a remake of "Jesus 
        Christ Superstar" with contemporary rock singers.  The suggested
        cast included Geoff Tate as Judas, Chris Robinson (Black Crowes) 
        as Jesus, and Tori Amos as Mary Magdaline.
                        {For those who're confused right about now, one
                        of the longer-running misbeliefs about Geoff was
                        that he'd somehow been involved in one of the
                        original "Superstar" casts.  -sh}

        Bacardi Tri-Ryche?      <pjhollow@wheel.watstar.uwaterloo.ca>
                Leafing through a Sports Illustrated, I came across an ad 
        for Bacardi Rum.  Is it just me, or does that little black bat in 
        the red circle look remarkedly like the tri-ryche?

        Order of Albums         Stephen <smooge@cs.nmt.edu>
                While we all know that "Rage for Order" came first, 
        "Operation: Mindcrime" second, and "Empire" third, has anyone 
        ever wondered if they might be in reverse order of thought 
        process?  For example, on "Empire," the song 'Empire' is the
        beginning point for the lack of order in society.  The entire
        "Operation: Mindcrime" album begins the revolution against the
        corrupt society, and "Rage for Order" is set after the 
        revolution.  I always see images of Nikki in 'I Dream in
        Infrared,' 'London,' and of course 'I Will Remember.'
                        {That's a very interesting thought.  Continuing
                        backward, we see "The Warning" that things in
                        our brave new world may not be as idyllic as we
                        believe, and finally, the EP, with songs which
                        deal with loss of souls and the like, indicating
                        that as so often happens in reality, the new
                        post-revolutionary order is still flawed.  -sh}

        _Spreading_the_Disease__________________________Info_&_Resources_

        Hit Parader Top 25      Squrille <c561423@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
                There is an article on Queensryche in the Top 25 Rock
        Bands issue of Hit Parader.  It's a one-pager, and the only 
        interesting piece of information is that Geoff Tate moved to New
        York City for a while (post-"Rage," I think).  The rest of it is 
        pretty non-descript.  There's a photo of Tate from the Building
        Empires tour.

        Skinny Puppy            Shane <esbrown@miavx3.mid.muohio.edu>
                I was reading through the credits on the "Rage for Order"
        CD and ran across a name that would explain their strange sound 
        on the release - sort of an industrial sound mixed with 
        progressive metal.  The name was David Ogilvie - he is the 
        producer, mixer & brother of the lead singer of Skinny Puppy,
        which is a leader in industrial music.  In a picture I have, 
        Geoff Tate is wearing a Skinny Puppy tour shirt.  I was 
        wondering if they have worked with David since the "Rage" 
        recording sessions.

        Mailing Labels?         Alan <bellivea@hellchild.ctron.com>
                I'm looking for the address of the person who was 
        advertising the Queensryche mailing labels.  I lost the address 
        and would like to check them out.  Please e-mail me or mail the
        information to the digest again. Thanks a bunch.

        _The_Whisper__________________________________________Discussion_

        Who Killed Who          Stephen <smooge@cs.nmt.edu>
                While this gets talked into the dirt every 6 months or 
        so, I have my own ideas about who killed who and why - which is 
        what I think the fellows at Queensryche wish us to do - think for 
        our selves and come to our own conclusions.
                My interpretation is that Nikki went to break it off with
        X, but did not have the willpower to not take the needle.  He 
        leaves X, and goes to the church and in a rage kills the priest. 
        When he "sobers" up he realizes that he has been talking to a 
        dead Mary, and thinks he did it.  Since this was the only thing 
        in his life that made it worth living, he gets caught on purpose 
        to pay for his one unforgivable crime.  After hours of 
        questioning and detox, he remembers who really did it. 
                Since I am an optimist, I believe Mary was actually 
        killed by X so that Nikki would be framed.

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                Three more weeks!  What more can I say?

                'Ryche on,
                                -Shag