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        _Screaming_in_Digital______________________________Editor's Note_

                Greetings, everyone, and happy holidays to all!  This is
        the last issue I'll be sending from Iowa this year, as I'm headed
        back home to the east coast for the holiday season.  The digest
        will, as usual, continue being sent from wherever I am.
                This issue is somewhat lengthy due to the inclusion of
        an interview from a somewhat technical magazine, which may be of
        significant interest to those who want to know how Queensryche
        are putting together the next album.

        _Contents________________Contributors____________________________

        New Album               Kevin <ryche@delphi.com>
        Discography             Eric <eep6218@exodus.valpo.edu>
        Box Single              Paul <vanyel@crl.com>
        Oddities                Bill <dhaller@umich.edu>
        Replacing Geoff?        Mike <mgorman@eve.assumption.edu>
        Offstage Musicians      Stephen <sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu>
        Stereotypes             Mike <mgorman@eve.assumption.edu> 
        Stereotypes             Stephen <sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu>
        Queensryche and ADAT    John <jdolina%network@ibm4381.onet.edu>
        Unplugged Wanted        Eric <eep6218@exodus.valpo.edu>
        Halloween               Andrew <ajames@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>

        _Speak______________________________________Comments_&_Questions_

        New Album               Kevin <ryche@delphi.com>
                I have to respond, again, to all the rumors people are 
        passing around about when the next disc will be released.  I 
        claim to be no more educated about the guys than anyone else, 
        just a good reader.  For those of you in the fan club, the last 
        issue said the guys have already recorded a bunch of songs, and 
        are in the process of picking out which ones to put on the new 
        disc.  I'm not calling anyone a liar or anything, I just wish 
        people would quit getting everyone's hopes up, or down for that 
        matter!

        _Spreading_the_Disease__________________________Info_&_Resources_

        Discography             Eric <eep6218@exodus.valpo.edu>
                I would like to know if any one has compiled or seen a 
        list of _all_ of the Queensryche studio cuts released.  In this, 
        I do not want live performances included, but _definitely_ all 
        b-sides!  Anyone brave enough to take the challenge?  Please send 
        me a list if you can!  Thanks!
                        {Actually, there are two lists.  On the net, you
                        can find files on glia.biostr.washington.edu, in
                        /pub/queensryche/files/discography - and you can 
                        also get in touch with the Joyce Filmer at the
                        Queensryche Archyves, box 020265, Staten Island,
                        NY 10302-0003.  Her $5, 50-page list is far more
                        comprehensive than just music.  -sh}

        Box Single              Paul <vanyel@crl.com>
                I found that box single I mentioned earlier and _did_ buy 
        it this time - yipes.  It's a green box, Queensryche lettered 
        across the top and the "Empire" logo - huge - below it.  Big 
        enough to clearly show the digital nature of the art, i.e., it 
        looks like shaded pixels.  Below that, "Includes 'Best I Can' 
        3-track 10" single, 10x40" banner poster, and Queensryche badge."
        That's 'button' for us YouEssians.  :)
                Inside is the button, kinda light green with Queensryche 
        lettered around the edge; the poster, which _is_ a banner, band's
        faces across, names below, on a red background - looks like a 
        cropped photo with a red backscreen or something; and the single, 
        a 10" 45rpm black vinyl record: Includes 'Best I Can' album 
        version, 'I Dream in Infrared' 1991 acoustic remix, and 
        'Prophecy' live in Tokyo.
                I guess it's for sale if someone wants it badly enough.  
        I dunno; that acoustic remix sounds like it would be neat.  Now, 
        if only I had my turntable wired up.  :)

        Oddities                Bill <dhaller@umich.edu>
                I had the good fortune to pick up a couple of oddities 
        this weekend.  The first bootleg is a copy of "Unplugged and 
        Other Stories," minus the Japan material.  The second is the WLLZ 
        radio broadcast of a 1984 show in Detroit, with a short interview 
        with Geoff, and a 'Seasons Greetings' message from the guys.  
        Both of these are _very_ high quality recordings, much better 
        than any of the boots I've gotten previously.  I will make copies 
        for anyone who wants them, or I can provide the address of the 
        place I got them, because I'm pretty sure they have a good 
        relationship with the guy who makes these.  Big disclaimer on 
        these:  They are self-made by someone, and they are on commercial 
        (TDK or Maxell) tapes.  These are _not_, by any means, big 
        productions, but they _are_ very good quality.  
                I also found the German import "Evolution Calling."   
        The track list is as follows: 'Silent Lucidity,' 'Best I Can,' 
        'I Don't Believe In Love,' 'Revolution Calling,' 'Walk in the 
        Shadows,' 'Take Hold of the Flame,' 'Queen of the Reich,' 'The 
        Lady Wore Black,' and 'The Warning.'  All the ones I've listened 
        to so far seem to be the album cuts, which only reenforces my 
        suspicion that this is someone's idea of a 'Greatest Hits' 
        collection.  Not bad, but not great, IMHO.  Quality is fair, 
        there's some problem with recording volume, but it's listenable.

        _The_Whisper__________________________________________Discussion_

        Replacing Geoff?        Mike <mgorman@eve.assumption.edu>
                I remember a while back there was a discussion on who 
        the band would choose as a replacement for Geoff if he ever left 
        the band.  I think that a good replacement would be Ray Alder, 
        ex-Sabbath, ex-Badlands.  He has amazing range and diversity.

        Offstage Musicians      Stephen <sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu>
                Last week Don made a comment about the how he finds bands 
        who use offstage musicians in concert to be "cheating" a bit.  
        Normally I would agree, seeing as how I think that if a band 
        can't cut it live - they can't cut it, period.  But, in all 
        fairness, Geoff did introduce this guy, and bring him out for the
        final bows, at the shows.  I think he was put offstage only 
        because he only played on certain songs.  As for this offstage 
        musician, I think this is better than a recorded track in that 
        everything you are hearing is live.  On the last 2 tours, 
        however, Geoff has handled the keyboard duties so I doubt that 
        they have used an offstage musician since then.  But, there sure 
        as hell was a lot of sampling on the last tour - but, unlike some 
        bands, Queensryche did not overdub music tracks, but rather sound 
        effects (chorus chants and stuff) and it complemented the show 
        rather than make it seem "fake."

        Stereotypes             Mike <mgorman@eve.assumption.edu> 
                I read with interest the piece on hair and stereotypes in 
        the last issue.  It's amazing how closed minded people are today.  
        I learned a long time ago that you can not judge somebody's worth 
        by someone's looks.  I'm sure that the judge was not referring to 
        Michael Bolton or Fabio when he referred to a subculture.  Hell,
        the longhaired members of Queensryche are good role models.  They 
        teach you to question the established way.  They also do not 
        advocate drug use or sacrifice of animals (reference to the suit 
        against the rock band Slaughter).

        Stereotypes             Stephen <sgorny1@umbc2.umbc.edu>
                As per Julie's post, for the record I'm an avid hard rock
        and metal fan who is in grad school working on my Ph.D. in 
        developmental psychology - with a focus on adolescent behavior
        and development, and I'd give you my "professional opinion" on 
        that judge's attitude but I don't have an hour to type it all in.  
        And as for people's stereotypes of us long-haired metal-heads: I 
        just love to see the expressions on people's faces when they 
        learn that I'm not an unemployed bum or a high-school dropout - 
        and some of my colleagues just love that KISS poster hanging in 
        my office.

        _I_Will_Remember_________________________________________History_

        Queensryche and ADAT    John <jdolina%network@ibm4381.onet.edu>
                What should appear in my mail but my Alesis "First 
        Reflection" magazine Fall/Winter 1993 Volume 6 #2 (A magazine for 
        Alesis equipment owners).  Who should be on the cover but 
        Queensryche, so here goes the transcription:

        NETWORKING WITH ADAT
        Queensryche's Chris DeGarmo Calls On ADAT for New Album Project!

                Queensryche has gone through many changes since its 
        inception in 1983.  The band's last EMI/America album, "Empire," 
        sold over a million copies, sparked by the hauntingly beautiful 
        single, 'Silent Lucidity.'  Guitarist and composer Chris DeGarmo 
        recently spoke with First Reflection about their use of ADAT
        Digital Recording System to write and pre-produce their new 
        album.
                First Reflection: How many ADATs are you guys using?
                Chris DeGarmo: Nine, but the setup has been growing.  I 
        initially picked up the first two machines last summer and was 
        really pleased with them, so I began advising the rest of the 
        band that this looked like a good way to go.  So we've just been 
        accumulating them since about August or so.  Three of the 
        machines are utilized for recording band rehearsals, so we have 
        24 tracks for that, and the remainder of the machines are 
        scattered among the five of us.
                FR: I would imagine that this allows you to do a lot of
        tape trading, then?
                CD: Yeah. I've got two machines, so I have 16 tracks.  
        Everybody has at least one machine, so that allows us to network 
        between each other while we're writing.  Since it's all the same 
        format, we don't have to lose any performances from using 
        different systems; we can just pass the tapes around and add to 
        them and then listen to them.  I can create a new tape for one of 
        the guys that has the basic tracks mixed down to tracks 1 and 2
        as a reference, which leaves 3 through 8 open for whatever he 
        wants to add.
                FR: How's the new album coming?  Are the ADATs playing a 
        major role in conception?
                CD: We're well into the writing stage, and I wouldn't be 
        surprised if quite a bit of the stuff we've recorded on the ADATs 
        finds its way through.  For example, we just did a project 
        recently for a motion picture soundtrack where we utilized some 
        of the performances that were originally laid down on the ADATs 
        and then we did on a SSL and a Sony 48-track and it worked 
        really nicely.  That was an important kind of test for us to see 
        both sonically and hassle-wise, to see whether it was going to 
        be feasible to record these things at home.  Eventually, I don't 
        see any reason why more of the material couldn't be used, if not 
        all.
                FR: Well, it seems that you guys, among other ADAT users, 
        are on the cutting edge of a growing trend in that more of the 
        actual recording for a project is being done either at home or in 
        rehearsal, which I think we can agree is a much more creative 
        environment.
                CD: Absolutely.  The only thing that's really preventing 
        that from happening at home from start to finish is the scope of 
        effects that one would need for mixdowns and such.  The home 
        studio just isn't decked out for that.  A lot of the stuff that 
        we do at home is just directly into the machines through a very 
        clean, transparent sort of mixer or just direct.  We try to do 
        any processing at the source as opposed to doing it later when we 
        might need extra capabilities to doctor it.  Those, right now, 
        are the sorts of sounds that we're able to keep.  But if we want 
        to move arrangements around later, we rely on console automation,
        which is one of the reasons that we're real interested in the 
        BRC.  I know that you can move things around and so forth.
                FR: And with ADATs, both at home and in the large, 
        full-service studio, you can have the best of both - the 
        creativity to develop ideas at home as well as the big room with 
        the console, the automation, the killer mics and so forth.
                CD: Yeah, we've actually invested in some real nice 
        microphones and we're getting quality recordings on them.  Right 
        now an integration is how we're using the ADATs as far as any 
        master project is concerned.  It's integrating performances from 
        the home with the ADATs into a pro studio-type situation.  I 
        think as time marches forward and as these multitrack digital 
        workstations for the computers evolve with onboard digital EQ and 
        digital effects and ability to control mixing, I see us 
        eventually being able to completely produce an album at home.  I 
        don't know how far away this is right now, but I wouldn't be 
        suprised if they were thinking about computerizing those kinds
        of capabilities as opposed to having to lug around an 80-channel 
        piece of hardware.  We haven't had any problems with the 
        machines, and sonically they stand up.  The tracks that we did
        integrated very nicely into the Sony 48, and we didn't have to do 
        anything to them, really.
                FR: Do you find that being able to do all of the pre- and 
        actual production at home makes for a smoother session once you 
        get into the big studio?
                CD: It eliminates having to recreate the spontaneity of 
        the composition.  As you're laying something down, a lot of times 
        those spontaneous performances tend to be the ones that we'd 
        prefer to use.  ADAT allows us to sort through those performances 
        and have access later to things that were cut quickly at home 
        during the composition stage because the sonic quality is there.

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        Unplugged Wanted        Eric <eep6218@exodus.valpo.edu>         
                I am looking for someone who happened to get a _good_ VCR 
        copy - SP, not EP or LP - of Queensryche Unplugged from MTV.  As 
        stated before, I am aware that a tape can be obtained that has 
        certain cuts from the Unplugged show, but I want 'em _all_!  I am 
        willing to pay postage for someone to send the tape out to me so 
        I can copy it - unless you have better equipment than me - and I 
        will send it back promptly.  Any takers?  Please e-mail me and 
        let me know!  As I am going home from school for Christmas, I 
        won't be back until January 6th, but I will reply ASAP 
        thereafter!

        _Breaking_the_Silence______________________________Miscellaneous_

        Halloween               Andrew <ajames@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
                Not to dwell on this subject, but King Diamond has a song 
        titled 'Halloween' featuring some pretty impressive vocals.  I'll 
        just about bet, though, that the tune the guy originally heard 
        was Helloween's 'Halloween.'  I just thought I'd bring this to 
        your attention.

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                That's all for now - the next issue will originate from
        the East coast once again.  Enjoy any and all time off from work
        and school, and 'Ryche on!

                                        -Shag