For the 3rd time in my life I went to see Queensryche in concert. I first saw them in 1984 as opening act for Kiss in San Francisco. I was amazed how many fans at the Kiss gig were Queensryche fans. After the gig I was hooked, they were bettter than Kiss that night and I went out and bought their first EP and the first album "The Warning".
I got another chance to see them in 1990 in The Netherlands during the Empire Tour. This time they were the headliner (opening act was Lynch Mob - the band created by Ex-Dokken guitarist George Lynch) and Queensryche was amazing. They played their concept album "Operation Mindcrime" from beginning to end...
After the album "The Promised Land" they changed musical direction and I did not really like the music anymore. Each album I hoped they would return to form but they never did for me.
So a little while ago I noticed that they had a new album out called "American Soldier", an album about war from the soldiers' perspective. I did not expect much but they album was great. The amazing melodies and melodic guitar solos were back and they had finally created another good album.
So I started looking if they would play concerts in the Netherlands and got tickets to the show in Zoetermeer. Queensryche would do a solo show, no openign act and they would only play songs from 3 albums; the new album American Soldier, Rage For Order and Empire. Wow, those are 3 amazing albums so that garanteed an amazing setlist!
Setlist:
Neue Regel
Whisper
Screaming in Digital
I Dream in Infrared
Walk in the Shadows
I Will Remember
Sliver
Killer
If I Were KingMan
Down
Dead Man's Word
Best I Can
Thin Line
One & Only
Jet City Woman
Silent Lucidity
Anybody Listening
Empire
They played for 2 hours and it was obvious they had a lot of fun on stage. Sander and I were only about 5 meters away from the stage and we rocked out!
Long live the Ryche!
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