OFF; Tea Party and Queensryche

[BREVARD, Adrian R.]

>-AHHH!! Please, anyone who was getting interested in Tea Party--ignore this
last comment!! :) Sorry, Adrian. But if you want to start comparing TP's
sound
to other groups (which is totally justified, as they where 'em on their
sleeve), you must start w/Led Zeppelin, and J. Morrison in regards to
vocals.

Uh dude I'll find the tracks I have heard and list them.  Mind you I have
not heard any of the three in their entirety but on one to two songs I've
heard, singer sounds a lot like Geoff Tate.  In fact I her TP is often
discussed at the Queensryche discussion group.  Certainly not trying to
scare anybody off on the band but thats what I hear.

Its like Mike Kiske, former lead singer of Helloween.  Some songs (I Want
Out) he sounds a bit like Rik Emmett (Triumph) others (Save Us) just like
Geoff Tate.

Hope I didn't turn TP newbies off with the Queensryche comment.

>Actually, I just caught myself not 5 minutes ago, about to make a
really backhanded comment about Queensryche, so I suppose I better
reign in this debate before I lose my tenuous hold on the high moral
ground.  ;-)

Careful there double S, higher ground is usually a slippery slope.

>LOL, go for it. I happen to like them. At least, I think their singer is
excellent and think that "Operation: Mind Crime" is a near classic. I
haven't been thrilled with what they've done since then though.

Me too bro.  Since Mindcrime, you have missed:

Empire - Takes a lot of heat as a hits oriented album but I like it.  Has
the most most beautiful rock ballads ever in Silent Lucidity.

Promise Land - Takes even more heat as most people simply do not understand
what they were attempting to do.  Dark and moody this bad boy is the cats
pajamas.

Hear in the Now Frontier - Takes even more heat as being grungy sounding.
Its a superb album that just didn't sell well.  Word is that since DiGarno,
the chief writer for this one, quit the band in total devastation when it
bombed commercially.  I like Hear a lot.

>Thats the problem with higher ground.. just gives you farther to fall.

Can't tell you how many times I've taken the plunge.