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A [[Progressive Metal]] band from Seattle, Washington, best remembered for their epic [[Rock Opera]] ''[[Operation Mindcrime]]'' and for their Top 10 single "Silent Lucidity". The band's lineup for the majority of its career was:

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They also frequently worked with the late [[Michael Kamen]].

Starting out as something of an [[Iron Maiden]]-esque Euro-metal band, Queensrÿche has experimented with many different sounds and styles over the course of their career. For example, for their second album ''Rage For Order'' they utilized highly industrialized orchestrations (dubbed "techno-metal"); and ''Hear In The Now Frontier'' featured a raw, stripped-back sound with little to no audio effects other than natural overdrive for the guitars. Albums such as ''The Warning'', ''Mindcrime'' and ''Empire'', meanwhile, featured comparatively straight-forward arrangements.

Starting out as something of an [[Iron Maiden]]-esque Euro-metal band, [[Queensrÿche]] has experimented with many different sounds and styles over the course of their career. For example, for their second album ''Rage For Order'' they utilized highly industrialized orchestrations (dubbed "techno-metal"); and ''Hear In The Now Frontier'' featured a raw, stripped-back sound with little to no audio effects other than natural overdrive for the guitars. Albums such as ''The Warning'', ''Mindcrime'' and ''Empire'', meanwhile, featured comparatively straight-forward arrangements.

Like most hard rock bands from [[The Eighties]], Queensrÿche's popularity waned in [[The Nineties]] with the rise of grunge (which, ironically, has its roots in Queensrÿche's hometown of Seattle). Nonetheless, Queensrÿche continues to record and tour, although founding member Chris DeGarmo left the band in 1998 to pursue personal interests. While a number of musicians have worked with the band in his absence, a permanent replacement has yet to be hired.

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Discography:

* 1983 - ''Queensrÿche'' (EP)

* 1984 - ''The Warning''

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=== Queensrÿche provides us with examples of: ===

* [[Author Tract]]: Some segments of both ''Mindcrime'' albums can get this way. Of course, [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]].

* [[Black Sheep Hit]]: Their one and only Top 40 single, "Silent Lucidity".

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* [[Intercourse with You]]: Sacred Ground.

* [[Metal Scream]]: Early in their career, this was a frequent tool (as befitting an [[Iron Maiden]] clone); but it pretty much fell off after ''Empire''.

** Temporarily regenerated for parts of ''Operation: Mindcrime II'', ~~unsuprisingly~~.

** Temporarily regenerated for parts of ''Operation: Mindcrime II'', unsurprisingly.

* [[New Sound Album]]: ''Rage for Order'' perhaps most obviously.

* [[Old Shame]]: The band excluded the video for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQeitJiBDlA "Queen Of The Reich"] from their video compilation ''Building Empires''. To quote their commentary: "After that is when we grew our hair long... so no one would recognize us!"