If anyone has to leave the band at this point, I guess this is the best case scenario. Still, Parker brought a lot to QR during his time in the band. Replacing him likely won't be as easy as it sounds.

Mike Stone has been playing with them again recently. I wonder if they'll go that route. Tbh I hope not.

lemme guess, gonna start his own Queensryche?

I was surprised he wasn't kicked to the curb when Geoff Tate left all those years ago since I believe he initially got the gig due to him dating Tate's daughter at the time, must have been easier to work w/ and more well liked than Geoff.

parker lundgren's operation: empire

nah he'd call it Condition: Human

hahaha

these bands gotta find ways of getting back into arenas and amphitheaters, even if as opening acts.....queensryche playing in large clubs just doesn't pay the bills anymore

idk man there was a surprisingly large crowd when i saw them with fates in 2019. but yeah the old days are over

i hear you sonic, but were they co-headlining or just an opener?

a guy like parker wouldn't have even dreamed of leaving this band as recent as the American Soldier days....

i'm sure the residual effects of what covid had on the music industry has something to do with it as well

dude obv the ryche was headlining. fates alone would draw like less than 100 people in georgia lol.

but yeah nah they had a way bigger crowd than i expected, so much so that i was glad i actually got advance tix. i think name recognition brings a core group of die-hards no matter who's in the band. but yeah they def cant play an amphitheater or arena nowadays unless theyre paired up with maiden or somethin

but for reference the masquerade in ATL is the same venue, for example, a band like cannibal corpse or morbid angel regularly plays and does well. so i wouldnt worry cause theres always some 40 year old chubby chick wanting to go out and wear leather and down jello-shots and shit to silent lucidity

haha indeed

i would've always thought a local retail guitar store or coffee shop still wouldn't wet the whiskers like a guitarist in queensryche could

Maybe they'll get Jim Matheos. It seems like Fates Warning is about to break up, and Queensryche could always use a song writer.

Saddest news I've heard in a minute.

This sucks. Who are they again though?

"This sucks. Who are they again though?"
they havent been relevant in 30 years but come on man thats a low blow

I say this as a huge fan of classic rock and metal but who the fuck is listening to Queensryche in 2021?

You mean their classic era or their more recent albums? Because the former stuff is huge.

This band doesn't get a break...(Well, they did the last 5 years, after La Torre entered, but still, come on...) What's up with their drummer, as well? He's supposed to be still in the band, but he's staying silent...

Dude, Operation: Mindcrime is the best concept album ever

well, after The Wall, obviously, but yes

"Dude, Operation: Mindcrime is the best concept album ever"

It is, but literally every other album i've tried has done nothing for me.

Every other album up to Promised Land has at least a few songs that are just as good as Mindcrime imo. Concept-aside I believe Mindcrime's superiority is a bit exaggerated. Rage for Order is definitely my fav Ryche for instance (and sentimentally my fav album ever, so there's that haha).

Here comes Parker Lundgren’s Queensryche!

Queensryche - Condition: Critical

They're touring with Mike Stone right now. How's THAT for a reunion with a former guitarist lol

cmon man, they rehired a hired gun

Queensryche - Condition: Critical (2)

Titan bro, I was sarcastic

i know bro haha

"lemme guess, gonna start his own Queensryche?" [2] lol

"It seems like Fates Warning is about to break up" - This would be the more upsetting news