QueensrycheThe Art of Live DVD
By
Mick Stingley,
Contributor
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 @ 10:57 AM
(Sanctuary)
I might not have realized how awesome Tribe is if I hadn’t heard it here first.
This DVD showcases (the first leg of) the “Tribe” tour, which they co-headlined with Dream Theater last year.
The DVD is richly shot in black and white, although at times it calls to mind the sepia-tone style from the dawn of photography. While it is certainly a beautiful concert film to look at, it is somewhat light on “the classics,” but not short on surprises.
Geoff Tate, Michael Wilton, Scott Rockenfeld, Eddie Jackson and Mike Stone perform with dexterity and sincerity throughout. The band looks good and sounds it. The two onstage video-screens behind them are used to enhance the live act. The Art Of Live nicely pairs the band onstage with crowd shots to capture that feeling of “being there,” without the reality of having drunken freaks in front of you shouting, “Do ‘Mindcrime!’” If more concert videos were like this, I would stay home.
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Geoff Tate sports sunglasses, jeans and a t-shirt, and a long wallet-chain. He looks like he always does, in that Pacific Northwest Ramones kind of way that he has. However, his head is clean-shaven, and seeing him totally bald is slightly jarring at first. Also, as he’s a little heavier here than usual, and in his Far Eastern shirt he looks a little more like a yoga instructor and a lot less like the man who flawlessly belts out beautiful songs with the effortlessness of an opera singer. That observation aside -- he is still Mister Geoff Tate -- the man with Golden Pipes. Have no fear: those pipes are in fine form here, as always.
Dream Theater, with whom Queensryche co-headlined on this tour, joins the band for a compelling version of “Comfortably Numb” and a rollicking version of “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Granted, Queensryche doesn’t need Mike Portnoy and company to pull off these songs… but it’s a nice treat for fans of both bands.
Highlights of the bonus footage include an acoustic performance for a radio station,
and a 6AM Morning TV Show that even seems to have the band perplexed (although they turn in an inspired performance considering the time of day). Broken-up interviews with Paul Gargano of Metal Edge are interesting, especially as Geoff Tate (now with hair) tries to recall the name of a DJ from KNAC; and there is an interesting aside about what beverages go out on tour for certain members…
Also included are some video-stills, which will make nice screen-savers.
Definitely a must for Queensryche fans (and Dream Theater fans).
Casual fans would be better served picking up Tribe and seeing them on tour.
The tracklisting on the DVD includes:
“Tribe,”
“Sign Of The Times,”
“Losing Myself,”
“Desert Dance,”
“The Great Divide,”
“Rhythm Of Hope,”
“My Global Mind,”
“Roads To Madness,”
“Della Brown,”
“Breaking The Silence,”
“The Needle Lies,”
“Best I Can” -- and with Dream Theater:
“Comfortably Numb” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
thom2609 - 3/15/2005 8:35:50 PM Forget the zitface kids. Us old guys have so much to offer, plus also too, we rule. Have seen every one of your NW shows; still awestruck with ears ringing. Sorry, this is not a rant. Is there a page for strokes? thom2609 worlds greatest guitar player[ret.]
michael3277 - 5/25/2004 12:40:45 PM This is the only thing from queensryche that I cant stand.It's recorded and filmed like crap.The band just looks and sounds out of it.I dont see how they could have viewed this before it went out and still released it. LIVE EVOLUTION is 100% better.That was only three years ago and in art of live they look like they aged twenty years or got drunk as hell the night before the concert.
Has anyone ever noticed that on the dvd of operation livecrime the video and audio are out of sinc by a fraction of a second?The vhs is perfect.I dont know why people dont check these things before they release them. Enough bitching I still love everything about this band except art of live.
emaniates - 5/21/2004 11:00:16 AM For the Ryche fans, pick the DVD up, it rules! Keep the rants for fans not zit faced loosers.....
trevor12 - 5/21/2004 10:09:34 AM ....jeeze that song "Open" is boooooooring. "Open your mind, to you everyone is blind, open your eyes, open your mind, open your mind, open your mind" blah blah blah. Anyone who says this crap is even close, I'm talking even remotely as good as the EP, Rage, Warning, Mindcrime or Empire is talking out of their ass. Great guys in the band and all, but they've lost it.
trevor12 - 5/21/2004 10:04:14 AM Not much discussion of Queensryche going on here, just a bunch of junior high mentality sniping back and forth.
Ryche_ - 5/21/2004 8:48:55 AM hahahh.. funny.. so iamthenone was talking out his ass again.. hahahah
Nadds - 5/21/2004 8:38:57 AM Reddog....ryche never opened for megadeth ever. And yes Megadeth actually does have an album to be released soon and you can hear a track or it on megadeth.com. It kicks fucking ass too....get a clue before you babble.
EGX500 - 5/21/2004 8:33:03 AM Just for the record.. Ryche never OPENED for Megadeath..
EGX500 - 5/21/2004 8:32:58 AM Just for the record.. Ryche never OPENED for Megadeath..
Reddog1 - 5/20/2004 8:23:18 PM Quensryche opening for Megadeth, man how long ago was that? and how many great ablums ago was that? Which band is still around? I know, Megadeth is set to make a comeback soon. lol. The Ryche never went away and still put on a great show even if their music isn't the same anymore.
LoveBuzz - 5/20/2004 2:27:49 PM no, IAMTHEONE...im keeping him busy so the owners can go to Home Depot and hire some "just jumped the border" mexican to do the job for a nickle less then they pay Ryche, sorry i held you up Ryche, i must be "in your head"
LoveBuzz - 5/20/2004 2:26:18 PM reading the news? oh yeah, i opened the paper this morning and the unibomber was all over the place....they talked about him and i turned on the TV and instead of the iraq shit, all they talked about was dipshit....hey idiot, how many years did that shit happen? i think there are more problems with the war and world TODAY for me to remember some dumb ass unibomer YEARS ago, but of course you know like he was your fucking idol or something. how about concerning yourself with TODAYS problems.
iamtheone - 5/20/2004 2:23:35 PM hey ryche, shouldn't you be turning the sprinklers on over at the 8th green by now?????
Ryche_ - 5/20/2004 2:22:41 PM Lame.. you've become boring too...
I might not have realized how awesome Tribe is if I hadn’t heard it here first.
This DVD showcases (the first leg of) the “Tribe” tour, which they co-headlined with Dream Theater last year. 
